The Washington herald., 1908-04-05
union LEAGUERS GIT BUSY
Practice for Outlaw Players viii
Begin This Week.
While Washington Practices at
Philadelphia, baltimore VIII Get
Into shape at TacOny.
Special to The Washington Herald.


Philadelphia. April president A. ".
Lawson of the Union League of Profess
sional Baseball Clubs. announces that
every club in the league is in readiness
for the opening Of the season. While
the league championship season does not
begin until April .. the various managers
have ordered their players TO report at
the different cities next week. when prac-
tice will begin.
Manager Arthur Irwin has already
signed fourteen players for the Washing
ton club, and is stin after some good
men. He has ordered his team TO report
here for practice Monday. His team will
remain in Washington until April p,
when they viii take the road for few
games prior TO the championship season
Manager Irwin feels confident that he has
gotten together a team that will give all
the other clubs Of the league hard
push for championship honors.
Ambrose Hussy will have his Brooklyn
team report at Hoboken. lie has twenty
two men under contract His park is al
ready in excellent condition, and it has
seating capacity OF 5000.
II. Eugene McCann has ordered his
players to report at Ryles Park. Pater-
son. He has seventeen men under con-
tract. The seating capacity Of his park
has been enlarged until il can now ac-
oommodate I'm the neighborhood of 500
/ persons.
| Adam Neubeck has ordered his players
to report at Elizabeth, y. J. Extensive
| improvements have been made to his
grounds. and large and commodious
stands erected. The seating capacity Will
/ be in the neighborhood OF 50o0 he has
J sixteen men under contract.
! The Philadelphia players will report to
Manager Schlichter on April for prac-
tice work. He has sixteen men under
contract and is negotiating With others.
The new grounds in West Philadelphia
are rapidly being put into irst-class
shape, and by the time the first cham
pionship game is to be played all of the
stands will be built and everything in
readiness for the patrons OF the game.
Manager Schlichter has arranged series
Of exhibition games away from home so
that the people of Philadelphia will not
have an opportunity to see the Philadel-
lphia club in action until the opening of
the championship season.
DIT. F. C. Reisllng, manager Of the
Reading club, has ordered his team TO re-
port in Reading on April 49, He has six
teen men under contract, and says that
out of them he believes that he can pick
a pennant winner Lauers s Park, which
is situated right in the heart Of Reading
being only three blocks from the post
Office, has a seating capacity Of 4000. but
an addition will be made soon, which vii
make the seating capacity about 6OO OF
70G0 The grounds have already beer
renovated and put into first-elass shape.
Manager Waller, of the Wilmington
club, has probably signed more players
than any other minor league manager II
the country. as he now has twenty-eigh
, men under contract His team will re
port next week. when they will be pu
through a course OF hard work in exhi
bition games The new park of the VII
mington club is almost completed, snS
will be in good shape within the mex
week.
Manager Samuel J. Kennedy has or
dered his Baltimore club TO report q
Tacony, where he will give them a thor
ough training and working out. He ha
: arranged a series of exhibition game
: from April II, when he opens up at Read
: ing. until April 25. RE has eighteen mel
under contract and he feels cOnfden
that he has one Of the best teams in tn
league. Dr. Francis E. King. presiden
q of the Baltimore club, Announces that tn
4 stadium. which is the baseball park o
the Baltimore Unions. Is now being pu
into frst-ciass condition. that ney
stands are in the course of erection, an
that he will have one Of the finest play
| ing grounds in the circuit. The sestln
capacity to begin with will be about 3.00
= The first game 10 be played on the Balti
more grounds viii be about May l.
All Of the different presidents of tn
Union clubs are sanguine over the out
look for the coming season. and feel sur
of success crowning their efforts.