The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-19

baseball to-day who deserve 20 yin a pen
uaut thty ara jack Kllfsyle and Charley
S4n.rs. No magu1tes IN THE country took
the chances they cid ift strengthening the
Cleveland team last June. and l. for one.
sm going 70 d. my best toward landing Il"
An exchange. in commenting on one Of
tl- Pittsburg-AIl-Amerean games played At
"Fo- the Americans. wallace was again
the bright luminary when &c came TO held
N1E- while At the bat IL was ne. IopSy Hart
SCI and Dick Harley who were the heroes"
ComiSkey. the owner Of the Chicago
Nmerlcaa League Ieam ans close friend OF
Prcsi1suC Ban Johnson OF the american
League. had lots OF fun recently at Bans
expense by sJastituting blank cartridges
for loaded shells M the PRESIDENT sr1Tnu-
milton bag. just as he started on on n hunt
ms tF.D. After missing several birds Presi-
a"ut Fan caught on and quit shooting.
hit He LOST q Jag 5 sport
The career 0f tDuckys Holmes. who
formerly played with the Louisville club.
sHo-,t Doe a warning to contract Jumpers.
Tie now IS an outcast on che cold baseball
WarHi-and winter coming on. too
Wa,l -bucky jumped the Detroit team
d. told his fueucs that he had a lob as
manager and stakeholder in the pes hoines
team. of the Western Leasue- He was
emerging from the plane " a merc player
and was going 90 appear n the rule Of a
marnate. w7o Was Doing star stunts in 4
uilur organization, when he might really
D. playing with "a good team. lust FOR the
s1acs HAT could be derived from the work
aE ANaA. 40 les lAhaaAE<- was = EOA-AArL-
able frost az ihi-l bas and now. acco-l-
ing 20 edyives. that club. while wiliire 10
hire him t1r ucxt year. has turned the
manager proposition down cold
Ht~ -wful siumr. which Is thought by
his friends 90 have been merely the result
90. the losing streak Of the club. may
MT be permanent. and ~Ducky" believes
mis- eve and ann.
lie has no use for the Western League
u n can get out OF 10. and Is now looking Tor
a chance on some American League team.
AL teams playing under the National agree
MEET being barred from trying him out.
Unaer the ANTICIPATED re<erye rule.
blc6y has written President Angus %
! the Detroit club asking for permission 10
League which are still shy an Outislder
or 50. and says he is sorry ne left the team
Angus has written hack. informing the
cutne!der that he can do business with
whomeyer ne, pleases without and hin
OF the services OF the old star.
Figures recently published show that tho
Cincinnati Reds led the National LEAGUE
IN double plays during the last season.
kelleys band having lis 70 their credit. The
third with l05. New York fourth witt lGs;
Boston nth with -. Brooklyn sixth with
~; PittsourE seventh With !. and Philadel-
In team batting. fielding and in the num-
Der OF long hits the Pittsburgs, led all the
1N1A EAll&
IL has been learned that Dave FCltz. the
star center fielder on Connie Mack's cham
pion Athletics. Will play In New York next
season. but not with McGraw. he has signed
n contract with the American League and
VIII MI one OF the outer gardens on the
team which will represent Ban Johnson
there next year.
Fultz has been credited with signing with
both Haulon and McGraw. but as a matter
OF fact he did not put his signature 10 a
contract until about ten days ago. and
then be renewed his allegiance to the Amer
i~c4ufLGaEue.
HaniOn and ArcGraw both offered Fultz
but a rspressntatiye Of the American
Leaguers. with the idea that the Old-tims
Brown would be = great enough drawing
card in New York to warrant the big In
vestment. met the National Leagues best
price. II is believed that Fultz gets a term
contract at a hgure approAching 1900 per
year.
Manager McGraw still remains silent re-
garding the makeup OF the New York team
Tor next year. Barring the announcement
that he had signed Dave Fultz for next
year. and that Jesse Burkett would likely
be with the Giants, nothing has been
learned.
It looks as though BurKett would be a
member of next years team The hard
hitting fielder has wanted 10 play In the
metropolis FOR some years and he will IN
Doubleday accept the oner made him by
McGraW several weeks aRo. unless the ST
Louis American League Club Is willing 10
pay him as large a sum as che New York
Club
The outdeld OF New York. composed OF
Brown. Fultz and Burketf. would be one
Of the strongest and hardesy hitting sggre-
cations IN the League