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Show BASEBALL Ml NOTES mi Princeton university made over $41,- 000 In sports last year. The Yankees hold every attendance record In every American league baseball base-ball park. Andy Cohen, the boy wonder of the Giants, Is being bothered by trouble In his left ear. There were 788 stolen bases In the American league last year, as compared com-pared with 641) In the National league. Lee Fohl, former major league manager, mana-ger, has been appointed pilot of tha Des Moines Western league baseball club. A sport critic says the home run Is losing Its popularity In certain circles. He ought to quit talking to pitchers. Baltimore's Streak of seven straight pennants tn tfie International league Is a record unequaled In organized baseball. Judge Emll Fuchs of the Braves tells of the bnttaien who felt Insulted when the catcher hollered, "Two down nnd nobody up." "Lefty" O'Doul, now with the Giants, has three times equaled the feat of walloping six hits on six trips to the plute In a game. Cleveland has announced the release of Pitcher Walter Brown to the New Orleans club of the Southern association associa-tion on option. William Steinecke, catcher on the Waterloo club of the Mississippi Valley Val-ley league, has been sold to the Detroit De-troit Tigers for $3,500. Jack Dunn of the Bultimore Orioles paid the fine of a youngster who was arrested after trying to "pocket" one of his baseballs at Oriole park. - The Cincinnati Reds are a team of comparative midgets which Is In line with Manager Hendricks' belief that short men are faster than tall ones. ... The Waterbury club of the Easteru league announces the purchase of Walter Wal-ter Klmmick. former Cincinnati In-fielder, In-fielder, from Mobile of the Southern league. ... Babe Ruth says the umpires are fair, square and 09 per cent right. The Bam Is conservative, of course, as he may have to growl at a decision some day himself. ... Although the general Impression pre- vails that Tom Zachary, Washington burler. Is one of the oldest men tn the big leagues, the record book shows he was born on March 7. 1S97. ... Dick Wade, a member of the Nashville Nash-ville Vols in the Southern league, established es-tablished what is believed to be a world's record at Nashville when he bit four consecutive home runs. ... Babe Ruth Is believed to buve the heaviest bat made. While the average bat used by other players Is from 28 ounces tn 40 ounces, the great borne-run borne-run slugger uses ene weighing 52 ounces. . . Great things are predicted of Lefty Wellman, pitcher the White Sox bought . from Molln. Wellman attracted at-tracted the scouts wttn he fanned 39 In three straight games. He reports this fall. ... - Bruce Caldwell, Yale's greatert football foot-ball play' since Ted Coy and one of the best right-handed batters tbet ever represented tbe Blue on the baseball field, has decided to Join tbe Cleveland Cleve-land Indiana. |
