Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-25
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the suns of Sunday and Monday Guy
Sample doffed his large smiles and
his Pine buff uniform of gray to wear
q suit of some other hue So did Joe
Snooks. They have decamped-jump-
e4 in baseball parlance. Sample took
aNwestern trail with Seattle. the town
which of late has become the mecca
for all good contract jumpers. as his
destination. He has for the sake of
few more ducats, deliberately de-
clared himself an outlaw in the base
ball world. To the same town on the
western coast recently went Hulse-
man, the heavy-hitting outfelder of
the Shreveport Southern league team,
and Durrett, another Southern Lacquer.
Out at Seattle baseball players of
repute are remunerated to become out
laws. It is the hotbed of outlaw base
ball. The Pacific Coast league is COM
posed of outlaw teams. They pay big
salaries and their season is double
ballplayer working under contract
of a league of the National Associa-
ton of Bal. Clubs breaks his contract,
as Sample and Shocks have done. it
means that he is an eternal outcast
from legitimate baseball He can be
reinstated for the consideration of ST.
600. but what ballplayer is worth that
sum to any team? Very few.
The reason assigned for Samples
kangaroo act is more money. He was
not satisfied with the $50 per month
paid him.. for which he returned a
blase smile. poor pitching and an ap-
pearance of thinking himself an alb
solutely essential factor in Pine Bluffs
struggle for the pennant. Few will
miss Sample here on the strength of
what he has done for Pine Bluff His
huge horse laugh and oracular appear
ance on all occasions have deluded
many into the opinion that he was
1T" but he has pitched poor ball so
far The variety he has dished out
thus far has been very unsatisfactory
to those who see their money going
at $3.50 a month"; and in fact. his re-
lease had been seriously considered.
The local officials have known for
some time that Sample was core
spending with the outlaw league. and |
Sample showed them the correspond
ence, but to the last disclaimed any
intention of jumping his contract
/ As for SnOoks, his whereabouts are
Unknown, and it is not known, either,
what caused him to take the step he !,
did. unless it was the receipt of sew |
eral reprimands of late about exces-
S,ve drinking. He is said to have
been badly in his cups last Fliday |
Snooks days were not long for the |
Pine Bluff team anyway. and he prob
ably knew it. The local officials have !;
been cognizant for some time that his
ecessive Indulgence in certain well {
known stimulants was calculated to
demoralize the team and preparations
were being made to displace him.
The officials recently sent transport
tation to Catcher Roach, of Detroit.
and it is supposed that Snooks heard
of the plans and took time by the fore
lock-
Some mystery is attached to his de-
parture. AS far as any one knows,
Snooks never communicated any OF
his intentions to his fellow players.
He left several suits of clothes at his ;
room and this leads some to think
tha1 Sncoks is still in Pine Bluff ava t.
il" Developments.
Manager Blackburn this morning an
&nounce1 that the association had sign
&ed Catcher Roach, Of Detroit, and that ,
Mhe was eDected any day. He was
&highly recommended by McAllisteH, Of |
$the Detroit Americans.
Shortstop Fergus. who was engaged |
#by Mike F;r:l to eXtricate Little Rock
#from the slough of despond" by fill |
Wing in as shortstop during the alb
sence of Mailing. who was with Pine /
RBluff. and Harry Clayton. who is in :
capacitated by sickness, arrived in
Pine Bluff Sunday at the instance of
Finn. He is a University of Arkansas