The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-17

MILLERS TO PRACTICE
ON CHAMPAIGN FIELD
Watkins Will Call His Players
Together in Illinois Town
on April I.
MAY OPEN IN THIS CITY
Exhibition Games Will Be Played
with Teams in This Part of
the Country.
MAY OPEN IN THIS CITY

w. H. Watkins president of the Mime
apolis club, is still in Indianapolis and will
remain here until he goes to Chicago next
Sunday to attend the meeting of the Amer
lean Association. He announced yester-
day that he had completed arrangements
for his team to practice at Champaign, H.,
this spring. The players will report there
on April 1 and will remain until April 10.
Exhibition games will be played on Satur-
days and Sundays with teams in this part
of the country. When the championship
season opens Minneapolis will not have a
long jump to make as the Western teams
will open in the East and there is a chance
of Minneapolis playing the first series in
indianapolis.
Charles Ruschaupt, president of the In
dianapolis club. claimed he had in
formation to give to the public yesterday
regarding the Hoosiers. 1t would be quite
interesting to receive official information
regarding some of the other trades that
are TO be made or that have been made
between indianapolis and Minneapolis. The
club officials have officially announced that
Billy Fox had been traded TO Minneapolis
and 1T is now in line for them to announce
that kim, Ford and one or two others
will wear Minneapolis uniforms next sea-
son.
week adopted a plan to fine clubs that do
not furnish official averages OF their play
ers to the president of the league. No off,
cial averages for the past season have been
issued because President Bement did not
receive the scores from all Of the cities.
Under the new plan the league should be
able 10 issue averages once a month, as
the clubs Will not care to take chances on
being fined and expelled If the failure to
send in scores is repeated very often The
a. OF a tod m
polling the Wheeling and Dayton clubs TO
guarantee more for each game to visiting
clubs than the other clubs in the league
IL was about the only way the wheeling
and Dayton magnates succeeded in remain
ing in the organization.
Just another one on old Chris Won der
Ahe," says Joe Cantilion. 1T was told me
by Arlie Latham. and is good enough to
turn loose.
After winning a couple of those cham
pionships there nothing too good in
st. Louis for the Browns and old Chris, Of
course. was the largest man in Missouri
There was big exposition of some kind
going on In ST. Louis, and Chris decided
TO give his men a treat So he took them
all in one evening, intending to buy them
everything in sight, and led them in
went in every man in the bunch bought
a big popcorn ball. Chris. Respondent in
a new silk hat, was marching at the head,
when a popcorn ball whizzed through the
air and bang went the new silk hat Chris
whirled around. wild with rage
"'Who hitted me by dod bopgorn ball?'
ne roared. Who hitted me? L will gift
SIS TO findt uod who did dot criminal deed
"Arlie Latham stepped forward and held
out his hand. L did IL, Chris. said he.
Give me the SIS
Chris glared at him speechlessly for a
minute. Then he handed Arie the S25 and
remarked slowly and incisively: Here list
dot SIS. Aber you v0s fined $50 for dot out
racheous addack upon your employer. Hit
ted me NIT bopgorn ball, viii you -
And the $50 was duly deducted from
Arlie's envelope next pay day."