Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-02
Baseball


Jimmy Collins, Of the Boston Am
orleans, has arranged his schedule
and viii open the season against the
~Highlanders in Philadelphia April
Ia. He also gave out this revised
schedule Of spring games in the
south: Marsh, 20, -. Atlanta;
March %. 20, Chattanooga; March
80 81, open; April J., 2, ,, 4, prac-
tice at New Orleans: April >, 6, Z,
s, games at New Orleans; April 10,
Louisville; April II, u, Columbus.
Mike Donlin made the circuit of
the bases o times than any base
ball player in the league last season.
Charlie Murphy says he is bank
ing on %Sebring, but the Outlaws"
mad a run on the bank several weeks
ago.
Tom Walker. the former Red pit
cher, since released, has baked on
the salary offered him by the Col
umus Club, and has jumped to the
outlaw club at Johnstown, Pa,
where he will receive almost the
same salary received from the Gin
cinnati Club, which amounted TO
$4,000 a year.
Chief thinner has signed up Out
fielder Mccain, of Sandusky, o., for
his Little Rock club. He is trying
to get Cy Voorhees,, of Oberlin, TO
join his pitching staff.
Columbia's freshman baseball
team was started Wednesday on the
work of the season when Coach Will
liams, of the varsity team. put the
candidates through their first prac-
tice.
Cleveland is pleased with Town
send, Detroit with Donohue and
Washington with Kitson, SO that the
thr%ee-cornered trade was a success
all around.
Pitcher Arthur H. ("Doc'D Hille-
brand. late Princeton coach, has
settled all controversy regarding
himself by signing a three-year CON
tract with Washington.
1t is reported that the Giants have
purchased Catcher Mike Grady from
st. Louis.
Jack Sheridan has decided to I'M
pire in the American league again
this year. He announced his retire
ment last fall to go into the under
taking business, but he says the out
look is not SC rosy as he expected it
would be, and therefore will take an
other chance with the indicator.
Pitcher Bernhard mas signed with
Cleveland. His wartime contract,
made at the time he was secured
from the Philadelphia club along
with Lajoie and Flick, has expired.
and his stipend undergoes a fearful
shrinkage.
In Detroit they say that Jack War
ner is the best catcher the Wolver-
ines have had since Charley Ben
nett's time.
Second Baseman Ike Rockenfield,
of the st. Louis Browns, has return
ed his contract to the club unsigned.
He declares he viii not join the club,
and he is one of the few who seem TO
be in earnest. He will not be miss
ed if Niles makes gooG.
Harry Wolverton, of the Boston
Nationals. has turned outlaw He
has signed to play third base for the
Williamsport, Pa, team, OF which
Unglaub has ignored the reserve law
and leaves the Boston americans to
play first base for Williamsport.
Catcher Lou Ritter has notified
the Brooklyn Club that he will play
no more Sunday bali, as he has join
ed a church. He also wants his sal
airy increased. Manager Donovan
cannot see why an increase should
be paid for such a move and the
chances are that Ritter will come in
at the old figures or languish among
the outlaws"
Shortstop George Mcbride is said
to be marked for release by the ST.
Louis Nationals. 1t is said the Rob
insons soured on him because of his
poor work in the -pos2-season series
with the Browns last fall.
Frank L. Dickinson, who pitched
for the Tufts College team last sea-
son. has signed with the Chicago
Nationals. He was well-known in
college baseball, as he defeated Yale
40. shut out Holy Cross and defeat
ed Princeton 10 last summer. He
is now attending the University OF
Chicago.
Detroit has refused to waive claim
TO First Baseman Tim JOrden, draft
ed by Brooklyn from Baltimore. II
Donovan cannot use Jorden he Will
be tried out al Detroit with a good
chance of making the team. At any
rate it looks as if Jorden is lost TO
Baltimore.
Joe Cantillion, OF the owners OF
the Des Moines team of the Western
League, gets George Magoon, a for
mer Cincinnati second baseman from
Toronto in exchange for Herman
Long.
The Detroit Club has turned over
six players 10 Indianapolis. The
men slatedto descend to the minors
are Pitchers Disch. Eubanks, and
Cicotte Beaver, an inhelder, and
Perry and Christian, o~utfelders.