El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-19

play some place else. Three clubs in
the Western League one in the Amer
lean and one in the Eastern Lea que
want him to manage their team ana
Hart wants him to remain in left field
on the Chicago National League team
but says that if Jimmy can better him
self he will help him to do So Ryan
got him nickname of "Pop-up jim
nv" in Chicago. He had for several
seasons been considered the best batter
on the team when it came to pinch
but in 1897 il seemed that every time
he went to the bat when run was
needed and a little nit from his bat
would send that run across the plate he
would knock little pop-up fly and go
out He Jared better last year but mas
not hated I'D to his old standard for
several years.
From all that can be learned the
American League has planned RAID on
the Philadelphia aNtional League club
and proposed to capture most oil lts
PLAYERS. Besides Lajoie it is claimed
that Manager Shettsline will lose Flick.
Donahue. mcfarland, Cross. f1att
and Slagle for a certainty and prob
ably Delehanty. There is one thing
certain and that is that the war now
on between the three big leagues is
going to be a hot one and he is wise
scribe who can predict how it is going
to turn out.
Bob" Allen the veteran base ball
player who managed the Cincinnati
Reds last year and Tommy Corcoran
captain and short stop for the same
team have gone into the timber busl-
ness in southern Arkansas and expect
to make a great deal of money. Both
worlds goods and while Corcoran plays
ball Allen will look after their inter
ests in the lumber market.
At the twenty-first annual session of
the League of American Wheelmen
held in Philadelphia last Friday the
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: President, State Sena-
tor Horatio S. Earle, of Detroit: vice
president. w. A. Howell. of New YORK;
treasurer. w. II. Tattersall of Boston
Abbott Bassett of Boston. was accord
ing to the constitution made perma-
nent secretary. The summer meeting
will be held in Buffalo.
Ohio boasts of the best all-round
trotting horseman in the country.
George H. Ketcham. of Toledo, is the
man. and he has done what no other
man has accomplished in the horse
world. Mr.. Ketcham not only brei the
worlds greatest trotting stallion,
Croesus. but raised. broke. trained. and
developed him and then drove him to
his unparalleled record of 2:Of at
Cleveland.
A we'll founded rumor from Phila-
delphia states that Lajoie the hard
hitting second baseman on that club,
has signed with the Boston American
League team. 1t is an assured fact that
Jimmy Collins. the great third base
man of the Boston National League
team. will play the same position for
the American League team in the City
of Beans.
Tim Donohue the crack Chicago Ma
tional League catcher may leave that
organization and run the Duluth. Iowa,
team in the Northwestern League the
coming season. Tim thinks that aside
from the few who will manage minor
league teams tbs year the National
League players will be the same as last
year. We will have to wait and see.
1t is now an assured fact that Joe
has signed with McGrew for
his American League team in Balti-
more. The statement was verified by
no one less than Ned Hanlon of Brook
1yn. McGraw still refuses to say whom
he has signed but says when l make
known the names of my players it will
the base ball world"
There is a report to the effect that
Billy Keister, the second baseman on |
the ST. Louis team, and Harry Howell. |
a pitcher on the Brooklyn team. have |
signed with McGraw's American |
League team in Baltimore. 1t will be |
a hard blow to ST. Louis to loose Keis- |
ter.
The fight between Dan Creedon and ,
Harry Covert which was to have been |
held in Dallas Saturday night was |
postponed until the twenty-Second. as
Creedon has just been suffering from
the grip and was not able to get to
Dallas.
Fred Clark, manager of the Pitts
burg team, has signed Bransfield of
he Eastern League to play first base
1eath was reported in The Herald last
week.
Frank Noodles" Hahn. the great
eft handed pitcher of the Cincinnati
,ase ball team. was married last night
o Miss Salone Stephens, who is con-
'idered one of the three prettiest young
aides IN the Queen City.
Oscar Gardner, THE Omaha Kid"
md Johnny Burns of New York, have
'ecently been matched for a twenty
ound contest to take place in the near
uture at Elwood. Indiana.
Frank Tucker of NohleSyille In