The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-28
ANTE.SEASON DATES
Manager Wilmot Arranges for a
Series Of Exhibition Games
in the South.
Rockford Club May Try to Hold
Lippert-Dope on the Amer.
can League.

son opens April 70. line players nave
been ordered to report at LeavenWorth
March 81, which will give them three
weeks good, hard work to get in shape
for the season. They will have headduar-
tiers at one of the hotels Of the town. The
schedule Of exhibition games includes con-
tests with the Chicago American league
club, the Kansas City American associa-
ton team. and the St. Joseph and Kansas
City Western league aggregattons. Fol
lowing is the schedule:
April 4-5-St. Joseph at Leavenworth
April Haskell Indians at Leaven-
worth
April s-s-Chicago (American) at
Leavenworth.
April 11-12-Kansas City (Western) at
Leavenworth.
April 15-St. Joseph at St. Joseph.
April 17.-kansas City CWestern) at
April 1s-Kansas City (American) at
Leavenworth
April 1s-Kansas City (American) at
Kansas City
This schedule includes three Saturdays
and three Sundays, and the local man.
agement expects the exhibition games to
! net quite a, neat bunch of money. Will
| mot could have secured more games, but
he thinks eleven in three weeks quite
enough. 1.-THE men won't get nearly so
| much good out of an exhibition game as
they will out Of good. hard work by them
| selves" said the manager, because they
always loaf more or less in an ante
season contest. and yet when the game
is over they think they have done a day s
work.
Wilmot has signed new outfielder,
named Flavin. He comes from Chicago,
where he has played for some time with
semi professional teams. Jack Katoll,
who has played often on the same team
with Flavin, says that the lad is nat
ural hitter, q fast man on the bases, and
that he can run farther and nab flies
better than any living man.. Flavin can
also play first base in pinch.
Katoll Is keeping his muscles in trim
hauling stone. The big German, with
his father, is interested in draying firm,
which makes speciality Of handling
building stone Katoll, as soon as he
heard that a game had been arranged
with his old team mates, the Whitesox,
wrote Wilmot, asking to be allowed to
pitch against Corn1sl<ey's men. He says
he thinks he can beat the spotless- hose
bunch. =
Wilmot is still trying to reclaim
Schmeer, who at last accounts had not
siEnified repentance nor made any move
| toward returning to the fold. w1lmot
has practically closed negotiations with
another infielder, who has played in the
National league, and who is fast field
| er and a good hitter.
The Rockford club still thinks it#has 3
claim Oh Outfelder Lippert, who has beer
signed by Wilmot. A recent dispatch
from Rockford says that Lippert is#re-
served by that club and that the case
i will be- laid before the National Associa
ton. Wilmot laughed When he was
shown the dispatch.
III those fellows would read the papers
they would save themselves trouble" he
said. 1--WE signed Lippert long before
oct. ~, and the peace agreement states
clearly that we retain all players signed
| before that day. we are not worrytns
any about Lippert. ,"
/ The fight over Billy Glingnan is not We
finished. Bobby Quin Of Columbus say.
| emPhat1cally that the st. Pau1-M1lwauke,
trade in which Clingman figured, does no
go with him. He will carry the matter t,
the national board of arbitration, ant
thinks he will win out. Clingman is anx
ious to play with Columbus, because tina,
city is near his home, and it will tax,
considerable persuasion to get him to st
Paul. 1t is said that Clingman has re
cetved a good offer from the Callfornl,
league with an eight months contract.
!
in regard to the sanity Of any player VIII
Jumps to the California (now Pacif
Coast) league The magnates com
around with fiattering offers of Increases
salaries and long seasons, and the player
jump. Then they are blacklisted an
must play with the outlaw league, the res
OF their days. The coast owners will be
gin cutting down pretty soon, when the
have the players cinched, and before Ion
they viii have men working out there 70
500 a month";
the Columbus Dispatch has prepare
, an elaborate dope chart upon the istrenst
OF the American league teams, taking int
account batting, fielding, pitching, sacrj
nee hits and stolen bases. Cleveland lead
IN batting strength Con paper), Philadel
phia In hitting, and Chicago IN pitchins
base running and sacrifice hitting. III
summary:
Club Bat. s.H. s.B F1d. P,,
Washington 2a9 TX 1so oeo % %
New YORK. Oo1 Iso 800 10