The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-03-26

The Montreal team will do its spring
training at Easton. Pa. The players will
report on April lst
The indianapolis club has signed Pitcher
Menry. purchased from Detroit The lat
ter drafted him from Grand Rapids.
Catcher Jesse Moore of the Cairo team
of the K l. r. league has deserted and
signed with the Altoona. Pa. outlaw Grub.
Advices from Birmingham. Ala. where
the New York Americans are training.
say that Joe Yeager. the former Montreal
player. will probably be released TO Wash
ington.
The Chicago National club has traded
Pitcher Schaub and Catcher Charles A.
Miller to Wheeling for Outfielder Lewis
o. Smith, tried briefly by Pittsburg two
years ago.
OF 6S players 10 have been purchased
by the major league clubs last fall waiv-
ers have been asked on all but IS. so
much for the rule against covering up"
John OINei OF st. John, N B., is I'm the
south with the Chicago Americans. and
is expected 20 land a regular place In
the outheld o'Neil wac drafted from
Milwaukee.
Every club in the New England league
has strong backing this season. The
| league has compact circuit OF cities
| ranging I'm population from 40,o00 to 130,
| 600. or more than G0000 for the eight
| cities.
Joe Yeager. former Eastern Lacquer,
who was promised by Farrell of Jersey
/ City hast season, now OF the New York
Americans will probably be the regular
shortstop of the Washington team this
season.
Another change has been made I'm the
Eastern league schedule. Baltimore was
booked tosplay at Toronto on July 10th,
but that date has been wiped out and the
teams Will play a doube-header on July
18th instead.
A red-hot tale from :he Giants camp at
Memphis says that three men, each worth
more than million dollars. are trying
to bribe Gilbert. Bresnahan and Bower
man TO jump to outlaw Tri-State league.
Alec Jones' the big southpaw OF the
Buffalo team, who was regarded two
years ago as one OF the leading twirlers
In the Eastern league, has been uncon-
ditionally released by Manager Stallings.
1t Is said that Jones refusal to sign n
regular contract with a reserve clause for
1906 caused Stallngs TO take that step.
Jones may go to Montreal.
Jack Croniu Provldence's heavyweight
pitcher. says that all winter he has been
training Handball has been his favorite
pastime At present Cronin is coaching
the St Michael college team at West New
Brighton.
Gus soffel the popular Hoboken player
who filed I'm last year at second base
for the Toronto club, VIII MI position
with Norwich. Eonnie Mack OF the Ath-
letics. who had 1rst claim 10 Soffel's SER
vices, turned him over TO Toronto again
this year. but Soffel rebelled against go
ing there.
The Jersey City manager has decided
to shift Joe Bean, the former Rochester
shortstop TO second base, and break In
new men at schort and third base, the
later man to substitute for Woods In
Sunday games. Murray believes that tho
breaking up Of his inheld last season on
Sundays. through the absence OF Woods
lost him the pennant
These contracts have been received: I:
Captain Joe Bean, Wallace q. Clements,
William (Jocko) Halligan. George Mer-
ritt. William keister. George Vandegrift,
Eugene Mccain, George Pfanmiler
George Mack. William A. Foxen. TL>5e
OF George Woods and Peter Cassidy are
expected any day. =
Manager Murray has closed contracts
with George Grant. an inhelder OF great
| promise. member OF the Harvard Law
| school Manager Murray has seen him
| perform. Another college boy who has
1 signed Jersey City contract Ia Carl
| Moore. formerly OF Williams college, last
! year with a team IN Northern New Yo o..
| lie was with Manager Murray's Provi-
| dence team for two weeks the last year