The Connecticut labor press., 1920-05-29
DIAMOND NOTES


 NOTES ..
 Babe. Ruth is picturesque perform CT eveIrwhen he is striking out.
 Now everybody knows Eddie Eayrs can pitch as well as field and hit
 Coveleskie, the noted pitcher of the Cleveland Indians. grows better with age
 The Braves come and go. but color and pep they appear to have with them always.
 Six players have been released to minor leagues by the New York Yankees.
 The Pirate travelling uniforms are nowhere near as attractive as the togs of last season.
 Ferdie Schupp bids fair to bear out Branch Rickey's assertion he will come back this year.
 Dode Criss. one-time famous hitter. is making his headquarters in Shreve- port these days.
 The Milwaukee club has transferred Pitcher McWhorter to Richmond of the Virginia league.
 The Braves have an outfielder named John L. Sullivan. He ought to be popular in Boston.
 R. Miller, the Philadelphia rookie third baseman, looks like a member of the baseball Millers.
 Dave Davenport, the skyscraper of baseball. has world of speed, but he isn't so long on control.
 One New York expert is playing safe. He picks one of three teams in each league to cop the flag.
 
 The Oklahoma City club has signed Billy Kelly of East St. Louis, old bat tery mate of Marty O'Toole.
 Stockholders of the Cincinnati Ma tional league club have demanded free passes and extra dividends.
 Griffith is very sweet for Ericson as a pitcher and the Old Fox is a fairly good judge of a thrower.
 The Browns are sure to finish in the first division. according to the way they have it doped in St. Louis. fielder Vic Ruedy to the Chickasha club of the Western association.
 Ivan Olson has done the most con- sistent hitting of any player of the Greater New York clubs to date.
 Bob MunseIl, the new third base man of the Yankees. is said to be able to drive a ball as far as Babe Ruth.
 With the Braves and the Red Sox out of the race, Boston can take an interest in Harvard's football practice.
 
 Joe O'Rouke, veteran minor leaguer. has been made manager of the Greenville team of the South Atlantic league.
 They are calling the Houston Buff falos the "Glories'' this season. Whether of morning or evening vari- ety is not clear.
 Andy Stark, sent to Minneapolis by the Griffmen, has baked. He will play with an industrial league team in New York state.
 Pitcher Pat Murray and Tnf1elder George Petty, formerly of Notre Dame. were internationally released by the Philadelphia Nationals.
 Pitcher Mario DeVitalis, the college fryout, has been sent by Manager Mill Ter Higgins of the New York Yankees to the Vernon Coast league club.
 The veteran Butch Kerns. catcher, quit the Dallas club before the sea- son opened and will play ball with an independent team in the oil belt.
 Art Phelan, who has been coaching a college team in Florida and for that reason was delayed. joined the Fort Worth team just as the season opened. Barney Dreyfuss rises to remark that there was no friction between Manager Gibson and himself in regard to the case of Catcher Walter ,, Schmidt. 1 The Boston Red Sox released Cuddy Murphy, the former Dartmouth college star, and Pitcher 1 Harry Holborrow to Toronto of the l league. The cops of Toronto will again re- rive the annual track and field meet | his summer, which was discontinued 1 turing the war.