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Show BASEBALL BE NOTES As much as $100,000 is spent by the major leagues each year for new baseballs. base-balls. Cardiff, Wales, supports four baseball base-ball leagues, one of which Is a worn- en's circuit. What politics needs Is the number of star holdouts that accompany each baseball season. An easy way to think in billions is to pay some ball players what they imniv tneyre worth. President E. S. Barnard of the Cleveland Cleve-land team announces that the Indians would train at Lakeside again in 1927. Joe Bush looks for a big year. He says the large outfield space at Washington Wash-ington and the tight defense the club will give him should help him r'0 per cent. Mike Baker, wdio managed the London Lon-don team of the Michigan-Ontario league last season, has signed with the Columbus club of the American as sociation. President Rube Marquard of the Providence club of the Eastern league has announced the sale of Pitcher Joe Ogrodowski to the Albany club of the same league. Dave Bancroft is learning the ways of hard-boiled managers. Last year some of the players put things 'over on him. It will be difficult for them to repeat in 1920. Jake Winier. star shortstop in the independent Twilight league last season, sea-son, has signed with the Manchester team of the Mo W l?r,rl.in,1 1 -- .,mU ".-ague, wi nier will act as field captain Decatur of the Three-I league has signed Howard Bushel! of Peoria a young catcher. He formerly played with St. Viator college and has had considerable t;emi-pro experience. The Lincoln club of the Western league has signed Outfielder Raymond Ray-mond Mann, who managed the Burlington Bur-lington team of the Mississippi Valley Val-ley league for a spell last season Russell (Lc-na) Elackburne who managed the Little Rock team of the Southern league last season, will be carried by the Travelers as utility man, according to Manager Joe Can-tulon. Can-tulon. Joe Rate, the Texas twirler Connie Mack succeeded in persuading to loin his aggregation, has fully recovered lrom the bump on his lie,i , practice. Joe has promised to keen balls Ut f Way f plttlleJ In "Chuck" Conners the Cards have a dead ringer for George Sisler Conners Con-ners got his baseball training as a member of the Donnelly Stars, a team sponsored by Arthur Donnelly, wealthy St. Louis sportsman. "Chuck" is only seventeen and has great promise. |