Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-02-20
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Manager Connie Mack Of the Milwau-
kee Ball club has arranged a number of
good games for the Brewers this spring
and the practice will no doubt be the
best they have had in several seasons.
Ind, the arrangements having been COM
pleted for the team there some time ago.
The climate at that place is expected to
be as favorable as any point above
Louisville.
Emerson pink Hawley, the Cincin-
nate pitcher was seen last week and
announced that he had not as yet re-
ceived any contract from Manager Allen
or John T. Brush. although reports were
circulated that the big pitcher had been
rendered contract. Hawley said: Il
have not received my contract, nor have
| received any word of any KIND from the
management Of the Cincinnati club. |
have not written either of them and do
not intend to. | do not look for any re-
duction in my salary this season, al
though | notice By some papers that
am to be cut down to $1,000. Well, you
can say for me that | would not accept
such conditions [ am in good condition,
as | have done light work here all Win
ter"
While the majority of the members Of
the Chicago Athletic association treat
their suspension by the American Ath
letic union as huge joke, a few speak
bitterly of President Liginger and his as
sOciates, and say the suspension was 4
piece of spite work on their part. Both
William Hale Thompson and Frank w.
Wentworth deny the charges made by the
Central association, A. A. u. Thomp-
son has written to the A. A. .. officials
at New York, explaining his side of the
story, and asking for reinstatement in the
amateur organization. He believes the
A. A. q. will grant his request, and as
soon as he is again made a member he
will resign.
1t is all a piece of spite work on
Liginger's part" said Mr. Wentworth
last night, land I know his reason for
doing it. A few weeks ago we received
word from the Massachusetts Sports
mems association that swimming meet
was to take place early in March in Bos-
ton, and we were invited to send a team.
A few days afterward Liginger came to
town and called on me. l told him of the
invitation, and then ne asked me if it
would not be better to send team com
posed of swimmers from the different
clubs in the Central association, taking
one from Milwaukee, another from the
I. NJ. Z. A. here, another from the G. a.
A, and so on until the team was COM
pleted. L was not in favor of his plan
and he seemed put out. He knew Thomp-
team, and L think he took this means of
preventing us from going to Boston. You
see Thompson and | were suspended be-
fore the club itself was The charge that
we had permitted the football men to run
up bills at the clubhouse with the under
standing they would not have to pay
them is not true. We allowed them their
legitimate training expenses and that is
all. Liginger had no right to suspend
Thompson and myself on those charges,
and the national body will not sustain his
action"
Nice-president Fred Howell was in
clined to treat the matter as a joke All
he would say was: .'Well, we are still
doing business at the old stand. Inter
Ocean.
The new American association is Off