The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-25
new Players FOR
THREE-EYE LEAGUE
Nearly Every Team Has Recruited
Talent From the Ranks of
the Amateurs.
TWO CLUBS WANT McCORD.
Ed II. Bingham Probably Will "e
Elected President of the
Central League-Many
Changes in Teams.

EnrrHLIC sPECTAL.
Bloomington. Ill. Jan. 22.-Manager Con
rr,s Of tho Bloomington team has signed
Fred Schard of california to play frs: base
and John ~. Tiiidebrant. last season with
the Fail River GIassl team. 20 play in the
"utiield. H. has been after these two men
for over a year ard their acquisition prac-
t"aIiy completes the home team.
The members Of the home team have been
ordered to report here on April | for spring
practice, earlier than ever before. There
VIII be numerous exhibition games during
tnat month. two with the Joliet team and
one with Alton already beirg arranged. 1t
Is likely that all of the other Thrce- Eye
teams will be ordered 20 report on that date
this year. Manager NicoI Of Rockford
adopted this course last season. ana when
the season opened his thoroughly-trafned
team ran away with the pcunaut.
LOOKS BAD FOR ROCKFORD.
From the presen. outlook Rockford will
not hav" things lis own way this season.
Nicol has lost Sc many Of his heavy hitters
that he will b. unable to replace all 81
them. George ItaEISty Of Dixon. an iufield-
or. has been signed and Will be given an
tiP9.tunlty To show what he can do for
i'oChtord. H. {. Calhoun. the present coach
ana manager of the De kalb Athletic Asso-
cation aud instructor in the Northern Hi
noiS Normal School. has also been signed
IS pitcher. He was with the Flint GIf,h1
team last season. Claude Stark. who caught
Il few games for Rockford last season ard
covered FIRST during an emergency. is anx-
i,ous To NJ Ihierys shoes. and will likely
DO most of the backstop work for Rockville
this year.
Manager Tebeau Of Joliet hes lost ono of
his most promising players. Matt Donahue.
who WAS signed 10 captain the team and
play third base. has decided to give up
the ENmc and has gone to Pueblo. Colo. to
work at HI; trade. George Moriarty OF the
Ciiver team at Wood took. an amateur OF
place Of p0uahEe.
Pitcher a'c'orf. last year with Davenport.
Is IN trorHl, ilg is said to have signed
vile. hut prefers IN" former. III National,
Board Of Arbitration MAJ have To settle
the difficulty. He is wen worth fighting for.
Is his record was superiiUc last season.
It1nson', last season with the :'Ddljings in
Chicago. has si-n.d to catch 70. paver-
port. GrorS" Reed the former Riooming-
ten "ariain. and Who turned down a fine
catr ffom BnoL,G. - captain and manage
thc team there. 1a= signed with Snokane.
Wash. and VIII play s"eond base.
DUBUQUE TEAM COMPLETE.
Thn Dubuque team il now practicalIv
completed. II VIII lie made IN Of +. q.
J"hrs"r. c%Jt"n".. with S'ouN city las s-a-
son: "ciI S.arf caicher ard inft"lde". ,wo
\.ar' "G" WIN i;2ckf"Fd and last year with
l'eln; Jtok iSchdtd-. m amt"ur iriieldcr
from Woodstock. IL: +. j. Jones. pitcher
froD. tic NJ York League: Sioner. who
ton; GaiC ard Allen. q hctterv thai won
fame - amateurs at Warren. III. last sea
son: Lister a. Savanna mi Wright of Bel
!e,u5. L.. amateur Grtielders. Eeulow and
l-orinG. WHO VIII be the ma'nstavs OF the
team, have -a!ready been mentioned. They
were with Rockford ard Cedar Rarias. re
lively last season. Manager Rowland
thinks thu he ha Il likely bunch. hut *
short on pitchers. He is now after a few
Manager Eonneny of Rock Island has
completed his team as follows: Catchers-
J Bourgeois and ,Da2 O'LeaFy. Pitchers
NJ tiCcht. Ia Smith ard Ted Greene. First
RaGc-GCy bickey and NJ. +. Matte. Second
t!aSe-lieorSc Graham and Fred Doll. Shor--
stoE-HarTy Miller Gnd john LINDSAY. Third
Ease - Thomas Sullivan ana Thomas
L~1vettc. p~u,ie!d-JDhn Green. Frank Don
Ii-"hers. clark and iiecht are southpaws.
The ia=t sznsor'S men retained. include
Donnelly. Graham, Smith, Case and
O'Leary.
There is much rejoicing in Thrae-Eye
League circles over tie action Of the Weg+-
ern Laas"e IL granting President Nj. II
Sexton 9frnlission u serve both oreani~a-
tors rh!s will Do away with ali Doubt
about = new chief for the former, AMI a.
the Joliet meeting. February %. The acti4n
Of the EOek Island gathering will be rat
fed: First BaSen1an Muliare-, last year
Terre HauIe. hut as $500 was wanted fGr
him. the HUts backed down and vi To-,
richardson on first. according 10 the pres
The new Central League viii hold an i'm
portant meeting on february 4. at Ander-
son, Ind. to elect a president and decide
upon the schedule and appoint umpires. IJ
Ii. Bingham, a well known sporting writer
of indianapolis. is an active candidate and
will likely land the prize of president. The
new organization comes near being an All
Indiana outfit, hut this will promote the
rivalry. The two sout lern cities, the two
central cities and the ;wo northern cities.
will each try to Quito the other.