The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-20
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If the reports from California are
true, Manager Frank Chance of the
Chicago Cubs has signed several coast
league players for next season.
President Garry Hermann of Gin
cinnati doubtless will be reelected
chairman of the National Commission.
No other name is mentioned and It
looks very much as though no one else
wants the job.
There will be four or five new man
ayers in the Central league the COM
ing season.
Both the National and American
league meetings were pretty little love
feasts. lie seemed to be the general
inclination to wipe out the old scores
and start new game.
The New Orleans Midwinter base
ball league has opened its season and
games are played every Saturday.
Sounds good to the fan.
The Hamilton Tigers are the Rugby
football champions of Canada for 1906.
Jack Johnson, the colored heavy
| weight pugilist, is booked to sail for
| Australia next week.
Boston followers of the green cloth
| probably will witness billiard match
in the near future between Harry Cline
of Philadelphia, and Albert Cutler. the
new shortstop champion.
With polo. races and carnivals, the
roller skating rink is in great favor
this winter. Now they want s;X-day
races on the little wheels.
Nearly all the American jockeys Mho
raced in Europe this year have signed
contracts to return to the other side
next season.
Nearly every city and town in the
country has local king of the fans
or rocters, but in Mike Regan Bos-
ton claims the prize. And the claim
certainly looks good. 1:egan is not
interested financially in baseball. He
loves the game solely for the crjoy-
ment it affords him and not only at
tends the opening games in the several
cities of the American and National
leagues and in the Eastern, New Eng
land and other minor leagues, but he
makes it rule to attend their annual
meetings during the wln:af. The dis
lance is never too far for Mike tc
travel to see championship game OIL
any other baseball event out OF the or.
binary. His equal as simon pure bal
fan is yet to be found.
Harry Vaughn of Birmingham and
Ed. Ransick of Augusta are SO sur,
that their teams will win the peanants
of the Southern and South Atlantic
leagues, respectively, that they have
arranged a post-season series. (Fres:
agent story.)
Honey Melody, the welterwe;gn
champion, has received an offer t.
meet zoe Thomas, the California fight
err. in 4 20-round bout at Coln!a neN
E'orth. The two met once Before, OF
which occasion Thomas gained dec;
sion over Melody.
John L. Sullivan was one of the frs
to volunteer his services for the pro
posed Terry McGovern benefit to b,
given in New York.
Since his recent defeat at the hand.
of Monk the Newsboy," George Dixon
the former featherweight champion, II
said to realize that his fighting day.
are over for good. In his prime Lit
tie Chocolate" was without an eQusl
Sam Murbarger, the champion wrest
Ter of Indiana, has got back into the
game after several months of idleness
Lucius Horatio Bigelow, the new
captain of the Yale football team
played right tackle during the season
just closed.
Tommy" said his mother, IF give
you piece of pie will you try to be 8
good boy?"
Eyes. ma'am," replied Tommy, IAN
I'll try to be gooder If you'll give me
two pieces"
The manner in which roosters are
behaving during the present strike o.