The Minneapolis journal., 1906-03-14
EVERYTHING WORTH WHILE IN SPORT IS GATHERED HERR
DOPE OF THE DAY

4 OLDRING. a candidate for third base on the
Athletics. has seen big league service before.
He received a brief trial with the highlanders at
the close of last season.
THE BOSTON Americans are loath to lose
such consistent sticker as Bill Clay, s who
Topped to the York team. The defection OF
Clay means that Selbach Stahl and Freeman
will take care of the outfeld positions.
DETROIT WANTS First Baseman I Jones 500 Of the the
tigers last season, but he is q youngstef ana IL
Is feared that he may slump next season.
e AFTER ALI. HIS talk about never returning
to Chicago mig Smith slowly and deliberate
ly crawled into the whitesox bandwagon mus
it is over. H. g.
. JIMMY McALEER, one of the sponsors Of Ev-
ans. the new American league umpire, says
Evans will make good, or ] will eat my NAT.
@ the e ,6s n,G 1rt ny s ST. ou
Americans. He didn't make good however.
MANAGER sEBRING Of Williamspcrt claims
to have signed Catcher Street of the Cincinnati
Nationals. Pitcher Corridor of the Ph1lies ana
Infelder Unglaub of the Boston Americans lie
is also the lookout for other hrst-class men.
Charley Murphy should take notice.
F SOME OF THE Cleveland players who are
at Hot Springs are said to be spending about as
much of their time at the racetrack as they
do at Whittington park. Such is life, when the
manager Is not around. fs.
SEVERAL of the New York Nationals at Mem
phs are laid up with sore arms, the result OF too
much foolishness in a driving rain the other day
McGraw generally knows his business, but there
Is such thing too much practice at the
outset. Chesbro of the Americans was prac-
tcally put out of business last year after pitch
ing four innings in a downpour.
WASHINGTON is team that will have to
| be watched. While it Is not made up Of cham
pionship timber. still Jake Stahl will have a
nine that should make every team in the league
hustle to beat it, and with Lave Cross on the
third base sack he will keep the infeld ON the
! edge all of the time. .-., -.a.s ~ j..
IF HUGH McBREEN doesn't hear from N1yron
! Grimshaw pretty soon he will send searching
party into the Adirondacks to look Myren up
| Up to date Grimshaw has not replied to the con
/ tract and letters which have been sent to hin
during the winter. Has the signing of Harry
bones we'll first base, and when thu
natives Of Macon Murchs reach they vii
have the surprise of their lives. No high throw
will get past Alurch. but Bill Cahill of Eas
Boston wants to know If NIurch can handle al
the low throws.-Boston Herald.
DICK COOLEY is compelling all the player
that sign with him for his Topekn ia team 4 c to tax
do. he owns saloon.
PITCHER BILL DONOVAN says: ''In m
opinion the hitting will be lighter this yea
than ever before in the big league. Pitcher
have almost reached the perfect mark. and tn
man who clout the sphere for somethin
over the 800 mark these days Is getting a
there is in the willow out of it. OF course, tn
team that a man Is travelling with means
great deal concerning his average z'.
THE WAY THINGS look now, Providene
md Baltimore. which finished first and secon
respectively In the Eastern league la
| year. will not have things all their own. wa
{ this season. number of their best player
have been drafted and few more are reporte
as having jumped to the outlaw TriSta
T league, causing quite gap in their ranks. x
j. the other hand, the remaining teams, from Ney
r ark down TO Toronto are being bolstered up
l. promising style, all of which will tend to NAL
$ the coming an evenly balanced affair.
s CHARLIE NEARY and Kid Herman, the CT
q cago Hebrew who has jumped into proilnen
e in his class the last few months. may meet
a the roped arena before Kansas City club
$ the near future. Joe Crawford, manager
:. Neary is negotiating with the ofaciols Of t
5. Missouri Athletic club of Kansas City, and
1t Herman Will agree to meet Neary the mat
d will be closed.
e THERE ARE NO immediate prospects of ]
=. Cans, the lightweight champion, and Kid HI
u man getting together. Herman wants t
. weight 133 ringside while Cans will not ag1
- to do better than 1873 at O'Clock. Many do 1
believe the colored make 133 at a
a time without cutting OF leg, despite his clsi
~ to the contrarE.--3 -. ,<-2-
d. IT Is POSSIBLE that Kid Herrick will be
t. matched with young Kid Farmer OF Chicago
TO fore the Peoria club the latter part Of t
n month IIerrick and Farmer fought fast bat
l before the same club recently, Farmer Stopp
no | Herrick in eight rounds. Herrick thinks he
i'm even up with Farmer and the club officials b
ITS promised to put the pair on at their next SHE
he DENVER HAS closed the way to the p1
U.s. An odd decision by Referee Bob Stockton wi
,er fourth round of a bout with Dick Hyland
an San Francisco, caused the lid to drop in
lat Rocky mountain city. ~