The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-16
Lengthy Pitcher Has Signed
With South Bend and Jes-
sup Hopes to Get Him from
Manager Grant.
HAMILTON WILL BE IN
lNDIANA-OHIO LEAGUE.
Manager De Almond Writes
That 1t Is an Assured Fact
That He Will Enter the Cir
cuit-Other Baseball News.


Big Gene Moore, the idol of the
Richmond baseball fans, has returned
his signed contract to Manager Grant
of the South Bend Central League
team, but it is doubtful if the big fell
low will be a member of the South
Bend team this coming season. Man
ager Jessup wants Moore for the locals
and he will make every effort TO secure
him from Grant. 1t is an open secret
that Grant and Moore have always
been at swords points and Gene has
never done the work for South Bend
that he is capable of doing. If Jes-
sup succeeds in getting Grant to farm
him out the coming season to Rich
mOnd. it is thought that there will be
but little trouble in inducing him to
play here. Moore and Jessup are the
best of friends and he likes Richmond.
If he is a member of the local pitching
staff this season Richmond fans will
be as happy as a bunch of women at
knOckfest.
"TackS' Fisher pitcher and general
utility man for the Quakers last sea
son, has been sold by the South Bend
team to Sharon, Pa. team in the O. P.
league. Fisher was farmed out to
piIb Il 11St Inv
Fisher will play first base for Sharon
and his work will be followed with
keen interest by the local fans. Fish
er is a brilliant fielder. but is weak at
the stick. If he picks up in this de
partment of the game there is no rea-
son why he should not be advanced to
the fastest company.
A letter received from Manager John
DeArmOnd of the Hamilton team
states that he has been offered a site
for baseball park in that city by the
street car company and that the out
look is most satisfactory. Il am not
allowing any grass to grow under me,
and you can state that Hamilton will
league this season" he concludes his
letter. DeArmond hopes to have all
the details connected with placing a
club in Hamilton. shaped up by the
time of the next league meeting. which
will be held at Anderson February -.
He is being backed in his efforts to or
ganize a Hamilton club by several
prominent men of that city.
Manager Jessup states that he will
order his players to report here about
the first of April. After giving them
a few days to timber up and get the
winter kinks out of their muscles, Jes-
sup will sic his pennant chasers on
various independent and league clubs
until the opening of the 10. league
season. There is a prospect that sew
eral National League. American
League, American Association and Cen
trail league teams will play exhibition
games here during the month of
April.
Bunny Pierce, the clever catcher
and infelder. who finished last season
in the Indiana-Ohio league, has buCked
on the salary offered him by the Gin
cinnati Reds. Pierce is probably
standing in his own light, for his only
hope of high salary lies in the oppor-
tunity to make good in fast company
Otherwise he will be compelled TO
spend his entire base ball career in the
minors Van Vert Bulletin.
|. When Nick Altrock was a witness in
gburt the other day, his criminal rec
ord was brought TO light 1t seems
that he was once arrested and the
sharp lawyer compelled him to confess
ali the dreadful details. 1t seems that
when Nick was younger than he is now
he Crawled under the side wall of a cir
Gus tent. He wanted to see the show
and he didn't have the price. He got
inside without detection, but there was
copper standing between him and the
show. Nick was armed with a deadly
weapon in the shape of pin and this
he inserted. without warning, in a
prominent portion of the policeman S
anatomy For this felonious assault
he was arrested by his victim. That
is the dreadful record.