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Baseball Gossip and Manager Moves Stir Readers
The column notes Jimmy McAleer joins the Mahoning county conscription board while Callahan leads in first base for Boston. Pirates taunt critics as Bunny Brief fits, Cubs bench Harry Walter as Megy pace, Cobb and Speaker top batting lists, and McGraw’s maneuvering chefs White Sox. Pitchers Hamilton and Zim show mixed form as Brooklyn’s lineup shines with alliterative names. Washington ships baseball gear for soldiers in France with a fund drive led by Clark Griffith.
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Cobb
Speaker
John McCgrran
White Sox
John
Giants
Sox
Earl Hamilton
Browns
Boston Braves
Freddie Schupp
McGhraw
Heaver
Myers
Meyers
Mowrey
Miller
Marquard
Brooklyn Dodgers
Young
Mr. Eller
Reds
Matty
Scott Perry
Chicago
New York
Heine Zim
Cruise
Cardinals
St. Paul
Uncle Sam
France
Clark Griffith
Washington
Griffith
Washington Pilot