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Show vdiamondy Apick-upsA Gene Bailey, veteran outfielder, one time with the Robins, has joined the Waco team. Charles (Stony) Wall, Kansas university uni-versity baseball and football star, has signed with the St. Louis Cardinals. George Grant, leading hurler of the Terre Llaute Three-1 league baseball team, has joined the Cleveland Indians. In-dians. Dick Snelling, young Cleveland pitcher, has been sold by Washington Washing-ton to Jersey City of the International league. Ohio State will present almost a new team In baseball next seasou. It lost seven regulars this year by graduation. grad-uation. Manuel Ilerrera, an lufielder released re-leased by Mobile, was sold to the Springfield (Mass.) team of the Eastern East-ern league. i Frank J. Navin broke into baseball as a cashier and bookkeeper for S. F. Angus, one of the early owners of the Detroit club. liurry Elmore, centerfielder of the University of Cincinnati baseball Wain, has been signed by the Detroit American Amer-ican league club. The first triple play on record Is credited to Paul lilues, ln a game played between Providence aud Boston Bos-ton on May 8, 187S. The Waterbury club has released Catcher Yoxheluier, who has been optioned to Nashua of the New Eug- laud league, but was returned. j Lefty Sullivan, u southpaw pitcher, who was with the White Sox a few seasons ago and Jumped his contract, has been restored to good standing. Jimmy Vorhoff, an infielder, who went to Cleveland from Williamsport, Pa., bus been released outright to the Pensacola club of the Southeastern league. Connie Mack, of the Philadelphia Athletics, is credited with having developed de-veloped more star players than any other manager In the whole history of baseball. George M. (Mickey) O'Neill, purchased pur-chased recently by the New York Giants from Washington, has been sold to the Toledo American association associ-ation dull. James II. Chirlcin, owner of the Hartford Baseball club, announced recently re-cently that he bad purchased the release re-lease of I'llcher Ralph Head from the Rochester club. John (lilnny) McNulimru, captain of the Boston college basebull team, has signed wllh the Boston Braves. He Is an outfielder and Is reported to be a worthwhile hitter. Although he pitched hllless ball for nine Innings, Al Wicker of North Carolina Car-olina Slate college saw his team defeated de-feated by Wake Forest college, f to 4, due to wlidnc.ss on bis part and errorH by his males. Arthur Itosenson, '".II, left fielder, of Brooklyn, N. Y., has been eleclecf captain cap-tain of Hie baseball team at Lehigh university for lll'JS. Frauds I.ell. Clayton, Clay-ton, "JS, of Joplln, Mo., was elected caplaln of Uim track team |