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Show BASEBALL jij' NOTES Pi ing an umpire must be a soft Job. All you luxe to hae Is a head harder ihan a pop boiile. I rani; Crosetil, rising oung Mar. I'layit:.- In ll.e San I'rauciseo Seal's in-r.eld. in-r.eld. Is i.nly scveiilceii years old. lovers llornshy, the slug-lug In healer of the 1'a.siou l'.ravcs, who Is paid Jh'.n"'. Is insured for ?'J..0.'KJ ;iil Mullens, third baseman wiih the St. l.ouis I'.rowns, has I n purchased outright by 1 hill. is. of the Texas league. I'm pins In (iinaha have to have good voices. There are two pitei.ers in a league there, ami both are named aporaiio-a sky. Amelia, the pitchers wearing spec-la.les spec-la.les in the major leagues are "Specs" Meadows, Carmen Hill and Hasi.ell Pollings. Jimmy Welsh, Giant outfielder, still carries with him a card of member ship In the St. l.ouis Knotholers' gang. It Is dated 1!H3. Herman Conrady of Hartsburg has been elected captain of the Illinois college baseball team. He is a pitcher and first baseman. liuck Greene, trainer for the Giants last year, has been signed to play second base for the Kaslon (Md.) club of l li e l-.'astern Shore league. Only two pitchers Urban Shocker and Herman S. P.ell have been able to win two complete nine-inning major league games in one day. Harvey Pursell, of Phillipshurg, N. J., was elected captain of the I.a fayeue college baseball team, succeeding succeed-ing Paul Koch of Schuylkill Haven. To aid In the curtailment of helling, a move has been started on the Pacific Pa-cific const to curb the announcement of batteries until just before the game time. The I'.oston P.raves announced the release of Pinny McNnmarii. former Boston college outfielder, under option to the Providence club of the Kaslern league. Western league players say a trip to Pueblo is an acid test, the infield being a new skinned affair which is the roughest and hardest in the league. Charlie Sullivun, tall right-handed pitcher of I he Tigers, has been released re-leased to the Seattle club of the Pacific Pa-cific Coast league under mi oplio'nal agreement. Kugene H. While of Hagerman. N Jl. was unanimously chosen captain of the 10'JO Washington and Lee baseball team. White played second base regularly regu-larly in the season just closed. Fans at Wrigley field, home of the Chicago Cubs, no longer may cast a iop bottle at offending umpires. Plenty Plen-ty of pop is sold, bill the vendors pom the liquid into paper cups and retain the hollies. King P.ader lias adopled the luea ol skull practice, livery morning King girlheis his Providence warriors lo discuss yesterday's mistakes, and lo map out plans of strategy for coming encounters. |