The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-09
DOPE. OF THE DAY

HUGH NICHOLL Of Peoria, a former major
league player, has arrived at Lafayette, ind;;
to coach the Purdue baseball team. N1choll
will remain with the team until the close Of the,
season. He formerly played with the chicago,
st. Louis and Cincinnati National league teams.
MARC OATLIN, ex-captain of the Chicago uni
versity football team, has been engaged to
coach the 1906 Notre Dame team. He ID
coaching the track team at Iowa state university
at present, and il not expected to report at
Notre Dame until September. Notre Dame will
make every effort to have winning team next
season. -, .'- .r.E -s
JACK (rwIN) SULLIVAN and Hugo Kelly
will meet in twenty-round battle at Los An
geles tonight at 159 pounds. This will be the
fourth meeting Of these two. Each has one
victory to his credit and draw. Both are in
tiptop condition and, despite the fact that Sulli-
van is a 1O-to-7 favorite, there Is plenty Of
Kelly money in sight. Tommy Ryan is direct
ing Kellys training, while Tommy Burns Is
acting in the same capacity for Sullivan. Both
ceased training yesterday and several pounds
under weight, but each will be close to 158
pounds at the ringside.
FRED LANDERs, the California boxer, re-
turned yesterday from Hot Springs, Ark, where
he fought twenty round battle with Clarence
English of Omaha last Friday night Harlem
Zea, matchmaker of the club, offered to rematch
| Lsnders with English for the windup bout before
the Arkansas club Friday night, but as the Cali
forn1an has not fully recovered from severe
cut in his forehead received in his last affair
with the Omaha lightweight, he decided to
a weeks rest, and it is probable that his next
fight will be with Jimmy Potts before a Terre
Haute club some time the latter part Of this
month.
JOE CANTILLIoN has completed the deal
| whereby Arson Mott who was with Milwaukee
| last season for time and later was transferred
| to Des Moines, will be traded to the Seattle
club for Pitcher Roscoe Miller, formerly of De-
| tro1t
FRANK sELEE, one Of the best known base
| IA in fha frv ar1 for, Va,
| manager Of the Chicago National league team
| has accepted the position of manager Of the
Pueblo Western league team. Selee was forced
to retire from active work last year on account
| of i'll health
| THERE IS NO RUSH, it will be noticed to
! accept Charley Ebbett's offer Of ball club for
a pitcher of the Mathewson stamp. $.
| . PITCHER TOWNSEND of the uevelands is
olssatlshed with the salary offered him. and
| whlIe he will so to Hot Springs he viii not
sign until he. gets what he wantss. -. !. -.
lFsl COULD NOT go in and umpire without
police police protection said Hank O'Day today.
I'D quit the business
GEORGE EDWARD Rube Wadde11 silent, in an
upper berth Tuesday night leaving philadanbio
ior D1xieland. He will eat out Of Manager
Mack's hand or carry his hand baggage. pitch
Ter WaddeH says he will be lawful, terrible
lgood'' this season 'e-i'oAo
Mathewson, the young brother of Christy
MatheWson. will not get a chance TO mitch y
Iuil game IN the National league for New York
tnls season. McGraW has too many seasoned
tWlrlers to try experiments.
BECAUSE he received a cut of s75 r,on+,,
! IN MS salary, Louis Castro Of last years NUTS
has notified Owner Tebeau that he will not re-
port Tor the coming season. Castro says that
ne mas received several good offers from the
outlaw leagues. Tebeau says that he will he
traded to some other club IT. ~. -
| FIXED O'BRIEN, the Boston lad who cayorted
about the box for the Toledo aggregation last
season, and who was returned to the hub at the
conclusion Of shostilities in the American asso
citation, has been cast adrift by Jimmy Collins
THERE WILL BE six left-hand batters on the
Toronto team this season, pretty nearly the
record number. "
THEY TELL funny story about Danny Coo
gan gan. and George Smith, when they were playing
with Rochester. The latter was on first, trying
to steal second. The signal to steal was s.righi
foot on the bench,'' and Coogan gave 1t. Smith
1 reached the sawdust pillow O.. K. Then he
looked at Coogan and, seeing his foot still or
the bench, tried for third, but was caught
You Dutch lobster" yelled Manager Bucien
berger, why didn't you play it safe? Who tolt
runner, sore and exhausted LOOK A at him NM
Coogan was busy reading letter. He had for
| gotten to take his foot down. \, =
MANAGER STAHL of Washington has re
turned from a three days. visit to Doc. Hille
brand at Webster. s. D. Stahls mission there
was to endeavor to sign the Princeton man t,
IA Washington contract. and. while he did no
, succeed. Stahl says that HilIebrand is thinkin,
very seriously Of coming here to play. It i
thought that in few days the big pitche
will definitely decide the matter. :. -.
SYRACUSE. is the only city in the countr,
where a real rooters' club Is in existence. VI
to date the Syracuse club has 200 members Due
: are collected and officers elected annually an,
the sole purpose Of the club is to better baseball
in Syracuse, amateur as we'll professional
PITCHER MCCARTHY. resentful of his re
turn to Montreal by New York, has jumped t
the Jamestown, Pa outlaw club. He claim
. that he has been covered up for two years
I tired of that sort Of treatment and doesn't lik
Montreal anyway. IBID
HEINIE PETIT wasn't stabbed by wicke
= woman after ALL He has nothing more seriou
- than an attack Of pleurisy. That story of tn
!. German backstop having been punctured nea
il the heart with sharp pointed weapon turn
8 out to have been fake of the first water. Jus
e to show that he did not resemble a human siev
l. Heinie sat up In bed and penned a few lines t
e President Dreyfuss, stating that while he ha
Q been quite ILL., 1t was really nothing serious an
d that the doctors told him he would be able t
q get out in short time and that the chance
s were he would be able to take part In the trai1
ing at Hot Springs Cincinnati newspapers, al
:, ways eager to take a shy at anything connecte
y with the Pittsburg baseball club, were respor
n sible for the stabbing story.