The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-02-05

..AVaynesburg intends to fight for
the championship Of the p, o. and
W. v. league from the start" declared
Nit Montgomery last night. 81 am
signing q strong bunch of players and
iet pe tel you this; the team that
Deats Us out will win the flag. | have
signed Harry BlumItng. the sharps.
burg Icy who pitched suca good ball
for the Dallas club, III the Texas
league last year. Blumbllng is a
good aouthpaw, and, besides his abil-
tty rs a pitcher, he can wallop the
hal some also have signed Johnnie
Ycedt 70 pitch and have about com
pl4'e7 tarns with Elmer Cannon. My
b-.otler, Ben, will be with me again
70 aata,,l, and l have signed another
,od bsaf.top in Joe Laughlin Of,
,5y.s.oli., Va FIe was with the
FRS Hire CMd.y and McKeesport
c'alis list year He is fine hitter
ana ydil help us greatly.
GonaWay will again play first base,
ana am Negotiating with third
0asuman VINO is now on an eastern
aelisee team. / have third baseman
signed n&nsed Ed. Lynch Of Lebanon.
lie nas been in the TrtState and
comes well recommended. have a
Cleveland roy signed for the outfeld.
Fjis rame is Hyduk, and he is a fast,
1aa. le wa considered the best in a
lsague near Cleveland in which he
played
q navo instructions from the back,
srs Cf ITO Waynesburg team to sign.
4 team that will win the pennaut, ana
i helicye We will have team next
season that will be the best the town
ever saw" he added
Blumbling, whom Montgomery has
signed, was regarded as one of the
best pitchers in the Texas league last
season No did not wish to return
south, end so signed with Waynes.
Drys ~ q greatly Increased salary.
,i.nry GAMER, the popular middle
fielder cf the Waynesburg team,
;!upqci into The Gazette Office last
night while Montgomery was present.
4Hey talked together a few minutes,
ard II was then announced GAMER had
agreed to the terms offered by Waynes.
burg. GAMER is clever player
Ptttsturg Gazette.
Mention was made in this column
gUla0 weeks ago to the effect that LET
ty Jaskson had married Pttsburg
girl. Tho information was furnished
by EQd Wharton. Lefty heard about
| it ana IN a letter to the sporting man
Wishes tho statement retracted. "slack
was telling me that was married
since I came home, but denied IT on
the spot. want you to retract that
in your paper so that all the young
ladies' in Fairmont when they read it
will swallow that lump in their lily
white threats and breathe freely once
mora, the dear things, Even Il ! did
sneak home before the rest Of the
gang, 1T didn't necessarily follow that
! wa going to lose my mind at so
aaIly "a age" says the popular left.
Handed.
Lefty forgot to mention where he
rsspeotel 10 be the coming season, but
III q thn nope of FaIrmont fans that
Manager Troy may make an effort to
,seGur2 his services for Fairmont. He
stated that Red snedden was in from
tho wilds Of Butler county few
naYa ago. Lefty is still in Plttsburg.
l Red Schmidt, the McHeespoTt ana
I'raddocis catcher and one Of the finest
reEei9ers in the PittsDurg district, Is
INV working in thls city. He Is a
windp@.glass blower and Is employed
III a local plant When asked yester.
day "a his plans for the coming
ssssol, hai stated that he vas IA
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