Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-11-26
ODD NAMES IN BASEBALL.
They Are Numerous In FarrelPs
Latest Minor League Bulletin.

Latest Minor League Bulletin.
oddities in names are TO be found
in the latest minor league bulletin OF
President Farrell of the National
Association of Professional Baseoall
Leagues. The owners OF some Oh
them are destined to play in the big
leagues sooner or later; in fact Zacn
D. Wheat already has been purchased
by the Brooklyn club from Mobile. In
the list of contracts for 1909 is an ath-
lete with the impressive name or
Rivington Bisland Rivington being
under contract to the Wheeling club,
while James Limric belongs to Bloom
ington, and Steubenville, Ohio, has no
less a parsonage than Nestor Neven-
para in its ranks.
Loren Hixon and Loren Brown do
business far apart, one in Columbus,
Ca, and the other in Ell Reno, Wa
bash, Ind, is right on the map with
Fem, Wousetler, but has nothing on
Burlington, Ia, with its Seth Dove
and Henry Severoid. Waterloo, Ind,
claims prominence with Gene Shour,
which suggests to you alternately
rainy day and crab apple. Minnea-
polls, Kan, has Bear, surnamed
George, and another baseball private
in the Sunfiower Commonwealth is
Dee Poindexter. Further evidence
that there's nothing the matter with
Kansas is the presence of T. l.. Citi-
zen in Wellington and Mark Shull in
Manhattan.
Ormrod Williams cavorts in Kala-
mazoo, Dow Van Dine and his crisp
title belong in Winchester, KY, and
August Zurlage has his baseball being
in Lexington, KY. The Superior, Wis,
team has a Observation-Disclosures
flavor with Phil Stremmell. Walter
Baertschi, Otto Koepping and c. R.
Holstrom. Crossing Mason and Dix
on's line we find Dick Thumb in Will
son, N. C., and still further south, in
Dallas. Texas, u. l.. Rushce adorns
the payroll.
Silence and baseball are found in
Davenport, Ia. in the person of Mum
Warrender, who some day may play
on the same worlds championship
team with Ed Zinran, now of Terre
Haute. and RUDE Deneau of Saginaw.
Should Yabby Billet of Goldsboro, N.
c., ever come to be the champion hit
ter Of the country he will have a dou-
BILE claim to distinction. At present
ne is on the same team with Larry
Barry.
Jess Nickel doesn't signify that the
Rockford, ILL.,, club is particularly
short financially, nor should it be in
ferred that because Altoona has a
Rumsay it is festive be"ond its neigh
bors. Player Burs has name not
quite so poetic as the city in which he
sheds his diamond lustre, the same be-
ing Winona. II Allen Bumpers of
Waco lives up to his name opposing
pitchers surely will suffer. II. w.
ONO is a team mate of A. Bumpers.
Omer Prater isn't the authS- of the
Rubaiyat, but player in Quincy. The
bulletin also tells us that Sious city
has exercised an optional agreement
has exercised an optional agreement
from Superior on Player Clapper.
Holyoke is to have A. Romper and In
dianapolis a Lemon, whose first initial
| is l..
There are several Johnnies in base.
ball-not of the stage door variety
and one of them is John Nee, or John.
ME Nee. If you know him we'll and
don't mind the lingual hurdle AL
though the Columbus club loses John
Nee it gets liver Wratten.
Felix Choinard isn't in the cham
payne business, but player who goes
from Green Ray to Des Moines. May
he sparkle there Touchstone, a pit.
cher. not from the Forest of Arden
has been released by purchase from
Roanoke to Greenville-New York
Sun.