Rock Island Argus., 1902-02-27
RICH is TRUE BLUE.
Terre Haute's First Baseman
Will Not Play in ST.
Louis
UNTIL HIS CLUB Is PAID $500
According to Agreement Other
Notes of the Dia-
mond.

William II. Richardson, the Terrc
Haute clubs first baseman, has been
ordered to report in St. Louis for
spring practice with the st. Louis Ma
tional league club.
Richardson signed with st. Louis
last fall with the understanding that
the Tcrre Haute club would be paid
for his release, but this condition has
not been fulfilled, and until il is he
will remain loyal to the local club.
President Robson, of the St. Louis
club, wrote Richardson that the Tcrre
IIaute club could not hold him and
advised him to jump. Richardson.
however, did not accept the advice
and wrote back to Robson that he
would have to pay the Terrc Haute
club $500 for his services.
Cunning for Jones.
Davy Jones, the Rockford player
who jumped his contract with the
Chicago National league club and
signed with the St. Louis team of the
American legue, is likely To be sorry
for his action, says President james
\. Hart. 1t is Mr.. Hart's intention to
make an example of the player and
yesterday the head of the Chicago
club said he will have Jones placed
i'm Jail if such thing is possible. IL
am going to make an example of this
player" Mr.. Hart said yesterday.
This contract-jumping has got To-
stop as far as / am concerned. Jump
ing contract is not the worst thing
which Jones did. however. his other
dealings with me forming the basis &c
a strong suit. 1t is my intention to
put the young man i'm Jail if | can.
and if this cannot be done some sort
of punishment will be metcd out to
him. Here is the contract which
Jones signed" continued Mr.. Hat
producing legal-loOking document
from his desk, "and here" he added
lis something else
which he did not sign and which he
gave me to understand he did sign.
Well, | have his name to the contract,
anyway, and that is enough.
when he signed the contract paid
to him the sum of 500, that being
the amount which he required for
advance money. That money has not
been returned to me. Jones wrote
the contract and told me in sort of
cold-blooded manner that this was
the ball players year and that he was
going To take advantage of every
thing he could get. He also said that
ii was his intention of paying back
the 500. That was not the thing for
him to do. He has money which he
knows does not belong to him and
which he secured by asserting in
writing over his own signature that
he was going to perform some duty
for the Chicago club, which he has
not performed and which he says he
will not perform"
Baseball Briefs.
The Terre Haute team will get to-
gethcr early. 1t will report April /.
April ) and it will play Bill Kreig's
Chattanooga team and has later dates
with the Nashville team.
Mcintyre, who pitched for Dan
Vile in 1900, has an offer from the
New York National league team. but
will probably remain with Toledo,
where he made great record last
year as pitcher and batter.
ne signing VI 1 Itliti ih'iN'' Z"
quartette of old time stars of the
game as managers of the Thrce-l-
NicoI, Hill, Donnelly and Pfetfer.
Jesse Hale, outficldcr of the Cedar
Rapids club last summer. has small
poX and il is reported may die.
The announcement that has been
made to the effect that children will
bc admitted to the league base ball
games in this city during the coming
season for the small admission fee of
ten cents, has already started the
youngsters to saving their dimes. II
will now he almost as cheap for them
to pay like "a man and walk in at the
front gate as to tear their clothes in
climbing over the fence and get
licking to boot when they get homo
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