The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-17
PLAYERS EXPECTED
TO ARRIVE AT ONCE
By Wednesday Most of Men,
bers of JesSup'S Team
Should Be Here.
HE IS NOW AFTER GAMES.
MEMBERS OF THE RICHMOND 10.
LEAGUE TEAMS HAVE SCAT
TERED WIDELY CAMBRIDGE
HAS NO KICK.

Manager Jessup expects the various
members of his picked independent
team to begin arriving by "Wednesday.
As vet no dates have been booked Tor
this team. but Manager Jessup Will
keep the wires hot arranging dates
with fast independent teams and Amer
lean association and Central league
teams. the seasons in these leagues
now being closed which are going out
on barn storming trips. Manager
Ashenback of the st. Paul American
association team is getting up picked
team of American Association stars
and Manager Jessup hopes to secure a
date or two with this team, which IN
cIudes the ancient Jake Beckley, who
formerly guarded first base for the Gin
cinnati Reds, and who is now playing
that position for Kansas City. If Man
ager Jessup can book any National and
American League teams here he Will
do so.
McGrew Not Coming.
Teddy McGrew. the crack second
baseman OF the Canton Central league
team, will not be member OF the local
team. Manager Jessup has secured In
his place Parker, the hard hitting,
brilliant fielding second Dagger on the
Portland |. o. league team. who many
local fans believe to be the best sec
ond baseman in the /. o. league. Par
ker will fill the bill as well as McGrew.
1t will be remembered that he was the
lad who broke up the Portland-R1ch-
mond game last Sunday in the four
teenth inning by scoring two men with
his scorching three Dagger.
Squirrels Have Holiday.
The squirrels in the vicinity of Cam
bridge City had a half holiday Monday
Tacks Fisher and Nat Fleming took
their trusty muskets and went hunting
Monday afternoon in the jungles near
Cambridge City. One chicken was
shot and the squirrels pursued the de-
mon ball players into the traction sta
ton at Cambridge City. Every time
they got good look at Fisher their
mouths watered. and / thought sure
they would get him before we got back
to town." Fleming states.
Players Have Scattered.
All the members of the Richmond
o. league team have scattered to vari
GUS places with the exception of Fish
err and Fleming. who remain here &c
play with the independent team. Botf
Of these players are open to play witt
independent teams in this vicinity
when Jessup's team is not playing. Car
lin. Weaver and Ritter have returned
to New Castle, Ind. The last two VIII
return to join the local Independent
club Wiltermood has left for Paris
ILL.,. where he will play with the Paris
team. Miner has gone to his hom
at Germantown o. King Cole ha
returned to Columbus. o.. where he en-
tiers the Ohio State University Law
school Hicks and Gardner have re
turned to their homes in Indianapolis
OF course, Casey Horn and Manage
Jessup are still here.
Has No Real Kick.
The Cambridge City correspondent
who sent in the account of the Can
bridge City-Quigley x Babylon score
the game Sunday. shows that he is
poor loser He claims the Q. X
team did not present its regular lineu
Sunday and that the team wa
strengthened so that the Grays coul
be taken" The Q. & b. team too
the field against Cambridge City wit
practically the same lineup that
started the season. One or two ne,
players are on the team but they are a.
Richmond boys who have never playe
any thing except semi-professional bal
Hill, the New Madison pitcher. ha
been with the team for nearly month