The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-07-15
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Al Bridwell's Rocky Mount pitchers
are not going well.
| Pitcher Ray Richmond was sent to
! Tulsa by the st. Louis Browns under
option.
The Joplin club has sold First Base
man Bill Brown to Nashville of the
Southern league.
Late Texas league averages show a
lot more hitting than is usual in the
Lone Star circuit.
AL Platte has found the Western
league about his class and is going
good with Omaha.
Pitcher Joe Willis has jumped the
Columbus club. Manager Clymer says
he doesn't know why.
Pitcher Newkirk has been pur-
chased by the Columbus A. A. team
from the Chicago Nationals.
George Cutshaw vies with Iris
Speaker, as they are the only players
to tally four runs In game.
American association club owners
will make a finish fight against players
who jump to independent clubs.
Buffalo, after several years of III
difference to international baseball,
seems to be coming back strong.
Pitcher Eddie Foster has jumped
the st. Paul Saints to play with an in
dependent team at Virginia, MINI.
The veteran Jack Warner, after less
than month of it, chucked his job as
an umpire in the International league
Wheeler Dell says he gets 500
month for pitching and working fol
an electric company in Richmond
Utah.
Cleveland Americans have released
Frank Grabfelder. sandlot recruit out
fielder, to Cedar Rapids of the Three
league.
Tulsa released Infielder Bob Lar
more to the Cedar Rapids club of the
Three-I league, where he has started
off big.
Abilene calls its team in the West
Texas league the Eagles, so If they &c
up in the air now and then they should
not be blamed.
Leo Mangum, after his no-hit game
| for Albany, hasn't done much. An
alibi for him is that he has been un-
der the weather.
Joe Tinker solemnly deposes and de-
clares he offered the Chicago White
Sox $4,000 for Grover Lowdermilk and
was turned down.
Beals Becker, outfielder Of the Kan.
sas City club of the American asso'
citation, has been purchased by the
Seattle Pacific club.
The Syracuse, club has released Out
fielder Dan Costello and Pitcher Cuddy
Murphy. They have Joined steel
team in Pennsylvania.
Tacoma. which has been the grave
yard of many ball club, shows some
signs this year of giving its P. /
league team real support.
pitcher Cassaza, secured by Jersey
City from the Boston Braves, got the
| razzaza from Bill Donovan. He
couldn't pitch according to Bills ideas
Some ragged scores at Akron have
been blamed on the new grounds
pitchers say the sand Of the diamond
roughens the ball so they can't handle
it.
The Kansas City club sent Fred Pip.
kin and Walter Foster, two recruits
who have been warming the bench, to
Enid of the Western association un
der option of recall.
Cincinnati in the National, Cleve-
land in the American, Columbus OF
Toledo in the Association and Akron
| in the International-thats the way
Ohio fans expect them to put the
Buckeye state on the map this year in
baseball. Some state is Ohio.
Fred Hager, young catcher recent.
ly out Of the army, has been taken on
by the New York Yankees.
Johnny Brock, Kansas City pitcher
who has been kept down because OF
lack of hitting ability, is coming strong
| this year as a heavy swatter.
The Grand Rapids team of the Cen
trail league has signed Frank Roush
brother Of the star Of the Cincinnati
Reds. Brother Frank plays the infleld
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