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Show BASEBALL Watt of Indianapolis has been hitting hit-ting iu great shape. What the League of Nations seems to need is a Judge Landis to run It.' Pitcher Jack Wisner, who had been a holdout on Indianapolis, is now Willi Toledo. Melvin Ott, outfielder on the staff of the New York Giants, la eighteen years old. A total of 225,000 baseball fans attended at-tended the opening-day games of the major leagues. Dutch Ituether, nnclent left-hander of the Yankees, apparently Is on his way to a big year. As a relief pitcher. George Danss of Detroit won eleven times last season sea-son and lost but three times. Washington has sent Pitcher Joe (Ginger) Carroll back to the Little Rock club of the Southern league. ritchcr Haines of the St. Louis Cardinals has dune the most effective work In the box this season of any-major any-major league pitcher. Canada will celebrate. Its diamond Jubilee In baseball this summer with an elaborate program of tournaments, exhibition games and special contests. L. S. MeKeima, sporting editor of the St. Taul Dispatch, is responsible for a twenty-sixth anniversary soiivl-nlr soiivl-nlr booklet on the American association. associa-tion. Two Scotchmen wrote to Billy Kvans about a baseball problem: "Dear Sir: Will you please settle the following argument satisfactorily to both of us?" All four of the regular Inficlders of the Detroit Tigers weigh less than 10."i pounds, Lu I'.lue, 1 (".'', being the heaviest heavi-est and Jack Tavener, 1J0, the lightest. light-est. The Detroit club equaled the American Amer-ican league record for men left on bases In one game last season, when on August 2, 17 Tigers were left stranded. Four veterans of the Alexandria (Va.) high school baseball team resigned re-signed rather than sign n pledge to refrain from eating candy except at lunch time. v 1 reddle Parent., assistant baseball coach at Harvard and old-lime major league star, has been named conch of the Lawrence club of the New F.ng. land league. The majority of sports writers pick the Yankees or Athletics ns i"iitiant winners on the American league tlti-i year, with Connie Mack's aggregation the favorite, We always used to think Willie Feeler started that "Hit 'em where they ain't" si it IT. That was before wo saw Paulino upsldodown swing that erratic limb of his. Frankie rilhooley, veteran outfielder, outfield-er, has been sold to Knchcslcr by Toronto. To-ronto. He lut (I been a persistent holdout hold-out on lite Canadian club anil there was little chance of terms being reached. Cub players recall that Outfielder Mclzlcr. acquired by the While Sox, was a member of lite North side squad In Die fall of 1!l2"i. lie was sent to Wichita Falls, where he played a brisk (tiller field, When Johnny P.assler of the Tigers was charged with an error In the game of April 20, It marked the first time a nilhplay appeared after his name since September 1M, 1!)L'."i. That, made a total of y'2 games w ilhoiif a blemish, he having hav-ing gone through all of the O.'l games he participated In last scanoii without being charged with a boot. |