The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-01

| the Southern tour to begin their prepara-
| tons. and are putting in their time gettns
| in shape at the Cincinnati Armory by pay
ing indoor baseball.
! Jake Morse of Boston handed Donovan
| a verbal bouquet the other day. In Spe Ak
| ing of the Cardinals leader. he said: Don
! ovan collected an aggregation In st. LOUIS
, last season that surprised everybody by me
| and he is still hustirg TO get team that
will make better showing than the one he
had last season..
! From Baltimore comes the news that Joe
I Kelly has added the signature of a valet TO
| u Red contract for the southern trip.
| Wigs. the big pitcher who was with
| Helena last year. and who VIII be Win
Cincinnati Ibis year. should deVssop ,,, mo hep
| one OF the finds OF the season. From de-
scriptions of his physique. Wigs is vent,
able giant in stature. He stands lee. :
| inches in his stocking feet and weighs 10
| pounds when in condition. His habits are
! also said to be exemplary, and he couid
! draw merit in Sunday, school II ms
| friends reports are true. They claim mat
he never kaew the taste of liquor. and that
| he neither chews nor smokes. HIS speed.
they SAY i oo as great az bs best "nf In
| speaking of his speed Jack Hendricks said
! recently that he was. batting against VICES
! one day when the giant sailed one against
! his pantalets that almost started a nre
| In speaking of the Brooklyns Foxy Ned
/ H2nlOn recently SAD tflt NE was Ncil
| isfied with the team under his control. In
| .Iackslitsch he thinks he has torrid mem-
! Der.
The following players will be members of
the Eastern League next season:
Jersey city rltcners, iiarGe'I kcf1sch I've, Woods.
e!iers. Griffin. Bean Mack: ou;e,IIders 3aSss
sP asaasr! M MdrsTy M" Wey
hins. lawson caichers Shea, spiesman Pat
teIsGn; inticae,s OIIagan, levin. oBr.n'
HAYWARD. Clark: OutheidefS. ln.efy,
schullz. Manager, Walter Burnham ~ r.-
~ KshSrfdn satchsrs so shaw Easey por
sGders G%shaM Mers sa~ esnan Msss
and perhaps Lynch. Manager, George T. stall
Rochestcr-Pi,cherx. McFaran. McAleesc Nc, Ne
Neil; Becker. Leith Leonard LearE; sam siear
in nsiiFr Ien ' sSHsibeck caste Evans IL
veil: outfeIders, Hayden. Blake schra!' Lytie'
NfaafGl ereHr A sauder: Dunsayy HON.
RsuG Langdon catchsrs Fuller; in,iSiders Doc
FORD: ouueiders. Foster. Shearon. o hara. Kelly.
Fall catshers. S,eliman MssaSle bSrsn; m
tieiders.. Dclahanty. Frisbee. -R!cl'ert Manager
Decentralization Conn. Sullivan; catchers.
Kelly. Farmer int,,dsrs Conner aan ,,ssan,sS
n: Tar Sielfr Fa"e fsss MsSe Ma
son Fsas2n MIrr ssIeae bow 2, carr
out!ioiders. (iolden. Weidensaul. White Manager
James Gardner o..
Hans Wagner has taken to basketball as
a means Of keeping himself in condition,
during the winter months Tor me passnaiI
season. AS a game. Hans thinks baS-
ket ball Is only second to baseball lie
thinks the game is the proper compound for
hardening the muscles and quickening the
eye and also helps ballplayer 10 retain
"As an exercise during the winter
months" says Wagner. basketball cannot
Frank De Hass Robson and Barney Drey-
fuss presented Gary Hermann the Redland
mag1iate. with silver loving cup the other
dav at Cincinnati. and to help enliven the
occasion, of the presentation added enough
champagne to give all the guests at the
presentation good time.
While in Chicago last week attending the
meeting of the Rules and Schedule COM
mittees. il is said that Barney Dreyfuss was
transacting Il little business on his own
hook. According to dispatch from Chi
caSo. if he Is successful in putting through
the deal to secure the Philadelphia National
League team he vii! have Jimmy Ryan. the
have it that Barney was in conference with
Jimmy while he was not i'll attendance at
the meeting, and made him an offer that
will likely land the sunfielder in Quaker
vile this year. provided Barney is success
fui in landing the franchise.
As yet Ban johnson has failed to announce
the location of the American Leagues base
ball grounds in New York. Just why Ban
Is keeping the secret so close to his heart
Is as much a mystery as the secret itself.
The chances are. however that b. r. will
have American League baseball in New |
YORK the coming season and on very favor |
ably located grounds
At the Mercer benefit game in San Fran
cisco recently Joe Corbett pitched for the |
American League contingent against a ba nd
or National Leaguers. That Joe has lost |
none of his old-time form was shown by |
the fact that he only allowed the Nationals
SIX hits. with such batters as Donovan
Mertes Beckley. Crawford and Tannehill |
taking a whack at his benders