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Show BASEBALL Jl MOTES d$ Lou Niebert, SL Louis outfielder, has signed with the Columbus club of the Southeastern league. Pete Ritchie, former San Francisco Seals catcher, has been purchased by Indianapolis of the American association. associa-tion. Tommy Leach, Pittsburgh star of old, has signed as coach and assistant assist-ant to Manager Wilbur Good at Atlanta. At-lanta. ' Greensboro of the Piedmont league has sold Outfielder Sut Austin to the Fayettevllle club of the Eastern Carolina Car-olina league. . Taylor Doufhit, St Louis outfielder excelled all other major leaguers during dur-ing the 1928 season, in number of put-outs, put-outs, accounting for 547. Tom Nash, former Georgia ' Tech football star, has signed a contract with the Asheville team of the South Atlantic league. He will try for an outfield position. Bill White, Georgia's baseball coach has only one arm, but he hits fungoes in daily practice, and also can shoot 18 holes of golf in the nineties. He pitches now and then. Kansas City of the American association asso-ciation has purchased Walter Collins, twenty-two-year-old pitcher, from the Muskogee club of the Western association associ-ation for 1930 delivery. The Dallas Steers cut one name off the dining room list at the Corslcana camp when Chief Gaddis, a pitcher, was dropped. The release of Gaddis was made as a favor to the player. Alexander Hyzer, twenty-one-year-old Clyde (Ohio) boy, has signed a contract with the St Louis Cardinal organization. He is an outfielder and will be trained at the Danville clearing clear-ing house. Howard Williamson, outfielder with Houston in the Texas league, has ambitions am-bitions of being a great artist some day. While attending Texas unlver sity he drew cartoons for the comi magazine. Rip Radciiffe, an outfielder with the Paris team of the Lone Star league last season, has been obtained by Muskogee Mus-kogee of the Western association. He was the property of the Dallas club of the Texas league. The Newark Bears may changi their nickname to the Gray Eagles In honor of the new manager. The Rochester club last year got the nen name of Red Wings. Raltimore al ways has been "Orioles." ' Connie Mack, who at the age of six ty-six is the oldest big league man ager in the history of baseball, heiin his professional diamond career 4" years ago as catcher of the Meridan team in the Eastern league. |