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Show BASEBALL Sometimes a baseball pool Is as dangerous dan-gerous as an uncharted swimming pooL The Giants have signed Joe Morris-sey, Morris-sey, the outfielder from Holy Gross college. A Milwaukee ball player has been sold for $75,000, but nearly everything Is higher. . The wood most used for baseball bats Is secondyear ash, sun-dried and weather-cured. Walter Genln, former Albany and Hartford outfielder, has been signed by Waterbury. Nashville Banner This Is the canning can-ning season for baseball managers as well as housewives. The Detroit Tigers purchased Leon PierottI, shorstop, from the Pocatello club of the Utah-Idaho league. Bill Clowers, left-handed pitcher from Ardmore, Is trying to make a place for himself with the Red Sox. Inflelder Benie Batch, who broke an ankle early Ui the season, Is again In condition and has reported to Newark. New-ark. Outfielder Johnny Tobln, for many years with the St. Louis Browns, is playing good ball for the Boston Red Sox. Jimmy Bishop, right-handed pitcher, Is a new addition to the Bridgeport staff. He was obtained from Water-bury. Water-bury. , Albany has secured another pitcher from the Piedmont league by the name of Parker. He comes from the Durham Dur-ham club. Waterbury obtained Pitcher Max Rachac from the Portland club of the Pacific Coast league to replace Dave Keefe, who was recalled. Jean Dubuc, former Detroit pitcher, who Is managing the Manchester team In the New England league, has his outfit battling for first place, i ... ! Hank Gowdy thanked Minneapolis I fans for their Gowdy day recently by soaking a homer, double and single and nipping three attempted steals. ... Senor Gonzales, the sensational Cuban, Cu-ban, Is no longer shortstopplng for Danville, although he was one of the best In the business. He couldn't hit ... Washington sold Pitcher Lefty Thomas to the Rochester club of the International league. He has been pitching for Birmingham of the Southern South-ern league on option. ... Fred Magulre, Toledo second baseman, base-man, accepted ten chances without a miss in a recent game with Kansas City. He is being hailed as the best keystone guardian in the league. ... Charley Engle, young shortstop, has been returned to Greensboro by the Philadelphia Athletes. This was done by Mack when he took Dave Barbee, slugging third baseman, away trow the Patriots. ... Napoleon Wall, an Indian righthander, right-hander, who recently joined the Joplln club, has shown enough stuff to list him as a high-class prospect. Wall formerly played with the Haskell Indians. Formal transfer of the Atlanta franchise fran-chise to R. J. Splller by Dan Michael-ove Michael-ove has been effected, the consideration considera-tion having been announced at $267,-500. $267,-500. No immediate change in the management man-agement of the team or policy of the club is-being considered. ... The Boston Braves seiit In Solder Eddie Taylor to the Buffalo club of the International league. Tfylor Is the former Eastern league player who looked so good in the spring. An overabundance over-abundance of innehlers, with the addition ad-dition of Eddie Moore, made necessary neces-sary a reduction. |