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Show BA5D3ALL STORIES Ondrachek, the new Buffalo twirler, hails from Niagara university. Vean Gregg, after his good start for Connie Mack, seems to be wobbling. Shortstop Demoe is the latest Chattanooga Chat-tanooga player to be called for military mili-tary service. The Baltimore club has secured Pitcher James Parnham from Kansas City of the American association. The new owners of the Minneapolis club evidently mean to start from the bottom in building up a team of youngsters. young-sters. The Rochester club announces that it has signed Outfielder Gilbert White-house, White-house, who was in the Eastern league in 1917. Manager Dan Rowley of Toronto is bragging about Fred Bailey as the best outfielder seen in the International in many a day. Jack O'Toole, who quit his job as an umpire in the Southern league, has gone to work in a munitions plant at Hazelton, Pa. Eastern league clubs that can spare players will lend assistance to weaker clubs and thus try to keep the race close and Interesting. Bill Fischer, former National league catcher, finally has been permitted to join Binghamton, all major league clubs having waived on him. Chicago has forgotten all about Vic Saier and other famous first sack guardians, guar-dians, because of the splendid work Fred Merkle has been doing this season. Before Urban Faber boards a submarine sub-marine chaser for Uncle Sam he may pitch for the Great Lakes for the service serv-ice basebnJJ championship of "the United Unit-ed States. Allan Sothoron has coma to the front as the pitching ace of the St. Louis Browns again and unless he Is worked to death he will help the St. Louis entry mightily. John H. Fnrrell, as secretary of the National association, was forced to decide against his own league when he awarded Outfielder Rahhit Oakes to New London of the Eastern league. - Eddie Onslow, awarded to Little Rock by the National commission, still proved obdurate, and upon his final refusal to play with the Southern league team he wnv sold to Toronto. The Pacific Coast international league can still boast of the most high- sounding, space filling name of any circuit in baseball, if that is any j satisfaction to the men who burdened it wilh the title. Dick IToMitzi-1. first baseman of the Boston Red Sox. has received notice to report to rort Oglethorpe, Ga. He recently enlisted in the" dental corps of the army. Hobby bas been made a second lieutenant. Atlanta had agreed to. release Tnfield-er Tnfield-er Galloway to Birmingram. but Ward McDowell jumped the team and Sammy Mayer was hurt, so Charley Frank called off the deal, as he needed need-ed Galloway in his own business. |