The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-08

Lefty Davis expects to play in Toledo
next year.
Louisville is angling for Pitcher Kissin-
ger, of the Detroit club.
President Strobel is trying to get Herman
Long to manage his team at Toledo next
year.
Selbach is the only Washington player
signed for next season. He receives $4,000
a year.
The Cleveland club has turned two draft
ed players-Myers and Carbineer-back to
Fort Wayne.
There is said to be a deal on between
st. Louis and Detroit for the exchange OF
Heidrick and Barrett.
Cincinnati scribes are agitating a trade Of
Shortstop Corcoran for George Davis, OF
the Chicago Americans.
Secretary Robert L. Hedges will succeed
Ralph Orthwein as president OF the st.
Louis American League club.
Now Fielder Jones threatens to jump to
California II Comiskey does not release him
to the New York National Club.
The st. Paul club has arranged with
President Louis Smith for its spring prac-
tice on the Terre Haute clubs grounds.
1t Is said that Griffith will give Anderson,
Williams and Unglaub to Comiskey for
Jones and Davis. Good trade eithsr way.
Willie Keller had $40 on Athlane at the
was first under the wire. 100 to /, and Willie
is still bunting money.
Otto Deiniger, of Boston, has been sold
co~nditionally to Toledo. He says he does
not want to pitch. He ought to make a
good first baseman or outfelder.
President Johnson announces that the an
nual meeting of the American League will
be held in Chicago In the latter part OF
November or early in December.
New York has one thing at least to con-
graduate itself upon. 1t was the only city
with two major league teams to land both
of it's teams In the first division.
Owner Van Brunt, of St. Joseph, an
nounces that his club will not remain in the
Western League II Kansas City and Mil
waukee are abandoned by that organization.
It is reported that a syndicate of Toledo
capitalists and several fans are making an
effort to purchase StrobeTs interest and
run the club on q popular management
basis.
and millinery business In Geneva, N. Y,
has opened a cigar store In Detroit. 1t is
estimated that the ex-player Is worth up
ward of $4,000.
League was the strongest advocate of the
establishment of a 5000 reserve fund, as he
thinks the next season will be a critical one
for all eagues.
President Gear makes the announcement
that he has already begun efforts to
strengthen the Kansas City Blues next
season. The pitching department will be
given special attention.
Frank Smith. who pitched for Birming-
ham, has announced that he would not SUBJ
nit to a draft by the Chicago American
League club; that he had an offer from
the Boston Nationals, and that he liked
Boston better and would go there.
Nal w. Eason, who pitched for Louisville
early in the past season, until his arm
gave out, has been awarded a judgment of
sos against George Tebeau, owner and
manager of the Louisville club. Tebeau
failed to pay all the salary due Eason.
President Havenor, of the Milwaukee
Association club, Is authority for the state
ment that the Brewers will train in the
South again next season, starting at New
Orleans. Manager Joe Cantillon has been
doing the negotiating for the games In the
South.
Despite the disappointing results of last
retrenchment all along the line, a majority
of the major league clubs are arranging to
again send their teams on Southern train
ing trips. 1t is very hard TO get baseball
magnates out of settled ways and old
grooves.
The worlds champion Boston team en-
joys still another distinction. 1t was the
first champion American League team to
win all of its series. In the two preceding
seasons Boston won the series from the
champion Chicagos and st. Louis captured
a majority of its games with the champion
Athletics.
The Boston Americans will probably have
their spring training at Macon, Ca, next
March, and after getting limbered up, will
take a trip to New Orleans for a series of
games, as the New York Americans did
last spring. Captain Collins says that he
will make N changes In the personnel of
the Bostons next season. It Is well, how
ever. to nave some good men on hand who
can fill the doubtful positions IL any one
| falls OF In his pla wing