The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-05-29

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STORIES
Young men who can play baseball
are wanted In the marines.
Bill Killefer continues to turn back
the wOuld-be base stealers.
Manager George Stallings shipped
Outfielder Dixie Carroll back to Men,
phis.
Ball players no longer jump to out
law leagues. They jump into overalls
at $1.20 an hour.
Young Dick Lotus, released by Gin
cinnati to Evansville, says he will be
back in the big show.
Boston has limited Sunday ball
games to p. M. probably as a pro.
lection for Sunday night beans.
Young Ben Allen, the Mint league
recruit, seems to be doing pretty well
as a third baseman for Mobile.
John Dobbs has versatile team Of
Pelicans. No less than six of them
can play more than one position.
Portland holds the record for open
Ing day crowds in the Coast league
with paid attendance of 1926.
Whitley Hensling will be field man
ager and captain of the Okmulgee
team Of the Western association.
Jimmy McAuley and Beals Becker
are in partnership in running a Nil-
lard and pool room at Lemoore, Cal.
Manager Robinson of the Brooklyn
team has sent Pitcher Paul Schneider
to Lakeland of the Florida league.
Little Charley Fulton is a Raluable
pitcher to have around. He pitched
a shutout for Mobile the opening day.
Manuel Cueto is in bad with the
Seattle management through lis re-
fusal to answer letters or kilograms.
Johnny Mccarthy, purchased from
Columbus, has given the Birmingham
club final notice that he will not re-
port.
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Arthur Devlln, coaching Fordham |
college, is said to have a wonderful !
young pitcher in a lad named Gull
lotion.
Bert Coy has come back to baseball
and signed to play the outfeld for
the Wichita club of the Western
league.
The veteran William (Ducky)
Holmes will own and manage an In
dependent team at Brownville, Neb.,
this season.
Gleason is more confident than
ever that the club that beats out the
White Sox will win the American
league pennant. +
Pitcher VIM Noyes, late of the
Athletics and White Sox, has cast
his lot with one Of the clubs in the
Idaho outlaw league.
Charley Deal takes things so easy
no matter how hard the chance, 1t
looks as though he never makes any
difficult fielding plays.
Pittsburgh is supposed to be the
ark horse in the National league
race. Quite natural. Look at the
own they come from.
Connie Mack is described as deeply
but not dlsconsOlate. His
have not, it is admitted,
come as fast as he hoped for.
Otto Koepping, second baseman of
he Moline Three-I league team, has
Iuit organized ball and joined an In
dependent crew in Sterling, Neb.
Bill Hinchman and Manager Gibson
occupy the spotlight when the Pirates
re at bat. They station themselves
t first and third base respectively.
Three regulars of the st. Louis Car
lnals were formerly in the American
eague. Shotton was with the Browns
nd Senators; LAWN with Mackmen,
Srowns and Senators, and Fourier I
nth the White Sox and Yankees. q
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The veteran Neal Ball will play with
he New Haven Eastern league team
his season and act as assistant anu
eld captain for Manager Chief Ben
er.
Hunter Hill as manager of the Gal c
eston team will make the umpires t
rieye, says one critic, but it will G