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Show BA5CI3ALL STORIES Joe Tinker of the Columbus club plans to make each Friday a free day for schoolchildren. George Stallings says his Braves may not look good to the critics, but that he has hopes of them. Association critics vote the league's schedule for the 1920 season a great improvement over those of past years. "Pep" Young of the Giants is having trouble with his breathing apparatus and may undergo an operation on his nose. Amos Strunk has been named field captain of the Athletics. That is like being a general in a South American army. One reason the Red Sox let Bill Lamar out was that he is a left-handed hitter, as are both Hooper and Menosky. The Brooklyn club offered the St Louis Cardinals Pitcher Ed Pfeffer in exchange for Outfielders McHenry and TTpnthcote. - Jimmy McQuade, the young pitcher under trial with the Giants, is a nephew of Judge McQuade, one of the club's stockholders. Now that they admit they can't get Rogers Hornsby, the Giants are due to dig up another star to appease the New York fans. Hughey Jennings is facing his annual annu-al scarcity of hurlers. Give him a pair of dependable slabmen and he 'would make things interesting. ATnnnjrpr lUolesworth of Birming ham, has a young giant catcher in John Peters. He's 6 feet 2 inches and weighs over 200 pounds. Pitcher Roy Mitchell, sold by Cincinnati Cin-cinnati to Sacramento, who has been threatening to quit baseball for several years, says it goes this time. Walter Mails, wdio is being touted as a second "Rube" Waddell on the coast, is now coaching a baseball team at the Davis farm, near Sacramento. Fewster has developed a peculial crouch at the bat which interferes with his usually free swing, and as a consequence his batting has slumped. Columbia university will renew baseball relations this year with the! "big three" Yale, Harvard and Princeton Prince-ton for the firM; time in many years. Cincinnati's "Royal Red Rooters" are talking of building a clubhouse, which will be open to players of the Cincinnati Cincin-nati team and visiting teams at all times. Toledo, Minneapolis and Columbus are the three strong teams in the American association, judged from present mateftal, according to asso ciation critics. Young brother of Ivy Wingo is trying try-ing out with the Athletics. His initials in-itials are A. II. and he's very hesitant about telling Ms first name, which Is said to be Absalom. No sooner had the wintpr baseball league ended in San Francisco than another circuit was formed for the; j summer mom lis. Six teams will play a came every Sunday for 20 consecutive consecu-tive weeks. Tacoma, Wash., fans are elated over the announcement that if hnsMmll proves n paying proposition this siiiu-imrr siiiu-imrr in the r.vlfip ' lotomslional l league, the town may ring ll.e gong in the Pacific coast loop in |