The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-27
Contract Has Been Forwarded to
Famous Coast Pitcher by
National Leaguers.
TO STRENGTHEN BOX STAFF.
Corbett. Nichols and Brakeman
Jack Taylor, Should Give the
Locals a Fast Twirling
Department.

| In all likelihood Joe Corbett. the famous
| Coast pitcher, will don the spangles for
| the St Louis Cardinals in 1904. Yesterday
Tom Corbett, Joe's brother. displayed. a
| contract from the st. Louis club for Joe's
services with the Cardinals during World S
Fair year.
| Tom would not give out the details OF
| the contract, but stated that the Robisons
| had met every demand made by Joe. he
also stated that. Joe would come TO st.
Louis next year.
Speaking of the matter, Tom said:
I, my brother wants to get back in the big
league and has chosen St. Louis as his
place of entry. My brother Jim and my
self intend to open business here. and
Joe wants to be with US.
HE has disposed of his livery business
in San Francisco for the purpose OF COM
ing to st. Louis to play ball"
when asked If HanIon had consented to
allow Joe to come to st. Louis, Tom Cor
bett said:
''fhat matter was fixed up at the Ma
tionai League meeting in New YORK
Frank deHass Robson got Ed Hanlon to
know the details Of that transaction, but
the contract 1 hold in my pocket is evil
dence that everything is o. Is.
81 will mail this contract to-night. ana
accept the terms.
Crank deHass Robson authorized me
to offer to Joe terms over a month ago.
wrote Joe letter, asking him for his
terms. Joe replied in few days. Tor
warded the terms to Frank deHass Robi-
son at Cleveland and he accepted every
condition
GOOD PITCHING STAFF.
If Mr.. Robson secures Corbett he will
have a pitching staff second to none in
the National League. He has already Sc
cured Brakeman Jack Taylor, and the
former Boston star, will be here as mana
ger next season.
With Corbett. Nichols and Taylor to do
the twirling. the Cardinals will be strong
Joe Corbett played with the Los An
geles team of the Coast League last sea-
son. For five years previous to that time
doe had been out Of the game. He re-
ceived big salary from the management
of the Los Angeles team to return to base
ball.
paign it looked as though Corbett had lost
his cunning as a pitcher. The batters of
the Coast League solved his delivery. Aft
er two months of the. campaign. had been
finished Corbett regained his FORM. and
finished the season in hurrah fashion.
From the middle until the end of the sea-
son he was the best pitcher in the Coast
League.
His work was spectacular in the ex-
IRENE. Game after game he let opposing
teams down with less than: six hits, and
his work was the topic of all tanning bees
in the far West.
So well did Corbett perform toward the
end of the season that Barney Dreyfus
of Pittsburg made strong bid for Joes
Hanlon also wanted him to return to
Brooklyn. Joe refused both offers.
About two months ago Frank DeHass
Robson and Tom Corbett were holding a
SDechtS
Fourth street. The conversation drifted
around to Joe Corbett's plans for the fu-
ture.
When Tom Corbett told Mr.. Robson
that he thought Joe could be induced to
come to St Louis the president of the
st. Louis National nal, League Lea team turned
You can tell your brother that IL he
decides to play major league ball again
] will give him a substantial sum
more than he can get anywhere else to
come to ST. Louis next season.
MONTH OF NEGOTIATION.
For month Tom negotiated with his
brother Joe and Frank De Hass Robson
with the result that he received a Car
dinal contract for Joe's services during
1904 yesterday.
Corbett was at one time twirling star
of national prominence. When Ned
Hanlon was in charge of the famous Bal
timore team. which included such stars
as Jennings. McGraw. Reitz. Doyle, KEEL
ley and Keller. Joe Corbett was the
Orioles star pitcher.
a dispute over a minor matter caused
rupture between Corbett and Hanlon
and the pitcher packed his "duds" and
returned to his home in California.
Hanion tried to prevail upon the great
twirler to return. but Corbett refused to
play under Foxy Ned
Joe Corbett is still a young man and
should prove a valuable addition to the
Cardinals pitching forces.
Like all the Corbetts, Joe is a big man.
or T0yn
but he is built along ideal lines for ball
player.
He is man Of excellent habits When
he pitched for Baltimore he had great
speed and wide curves. This. coupled with
his control of the bali, made him one OF
the greatest pitchers in the National
League half-dozen years aeo.
Bill Dahien, the old-time ball player. who
has been with the Brooklyn team for sew
eral years. was married Tuesday night to
Miss Jeanette Hoaglund of Brooklyn. VIII
lie Keller was the best man. Dahlen will
be member Of the Giants In New York