The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-23
LAROCQUE MAY GUIDE SAVANNAH
TEAM IN RACE FOR REMNANT
ANTE-DATED BALL TALK

The American Association of Base
ball Clubs will hold its annual meet
ing at Chicago next month as Presi-
dent Critic has issued his official call.
1t is probable that new umpires and
scorers will be selected for the coming
season as those they had last year did
not give satisfaction.
Sis Hopkins, the college twirler who
was last year with Montgomery, will
be seen with the Birmingham nine the
coming season. This is the report
that is now being circulated. Bir-
mingham has also signed up two new
outfielders and if they can get another
good twirler will be in good condition
for the coming season.
That the st. Louis Cardinals will be
a big feature in the race for the PEN
nant in the National League next year
is shown by the splendid corps of
pitchers they have. Joe Corbett, broth
er of the boxer and one of the best
pitchers in the country, has been
signed. Together with Kid Nichols,
the manager, Jack Taylor, last year
with Chicago and for who the Car
dinals snapped a complete battery,
Theilman and Mcfarland make up the
list.
BY digging up a newspaper relic, APP
parently dated Louisville, March Il,
1885, an item has come to modern base
ball light which challenges the record
of distance throwing made by Hans
Wagner of the Pirates, who threw
standard bali 1874 yards, one foot and
eight inches on Oct. 16, 1898, at Louis
vile. The infallible microscope has
been brought to bear upon the type or
the scared sheet referred to and dis
closes on account of a marvellous
throw of Edward Crane, who is cred
tied with a distance of 135 yards and
one foot and one-half inch. There is not
enough of the newspapers remains to
ascertain whether there were witness
es to the herculean feat or not, and 1t
is likly that unless an eyewitness
speaks up the throw will not be con-
sidered on record and the champion
catapult is still Wagner. An appeal IS
made by Correspondent H. G. Merrill
of the Sporting News to any surviving
man who may have seen the act when
is being advanced by Cranes friends
as the Just record. Crane was mem
Der of the Toronto team in the days
of the old National League.
President Kavanaugh of the South
ern League has announced the follow
ing umpires for the coming season:
Arlie Latham, King Baily, Tony j.
Mullane and Daniel Tsenniger of Roch-
ester, N. Y.
Jack O'Brien, last year with the
Boston Americans as utility man, will
be seen with the Newark Eastern
League when the Eastern League sea-
| son begins.
Doc. Hilderbrand, the former star
| pitcher of Princeton, and one of the
| greatest college pitchers the world has
| ever seen, is now coaching the pitch
ers on his alma mater. He will pitch
| for Washington this year.
| Cen S. T. Carnes, one of the stock
| holders in the Memphis baseball club,
| has sent to each of the sixteen inmates
of the Home for Aged Women a check
| for $25 The total sum, $500, was won
by Gen. Carnes from Hart D. Newman,
| former owner of the New Orleans
| baseball club, on series of bets made
! last spring. Carnes bet 500 that Mem
phis would finish the season better
than New Orleans He bet 800 that
Memphis would finish above Little
Rock He bet 500 that Memphis would
win the pennant. Then he bet 800
that he would win the first three bets.
Manager Fisher of Nashville an
nounces his exhibition schedule as COM
| plete to date: University of Nashville,
March 1926; Vanderbilt University,
March 1929; Detroit American League,
| March 30-31 New York Nationals,
April IL; Cincinnati Nationals, April
4, 5, 6; Boston Nationals, April Z. 8, 8.
Out-of-town games: Nashville in
Cincinnati with Reds" April 11-12;
Nashville in Louisville, April 1911;
Nashville in Evansville, April %, %, "a.
The Fishermen roster is now made
up of the following players: Catchers,
Fisher, Roth and Holmes; pitchers,
Russell, Herman, Nickens, Nelson,
Jones. Frickle, Burnum and Adams.
Infelders, Bussey, Kennedy, Smith,
Lowney and Lewis. Outfielders, Field
hous, Knoll and two others by the
name of Kennedy. Parrot. Moss, Will
| lis, Wiseman and a bunch Of young
sters also belong to Nashville. but as
| set have not been signed.-Nashville
| American.
John w. McMakin of Spartanburg,
S. c., will pitch for the Atlanta South
ern League club the coming season.
| McMakin made quite a record as an
amateur pitcher last season.
Herman Long, the famous shortstop,
for many years with Boston, has left
the big league ranks and will become
manager and captain of the Toledo
American Association Club.
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