The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-24

of the bench and water cooler while his
teammates are chasing the ball.
Tacoma is after two good pitchers and
a fast second baseman now, and when
April 10 comes, will have about eighteen
men reporting for practice
Catcher Zearfoss has purchased his re-
lease from the Tacoma club for $50, ac-
cordlng to latest reports. Pitcher Dobbie
wilmer has been released gratis.
Bill Douglass, who was claimed by the
American league, has changed his mind
of the Philadelphia National league
club.
Connie Mack. manager of the Philadel-
phia American league team, ordered the
players, VINO are at Chapel Hill, N. C.,
that being a university town, to leave at
once for Charlotte. N. c., where better
facilities fer practice are offered. The
players will remain at Charlotte until
the playing season opens.
Hoy, the deaf mute center fielder. Ts'o
has played two seasons on Comiskeys
championship teams in the American as
ISOLATION and the Western league, is 50
far without a berth for the coming sea
son.
The Boston American league team will
not jump it's prices aside from raise
Of Is cents to the grand stand and the
bleachers back OF third base.
Mayor Tom :, Johnson of Cleveland
will not allow Sunday ball.
fOhio) team, has signed to play with
the Cleveland American league team for
ranged Irrespective of the fact that Joss
| had been retained On Toledos reserve
list.
Peter ChiIds, who played the last sea
son with st. Louis and Chicago National
league clubs, has been signed for the
coming season to play with tie Phiadcl-
phia National league club.
William Buckingham Ewing, erStWhile
manager OF the Cincinnati Reds, received
an offer of the franchise fer the Saginaw
team in the Michigan State league, but
Ewing was nearsighteG and could not
hnd Saginaw on his map.
Henry ReitZ, the former Oriole and
Senator who was The premier second
baseman III the National league four
years ago, viii play with the Spokane.
Wash, team this season.
Baseball players suspended by the Ma
tonai association are; James sullivan,
Pete Lehman, e. d. Webster, r. Rother-
mel, of Little Rock: Charles liner, os
Troy, and Oscar Jones. Of st. Joseph.
ROthermel was offered to Tacoma and
respectfully declined by Manager An
drews.
Manager McKibbon. of the ST. Joseph
team in the Western league. is in Chi
eago. looking after the interests of Pres
ident Whitheld's organization here He
has signed Walter Hickey, of last years
Denver team, for the league, and has
opened negotiations with several other
players who are about the city. McK1o'
bon is securing players for the league as
a whole without reference to any par
ticular club. The division of the men
will be made by the magnates after he
gets them under contract.
ChriSty MatthewSOn. the noted profeS,
siOnal baseball pitcher, will enter Cornell
next fall. He has be IN in Ithaca for sew
eral days past visiting Coach Jenni&SS.
He announced before leaving Ithaca he
would return there next fall to enter with
the junior class. This will keep him at
Cornell two years. lie will probably be
engaged to look after Cornells pitching
staff to relieve Coach jennings of this
part of the work.
The Western league will use the Ma
tioral league rules this year. Just at
present there appears to be some doubt
to what those rules-if they exist at
alI-Wil be.
Pitcher Husting who played with the
Milwaukee team last season, has signed
a contract to play this season with the
Boston team of the American league. Il
is stated that Husting will draw $1,000
for the season. He was on the reserve
list of the st. Louis club, but when
Manager McAleer declined toSpay him
the salary asked-whch was $2,50O-Hust-
ing announced that he would remain at
Fond du Lac and practice law.
Edward Mexican, the veteran short
stop of the Cleveland and st. Louis ball
teams, will manage the Rochester club
in the Eastern league this year. He
succeeds Manager Buckenberger. who in
turn has taken Manager SeIee's place
with the Boston Nationals.
Manager Fogel, of the New York Giants,
has signed Jack Dunn, McGraw's utility
1nfielder, to play ShortstOp on the polo
grounds. Anderson. who was originally
slated for the position, has a good rec
ord but Fogel was unwilling to take
chances with q yOungSter when an eX-
perienced man could be secured Five
hundred dollars is said to be the pur-
chase price. This is the first instance of
, club in enc league doing business with
another.
President Whitfield, of the Western
league, gave out the information at the
meeting of the league in Denver that
Catcher John King, of the Chicago Or
phans. may become magnate or a man.
| ager in his league. This will deprive
| Selee of one of his best backstops and a
good hitter. Killing came to Chicago two
years ago from Kansas City and played
excellent ball last season. being one of
! the most reliable men at the bat on the
team. He was the mainstay of the
catchers. working alone for a considera-
before Mike KahOe was signed
'Dr. Newton said Frank Bancroft at
Cincinnati tanning bee. reminded me
of the cow that would give eighteen
quarts of milk and then wind up by kick
ing over the pail. He would pitch like
a king until you thought the game cinch-
ed, and then biff-bang-farewell Irene and
the blow off! Ned Hanlon told me the
Doc. liked to experiment too much One
afternoon at Brooklyn somebody had
saliVated him for a home run, and the
very next time he faced that batsman
he sent up the same sort of a ball what
are you trying to do there?' was the
word Hanlon sent out. See how far
that fellow can hit it,?