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Show DIAMOND DUST President Baker, of the Philadelphia Nationals, will attend strictly to the business affairs nf the dub and let Manager "Wild Bill Donovan run the. t.-.'in to suit himself. Donovan majle this announcement when the team started for training: camp at Gainesville. Gaines-ville. Kla.. ami Intimated that It was the result of his demands at the time he signed his contract. "If the Phils fall to show this year it will be my fault entirely." saifl Donovan. The Pittsburg Pirates are going to change thi lr signal system and general st vie of tday with '"Babbit" Maran-ville Maran-ville in the lineup, according- to to news which filtered through a conference confer-ence held in PlttSburKh several da.vs ape, before the learn left for training train-ing camp. Maranville had a chat with Gibson. Among other things the matter of team signals was discussed. dis-cussed. Gibson was astounded when Maranville informed him that the Boston club last season hrfd no great difficulty In figuring out Pirate signals. sig-nals. To prove his contention, Maranville Maran-ville told the Pirate boss what the signals sig-nals were. The former Boston pla.ver then made a few suggestions as to a signal system, and it Is. quite likely Will adopt them. Frank Baker ii going to take no chances on his return to baseball this year. The former home run king Is not half as much worried abmii lu- ability to get Into shape t. plaj as he Is about his ability to stand up at the plate and look over speedy pitching. AS a result of this feeling of uncertainty. uncer-tainty. Baker has arranged for extensive exten-sive batting practice at the Yankee camp. - Conine Mack has a recruit named Kdens who is said to be an embryonic Ha be Ruth Edens has not ouly been banging all the early pitching to all corners of the lake Charles. La., lot, where the Athletics ir.iln, hut he registered, reg-istered, four home runs in the first game of the season for the White Elephants. Ele-phants. .Mack likes the way the voungster stands art the plate and says 'there is nothing In his stvle to cor-, rect Will, rt Robinson, manager of the Brooklyn DOdgers doc8 not expect to play baseball this year, but he has mapped 'Ui n strenuous training program pro-gram for himself at Now Orleans. ''Uncle Wifbert ' declares he Is 35 pounds over weight and h Intends to reduce this before starting the season. |