The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-09
31WN7lSL9
[EF(1ES3

| SluD I4dQ DIS llS winter IDOLlO uGIS
time enough" This seems to be fol-
lowed this year, although it is said
that Pres. Hurley is beginning to look
! up the pedigrees of about dozen can
didates for the position of manager.
Frank ]. Leonard, the Syracuse
and Brockton manager, attended the
meeting of the Eastern League in New
! York last week. Mr.. Leonard has no
/ 1902 engagement.
1t has been agreed by the Eastern
/ League directors to give the Newark
and Jersey City clubs, newcomers in
/ the league, first chance to sign play
/ ers who were members of the Hartford
and Brockton teams last season.
President Ed. Mack of the Toronto
| Club is certainly an optimist. He de-
! clared a few days ago that he didn't
| believe Frank Bonner had deserted the
Canucks for Cleveland. Bonner has
made the jump.
Buck Ewing the old time catcher
is said to be one of the men under
/ consideration by the owners of the
! Buffalo club to become manager of the
/ Bisons.
Yesterday the other morning paper
gave an incorrect date of the Lund-
/ strom- Elliot wrestling match which
will be in Father Mathew Hall, Dec
Is and not Friday of this week.
John Anderson practically leads the
first basemen of the American League
| in fielding and is one of it's batting
| kings. The giant Worcesterite is a
| grand all round player and he will be
| a member of an infield at st. Louis
| next season that promises to be a Won
derful combination of batting ability
| brains and fleetness
-Lundin may do some wrestling in
| New London before long. The sporting
| fraternity of that town is anxious to
size up the Worcester man and j. II.
| Thompson, manager of Austin Rice
the featherwelght pugilist, is one of
| the men anxious to have Lundin Wis
it that city. Rice may go on the mat
in preliminary bout with one of Lun-
| din's pupils.
Jack O'Connor, the Pittsburg catch
er, in u letter to Kitty Bransfield, says
that he is selling butter, cheese and
eggs in st. Louis. O'Connor can catch
a crate of eggs without having a passed
ball
The National League moguls will
get together this week and talk it over.
The venerable Nick Young president of
the league, will get some hard knocks.
the shortsightedness of the league di-
Irectors!
-Cy Hooker, the big fellow who
pitched for Buffalo last season, is be
ing made the object Of several fat bids
that have been registered with the Buff
falo management The latest is said to
be one of $1,000 extended by the Chicago
National League club.
The new American League team in
st. Louis is not to be captained by
Jesse Burkett as some papers have an
nounced. Dick Padden, second base
man, corralled from the National
League club in that city, will lead the
team on the field.
-Gramp Morse, the favorite old
Rochester left-hand tWirler. is recov-
ering from the effects of a dog bite sus-
tanned last month at his home in
Auburn. Me. Morse may never be able
to play again, so severely was he LAGER
ated. 7a-
1t is not likely that Nick AItrock,
the Toronto pitcher will return to the
Eastern League next season unless
forced to do so by the Los Angeles, Cal
ifornia League club management Alt
rock has made a decided hit on the
Pacific coast. Frank McPartlin, the
Rochester twirler, is counted as the
greatest box man that has ever visited
the coast.
THE signing of Frank Bonner to
play second base for the Cleveland
club" remarked a baseball magnate
the other day, reminds me that Bon
ner has been in and out of the big
league about seven times. When in con-
dition Bonner can play the second bag
as well as any man I ever looked at,
but like many another good player, he
keen n .
was the making of the Toronto club
last year, and not the manager, as
many supposed. He is thoroughly re-
liable himself and can give the men
about him that confidence that many
young players need In critical times
He is, when he takes care of himself,
one of the best men in the business, a
splendid hitter, heady base runner and
clever either at short or second. He
is better today than many that are
wearing the American or National uni
forms, but his habits have put him out
of the running several times. Last win
ter, when Rochester signed him in his
saloon in Wilkesbarre, he was carrying
about 80 pounds of extra weight but
agreed to cut out the drink and even
made bets that she would not touch
drop during the playing season. lie
won and collected his wagers too, and
played in his former stylo. Rochester
received $500 for Bonner. Just think Of
one minor league club getting that
price from another organization Of the
same league for one of its men Bonner
made money on the deal, although he
appeared to De greatly put out by the
transaction. He received $3.50 from
Toronto for transferring his ability,
and got $25 beyond the limit for the five
months, so that if Toronto did not get
a good price from Cleveland the
Canucks lost on the deal. 1t is said that
Bonner VIII only look at water carts
now, so that we may expect to see him
play wonderful ball for the American
League. Exchange.