The Ely miner., 1928-05-04
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Baseball has been played in Japan
for the last 36 years.
Joe Cronin, infielder, has been sold
by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Kan
sas City American association club.
There have been "a worlds series
played between championship teams
of the American and National leagues.
Why are the Pirates so eager to get
into the next world series? They
hardly got out of the last one alive.
Del and Kike Pierce, two Dayton
brothers from the semi-pro ranks, have
signed with Springfield in the Central
league.
"Pid" Purdy, rookie outfielder, is
believed to be the fastest player on
the pay roll of the Cincinnati Reds
this season.
Mike Donlin, former National league
star, is working with Richard Dix on
baseball movie to be titled KNOCK
ing 'em Over"
Tampa's new Southwestern league
baseball club set an unique precedent
by going several miles north to ST.
Augustine for it's preseason training.
Outfielder Ben Spencer and Catcher
Dutch Seasholtz have been purchased
! by Petersburg of the Virginia league
from the Raleigh Caps of the Pied
mont.
Now the word is going the rounds
that Clarence Rowland, former Amer
lean league umpire, wants to buy the
Toledo franchise of the American as
sociation.
Outfielder Joy Wyast has been sold
by New Orleans to Decatur of the
Three-I league. He was cast in utility
roles while connected with New Or
leans last season.
Bob Countryman, who was named
pilot of the Mexia team of the Lone
Star loop, and also appointed umpire
in the Texas league, has chosen to fol-
low the work of an arbiter.
Manager Mack announces that
Claude Jonnard, pitcher, has been re-
turned to the Milwaukee club of the
American association, from which
team he was purchased last fall.
The Frederick club of the Blue
Ridge league has signed a deaf mute
pitcher, Leonard Downs, who has been
q star with the Maryland state school
for the deaf for two or three years.
The pitching staff of the Bingham
ton Triplets of the New York-Pennsyl-
vania league was considerably boil
stored by the purchase of Pitcher Roy
Auer from the Buffalo Internationals
Orville Elliott, knuckle ball pitcher
with Raleigh of the Piedmont league
last year, has notified his club that he
will not play this year and requests
that his name be placed onthe vOlun-
tarily retired list.
Because he won Is games while los
ing only one in the Southern league
last summer, Eddie Wells, former De-
troit hurler, is expected to be one of
the most reliable members of the
Washington squad this summer.
Pitchers Jimmy Robinson and Car
roll Danforth, two Dallas youngsters
with the Brooklyn Robins, and Catch
er Hugh Wise, former Purdue univer-
sity star, have been optioned out to
Macon of the Sally league, farm of
the Robins.
Jim Bfvens, young third sacker
who was transferred from the st.
Louis Cardinal camp to Houston, has
been sent along by the Bluffs to Roch-
ester of the International. Both clubs
are members of the Cardinal string
so it's all in the family.
Officials of the Fairmont club of the
Middle Atlantic league are organiz-
ing boys county league around Fair
mont with an eye to the future. They
figure they may be able to draw on
the ranks of this loop for their league