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Show ltuth's contract with the New York ai.kces expires in October. l'.h.'O. Ilc.ccrs Ilonisby now has ostati-en ostati-en which he plans to raise and sell blu.-;;rass. II pa l;i-:ey and llube Hressler lire paru.crs In varit us real estate holdings hold-ings in t'inciir.iatl. I-'red !y Slagulre of the Cabs Is the only lloMon hoy M the hi- leagues. I'-osti!i fans arranged n tiav to honor hi:a. Stat. ford nniver.sit s baseball nine, headed by L ik it Harry Woller, will play a Ion-; schidule of games in Australia. Aus-tralia. I-'rcd !Ieia:ac!i, now with the Tan-ki-es, has soon previous service In the u. a; T lea- uj ui;h the Athletics and the Hcd Sox. Slack Hi. lis, second baseman of the Cel'aa.I-I.i cluh of the S.oitii Atlantic Ic'.ae. lias bo.-n purchased by the ritl.-'eur.-ii Tii-ates. 1 l':7:v Vance, l'.roohlyn pitcher, j hurled a f. ur-hit game again-t I'hi-j I'hi-j -"!:;. in V. Zi nr.. three of the bits ah i b-w cd w ere Lome runs. Ills team mates say I'lttin-.-er of the r.eos never cuts in the dinin? c:ir when traveling and Intimate this is becau-e of Ili.aivial reasons. Vie Ahlridgp. now with the f'.iants. throw throe men out ut the date In one inning of a ga'i.e ; gah:st Iloston in 1!--1. lie was with the Cubs thou. Ted Kolza. n Cicero (III.) high school boy. who didn't lose a game in four years of high school competition, is with the Siil'.vauhee llrcwers now Ileing overstocked with outfielders. Manager Connie Slack of the A's presented pre-sented nn unconditional release to Francis Keliy. n normal school star. Hardin Ifennion succeeded Art ibnirg i:s niauager id the Jacksonville club of the Sou;heastern league. Hern (ion last year managed the Columbus club. Recent batting avcrrges for the Southern league showed that practically prac-tically two-;!:iiils of the players in tic league were hitting above The ,."U0 murk. I ; i ; i ! I Sleti.-el, former star outliebler with the -New Vu'l; C,i..iiis, has heen released by a racilip Coast league team. He is near the end of his baseball base-ball career. George Oerlcen, young outfii'ldei from Slilwauhee, was released recent ly by the Cleveland Indians to the New Or!"ans l'elicans of the Southern South-ern association. The longest extra-inning game ever piayed in a world scries was the 14-inning 14-inning game between Host on alio r.rooklyn in 1P10, It was won by tiie lied Sox. to 1. Habe llulb, in denying current rumors ru-mors that he plans to (iiit baseball after next season, says be won't sign any contracts in the future longer than for one year. Holly Slishkin, young left-handed first baseman, released by the San Francisco Seals, has been signed for the New York Americans by William F.ssicU. Yankee scout. The highest winning percentage by a pitcher in the American league va m t by "Smoky Joe" Wood in H"2 when he won games and lost bin I. Wood is now baseball coach at Vide. ' Hay Jacobs, second baseman, obtained ob-tained recently by Miuueapoiis on option op-tion from ihe Cbicf.'o Cubs, has been recalled by the National league club and sent to I.os Angeles of the 1'aciiic Cast circuit. |