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Show BASEBALL BM Bennie Oosterbaan, Michigan's famous fa-mous athlete, batted .400 for the Ann Arbor collegians this year. Greater love hath no man than that he continue to refer to a home town tail-end ball team as Our Jo: - Elton Langford of Des Moines last year continues in his batting slump and has been benched by the Indians. Mel Harder, eighteen-year-old recruit re-cruit of the Cleveland club, is die' youngest pitcher In the major league. The Boston F,ed Sox released Pitcher Pitch-er Cliff Garrison, on option, to the Tortland club of the New England league. Harry Seibold, pitcher, with the Reading Internationals, lost only one game while winning fourteen up to mid-July. ' Roy Carlyle, Birmingham Southern association outfielder, got seven hits in nine recent trips to the plate as pinch hitter. Fred Ileimach, former major league hurler, had won sixteen games while losing six tip to mid-July In the American association. M dixie's big league club I The Washington Wash-ington team of the AJiericair league, has 12 of 25 players on t.'ie roster hailing from the Southland. Nick Porelll, Muhlenberg star, who Joined the Athletics recently, compiled com-piled a .005 batting average for his undefeated college team this year. I.efty Jamcrson, released by Hartford Hart-ford was taken on by Waterbury and annexed a victory ns relief hurler on his first day in a Brassco uniform. "Luke" Johnsos, captain and star shortstop of the V.di Northwestern university . iseball team, will Join the roster of the Cincinnati Reds next season. One Cleveland .'ports writer thinks-this thinks-this will be the last season fur Joe Sewell ns regular shortstop for the Indians, In-dians, lie says old age has claimed Sewell. The Frederick club of the Blue Ridge league at a meeting of the hoard of directors authorized sale of its franchise to Cleveland of the American league. A New York Giant catcher ran head on Into H concrete dugout wit limit li-mit Injuring himself or the dugout. Just another example of the wonders of modern achitecture. . I'ale Alexander of Toronto and Hick Porter of Baltimore are waging n hot duel for hatting, honors In the International Interna-tional league this year, with the former for-mer having the edge to date. Ills Injured It nee falling to respond to treatment, Billy Mullen, ufin several sev-eral years ago was one of Hie greatest great-est third basemen In the Texas league, has decided to ipilt baseball, George Morlarty, poot-umplrc-base-hall manager, has found that kindness kind-ness to his players doesn't pay. lie Iried poems on the lads, hit found them too empty even for blank verse. Speaking of rubber watcties, which are now the rage on the beaches, who remembers the first rpiarler of the Michigan-Marino football game dome years hack, that stretched out to Gil minutes. Farmer In Idaho wa'i saved from death by lightning when a hoe lie was using formed a ground conlnct. Many poivniis will gain some sal Isfacl Ion from the fact Hint h golf club might do the same thing. |