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getting’ above- the - .500' mark.-Yesterday's flop to? the Crates left-them with a -record of 11 victories and 12 defeats.-:•! FORT WORTH, Tex. — The-. Chicago. ’White'- Sox today started- avigorous' hunt for'a. first baseman capable of playing major. Teague baseball. .• -: Ray Radcliff; a recruit who . was expected to take care of the 'job, was found wanting and, yesterday Manager Dortfe Bush sent him? back to Dallas. Johnny Watwood,. ; an outfielder by trade, Will; play the initial station pending developments.CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Baba Ruth's chivalry faced'a severe teBt’ today;- ; •A gold watch: has been goffered for .the: first, homer hit at Engel Stadium, and the Bambino would like: to have it.. \But;. Miss Jackie Mitchell was scheduled to pitch' for the ;:vLook-. outs, and her heart's desire is, to fan. the Babe and' make enough money, to buy a roadster. - ! -CHARLOTTE, N. C.—Winding up a training season that , has: .been-somewhat: unsatisfactory because of rainy .weather,' the first and;- sec-, ond string Athletics' will get . away from North' Carolina1 late: today and head for home. The entire squad, which was- split into two touring outfits a week ago,, will get to-, gether ; ehroute. ■ They are due In Philadelphia' Friday morning.Klllefer of the- St; Louis Browns was: peeved; at* th'ei;weather today* but the; players; didn’t: ihJhd. ‘With Boss BUI saying- 'numerous things, about the- weather/ ., they; figured be' would have . ho time to say uncomplimentary things about-theni;1 When/the squad left Florida, ; the Browns were.in top shape, but several days of Idleness,^Killefer fear? ed,. have done considerable damage/i.■ .SAN FRANCISCO;—No recruit in the ’Pittsburgh Pirate1- squad this spring; has. attracted more.- attention than: Forrest eJnsen, ,the fleet young' 'outfielder from Seattle, Wash. Everybody in :the party; today wa» talking about what happened* after' his. triple ■ against the: Chicago Cuba estreday, ■' lt;He was waiting; at third whem Lloyd Waner hit ft short one to .Cuyler. Jensen knows all;- about Cuyler’s throwing ann,; but : bei-made: a dash for the' plate, at; thdicatch and .beat Kiki’s heave-by. an inch.' ■?,:Vi-'----*v. *' *n BUTT A TstPT Tirrr a/ BIRMINGHAM,'Ala; — Owen T. Carroll,. the one time , boy, wonder, this season .is getting 'What' probably - amounts ..to .bis final chance in the': majors; He juinped from Holy Cross-. College, directly'to ^Detroit in' 1925. ?•'•.- He has? pitched some good baseballv but : generally appeared too:'high; strung to win consistently- in: the big time' and was sent back to the minors. He. is' strivihg fonia/pitching berth ;with ? the. Cincinnati? Reds this season .and-' has: turned-in some good pitching, thus, far. • ; • •NEW /Orleans.—Y oung W eBlerGIRL SIGNS PITCHING CONTRACT ^( x / Awrtiated Pretm Phot* -Jackle Mltchellp 17-year-otd :achoo1^1H and left handed,. MgnsVa.-contract Jo pitch for the Chattanooga Lookouts. Witnessing her algae* turearcrherfather,:Dr* Joe Mitchell (left); Joe Engel (right), president of the club,/and Bert NIchoff, manager of the team- She is stated t* pitch .her first real game against the New .York Yankees. .**\
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Moberly Weekly Monitor

Moberly, Missouri, US

Thu, Apr 02, 1931

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