The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-03-02

CANES
(By Jimmy Cullins.)

According to Manager Walter VIII
mot Of the Butte baseball team his
players will do their training in the
City of Zion this spring, the time. for
the beginning of practice to be de-
cided a little later. Wilmot. has
gathered about him bunch of{gobd
ones and he will use every effort to
get them in shape early in the seq
son, as in getting off in the lead in
the first games he will have al adj
vantage in the race for the penhart.
couple of seasons and If she gets
the rag again she will have toll play
ball.
Reilly Favors walla wallat
Manager Reilly of the Indians
seems to favor Walla Walla al fthe
place where the Indians should Ehold
their first war dances. There are a
crowd Of players through that section
Of the country that make good sub
stantial workouts for the red men
Of Spokane.
Honest John""Foxy john
Clever Clarence" McCloskey. the
much mistaken manager of the Boise
baseball team, has the real hold on
the fine place to train the maroons.
Surrounding Boise there are numer-
Gus little towns and mining camps
where Jonathan can take his little
pets and have a whoop of a time
playing with the small teams. 1t Is
not necessary for McCloskey to eat
up much of his early finances in
railway fare. as the small bergs are
all near Boise.
''Tacks" PARROT Is a candidate for
the Louisville outfieId. He will have
a lot of hustling youngsters to COM
about equal to the occasion. Par
rott did few fast stunts out here
for time last year.
Again After Durrett.
Montgomery, Ala, wants Ike Dur
rett back. Ike was the crack center
fielder Of the Indians last year. The
Montgomery team comes in with a
talk to Secretary Farrell Of the ma
tional board and wants Ikey brought
back. Most of the fans thought that
all recollections of the way Spokane
obtained Durrett had been forgotten
According to promises made the lit
tie league out here, Spokane has
every right in the world to Ike. He
jumped to the outlaws and then
jumped them for Spokane. At the
time he made the leap to Spokane he
had the promise Of protection from
the national board, as in the fight
against the outlaws players were al
made a feeble little kick last year
but it did not amount to very much
New Park Nonsense. a,
The question Of the location of the
| new baseball park Is as far ftom
being settled as ever. Last week
Williams and Reilly both kept But.
ting the matter off It'll tomorrew'
| and it starts off the same this week
| Baseball parks are peculiar PROPOSE
tions from almost any old standpoint
In the first place, they need a little
carpenter work In the buildingTof the
| grandstand, bleachers. fence, etc
| Considerable work will be needed
| leveling the field and tamping the
ground between the bases. This car
not be done in a week nor honth
If the management of the Spokane
| team doesn't lengthen out amp close
negotiations in a hurry the fbeninl
guns Of the season will be f1fed be-
fore we have that new park. In ex
planning the delay Reilly says there
are several small things which must
| be attended to first. and IL the place
selected becames O. subject OF CON
versation with the public before all
the papers have been signed it may
complicate matters.