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Del Gamer, the old first baseman,
has been signed by Baltimore as u
coach.
The Baltimore club has signed Tom
Hart, young catcher, whose home is
in Cincinnati.
Twenty-Five of the tWenty-nine play.
ers signed by the Jersey City club are
under twenty-four years of age.
|
The Cincinnati Reds are team of
comparative midgets-and it is be-
lieved that short men are faster than
tall ones.
Sylvester Simon, third baseman
who was with Fort Wayne last sea-
son, has signed with Erie of the Cen.
trail league.
No no-hit games were pitched BY
American league pitchers during the
1927 season. Charley Ruffing got a
one-hit contest.
John McGraw and the New York
Giants like San Antonio so well,
they've decided to train here for the
next three years.
Grover Cleveland Alexander, now
| entering his nineteenth season as
major league pitcher, has played I'M
der IL different managers.
Russell Wrightstone, for many
4 years with the Phillies, will play
either first base or the outfield for
the Newark Internationals this sum-
| mer.
Charley Schmidt, dean of baseball
catchers, has had bones broken in his
| hands 81 times since he broke into
the game 81 years ago in the Missouri
Valley league
| The Hagerstown club of the Blue
Ridge league has had the suspension
lifted on Harry Fisher, the big left
handed pitcher. who jumped the club
back in 1927.
New Haven of the Eastern league
has sold Elmer Bowman. veteran first
! baseman, to the Springfield club of the
same circuit. He is known as the
Babe Ruth of the league.
Terre Haute baseball club will is
sue passes to lady fans next season
for $3.50. The tickets will be good
for any game except those played
on Saturdays and Sundays.
Earl (Red) Snapp is due TO direct
the baseball affairs at Sherman in
the Lone Star league this year. The
veteran organizer and manager held
forth at San Angelo in 1923.
/
Aaron Ward, former major league
infielder, will play with Little Rock
in the Southern league this summer.
1t was from Little Rock that Wa. 4
was sent to the majors many years
ago.
| The first home run hit by Babe
Ruth in the American league was
scored off Pitcher Warhop. of the
| New York Yankees. May 6, 1915. Ruth
was then pitching for the Boston Red
Sox.
There is chance of the Shreve.
port team Of the Texas league offer
ing a Cuban battery this season.
! Tuero, the veteran, is the pitcher,
while the catcher is Cueto, young
ster.
The largest crowd that ever saw a
baseball game was recently recorded
when S5.265 fans saw the double
header in New York city between
the Yankees and philadelphia Ath-
letics.
Jack Powell. young righthanded
| pitcher from up in the Northwest
county, has been signed by Phoenix
of the Arizona State league. Hs was
recommended by Vean Gregg, the old
| pitcher.
Ben lineup, the thirty-five-year-o
Oklahoma Indian. Is again back in
the major leagues after ten years abb
sence. He was recently purchased by
the Cubs from Louisville of the Amer
lean association.
Baldomero (Merito) Acosta, of Ha.
vana, Cuba, will manage the Dayton
(Ohio) baseball team of the Central
league recently purchased by the
Louisville club of the American asso-
citation. and will play In the outfield.
/ Vic Keen, former big league pitcher,
who recently purchased his release
! from the Houston club of the Texas
i league. has signed with Baltimore of
the International league. Keen was
with Rochester until the end OF the
/ 1928 season.