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Baseball Matters.


Baseball Matters.
Manager Ward said yesterday that the Davis
deal did not involve q trade between Cieve-
land aud Now York. New York simply got
from Cleveland permission to negotiate with
DAVIS. and In return granted to Cleveland the
right to offcr terms to Duck Ewing. Now York
has signed Davis. and Cleveland has the privi-
lego OF signing Ewing. providing that player
accepts the Forest City proposition. Ward
hardly expects that the New York players Will
report Oh March 81. and the opening game
with the Jaspers Is down for March 20. The
players are uIquestionabg holding OIL.
OWING to the salary reduction. and 1t Is unfor-
tunato for the reason that the men will
not have sufficient time in which to Gotin play
ing condition before. the pennant struggle.
ase Kine and hpnSsT Benny q Lyons sn reportea Tor
insured them large salary IN the t,ssha de; de-,
were. not able to do effective work until late
ay "s as sHfso' ownyy hy0ns 70 T"s lack ua'0s sond
iSis h seq sess?ns prospssts ] ., the New ls,k Guy
eSace s wh 5e
CHANCES Of the team ms and justice to tho eia6
would appear to demand that when q player
e % ds aSs Ssss s he he Il Is
BILE. or course. II the weather is backward.
thus pr,eyentng the best exp9si,i,cn =, Of the
,,,n Wnrd ANNOUNCES that no will carry only only
number appears to have been DECIDED upon
SX majority 81, Of League clubs That THnld
three pitchers. and, three catchers,, The
Sbences Shs , are that most Of the teams Wl keep
nnd fe Ts
nent that New York viii carry but thirteen
%sn sySSs an fGr ne 1ns thS
Crane. witho"s snses souSt G' z Ia % Grsns signed
HoItrast somo time ago: and the other tive
are boye and Soye fSe TSo ffs Kelly dsa
have wilted. and unless there is q sudden
bayS cooled his, araor toward New York;
shs dcSSsss9 hoG lis IL a
to be hoped he will improve over his form OF
last g season. which seems to have been for him
First base is still an open Iositi;G1In and
eres 5e s to wha M os
aSity Jake Eftne H '%e Would Sa sho best man
Ss stss shSr %sd oups b NH
Ward has a wealth of material in tho out;
probaniy start at ctnsrs and Eddie BnrFo taks
Snss & OF e gaden Mike Ttnan ei of s
to sickness, II iiernan m comes on TO tho front in
i;, G22d style there isno reason to doubt that he
wiz pay ,iEht iiei,i: IN Wnlcl eNehe HhiiS ~
ons would probably be left out In the cold:
Lyons is fine player in all d"rartments OF
may be kept as a utility man. Mcluail. he
Iasi!lc slope WONDER, is also a9yaiIahle.
and the best material will be used McMahon
does not seem to enter the calculations. II
Kelly s secured. Doyle could be used at any
point IN case Of necessity. The management
are still after big game, md subseluent deals
may upset all present calculations One thing
Is quite certain. and that is that the New York
team will be hummer.
Pat Powers had arranged a game with
Princeton Gt the Polo grounds for April and
n game with Yale April 4. and these will be
played according to contract.
II is understood that the sa loon in right 1el d
will he removed An effort Is being made to
arrange n reunion OF players who went around
the world. to take place on March T.
Tho Washington Club has offered the princely
salary of Sl70U to Jim ORourko The orator
Is exceeding wroth and threatens to retire
from the diamond.