Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-02
} THE DIAMOND


A western exchange has the follow
ing: 1T will not be surprising to find
Catcher Billy Sullivan, who played with
the Boston team last season, with an
American League club the coming sea-
son. Billy is at present managing d
tobacco warehouse at Fort Atchi son,
Wis, and is getting along nicely. He
seems to care very little about the
squabble between the different baseball
magnates, but intimates that he is after
the coin and will talk business with the
men who can show him.
Holy Cross college. the institution that
brought out Louis Sockalexis the
famous Red Man, Mike Powers Jimmy
Bannon. Billy Merritt and scor,s Of
others who have found their wav into
major and minor leagues, has given
semi professionalism the dinky dirk.
and will begin With green talent. 1t
will be several years before Holy Cross
regans it's prestige in college baseball.
but the faculty has had it's say and
will see what an important part public
sentiment plays when box Office receipts
are counted next season.
Old ball players should remember
this: Should the stubbornness OF the
Players Protective association result in
big bunch of youngsters securing
berths in the National League this sea-
son. it will mean the permanent reitre-
ment of most of those players whose
places the youngsters will take. When
an old player quits the game for a sea-
son. it is mighty hard for him ever to
get back. All the young blood wants Is
chance. and it will be a dangerous
thing, as far as the old player is con-
cerned. il the youngster gets this
hance.-1ndianapolis News.
"a pitcher can't take any chance Of
giving a runner a start for the second
bag says one of the Chicago twirlers-
I'D like to see them go back to the old
style and let a fellow feint Il few. They
are always legislating against a pitcher
and giving the runner 10 times more'n
his due. What they want to DO is spend
more time developing base-steaiers and
runners. A lot of these amateurs break
into the business who don't know the
first principles of taking an extra bag,
breaking fast or stealing at the right
time, and these kind stay in the league
all their lives and people wonder where
the Hamiltons are.''-Chicago News.
The loss to the National League Of
even a small number of these players
means more vigorous and determined
war than has been anticipated by many
followers the game who have tired
to follow the political moves of the
magnates during the winter season. It
is not to be supposed that the National
League magnates will see their best
men gobbled up by a rival organization
without making q strong efrcrt to hold
them. If money will hold the players
the old leaguers will probably keep
them, but if contracts have been signed
money will avail nothing. If the Ameri-
can lands these players it will be a fine
move for such men are not often on the
baseball market.
1t is understood that Mr.. 30. Need
ham, the we'll known sporting editor OF
the Detroit Free Press has resigned
his position to accept a more lucrative
one with the Washington Club of the
American League. 30. will be the fin III
cial man with Jimmy Manning's Sena-
tors, and his duties will be somewhat
similar to those assumed at Pittsburg
last year by Harry Pulliana. 1t is need
less to say that a more competent or
popular man could not be selected. 30.
is a prince of good fellows, and recently
travelled to Cincinnati from Detroit to
newspaper men and actors for the bena-
fit of Harry Weldon, the stricken wtiter
on sporting tOpics-Cincinnati Enquirer.
An architect will begin on the plans
for the new park today, and Tebeau ex-
poets to begin building by the first Of
next month. When the work begins it
will be rushed, SO as to be ready for
the practice season. The yranistand
of the lot, or at Independent, % and To-
Gust. Right field bleacher will be ON
Locust and left field on Independence
avenue, and by building to the fence
Tebeau expects to seat 1000 people. The
home plate, instead of being placed 80
feet from the stand, will be but Is feet
away, which will necessitate the catcher
playing up behind the bat throughout
the game. Tebeau figures that this will
shorten the game Is minutes. 1t will
also cause more hitting, as fewer men
will go out on foul flies. The stand may
be a double decker, but this has not
been definitely decided upon. The play
ers will report during the first part Of
April-kansas City Journal.
According to letter received from
Hammond, Ind, by Charlie Frank, there
is twirler up there that is a wonoer.
His name is Riggs, an athlete that
neither drinks. smokes nor chews, is 6
feet 31a inches in height, and Weighs 21S
pounds. According to the clipping he
sends from the Chicago pa .'erS. he is a
wonder. but it seems strange that a
man of his weight and kidney could do
much on the emerald. But the price he
wants is what makes the Whole thing
look like joke. He insists upon SITS
p month he
contract, and that the agreement must
be ironclad. Not only this. but he has
the sublime assurance to state that he
would like to have security from some
good business man of the city to make
good his salary, lin order that he may
not lose anything should the league fall
through" Then he goes on to say that