The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-30
SPORTS.
WHAT CLUBS
ARE DOING
Gossip About Northern Copper Coun.
try League Teams Duluth White
sox Will be Home for Exhibition in
Fortnight.

try League TeamS-Duluth White
Sox Will be Home for Exhibition in
: Fortnight.
Duluth Herald: Two weeks from
today the Duluth White Sox will
be seen at Athletic park, in an exhibi.s
ton game with the Superior team,
and will leave on the following Mon
day for Fargo, to open the season
there.
Little has been heard from the Du-
luth team during the last week. 1t
Is still playing around the Iowa circuit
and is apparently making enough to
pay its expenses. The men are taking
it easy, and are not rushing their
training, but they will be in good shape
for the opening game.
About fifty shares of stock have been
disposed of. and there is now no long
er any need for worry on the score Of
finances, as the team will have plenty
son, put the grounds in good shape,
and pay off the floating Indebtedness
against the club.
Houghton and Calumet Mining Ca
zette: Howard Cassiboine will arrive
in Houghton tonight, having been
signed by the management Of the
Houghton league baseball team to act
as captain and playing manager. With
the arrival of Cassiboine the Houghton
team commences to take definite
shape. and within the next ten days it
is hoped to have every member of the
team on the ground and in readiness
to start practice.
Cassiboine comes from Madison,
Wis. where he wintered. Last year
he was with the Oskaloosa team of the
Iowa State league. He is claimed to
be an exceptionally clever man in the
handling of ball players, so that the
Houghton management is congratulate
ing itself on being able to secure his
services for this season.
Fargo Forum: The baseball fans
are feeling encouraged over the
prospects for the season. They figure
that the same infield. with an outfield
that has greatly increased batting
force and with a strengthened pitch
ing force the Fargo team will make
a good showing despite the fact that
the league this year is faster than
formerly.
Capt Strip and other members of the
trip through Minnesota for games with
independent aggregations.
Hancock Journal: The baseball
fans will soon have an opportunity to
look over the players signed by Man
ager Paul B. Wreath as the men have
been requested to report here not later
than Saturday. Several of the men
will reach here tomorrow and practice
will be commenced at once.
Manager Wreath has arranged for
exhibition games with Calumet on
Saturday and Sunday next, April 2S
and 20. The Saturday game will be
played at Calumet and it is planned
to play the Sunday game at the Han
cock driving park if the grounds are in
shape. If not the game will be played
out of town.
Winnipeg Telegram: There is
chance that neither Catcher Hugh
Leach of last years Grand Forks club,
nor First Baseman Sam Meneice of the
champion Duluth White Sox will play
ball with the Maroons this year. Leach
has accepted terms with the Winnipeg
cluD, ana mas announced tnaC IL ne
plays professional ball at all this sea-
son he will be in Spike" Anderson's
red-clad pennant hunters, but the
Grand Forks club has laid claim to
Leach through the medium Of DR..
Percy M. Gloss, the secretary of the
Northern and Copper Country league,
who left here yesterday after attend
ing the meeting of the league commit
tee on Friday and Saturday.
Meneice was secured from the Bur-
lington club of the Iowa league in ex-
change for Pitcher Frank Green. Me-
neice was under contract to the Bur-
lington club. but Leonard Van Praagh
of the Duluth club asserts that Meneice
was never let out by Duluth, and is
still under obligation to the White Sox.
He has asked the National Board of
Arbitration for ruling. 1t looks as
though Van Praaghs claim is a good
one, and Menice will likely be ordered
to rejoin the champions. Secretary J.
NJ Lamb has taken time by the fore
lock and last night wired to Green that
he would be liable to recall by the
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