Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-13
OISCARDS FROM TWO
BIG BALL LEAGUES.
Something Interesting About the
Members Of the Major
Organizations.
NEWS OF THE VARIOUS TEAMS,
Sonibs Worth Reading Taken From
Here and There That Will Inter-
est tho Fans

:, v.Il he remembered that when Frank
e,iss was In this city with his chicago
Nationals, ne had quite II bunch on the
.,.,rg and was trying them out with
,Jev to making definite selections before
,hoy reached ST. Louis ono OF the men
ma expcctcd to pick up on the trip was
,rtbur Holman, and the latter has re-
,s,y,d word that he would remain with
the team ...,..
a,,. I'm tho National lrdguc as yet tho
s,roYtng gentlemen, all Of whom TOOK
,.rt IN fifteen or more games last sea-
sor are not now visible on the payrolls;
,rusr McphorgDu McNichol5, Fisher,
woodruff, Mike Mccormick, Mclean,
tIsu Garyln. j. Gilbert. lulsWitt, Roth,
mn Doylc. Donahue, Bycrs, Dillon and
t.Vry Some of these were fred before
,,toD Cf6se of last season ana others were
carried 10 the close and then pottery
'AWorican league dlscards from the. 1904
Ust Are. SIoNcr Schwartz, Abbott, Het-
rIug Rossmau, BcYllc, Ostogn, Robnsoa,
Wrlormlck ONcil. puoneS Greminger
Eah0e. Pickering, iynos and Dunkie,
81 far nobody has interviewed CITY
g'ark-oIppt Arson as 60 the report thuI
m, r!nris Zoo his office VIII nave To Mrlte
aim mems shaped Ike "a bat and that an
"1nncr weights used by the same clerks
must be Nm the shape OF a home bdsr
"pTrsIdpnt Taylor says he Hikes Jusslyn
hotter than any other of the new Boston
p0SyTrary and schaclcr. the Detroit rc-
ruts. alc reported rs doing marvellous
stunts iu the inhcld,
Gy Young is rapidly passing into ob.
lNion. lle hasn't invented "a h," usllN'
cry or written any pitching INSTRUCTIONS,
Brolklyn has sold Pitcher Jack CrpnlR
90 Tine Providence club,
bob Ewng's spit ball is working
carly 10 beat IlttsbWg out or ml'd
place last year. 49,.
Tommy Leach, Fred CLARKE and RED
beaumont are sWat,ing the BAH ON the
nose f0r fair I'm the practise work
McGmuity has devoted his entire time
10 uItrblug the raise BAH, with which lac
was so successful last season.
Manager Hanlon declares that iNerG Is
more human intelligence ON the brooklyn
team this year than there was I'm 1904.
ITO improve hitting" says Hcine PETE,
"chlotutOrm the wings of the tWlrlels, Ia
other words OslerlzC them.
Catcher kuhuc of the PhilNcs says:
owe bon catching in the big leagues "a
few years and I've handled a lot Of pitch
ems and AN kinds Of pitchers. rye yet =
rec one who had jump on his bali
though I've heard a lot about that kind
Of delivery ] want to zee one OF these
Henry Med.cus, the new Brooklyn
st0rkh0ldcg has broken into the game
ont of pure love for &c. He has played
himself on the Brooklyn Aamateur Dra-
matte club team which toured LONG
Island some years ago. Mr.. Modicus Is
q years Old and has resided in Brooklyn
'ho greater part of hts lie. lie was born
IN New York city, but came to Brooklyn
a. boy and attended Browns business
college. He was a regular attendant at
Washington park last season.
The New York club has secured the TO-
lease ~ the veteran catcher BIZ Clarke,
from the Washington club and has signed
i.m
O8o Neal who teaches school during
to winter months Is putting up bang
NO article Of bah at short for the Giants
in practise games
second Bascman George NH has writ.
t'D to Fort Wayne friend that he likes
The Washington team and management
and thinks he Will make good.
Jim Mcclure, one Of the grand old men
Of the diamond, now catching with the
laniors are sure Of the pcnnant this year
Matty Mcintyre, who has been holding
ont for moro salary, has rclcntcd and
j1lnol the Tigers Perhaps Mntty has
Just learned that the baseball war is over
Cy Young I'm speaking Of the first ma
'or league game he ever pitched, said Pc
Gently. ITS only littlc over fourteen
years ago, hut only three OF the eighteen
men who took part In the Ramc arc now
il harness I'm the big leagues Thcy arc
ki,uIdgc, George Davis and myself
outhclder Jimmy Jakson of the Cleye.
lands next season viii make his third
appearance in fast company In 1874 hJ
played with the Baltimore orioles under
John MCGraw's management. I'm 1902 h.
was 70 Giant under Horace Fogel Since