The Topeka state journal., 1906-01-02
baseball Notes.

Philadelphia would ike TO nave
Third Baseman Tommy Leach. So
would Pittsburg, and possession counts
for whole lot
Fitzgerald, a young catcher from
Sharon, Pa, has been engaged for the
Giants 1t is not expected that Bill
Clarke viii be retained
A peep into a rule book of 1899
shbws that Jake Beckley is the only
National league player who was in the
harness that year in the major organ
ization.
Manager Griffith declares he will re
organize the Highlanders. He should
put some of his players on the water
wagon and see if that wouldn't help
some.
1t looks like the American associa-
ton would give its president another
year in the chair, which will be a
novel incident in the jumbled affairs
of that organization.
Donovan cannot do any worse
than Hanlon did" says President Eb-
bits, of the Brooklyn club. Let US
have a deep snow so that these mag
mates can find no rocks to throw.
Connie Mack was present at the
American association meeting at Chi
cago and looked around for a baseball
deal or two. He has resolved to side
track as many Of his old players as
possible.
Cincinnati will assign Joe Kelley
I
or Charley Carr will cover first base,
the chOice being given Barry on ac-
count of his superior batting. Presi-
dent Hermann has declined Brook
Inns offer for Carr.
Pitcher Harry Howell says he has
effected a puzzling delivery called the
gum ball" which he has used sue
cessfully in the Hotair league, and IS
just aching to get it into play when
the real show opens.
CsT. 1TI ~,T7 - -,
week, then signed a Chicago contract.
Jimmy seems to be losing his grip on
the bluff industry, for the time was
when he could keep his name in the
papers all winter.
President Murphy and Manager
Chance have announced that the Chi
cago Cubs hive the National league
pennant as good as won. There seems
to be nothing better left, then, than
second place for the Giants, who are
making no silly brags-
The Cincinnati Reds have about de-
cided to cut out the playing of exhibi-
/ ton games on the way from the train
/ ing camp in Texas to Redland. AS all
the major league teams now play in
the south in the spring, they are no
longer novelties and the gate returns
/ are small.
The Columbus Dispatch says: ''To-
! ledO might have had the services of
| Lave Cross had a deal proposed last
D
wanted by Connie Mack, and Cross
was offered for good measure in the
deal'' Mack would hardly sentence
Lave to fate like that
The Chicago Herald Of
! Thursday says: Manager Jake Stahl.
of the Washington American league
/ team, will leave this morning for a six
weeks trip to the Pacific coast. He
expects to make a deal for one, or pos
sibly two, of the Pacific Coast league
! lrfa q home
Old Cy Young has been offered a
cut in salary next year by the Boston
mana cement. Is this the first inkling
of waning power2 If it is Young
ought to quit with the laurel still on
his brow, for he has taken good
enough care of his pay envelopes for
them to take care of him the rest of
his days.
George L.achane. who formerly held
4 down first base for the Boston Amer
/ leased to Montreal. of the Eastern
/ league, is going to blossom next sea-
son, with the aid of some capitalists
/ of Winsted, Conn.,, as n league boomer.
/ His plan is to launch the Maugatucky
| Valley league and make things hum
when the time is ripe.
When the American and National
/ leagues rules committees meet at the
| joint meetings of the leagues in Feb
/ ruary there will not be single
! change in any rule, as the National
league, in appointing its committee,
gave it instructions to stand pat on
the present code. AS the American
league is now playing second fiddle to
| the older organization, it can do no
more than follow suit.
Cleveland viii send their pitchers
and catchers to Arkansas Hot Springs
late in February to get their arms in
shape before Joining the other mem
/ hers of the team at Atlanta 1t will
be remembered that last spring the
/ Cleveland management adopted this
| method of training, and for the frs
two months Of the season the Blues
had the most effective pitching corps
in the American league What hap
lDened later on was due to accidents.