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Show SASEBAlLJi ' NOTES m Reing an umpire must be a soft Job. All you have to have Is a head harder than a pop bottle. Frank Crosettl, rising young star, playing in the San Francisco Seal's In-Held, In-Held, Is only seventeen years old. Rogers Hornsby, the slugging In fielder of the Koston Braves, who Is paid $I0.(KH), Is Insured for $250,000 Bill Mullens, third baseman with the St. Louis Browns, has been purchased outright by Dallas, of the Texas league. Umpires In Omaha have to have good voices. There are two pitchers in a league there, and both are named Zaporanowsky.- Among the pitchers wearing spectacles spec-tacles in the major leagues are "Specs" Meadows, Carmen Hill and Haskell Biliings. Jimmy Welsh, Giant outfielder, still carries with lilin a card of membership member-ship In tire St. Louis Knotholers' gang. It Is dated 1015. Herman Conrady of Hartsburg has been elected captain of the Illinois college baseball team. He is a pitcher and first baseman. Buck Greene, trainer for the Giants last year, has been signed to play second base for the Easton (Md.) club of the Eastern Shore league. Only two pitchers Urban Shocker and Herman S. Bell have been able to win two complete nlne-lnning major league games in one day. Harvey Rursell, of Plillliiisburg, N. J., was elected captain of the La fayette college baseball team, succeeding succeed-ing Raul Koch of Schuylkill Haven. To aid In the curtailment of betting, a move has been started on the Pacific Pa-cific coast to curb the announcement of batteries until Just before the game time. The Boston Braves announced the release of Dinny McNamara, former Boston college outfielder, nnder option to the Providence club of the Eastern 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 Sullivan, tall right-handed pitcher of the Tigers, has been released re-leased to the Seattle club of the Pacific Pa-cific Coast league under an optional agreement. Eugene H. White of Hagerman, N. M. was unanimously chosen captain of the 1!''!1 Washington and Lee baseball team. While played second base regularly regu-larly In the season Just closed. Fans at Wrlgley field, home of the Chicago Cubs, no longer may cast a pop bottle at offending umpires. Plenty Plen-ty of pop is sold, but the vendors pout the liipiid into paper cups nnd retain the bottles. King Bader has adopted the uiea oi skull practice. Every morning King gathers his Providence warriors lo discuss yesterday's mistakes, and to map out plans of strategy for coming encounters. |
