Evening journal., 1904-01-05
BASEBALL TEAMS
PREPARING FOR SEASON
Winter Weather Does Not
Prevent Warm Discussions
on National Game


The Phines have a lot or new ma
terial, and among it may be found one
or two nrst-ciass pitchers. Duffy thinks
/ Mcpherson is a wonder and will keep
up with the best pitchers in the league.
stallings thought the same OF Jack FL
/ field when he came here from Detroit;
but Jack failed to shine in National
as he did in the Western League. In
Lush and Breckenridge the Philadel-
phia Club secured the two foremost
pitchers in Eastern Pennsylvania.
Lush is a southpaw, and many who
have seen him work claim he is an
other "Rube" Waddell. Breckenridge
was a terror to all the big teams which
played at Harrisburg last year, and II
he can do the trick in a regular league
game the Phillies have made no mis-
take in signing him. Little is known
about Berry,the other Western League
recruit, except from the records, and
they don't give him very big boost"
The Athletics will have practically
the same team next year that won one
pennant and finished second the fol-
p llOWiIb year. II - a koDu liAeNN " h'NH
I winning combination together, and
so long as the present Athletic team
p shows no signs of going back, Manager
Mack will make no changes. Mack
: has fortified himself with good pitch
ers, and he claims that had Weddell
! done the work expected of him last
year the Athletics would have been a
O two-times winner. Connie has signed
q only three new men-Bruce and Barth-
old, pitchers, and Mullin. new utility
n inhelder. All OF the players except
Bruce and Nullin will go South with
:, the team on March TO- Bruce is TAX
!, ing a course at the University of Penn
: sylvania, and does not care to leave
= He will be tried in the series against
the Phillies. Mullin is still attending
,. Manhattan College, and viii not joir
!. the Athletics until May 25.
There is no possibility Of Lave Cros
going to Washington as manager mex
season. Mack says Lave is as goo'
g as ever he was, and his services vii
>, be needed by the Athletic Club, bot
" as a player and captain. Mack say
o. he had never been approached b.
Johnson or anyone else on the oft-re
lported deal which was to transfer Law
to Washington. "Those Washingto
writer's think pretty well Of Lave. an
D. they would like to get him dow
there" said Mack. THAT account
IN for the numerous stories that Lave
to figure in a trade"
Manager Mack agrees with Jimm
to Callahan that the coaching rule
n should be changed and two men ALLOW
"a at oil fr,,o
n coachers at present do not give II
ID umpires the trouble that Tommy Tucl
er and others of his time did, and
ub think it would liven up the game
IT, bit Under the present rules we fr
It'll quently hear cry from the stan,
get up another coacher' This wou
he never occur II two men We're above
RI on the lines at all times" says Mac
The unknown strength of the ne
Al Phillies makes the spring series b
.a, tween the two Philadelphia teams
IN open affair as to which team viii wi
90 The condition of the teams will ha'
considerable TO do with the resu
o~ Mack's men get a few days start
-. the Phillies. and Connie has select
,aS spot where the players will ha
plenty of chance to get in their dai
= work. Half-hour after a rain storm
80 Jacksonville the players can go o
l'. and practice. This is due TO the san,
~. soil, which absorbs the moisture quic
- ". For this reason alone Mack thin
Jacksonville is an ideal traini
n. ground. The Philies go almost as
South as the Athletics, and at Sava
- nah they will find pretty much t
same climate as Jacksonville.
laii' Another rule which should be adol
I'd for next season is to limit all dc
cry ble-headers to seven-inning contes
III 1t has been a rule In both leagues I
'hs' to play double-headers until duri
as the last series. This brings the doub
De headers at the end Of the season, a
az it is usually dark before five innir
of the second game are finished. ABB
ans IA innings seems the proper thing
ne a bargain day."
10 There will be chance for new Il
pires in the American Association NJ
Lew year, the club owners of that orga
'Wn' cation having notified President CIR
that not single member of last yea
n a staff is acceptable. There are a nu
sag Der of good umpires in this sect
who might do well to file an appli
ger ton with President Grille.
d. is
lie is Two million Americans suffer the tor
ing pangs Of dyspepsia. No need to. I
ED dock Blood Bitters cures. AT any Z
but store.
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