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Show YDIAMDNDV AFICK-UFBA I'ltcher Deberry with the Louisville Colonels, plays golf left-handed and carries two sets of clubs. Baseball Isn't so bad off In Kansas City. A record of more than 5,000 saw a recent week-day game. There are baseball writers who still refer to the American league race, when they know It Is a walk-away. Winston Salem of the I'ledmont leugue has sold Arthur Bclnholz, third baseman, to the Cleveland Indtuns. Speaker hit .300 for ten seasons, dropped out of the. .300 class and then returned for a string oi eight in a row. Bay Schalk Is himself authority for the statement that he did not resign his Job with the White Sox, bit was given the air. Amidst the other wonders that Lena Blackburne has accomplished Is getting Bib Pa Ik to hustle. The Texan is also hitting. Chalmer CIsesel of the White Sox conies from a family that once had eljzht members playing baseball with various tenuis. The Federal baseball grounds near the city of Osaka, Japan, covers 15 acres and the grand stand can seat 10,000 spectators. Fans In Pittsburgh think the Pirates will not have a catching burden as long as Charley llargreaves Is able to don niiisk and mit. Outfielder Charley Pornuir. has been purchased by the Cleveland Americans from the Tyler club In the West Texas leiipue. Blonmlngton, 111., has turned over to Moline Outfielder Jay Siglrst and purchnsed optionally from Indianapolis Indianap-olis Outfielder Jhn Anderson. Big lengue scouts say It Is a tough Job in the minors this year finding worth-while nniterlal which is not already al-ready owned by some major league club. Edson Brewster, veteran telegraph tele-graph operator at. the Polo grounds, has never been known to arrive at the ball field without rubbers and umbrella. um-brella. John J. O'Shca. left-hander of the Boston College team, signed with "the Boston Bed Sox, less than 24 hours after graduating and Joined the team at once. If .Take Flowers, the ex-Card'nnl. maintains his present halting and fielding pace for the Bohlns, Manager ftobinsnn's secuid base problem will be M.lved. Joe Hornnng, one-time star out-fleldi out-fleldi i of the National le- gi:e, h.is an old baseball on which Is Inscribed. July 1ft. 1R78. Forest City, 8; Te-eumseh, Te-eumseh, 0." Dazzy Vance, the Brooklyn star, has no rival as a strike-out irtist. He tin 8 led the National league In this department for the last six year and probably will lend agi'ln this year. Playing second hasp. Margaret Glsolo led her team, the Blanford f'tibs. to victory In the Vermilion county (Indiana) division of the American Amer-ican national biisehall tournament. In Rube t'arnham of the Raltl more club won 3.1 games nnti 2f of rhem came In a row Socks Seibodl. vpfaran with Heading. Is tryl"S to run up h'g total this year with 15 al rei:d In. Th I'hli d.'lphln Athletics hold the lihjiesf and lowest team batting iver-a;e iver-a;e ever -emptied In a world series. They mnd- the former with .317 average aver-age in J010 nnd the latter with a 102 avemge In VMI5. It Is a far cry from the old-time musical dt uble play combination, sm-h as Tinker to tfvans to ('liiirce. to the Brooklyn trio. Rancroft to Itlcnndn to Rissonette. oi Ourociier to I.azzeri to Gurlg. " |