The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-04
AFTER RUSS :. HALL
Minneapolis Baseball Club Trying
3: to Secure the Clever shortstop !.
-..' From St. Joe. -
President Hickey Arrives in Los An
geles and Extends the olive
Branch. ~>..,

The MINNEAPOLIS baseball club is trying
to secure Russ Hall. the clever shortstop.
for the coming season. Hall and the local
management have been in correspondence
for some time, and have agreed upon
terms. The St. Joseph club in the West
ern league, however, asserts that Hall Is
upon it's reserve list, and the case must
go to- the national board of arbitration.
President Johnston has submitted to Sec
rotary Farrell Of the National Association
Of Minor Leagues the evidence upon which
Minneapolis bases it's claim to Hall.
|. Minneapolis has also claimed Pitcher
Sparks Of the Eastern league, Hustlng OF
the Philadelphia Athletics and Shortstop
Ely, formerly with, the Pittsburg National
league club. There is no immediate pros
pect Of securing these men, but If any OF
them Is released by his present employers,
no other American association. club can
dicker with him until Minneapolis has had
chance to offer a contract. ~ ..,a% ~
President Hickey's latest bulletin also
contains the following list Of players re-
leased, signed and claimed Released, Cy
Terrence. by Minneapolis. Claimed,
vile; Smith and D. Williams, by Kansas
City; C. B. Kuhns, by Columbus.
{, President Thomas J. Hickey of the
American association has arrived in Los
Angeles to begin his investigation Of the
| baseball situation on the Pacific coast.
President Hickey announces that his mis-
| sion is one Of peace and that he will en-
| deavor to persuade the Pacific Coast
| league to join in the national agreement
He will remain at Los Angeles several
days. going to San Francisco later for q
conference with the officials of the Pacific
! Coast league. -. ..s...- -. <:=E .5.-
Clarence Cu-rie, who on last seasons
| dope" is sure to become one of the St
| Louis cardinals regular pitchers. was
| married to a. belle Of Appleton, Wis, last
| evening, and thereby hangs quite ro-
nance. He was poor but proud country
lad when he went to work in the town
store at Appleton two years ago. He
| clerked and clerked well. 81 .s . -ft
One day in a ball game between local
teams Currie was substituted for the reg
ular pitcher, and what he did to the OPP
posing team was a plenty. Miss Meta
Schreck saw the game. When it was all
over she told Currie that she was sure he
would make his mark as baseball pitch
| er. Clarence certainly has. and is now
drawing some $4,000 per for bending the
sphere. He figures it plenty to marry on,
especially in Appleton. s
The Minneapolis club of the American
association has filed a claim for the serv-
| ices Of Pitcher Ames, who has signed
with the Ilion club. The matter will be
| investigated by the board of arbitration
| Of the National association.
The National league schedule meeting
opened at New York to-day and it is
expected that the revised schedule will
be given out. The ratification of the pro-
ceedings in Chicago. also, is on the pro-
gram. and the retiring Colonel Rogers
\ Of Philadelphia will introduce his sue
(, cessors to their fellow magnates and per-
/ haps make a valedictory address.
! \ c.. E. Stone, assistant general passen-
ger agent OF the Great Northern, and
i President 2. H. Kent Of the Northern
Baseball league, were in Duluth yester-
day in conference with Zenith city NET
interested in baseball with q view Of in
Guiding Duluth The prospects are en-.
Icouraging for Duluth entering the league