The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-03
SPORTING SQUIBS

I Among important sgnings of the past week Heinie Zimmerman of the Giants Zm is reported as we'll satisfied with the contract given him.
 1 Eddie Plank retired, was sent con- tract by the New York Americans. He re- turned it unsigned, with the statement 1 that he has no intention of returning to professional baseball.
 l Louisville of the American association l and Nashville, of the Southern, have ar ranged series of exhibition games to be ] played in Nashville. St. Paul also may | play series in Nashville. so that South ] ern league fans may get line on the speed of the American association teams. 1 The Boston Red Sox management has | cleaned house by securing waivers on five more r'@~ers, making something like a dozen all d freed for transfer to clubs | outside the American league The five an- nounced were; Fred Thomas, third base man; Dick Hobltzell, first baseman: Jim my Walsh Paul Smith and George White- I man, outfielders.
 The Cleveland Indians have good nucleus of pitching talent with which to i start the season. The squad of pitchers includes Bagby, Covaleskie, Coumbe. Morton and Ensmann of last years team. 1 Uhle, the Cleveland semi-pro, Joe Engel. formerly of Washington. and Torkelson, | Engel was signed last week. having been declared a free agent by Clark Griffith, who has had a string on him for the last three years, during which time Joe has i been in the minors. His last work was with Atlanta, where he displayed the lack of control that characterized him pitching when with Washington. Fohl hopes he will be able to cure him of his wildness, as Cleveland certainly needs pitchers, par ticularly during the early part of the l campaign. Now that Torkelson has re- turned 1t is doubtful if any other hurler will be added to the squad. Instead, Fohl will just wait for Klepfer. Lambeth, Dick erson and Petty to come back, and also for the return of Elmer Myers, upon whom the deal with the Athletics depends.
 The Giants have on their roster Perr.tt, Toney, Barnes. Causey. Anderson. Win ters, Benton, Schupp, Steele, Sallee and perhaps others. Sallee says he has re- tired: Schupp's return to form is doubt ful, but there are enough of the others to make a pretty fair pitching staff. l It seems that Manager George Stallings of the Boston Braves has made up his mind positively that he does not want Buck Herzog or Dick Rudolph, but unless he reduces considerably his notion Of the value of talent that he should receive in exchange he'll have to keep 'em or turn lem loose-and when 1t comes to turning Herzog loose, well, he has contract that's good for while.
 l In letter to Frank Omberg. director of the Chicks, Monty Trieste. right-hant
 pitcher and utility man. who; has beer with the Chickasaw club several sea-
 sons announces his retirement iron
 baseball.
 Trieste has business connections here but is desirous of going to Memphi.
 to enter the cotton business, and ha.
 asked Director Omberg to use his in
 fluence in placing him with a loca
 concern.
 Prieste's decision to desert the base
 ball ranks will not interfere with Man ager Bargers plans for 1919. since Bar
 ger has already indicated that Priest,
 would not be back in the spring.
 Freddie Graf, the veteran third base
 man of the Chattanooga Lookouts. hal
 signed to play his seventh year with thu
 Lookouts. It is also announced that Josl lDevore, the veteran outfielder. who ha.
 played with the Giants. Philles. Braves and other big league clubs, wants tt play with them.
 Slim Love. who was traded to Detroi
 several months ago, announces his re ltirement from the game. being dissatis fled with the contract offered him.
 .It requires me to pitch for $1o0 les. month than received the first year