The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-04
DOPE OF THE DAY

MANY WHO HAVE seen Deacon Philippe
work declare he will pitch better ball the COM
ing season than he has twirled for three years.
A MISSOURI judge permits an Indian pitcher,
who is serving time. to do his slab training In
the jail courtyard, the sheriff acting as back
stop.
NoRDYKE, NELSON, MURCH and Rossman
are four new candidates for first base in the big
leagues having a fair chance Of landing per-
manent jobs. - t..a,--
PHIL CoUGHLIN- OF Detroit is having all
kinds of bad luck. He hurt his knee in practice
and then heard Of the death of his father at
Scranton, Pa. g.
NOW IS TEE TIME for the minor league
league manager. The youngsters will be
farmed out quite fast from now
THE CHICAGO National league team can
| reasonably be called local product Two Of
the twenty players live in Chicago, which is
going some for a league team.
PITCHER MCFARLAND of the st. Louis Ma
tionals attributes his bad showing last season
to too strenuous training. Mcfarland says he
believes the teams go south too soon.
NICK ALTROCK. the handsome pitcher Of the
Chicago whitesox, has almost got his voice and
face in shape for the opening Of the That
means much to the whitesox. -...'.-
PRESIDENT EBBETTS of Brooklyn sold a
player last week, leaving him only thirty nine
absolutely tnvincible men. He would still like
to trade ten twelve Of them for good
pitcher, however.
JIMMY COLLINS says that in Peterson and
| Graham he has two backstoDs who, will keep
his catching department up to the required
standard even If Criger Is not able to report.
THE WINTER REST did not materially help
! Jimmy sBarrett's underpinning, and he was I'M
| able to go south with the Detroits. There are
number of candidates for his place in center.
TOM JORDAN is highly regarded by all the
| Brooklyn players one of the best young first
basemen that has broken into the major league
ranks and his batting in practice has been well.
nigh perfect.
| HIGH CLASS sHORTsTOPs are plentiful but
| there's quintet Of veterans who can hold their
own with any Of the younger ones. 1t Is com.
posed Of Dahlen,, Davis, Wallace, Corcoran and
Monte Cross.
| MANAGER McGRAW has made the sugges
ton to hold reunion Of old bal1players and fans
in New. York once year. He subscribed $780,
and there were generous responses. The first
banquet will be held next winter.
BASEBALL IS AS hard to break into as q
bank, and many are there who fall by the gate
| side. The dope Of today cuts mighty little ice
| in the pop bottle Of June. Cross your fingers
on the news of baseball finds
LAJOIE SAYS: eve have weakness for big
men on our teams. No small ones for us, the
big uns stand the gaff.' Bay and Turne,
are not giants, surely, and they stand the gaf
better than some Of the big blues.
ARM0UR's DUMMY standing at the plate
the pitchers say, has helped them wonderfully IL
getting control. When the men face real live
dummy with baseball bat in his hand perhap.
control will not be Of any use to them
"RUBE' KIssINGER, the Detroit pitcher, Il
writing for the Buffalo Times, and is writing
about the Detroit team at Augusta Another
ballplayer broken into the newspaper profession
He picks Buffalo for the Eastern league cham
pionship. s.t
| DUFFEY HAS weeded out three Of his players
johnson got berth with the Troy team Of til,
New York state league. Hoff has been turned
back. to Manager Hoffman Of Savannah while Nc
Curdy, the Mount Carmel pitcher, was sent bacl
:: home.
GRAHAM, the outfelder signed by McGraw
says he will not 60 to Memphis, to which clul
McGraw sold him. The little manager says b.
must, or go back to the outlaw or semipro
fessional. The life Of the balltosser is simila
to that Of the slave
CLAUDE ROssAIAN, the new first baseman o
the Clevelands. put in busy winter. n
played ball with team of American profes
SIGNALS In Cuba, and on his return played in
door ball in Albany. Then he went In for cross
country running until reporting time came