Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-01-27
8 SPORTING ITEMS.
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;. (. Angus has retired absolutely rs n
baseball magnate. role he has been fill
ing for two years, and all his interests
in the Detroit American league club have
been acquired by William II. Yawkey.
Mr.. 1aWkey, Il son Of the late William
G. Iawkey, the millionaire lumberman
who died recently, bought q half inter
est in the team about two months ago.
and last night acquired the balance Of
Mr.. Angus stock The other stockhold-
ers are Frank LAWN, the clubs secre-
tary, and e. G.. Barrow, the manager.
During the past two years Mr. Angus
spent about $4,000 for new grandstands
and in improving the grounds at Fennett
park. Mr.. Yawkey owns large lumber
interests in northern Wisconsin.
Kid Nichols sizes up the star pitchers
as follows: Being myself pitcher. I
can hardly be considered d competent
judge of the respective merits of the
slabsters, but there are punches of good
ones. Personally [ admire the old war
horse, Cy Young, more than any of the
man. OF the lefthanders there are few
better than Hahn of Cincinnati.
Mathewson and McGinnity are undoubt-
edly. valuable men. Clark Griffith is, l
think, the headiest pitcher that ever
stepped III the box, and some more good
ones are Jack Taylor, Joe Corbett, Bern
hard of Cleveland and Jake Wemer"
Kansas City baseball fans have been
warned against becoming impatient if
Teheau fails to give them a good team
at the jump-off. 1t is asserted that be-
cause George will try to manage three
teams he deserves more cOmmiseratiOn
than censure and that he is not to be
blamed if in the distribution of Tebeau
players Kansas City gets the most I'M
desirable men. Certainly this is the
limit. The idea that Tebeau should de-
serve sympathy for trying to make him
self the supreme Dictator Of minor league
baseball is ridiculous in the extreme. In
case Kansas City is not given good
team all of the blame should be loaded on
Tebeau's broad shoulders and the fans
should feel justified in abusing him to
their hearts content. Not a city III the
two leagues is more deserving of good
baseball than Kansas City. For the last
few years the fans of this city have
heartening conditions and it is time for
the tide to turn. However, the pros
poets are anything but bright.-Kansas
City Star.
James Cockman, who was drafted by
newark lEOlu Tic 4NIll0 aluhSC w cSleII
league club. is in a baseball tangle. The
Philadelphia National league club charges
that Cockman accepted $500 advance
money to become a Quaker. AS Newark
established it's claim to the player, the
national board decided that Cockman can
not play with any club unless the advance
money is returned. 1t is likely that the
Newark club will reimburse Philadelphia.
as the local management does not want to
lose the players services. The 5000. Of
course. Will be taken out Of Cockmans
salary in monthly acknowledgements
News.
William Graffius, formerly catcher for
the New Castle club of the Interstate
league, and later with the Toledo club.
has been signed to play behind the bat
and shortstOp for the Shreveport PaD
team during the coming summer. Wal
ter Crum is wanted by the Independent
team of Erie. Crum was badly injured
by being struck on the head by pitched
ball last summer.
President Edward Halland of the
Three-I league has issued a call for the
spring meeting. to be held Tuesday, Feb
ruary 8, at Chicago. The meeting will
consider the schedule for 1904 and other
routine matters.
ball player, married Anna Middleton of
New Orleans at Richmond, Ind.
Dan Shea who played shortstop in
San Francisco. will play the same posi-
ton next season for the st. Louis Ma
tional league club. The contract was
signed last week. Shea played with the
ST. Paul club in the American associa-
ton, but jumped to the coast.
George Bone. first rush on the Rich
mond polo team, who played first base
on the New Haven tConn.) baseball team
last season, will again De with the team
next season. Bone was with Milwaukee
for a time.
Patrick Donovan. x-playermanager OF
the st. Louis Cardinals, has many COM
plimentary things to say of Charlie Mich
OILS, his successor, as manager of the st.
Louis National league team. In regard
to Nichols as manager he says: nichols
ought to make one of hte best managers
in the league He has always been a
make in any line of the work that he has
tackled. He is a good pitcher and his
work with the Western league shows that
he knows how to handle men,
According to an Ann Arbor dispatch.
Louis Schappacasse, who played third
base for the Holland Mich independent
team last season, has accepted an offer
from Manager Barrow of Detroit for a
try-out in the spring.
The most important event on the pro-
gramme of the athletic carnival to be
held under the auspices of the Greater
n Y. Irish A. A. on March IA, will be
the ten-mile run for the A. A. o. cham
pionship. In this race will be seen the
pick of the distance runners, including
John Joyce, the present ten-mile cham
pion, and cross-country Champion w. e.
Schultz of Cornell, intercollegiate cross
country champion and holder of the in
tercollegiate two-mile record; Alexander
Grant, New York A. c.. senior one and
five mile champion and holder of the
American record for two miles; E. T.
Carr, the crack Xavier runner, holder OF
the junior one-mile championship; George
Bonhag, former Pastime man, who last
Saturday defeated Carr in a two-mile