Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-09
Everybody Except Montreal,
Baltimore and Rochester
Unsettled There.

KKANAGER JOE McGINNITY, Of
h Newark club, is not the
only Eastern League manager
who Is scratching his head in perplexity
about the first base position. No less
Than five of the clubs which compose
the circuit in the P. T. Powers or.
ganization are going to have new men
to look after the put-out station in the
infield of their teams who will have to
be given a trial before they secure the
position before a line can be secured
on their ability. Toronto will have to
get a new man to take the place OF
Ben Houser, drafted by the Athletics
The Maple Leaf recruit has been past
ing the spheroid with such regularity
and showing such CELEBRITY in his fielding
with the Athletic recruits in Dixie that
it is practically assured that he viii
be retained by Connie Mack or some
other big league team. Manager Joe
Kelley, therefore. will have to secure 9
new man to fill the ~slugger's place, inc
he has a fellow named Delhi who is
slated for a trial.
At Buffalo the position held down by
Ben Clancy will have to be taken care
of by a new man, and Manager smith
has secured a ~youngster answering 10
the name of Robertson. The latter Is
very ill just now. however, and the
Bison leader is laying his lines for
Johnson, who starred in the Southern
League last season. The position Is
causing Smith a lot of worry, but both
of his men are promising players. and
he expects that one of them will be
able to hold his own in the champion
ship seufie.
At Baltimore Manager Dunn vii!
have Bill Clancy as his initial sack
guardian. Clancy has been playing
ball in the Eastern League for some
time.
The Jersey City Club is probably de-
pending upon Manager Stallings for a
first baseman, as the result of the deal
whereby Foster and Gardner went 10
the Yanks last fall.
The Providence Club is without a reg
ular first baseman, but Manager
Hughey Duffy, of the White Sox, will
probably take care of Manager Collins
when the time comes round. At Roch-
ester Manager Camel is still there with
the goods at the first sack and Mon
treal still has Cockill.
The job left vacant by Bud Shapes
graduation on the Newark team is not
causing the Iron Man to lose any
sleep, but just the same he would be
better satisfied if the position was sat
isfactorily filed. Both Agler and Haw-
kins are highly touted, but no line Oh
their ability can be had until they are
given a chance to plug up the hole in
the Tiger inf1eld. If they do not show
enough class Manager McGinnity will
have to look elsewhere and may prob
ably secure one of the youngsters on
McGraw's staff.
Michael j. O'Neil, one of the famous
fame. yesterday affixed his signature
TO a contract as manager of the Elmira
New York State League club. ofNeil
secured his release from the Mont
real Eastern League club, and will
take charge of the club Immediately.
He succeeds Charles Y. Moran, who
was signed as manager recently. but
who resigned because his contract was
not satisfactory.
President Charles A. Comiskey, of the
Chicago Americans, has planned a
European trip, which may be a fore
runner of a veritable baseball invasion,
if success again should perch on the
South Sid team. Immediately after
the close of the present baseball sea
son Comiskey, accompanied by his wife
and son Louis, Secretary Fredericks
and his sister. Mrs. Bernoudi, of st.
Louis, and her two children, will leave
Chicago for New York, sailing for