The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-04
First Real Signs of Life at
Schedule Committee Meet
ing Tomorrow.
BY CODD.

The Eastern League will awaken
from its lethargy tomorrow, when the
schedule committee will meet at the
slider two sets of schedules. Pretty
soon they will be wide-awake, for the
call for spring training will soon sound.
Joseph McGinnity, who is stopping
at the same hotel, will attend the
meeting, acting for the first time as a
magnate. There will be a lively grab
BILE for the choice dates by each man
ager, and all, aroused from their
sleep, will be lowering around Pat
Powers, the chief mogul, who has sub
mitted two tentative schedules. The
wordy session following the committee
meeting should be productive of a great
deal of hot air as to pennant chances.
Whether any trades or sales will result
is a question. There has been nothing
of the kind in the air, but an awaken
ing from a winters sleep may bring
about the unexpected.
1t is only a short time now before
Eastern League baseball teams will be
parading to the post for the eighteenth
time, the scenes of other years will be
enacted over again and thousands of
fans in every city in the circuit will
commence to feel that life is really
worth the living, Most of the teams
are getting ready for spring practise.
1t will soon be here-that opening day,
April % The band will play and there
will be the old-time wealth of good
cheer. IF the home team don't win
it's a shame, and it's one, two, three
strikes and out at the old ball game
Jimmy Casey's Plans.
Jimmy Casey, of Montreal. is wear
ing an air of contentment. He is shak-
ing hands with himself because of his
success in landing Joe Yeager. of the
st. Louis Browns, who will be stationed
Montreal infield will be all to the bon
bon with kockhill on first. corcoran at
second, Joe Yeager at short and him
self on third.
Newark VIII Open at Home, Probably.
That Newark win open at home and
probably with John Cancels Rochester
club is almost certain. The Broncos
should be co%ntenders this season with
the former Cincinnati chieftain at the
helm, In fact, prospects were never of
a more roseate hue for one of the most
successful seasons in the history of the
Eastern League. From every city
comes the most optimistic baseball
pews. Each team has an abundance Of
good. seasoned material. together with
p 9oodly number OF youngsters who
promise to become shining lights of the
baseball world. Reporting time will
soon be at hand, II then viii come
lennite news and more entertaining in
formation about the men who are TO be
monarchs of all they survey.
II is wen known that the Newark
team Will do its training at Milledge-
Vile, Ga. The players will be at the
camp next week. and will at once take
up the not too pleasant task of getting
nto condition for the coming strenuous
campaign. They will lind that Harry
Nolverton viii set i hot pace. He has
the reputation Of being a tireless
worker. and allows no one to shirk.
That is said TO have been the secret OF
his success in W~i1iiamsport. and to ac-
rount for his brilliancy as a player.
In little old Newark the populace know
hey are going 70 have q good team,
Matters were deliglltfully exciting for.
the few days following the McGinnity