The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-27
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The signing of "Big BilI'' LANCE seems
| to be nearly over for the present sea
san.
Dan Potts, a Kent, Ohio, left-handed
pitcher has sined to play with Toledo.
Fred Clarke has announced that the.
| champion Plttsburgs will, as usual, do
| their spring training at Hot Springs.
The Cleveland team win take it's spring
| practice in New Orleans.
| George Dalrymple has at last been I'M
! earthed He will play with the Seattle.
| Wash, team this year.
The new Terre Haute park will be a
mile nearer the city than the old park.
/ Pitcher Frank Foreman is reported to
| have resigned from the Baltimore club.
! Ducky Holmes is to coach the Detroit
! college baseball team from Feb. l to
| April l.
! New York is reported to have signed
| Jim Delehanty, who was on Col. Harris
| list last season, but was unable to make
| a showing on account of illness
| In the absence of a franchise in pros
| fessionaI organization, Grand Rapids is
| to have city league. Emerson Dick
| ersOn is planning the organization.
Arthur Irwin has recovered from a
! severe attack of pneumonia, and will
| again coach the University of Pennsyl-
| Vania players.
I
| league to adopt the double umpire sys-
/ tenn. 1t would be a great thing for the
| league, he says.
| Pat Powers is still haunted by the Buff
| falo ghost The Franklin estate will
| not surrender the lease Of the bap park
| until Unidentified by individual bonds alb
| solving the estate from responsibility
| for its rental
| Manager Shettsline, of the Philadel-
phia Nationals, announces that his
pitching staff will be composed of White,
Voorhees,, Jones, Felix and Iberg.
TIM not afraid of any Of my men
Jumping their contracts says Barney
nlands, and am satisfied that they will
stick
"Topsy,, Hartsell. who made such
hit as centeftielder for Indianapolis, and
led the American leagues fielding table
last year, while at Chicago, has signed
to play with the Cleveland club the COM
| ing season.
Fred Tenney has joined the corps of
| college coacEers. He has just been Sc
| didates at Tufts. The Bostonian will
be at home in that role, for he stepped
from Brown university field to Hub dia
mond
Tt is reported that Detroit has made an
/ offer to Bowerman, who has caught for
New York for several seasons BOwerman
| is also reported to be considering the of
fer, although it has been stated that he
IAN organization that will take back
! two contract jumpers like Heidrick and
Dinen would better be careful how it
bars a player like Jennings" is the way
| it.
! Jimmy Gardner says he has not signed
/ with the Chicago National team, as he
! is uncertain whether or not he will be
able, on account of his business, to play
| ball However, if he does play, it will be
! with the Chicago team.
| The latest report to emanate from
! Freedman'S camp is to the effect that
| Christy Matthewson is acting as Andy's
| agent and is securing the country for
useful talent for his chief.
Frank de Haas Robinson has served
notice that he will make a legal fight
| for the services of several of the Card
| trails who deserted.
Radcliff, the crack young shortstop of
| the Denver team, will play either in De-
! t1oit or Minneapolis next season unless
! the Denver management gives him fully
| as good inducements as these clubs are
! offering him.
| No shirkers will be tolerated on Me-
| Graws team this year. ''Muggsy' saws
| that every one of his players must work
hard or resign their jobs.
Ban Johnson SAYS: 1.-THE American
! league would be glad to have Mr. Drey-
| fuss in it's lists. We believe him to be
| one OF the few real sportsmenp left in
| the National league"
!
make trip to the coast, where he ex-
! poets to catch on with one Of the Cali
fornla league clubs. He is confident he
| can make good.
Fans are sorry to see SO much of this
washing of dirty linen in the newspapers
! Ihat kind of business does the game
harm and the men who are engaged in it
| ought to realize it and stop
Pitcher Eddie Doheny, late of Pitts
burg. New York and a few other teams
/ IN various leagues, is scheduled to start
! the coming season with the league club
IN 81. Louis. Doheny,, when at his best,
! IS one OF the most effective tWirlerS in
the business, but he is cratic and gets
| more releases and new contracts in a sea-
son than most of the box artists
A c. Buckenburger, who is still at
syracuse, predicts that Billy Dineen will
never pitch bail at Boston this season
| He declares: Il am not certain. but the
Boston club will probably get out an in
Junction June against his. playing in Boston.
| He could play with the team on the road
! put not at home. He signed two Years
| contract with Mr.. Billings, and he Should
! not have broken it."
Hanlon said i have twenty Or twen-
| ty-two players of ability on my staff. I
| rave. not asked man TO sign TO ulav on
! the Brooklyn club who has not done as 7
asked him. 1t is true that there are two,
! or possibly three players who T desire =
! get, but who have not yet signed con-
! tracts, but | have no reason to believe
4 mat they VIII not sign when the t me
4 comes.
! Lefty Davis is out again after siege
! OF pneumonia. He is Southerner but
! foolishly put in some weeks visiting in
Minneapolis, where he contracted the i'll
ness that kept him in bed for many
weeks.
Harry Kane, the lanky ST. Louis pro-
fessional, is tipped off as a second Theo-
! dore BIeitenstein by many of his North
end friends.
!, Old-time baseball cranks who have
/ given the Polo grounds. in New York a
wide berth in recent years, are begin
ming to wake up, as they begin to realize
| that there is to be a complete change in
I local baseball affairs. I'VE have been
| waiting for this for years, and hope tn
become imbued with the old spirit again
that was stif1ed soon after thu season OF
1894 said one of the old guard the other
| day.
The players of the Toledo team will
| wear uniforms made of the national col
ors the coming season. Red, white and