The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-31
az is THE YOUNGSTER CHARLEY
FRANK WAS AFTER.
MANAGERS FOXY ABOUT
PUBLISHING NAMES OF MEN.
EACH is WAITING FOR THE OTHER
TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT.

siX Men Have Been Signed So Far
for the Savannah Team, But Their
Names Will Not Be Made known
Until the Contracts Are Approved.
LaROcque VIII Not Be Able to
Come Here Before April 1-Mr.
Boyer still Trying to Make Ar
engagements for Games to BE Play
cd Before the Season Opens.
Conrad Walsh, the Birmingham lad
that Charley Frank has been trying to
get on his New Orleans team on trial,
is the first man signed by Sam La
Rocaue for the Savannah aggregation
of ball tossers.
Walsh attracted many managers last
wear by his performances in the semi
professional teams that played in Sell
ma and other places, and he has re-
ceived several fattering offers. He is
only 10 years old, and LaRocque, who
is a keen student of good qualities in
a young player. predicts that Walsh
will be sought by the big leagues be-
fore the end of his first year.
In his letter to the Morning News
sLaRocque says he will not be able to
get to Savannah before April 1, but
will sign all players from his home in
Birmingham, where he is spending the
winter.
owner Boyer writes that he will not
be able to take charge of the grounds
here until April / as they have already
been contracted for by the New York
and Philadelphia teams for the month
of March. New York comes on March
Z and stays here until the 18th, when
the Phillies will come and stay until
April 1.
Manager LaRocque of the Savannah
team has accepted the terms of six
men, but will not announce their
names until the contracts are APP
proved One of these, he states, may
cause trouble in getting contract APP
prevail, as he has been held in reserve
by one of the National League clubs.
LaRocque, Strothers and Grim are
watching each other closely, and as
President Boyer wrote few days ago,
none of these will send in their con-
tracts for approval until the last day,
as they do not want the other man
ayers to know who they have got.
They are all playing foxy, and La
the baseball barn.
LaRocque's Record.
Manager LaRocques full record since
1896 follows:
1S96-With Dubuque, Ia. in Western
Association; batting average $3.50; field
ed 1914 at second base.
1S97-With Lancaster, Pa, in Allan
tic League; batted .320 and fielded 1915
at first base.
Do 10
League; batted $40, fielded at first base
$40.
. 1S99-With same club and same
league until league disbanded, and from
thence he went to the London Comm
Club, in the Canadian League, where
he made a batting average of 1888 and
f1elded at first base 1872.
190O-With Birmingham, Ala, South
ern League; batted .312, f1elded at first
base 1913.
1901-Same club; batted .S12, fielded
at first base 1886.
1902-With Birmingham half of the
season and with Memphis the other
half; batting average, 1904; fielding .977
at second base.
1903-With Butte, Mont, in the Pa
cific Northwest League; batting aver
age, 1906; fielding average, at first base,
1893; at second base, 1896; at third base,
1891.
Won't stand for ROwdyism.
In writing of LaRocque Mr.. Boyer
says: HE has good control of players,
and while he believes in good snappy
bali playing, and has lots of ginger
himself on the ball field, he won't
stand for any rowdyism. 1 am we'll
satisfied that in securing him have
the best available playing manager
disengaged. The climate in the West
did not agree with him, or he never
would have secured his release from
the Butte team.
Mr.. Boyer says he believes that La
ROGUE will lead the league in batting
during the coming season In the same
letter Mr.. Boyer writes the following:
Il am still trying to secure dates for
exhibition games. Connie Mack writes
me he has selected grounds at Spar
tanburg, S. c., and won't get near Sa-
yannah, otherwise he would be glad
to arrange games. l am writing him
again, however, suggesting he make
Columbia, Augusta, Charleston and
Savannah, then home to philadelphia
via steamer. I haven't heard from
Duffy yet, but expect to every mail.
President Boyer states that he has
received a letter from the street rail-
way people in Charleston, stating that
they are going to establish a modern,
up-to-date ball ground at the EXPOSE
ton grounds.
1t begins to look like there will be
at least three cities in the league that
VIII be able to make arrangement for
sunday ball. These are Jacksonville,
savannah and Charleston. In jack
sonVille it is assured that the regular
baseball park can be used for Sunday
games. In Savannah this is improb-
able, but Manager LaRocque will make
an effort when he arrives to fix up the