The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-03-31
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Rube waddell pulled Of one Of the
Iqueer stunts for which els famous
III a game with Memphis the other
day. The score was S TO Q IN the
ninth inning, in the Athletics favor.
Memphis had one man out and two
on bases. Waddell called all the
aelders in, leaving only third and hrst
|basemen. The latter lift tothe third
baseman, who flmbled. The next
two hits safely, sending In three runs.
Then, with men on second and third.
and any kind Of a hit needed to ne
the score, the Rube famed the next
two batters.
A the end Of this week the New
IYork Americans leave on their home
ward trip They will play in Atlanta
on Monday. 1t is now considered i'm
probable that there will occur a
championship spring series between
the Giants and the Highlanders.
Frank Smith, Of the Chicago
White sox, has opened negotiations
with the Harrisburg team Of the Tri-
state outlaw league, and declare that
The will play with that club this sea-
son unless lie is accorded better treat.
ment by his teammates in Chicago.
There is also a disagreement over the
question Of salary, but this is not so
Important with Smith. as the alleged
bad treatment he has received.
The Chicago Nationals have aban-
doned their training quarters at
Champaign, ILL.,, and have gone 10
vicksburg, Miss, in hurry. The
weather conditions at Champaign
were so uufayorable that Manager
Chance soon reached the conclusion
that If he did not make a change of
Ibase the Chicago team would not be
at when the pepnant race began. This
experiment Of training a ball team in
northern territory was exploded some
time ago, when the New York Nation.
ais failed to get into condition at
Lakewood. Even the -Washingtons,
who formerly trained at home. went
South this spring to enjoy warmer
weather. But Southern training, so
far, has been anything but advantage
Gus, owing to the unusually cold
weather. Down in Texas, where the
Cincinnatis have been shaping up for
the race, the men have been compell-
cd to go easy with their arms. 1t is
estimated that every major league
club will be out of pocket because OF
the wild goose chsses south of the
Mason and Dixon line this year.
The regular players Of he Cincin-
natl team will remain in the South
one week longer than originally sched-
uled. They were to have returned
IApril 6, but owing to the chilly wealth
er will not come north until April -.
Freddie Parent, the Boston Aneri.
can shortstop, has never been bounced
from game, but his side partner,
Hobo Ferris, makes up for Parents
deficiencies in that regard.
Nick Altrock posed for a photo the
other day with the mascot Of the New
Orleans park, "a monkey. tits going
to be used for puzzle picturc.-Chi-
cago Tribune, Maybe Nick intends
10 make monkeys Of few batters.
1t is said that Frank Bancroft, Of
the Cincinnati Reds, shed tears re-
Gently in Houston, Texas. The ex.
hiibtion business IS overdone in some
parts of the South. the Reds. draw.
Ing only meagre crowd against the
Houston team.
Jack Anderson Is entering into the
practice Of the Washington team with
enthusiasm, and is batting and field.
Ing well. A year ago this spring
Jack had reached an irrevocable deci-
sion to retire at the end Of the sea-
son. Fed prospective retIrers can
not resist The call of the diamond.
Baseball Is as hard to break into
as bank, and many are those who
fall by the wayslde. The dope Of to-
day cuts but little ice In the pop
bottle Of June. Cross your fingers on
the news OF baseball "ands."
1t is said that Bobby VILLAGES con
tract with the st, Louis Browns calls
for $500 for the season, Looks as
though the Browns gave all the mon
ey to one man.
lsbeli will be used reguluRrly at Sec
ond base for the Chicago White sox
this season.