The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-02-13

NOW montreal Is 10 nave change OF
ownership. John Kreitner is to step down
and out.
Ned Hanlon will arrive in Cincinnati
about the first of March and look ever
his new field of labor
Cincinnati will have but one conflicting
date the coming season and tina; will be
Sunday game in Chicago
Joe Cantilon claims that the Chicago
Nationals owe him 5000. due for the pur-
chase from him Of Third Baseman Lobert
Jesse Tannehill and AL SelbacA of the
local Americans have already arrived at
the Arkansas Hot Springs and began
training there.
Fred Lucia Of Dover. n. H., backstop
for the Denver (Col) team the past three
years, has signed with Manager Hamilton
OF the Harrisburg (Pa.) team.
Pitcher Eddie Plank will, In all proba-
bility. again take charge of the Gettys-
burg college pitchers and train them until
he goes south with the Athletics
Larry sutton. a well-known newspaper
writer Of Syracuse, y. Y, who has made
no little renown for himself by his skin
in handling baseball clubs, will he located
in Oswego next season as the pilot o. the
Empire state league in that city. lie has
landed two pennants in as many seasons
and is confident he can turn the trick
again.
Archie Hahn of Milwaukee and Walter
II. Erckersall OF the University OF Chi
cago, who came on to compete in the T..
A. A. games, left for home yesterday.
Both said they enjoyed their Boston visit.
particularly Hahn, who was around there
for four days. Eckersall did some sight
seeing Sunday, but had to leave at once.
as he is in a dual meet with the Univer-
sity Of Illinois next Friday.
n,,ip nf ha snI, l,,,e oI,tfN
says that he would prefer by considerable
to have Pete" Noonan. the former Holy
Cross catcher, than Joe Nealon, who II 10
go to Pittsburg at such a large salary.
Quinn SAYS he expects TO see this player
do regular service on the first bag some
day. Pitcher Dorner, the new acquisition
of Cincinnati, says Noonan can play the
bag as well as any one he ever saw and
can "hit 'em a mile"
Announcement was made yesterday at
Exeter that the Phillips Exeter baseball
team will have professional coach next
spring. Walter Williams OF Portland. Me,
former pitcher and coach of the Bowdoiu
college baseball team and at one time
member OF the New England, Eastern,
National and many minor league teams,
has been appointed.
The Philadelphia National league club
will be the first TO get, under way 10 the
announced today that the Phillies will go
to Savannah IN two squads. The first
will leave Tuesday. Feb. %. under the
command of kid" Gleason. The party will
be composed exclusively OF pitchers and
catchers. The remaining members OF the
team will go to Savannah with Manager
Duffy tho first week In March
Harry Hatch is determined that when
he goes with tho Toronto team he will
l.. - To. l.a
ing with the squad at Brown university
regularly and gradually limbering up his
arm. When the season opens for semi
professional ball In this region he Is PLAN
ming to ally himself with one of the teams
until after his graduation. He figures
that thus ne will be able TO condition him.
self and be hardened as we'll as the other
men on the team when he joins them.
1t is barely possible that Pattee may he
seen with some team of the Eastern
league again since his contract has been
returned by the Brooklyn club unsigned.
1t seems that Pattee asked little too
much for his services and the Brooklyn
mana cement thought that he was not
capable OF holding his own 10 such fast
company as his salary demands would
place him The Brooklyn club has always
been rather penurious however, and this
may account for the unsigning OF this
players contract. Pattee's contract has
been returned to him more than a month
since, and he Is making other plans for
the coming season. He has not entered
into any negotiations with teams as yet,
but is conditioning himself so that when
called upon he will be as fast as he was
last summer
Manager Walsh has not yet filed in all
the dates for the Brown baseball schedule
this season, and hence cannot announce
the same as yet. He Is negotiating with
one or two OF the more prominent col
leges for games at home and hopes TO
land some attraction.