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Show jg SFKT CHATTETVffr IV By AL gyRTPSTS 3) CLARENCE ' SHOVEL" HODGE, member of tho pitching staff of ;the Chicago American league baseball club, ls now entitled to membership in the ivory hunters' association Hodge pulled one a few days ago that entitles en-titles him to a place in the Organization Organiza-tion headed by Fred Merklo vho won much undeslrcd publicity by falling to touch second base and thereby losing los-ing a pennant for New York Giants. This stunt is said to be the Initial I "bone-head" pulled in tho majors-Chicago majors-Chicago was playing Detroit a few days ago The game was closely : contested Detroit had runners on first jand second with one man out. With two strikes on tho batsman Hodg" I proceeded to pull his "famous" bone. When a ball becomes rough or does not suit the pitcher it ls always possible pos-sible for him to secure a new ball by appealing to the umpire. Hodge dc-Icided dc-Icided to combine umpiring with his I pitching. After getting two strikes on the batsman bats-man and having tho ball returned by 1 Catcher Schalk, ho was s--n to examine ex-amine It very closely, and then without with-out consulting anyone, ho proceeded to throw it Into tho Detroit dugout I Under the rules any ball thrown into la dugout entitles all base runners to advance two bases. The runner on second sec-ond base in this ciiso was allowed to score and the runner on first went to third. Harold Hutton. crack 440-yard man of the University of Utah, ls visiting in Ogden with his mother, Mrs. Gertrude Ger-trude S. Hutton. Coach Fitzpatrick expects ex-pects great things of Hutton before he closes his athletic career at the state school. Hutton ls a freshman. Jack Dempsey Is now on the coast. While Jack ls making arrangements I for his next movie fistic followers are waiting with Intonsive Interest for the I announcement of tho proposed Demp-Sey-Willis championship affair. LE AD FITTTERS Clarence Brooks continues to lead the Texas league in batting. Ho is sapping tho apple at bettor than .400. He was with Ogden last season and 'was a former star with tho Vernon club of the Pacific Coast league. Duke Kahanamoku, famous Bwlm-1 Bwlm-1 mer, is now on the coast where he I expects to fc'.wtter several world's swim ! marks. He expects to enter the movies j within the next two months. I Willie Kamm, San Francisco third Isacke.r, recently sold to the Chicago White Sox for $1 25,000 and two pitchier! pitch-ier! valued at $20,000 gives all of the j credit for his showing in baseball to I Tommy Laird of the coast clt . Laird 'therefore is the discoverer of the gent !to draw the biggest sale price ever paid for a minor league player. Bobbv Jones Is playing keen ball for the Detroit Tigers. Duckey Is also cracking the apple at a fast pace. LYNCH HERE. Red LyAch, former Bnghain third sackcr. was an jgdtn visitor, iesterduy en rout-- to San Krancisco from Chl-oago Chl-oago Red expects to land a position with one of the coast clubs playing independent in-dependent ball. Lofty Scogglns, former Los Angeles chucker in the Pacific Coast league, is dickering with two clubs In the Northern North-ern Utah league. Chic Shaney, with tho Tremonton club of lr"2l is also .negotiating with clubs in the league I Th- first half in the Northern Utah I pennant drive will close July 4 Fans of tho Northern loop are due to see some fast games before that time. Ogdon's defem at the hands of Logan Lo-gan last Thursday has given the cSl-leglans cSl-leglans the needed eonfidenco to bat-I bat-I tie. Indications point to a rapid fire battle when the teams cross bats today. |