The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29
rohn Horny Wagner is faster than ever

John Horny Wagner Is faster than ever
this spring.
Boston seems to have picked up a good
youngster In Bates. 2
Mrs. M. J. Donlin is the daughter Of
Kansas City druggist
Karger. the new Pirate twlrler, Is q
southpaw from Houston, Texas.
4 Second Bnseman Bennett, OF the Car
dinals, is school teacher in.3,winter. ~
Nealon is said to DO as expert u pen-
| man as he is q corkng good ball player.
aPltcher Ewing is using the spit ball.
and is said to have wonderful controi
OF the elusive shoot.
The contracts Of Eugene ]. Good, John
Bates and Samuel w. Brown with Boston
) have been promulgated.
Pittsburg has .built new bleachers this
year. and the capacity Of the park has
been Increased to $4,000 seats.
Fitzgerald, the Giants now catcher,
has never tasted Intoxicating liquor OF
any kind or used tobacco
iiClarence Beaumont says that no IS
counting on two more years of baseball
Ii his physical condition permits him to,
remain that long.
President Pulliam on April 18th sus-
pended Captain Chance, OF Chicago, three
days, because Of a verbal attack on the
umpire on April 18th.
A Chicago paper says that Seinfeldt
Is tho antithesIs OF Jimmy Casey, and
goes on to explain Like home run
as compared to a bunt.
Ri Ganley Is one OF the most hustlng OF
tho Smoky City boys during game. and
Is considered one Of the best inside work,
crs on the team.
..l"It looks to mo like thu years race
ought to be one Of the prettiest and
closest ever run In the Ma tional Lea que"
says Beaumont. the Pirate.
The Pittsburg players say tina Lefty
Lclneld spends all his spare chanNe for
souvenir postal cards. purchasing a nuns
Der in every city he visits.
President Pulian has promulgated the
contracts OF Ambrose Putnam, r. %.
James and o. II. Strange with st. Louis;
and Edward Karger with Pittsburg.
Chick Fraser, pitcher OF the Bostons.
still Is out In the tall uncut. Fraser de-
sires more salary than Boston is willing
to pay and so Is drawing no salary at
all.
In the opening Boston game at home
last Friday, Good. tho young outfelder,
was presented with diamond solitaire
ring by Roxbury friends Ills parents
were present at the game.
Manager McCloskey has changed his
mind about sending George Mcbride to
the coast, and the clever shortstoD Will
be seen regularly lDetWceli# scCoHu uiiu
third bases for the Cardinals this year.
Sam Crane, the New York critic, rises
to remark that Manager Halon has been
known to mould pennant wncrs' out Of
less promising material than tho Reds.
But will the Reds make. good their
promise?
The following releases have been an
3nounccd by President Pullam: John
yowinkle, by Cincinnati to I+tica;fC. II.
Munson. by Philadelphia to Jersey city;
Frank r. Oberlln. by Plttsburg to NIL
waukee; ]. ]. Jokcrst, by ST. Louis to
Springfield, Ill.
Mayor George W. Guthrie. OF Pittsburg,
broke all records last week when no re-
fused n season pass to Pittsburg games
and declined to attend the opening game
in that city. The Mayor considers base
bah passes a form Of graft, which Inc
bitterly opposes.
pitcher Sam Leevor has made bet
with Barney Dreyfuss that he Will excel
hls 1905 batting average Of .1o2 during
this season. Lever Is the authority for
tho statement that he is getting to be
quite d slugger, and that he has his bet
as good a, won
Americans.
Charley Jones is the Idol OF tho Wash
ington patrons,
Cleveland has great "Dutch" or