The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-02-07
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. BASE BALL GOSSIP
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Falrmont VIII have fast Sail
team in the field BIZ the 10th Of Nav.
II viii have al least two weeks II
good practice and exhibition ea,rs
before the regular r, o. and II. Ya..
season opens. Manager Thad Troy
OF Benwood came over from Wheel
ing Sunday and after conference
with the local directors left for Ms
home. The situation generally Vas
discussed and gone over carefully:
Troy outlined his policy regarding
signing of PLAYERS, salaries, etc. and
this met with the approval &c the di.
rectors. He stated that several men
had been accepted and that heir
names would be affixed to the con-
tracts which he carried home with
him. The entire team will have
signed the papers, Troy said. with
in the next few days. AS to the
personnel of the team nothing was
given out by the directors, as they
hope to have contracts signed before
any news is given to the public.
Troy was ordered to come to Fair
mont on May LIST. His team VIII
arrive ten days later to practice, like
" at Traction park. Several exl.i-
bition games viii be arranged FOR
the time between the 10th and the
opening day. Some of these viii
likely be with Morgantown uniger-
sity, as the manager down there is
said to have asked for dates.
"Waynesburg intends to fight for
the championship of the p, o. and
w. Va. league from the start de
clared Milt Montgomery last night,
Il am signing strong bunch of
players and let me tell you this;
the team that beats us out will win
the flag. / have signed Harry
Blumhng, the Sharpsburg boy who
pitched such good ball for the Dali |
las club in the Texas league, last
year. Blumling is a good southpaw, |
and, besides his ability as a pitcher,
he can wallop the ball some. also
have signed Johnnie Yoedt to pitch
and have about completed terms
with Elmer Cannon. My brother,
Ben, will be with me again 10
catch, and ! have signed another
good backstop in Joe Laughlin, of
Woodstock, Va. He was with tlIe,l
Frostburg Md. and McKeesport
clubs last year. He il fine. hitter
and will help us greatly.
"Conoway will again plan first
base, and am negotiating with a
third baseman who is now on an
eastern college team. / have third |
baseman signed named Ed. Lynch, II
Of Lebanon. He has been in the
Tri-State and comes well recon-
] have a Cleveland boy
signed for the outfeld. His name
is Buck Hyduk, and he is a fast one.
He was considered the best in a
eague near Cleveland in which he
played.
81 have instructions from the
packers of the Waynesburg team 10
sign team that will win the PEN
nant, and / believe we will have
cam next season that will be the hest
The town ever saw he added.
Blumling, whom Montgomery has
signed, was regarded as one OF the
best pitchers in the Texas league
last season. He did not wish to re-
turn south, and so signed with
Waynesburg at a greatly increased
salary.
All arrangements have been corr.
pleted for the spring training trip Of
the worlds champion Giants to
Memphis. A large gymnasium with
a full equipment OF shower baths AMI
so on has been rented fof use on
days when the weather is Indictment.
Til bali park at Memphis is a new
one and considered one of the finest
in the south. The players will re-
port on March 1, going direct to |
Memphis from their various homes.
Mike Donlin and Billy Gilbert, who
have been running a saloon in New |
York this winter were notified hy |
McGraw that they would have 10
quit the saloon on baseball.
Tommy Leach writes that he hes
signed his contract for 1906. lie
also informed President Dreyfus,
that his wife, who was paralyzed, Is
on the road to recovery.
James McAleer, of the st. Louis
Americans, has notified Jack 0'Con-
nor and Jack Powell that they must
quit keeping a saloon if they expect
to play bali with the team next sea
son.
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