Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-30
THE REALM

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him in MISUNDERSTANDING Press
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Joe Yeager, the star twirer and utility
man of the Detroit club reported to
President Burns yesterday at Bennett
Park. to he great surprise and complete
satisfaction OF that official For Joe had
not heralded his coming, and dropped in
unceremoniously and unannounced. In
explanation he said that Hanlon is try
ing to induce him to return to Brooklyn.
but Detroit is his choice, and If he is
here there is no chance for the Brooklyn
manager to bother him with offers that
would not be accepted, as he signed the
contract presented by Captain Casey
and intends to live up to it. Reporting
time is but three weeks distant and as
Yeager has many friends here he prefers
a live city like Detroit to the sleepy viii
lage of Philadelphia.-Detr Free
Press.
Two Baltimore boys have been signed
by the Boston American League team.
They are Eugene Mccain and George
Brookes. both pitchers. McGann began
his professional career in "a with the
Hanover Uoa) team. He was with that
team also the following year, and went
to the Pennsylvania State Leauge in SO,
which did not last the season through
Pawtucket claimed him in 80, and he
played with Detroit in '9S. For the last
two years he has been with Minneapo-
lis, where he made an excellent record
He is a right-ha.nder. Brookes was the
star pitcher of the University of Maryl
land team for two seasons-'9S and 's9.
He pitched the game played against
Yale at Union Park early last season,
and. though his team lost by one run.
the Yalensians made only seven hits
off him.
Carl McVey announces emphatically
that he has retired from base ball and
will not be found in the game this sea-
son. The great out-fielder of the Mans
field team played his first professional
ball with the GAINESVILLE club in 1887.
and has played continuously ever since.
McVey was one of the best fielders that
ever stepped upon the diamond and but
For the matter of being a little light
with the stick at times for fast company,
he would have been a star in the Ma
tional League today. For two seasons
! McVey has been the victim of bad health
which handicapped him, in measure.
and did not allow him to do himself full
justice. He is now the manager of Sui
livans place and has therefore. deter
mined to quit the diamond unless some
thing unforeseen should arise. This
means that the Mansfield club must look
out for another new outfielder for the
coming season.-Manstield News.
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| There is a magnetism about Manager
| Hanlon that few players can withstand.
His only enemies have been inspired by
/ the jealousy which success engenders
and have arisen principally among the
magnates. 1t used to be the height of
every players ambition to play in New
York. Now it is to play under Hanlon
! To those who only know the man super
fl ,ially the statement may seem strange
tt at he rules by love rather than by the
rod Cold externally, it is not long be-
fore a man who comes to him for the
first time begins to feel that his mana
gov has deep interest in his welfare
Pains are taken to teach him the finer
: points in the game. His minor failings
are passed perhaps unrebuked, but he
soon learns by the examples set him
that such things are out OF place. and he
generally profits accordingly. When he
is sick he is given no niggardly holiday
but kept under medical advice and full
pay until he feels like a new man. Wher
he gets into trouble he soon learns t
= take to Observation-Disclosures News.
49,
Jack Mccarthy doesn't appreciate tina
rule which enables a pitcher to soal
a batsman with the hOrsehide and es
cape with the penalty of only called
ball. The pitchers rather like it, for the.