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Show Like the baseball returns, we all like, to read that the U-boat battlers shut the enemy out without a hit. Cardinal fans should know by this time that they cannot injure Umpire "Lord Byron" with pop bottles. ' As a fly catcher, Benny Kauff, the Giants' center fielder, beats all the Ulue-covered paper in the world. - Nevertheless there is no reason to suppose that the baseball players who go into the army will try to steal home. Mike Gonzales, the clear Ilabana backstop of the Cardinals, is showing the regular article for the Huggins outfit. Frank Schulto Is not doing much in the batting line for the Phillies. He lias been sent in as pinch hitter several sev-eral times. AValler Itehg, who has been in and .out of the big show several times, has ' become a member of the Shillings Res- 1 cue league. , All N. L. baseball admit nornsby has improved immensely in the last: year, but he still takes a cut at many j n bad ball. Adam Debus, the Pirate infielder grabbed from the Cardinals on waivers, waiv-ers, already is being hailed as another anoth-er Arthur Devlin. Big league ball players should not get excited over the draft. Most of them came from the minors via the hat-drawing route. Minneapolis continues to take on former Northern leaguers. Another addition is Pitcher Lester Stevenson, tvho was with Winnipeg. With Johnson and Smith on the Seals, Henry Pa-rry losses' :es the only team in organ'.ed baseball with two redskin pitchers on the staff. Another pitcher who is attracting considerable attention because of the line brand of ball he is delivering is Jim Bagby of the Cleveland. If you don't believe that Zaeh Wheal's injured ankle will keep him out uf the world's scries this fall just look at the National league star.di.igs. King Lear, the former Villanovn baseball star, who had a trial with the Atlilelies at third base a few season.- ego, is pltiyitig clover ball ou Uio Bridgeport team. j |