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Show VDIAMOWDV APICK-UPBA Upward of 131 American colleges und universities have baseball teams. Catcher Johnny O'Connell, a rookie with Pittsburgh, is a product of the Akron (Ohio), scmlpro ranks. The Birmingham Barons are said to be the hardest hitting cluh In the history of the Southern association. Miller Muggins says that the timely plnch-hlttlng of Ben Paschal has ben an Important factor In Hie success of the Yankees this year. "Lefty" O'Doul. now with the New York Glunts, lias three times equaled the feat of making six hits on six trips to the plate in a game. . Cary Mays, who was turned loose by Cincinnati recently, pitched In six world (.erles, throe each with the Bed Sox and the Yankees. Emillo Palmero, star southpaw pitcher of the Toledo American asso elation team In 1027. has been sold to the Boston Nationals. Tom Zachary, veteran Washington left hander, became a member of the New York Yankee pitching staff through the waiver route. There are six big universities In Japan whose baseball teams meet every year to decide the baseball championship of the country. In his thirty-five years of umpiring. Tommy Connolly, veteran American league 'arbiter, roughly estimates he has seen 5.000 games of baseball. Albtrt D. (Dolly) Slark. National league umpire, has slcned a contract to coach the Dartmouth college basketball bas-ketball team for the next two seasons. Kenneth Ash, (mcher, was recalled by the Ciuclt.miU National league cluh from the Columbus (Amerhau hssocIh lion) club, to ho'tt" f pliching staff Wilfred D. ("Kosy Hill") H.van. the Holy Cross rifrlit bander who formerly pitched for the Giants, whs purchased by the Yankees from Toledo of the American association. Lefty Williams, outlawed Whit? Sox huiler, stands out as the best hurlcr In the outlaw ltlo fininde league, tallies there say he has enough tuiT today to hold a Job in the majors. ... The baseball career of Henry Fa hlan. dean ot ground keepers, dates back 40 years He played on the New Orleans 'team in IS8H and owned the Waco club in Texas In HUM and HKifi Joe I'ntfl, who worked In 47 games for the Athletics it. IJCfl without bitv Ing a defeat charged against ilm. is now a member of the Minneapolis cluh. ... The tliants ball cluh which 1ms the youngest team in the National league has only three players on its preweii' rosier who .'ere members o the pennant winning out fit In l!r't ' I.lndsti'om. Terry ami .tackson. ... Connie Mack's Athletics ot pvjr: ,::, two no fill games pitched against tlieni in l'.rJM Sum Jones of liie Yanks blanked them on September 4 urd Howard. Kh:.:l;e. then with Itf-slon re peiited Hie snmt on .September 7. |