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means. He's good receiver, however,
a fair batter and one of the most ag-
81 ssive players in the business.
Cupid Childs, who played with the
Orphans last year and was released in
the middle of the season to go to To-
ledo, has not been engaged again this
year. The veteran second baseman will
probably not be in the game again.
Cincinnati fans are bit Wabbly on the
question to whether the Reds will play
ball this season or not. Everybody iden-
has gathered together has to answer the
question: will the Reds play bali this
year?" many times a day and the ster-
eotyped reply is: Il guess So"
Second Baseman Krug Of last year 8
San Francisco team. wno signed to play
with the Philadelphia National league
! team this year. will jump his contract
with Philadelphia, and play with the
Atlanta Southern league team under
his old manager, Eddie Pabst of San
Francisco.
Willie Bill Mains, the double barreled
tWirler from the Pine Tree State, is still
in the harness and has just signed to
play with Rome in the New York State
league.
Three famous oId-tlmers had been
rounded up by the late Tom BurDs for
George Shock and Clarence L. Childs
C'Cupid1 J, who after his release by Chi
cago joined the Swamp Angels at Toledo
The fact that there are a number of
carpenters and laborers at work on the
polo grounds at New York making i'm
provements and repairing the stands
seems to set at rest reports that Freed
man would close the grounds unless the
National league magnates who are op-
posing his ideas agree to his terms.
Come on boys, who's the batter" will
pc the exhordng zip of silk OLough-
lin, the new arbitrator secured by Ban
Johnson this season. And there won t
be any monkey business on the indicator.
SIX was once beseigtd by mob in
Worcester and urged by police sergeant
TO take refuge in hack. The fair-haired
boy couldn't see it exactly that way, and
his wont
a position on the Syracuse eastern
league) team may yet wear a major
league uniform. Two National and one
american league club are said to be dick
erIng for his services. ShortstOps are
scarce. and Leon is said to have deveI-
oped into a good one.
Down IN Philadelphia they are mixing
Pete Childs up with Cupid. They are
credltlng their new fielder with being a
messy veteran Of long standing who did
not play regularly on the Chicago team
last season because "Padden had a cinch
on the job.
"Of couise, the American league is
through with Mike DonIin," declared
President Johnson His crime was Il
futhy one. Tho officials of the baltimore
CLUB discharged him the moment the fact
nm oiacklisted. That all happened pre-
vIous 70 Donlin pleading guilty and being
sentenced to six months Imprisonment. .
Sporting News calls A c. Spalding the
CoNey of balloon. The paper says that
SpaldIng has lost nearly all Of the news
paper backing, which yWent so strongly
to him WREN he first came on the scene
as latter-day Moses The plank Of
absolute elimination Of Brush and
freedman, on which Spalding stood was
too much for the baseball public
jimmy Gardner, one Of the pitchers
signed by Manager Selee for the Or
phans, met with a serious accident while
driving in Pittsburg. The. horse became
unmanagea BILE and he was thrown from
the rig and picked uD unconscious. He
IS now at the hospital
Manager Barrow, of the Toronto club,
has mad three baseball players put OH
the blacklist. He sent, the names Of Sec
end Baseman Frank Bonner Pitcher
NICK Altrock and Catcher Harry Burns
to Jchn H. Farrell. the secretary of the
National Association Of Minor leagues,
as deserters from tie Toronto Baseball
| cluD This means that the players cannot
| play IN the association except they pay
! fine of 81 COO
| Schreck, of Cleveland. who has been
| coaching for the University of Virginia
| baseball club says that he is through
| coaching college boys. 'Tn many respects
| they are all right" said Schreck, but
! ilal punch OF mine were afraid OF the
into the American league about the