Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-03-22
BASE BALL CHAT.

The teams of the NV. league will
be known by the following nick-names
this season: Duluth, white sox: Super
ior, red sox; Eau Claire, buttermakers;
Winona, Clippers: Lacrosse, pioneers;
Red Wing, Indians; Rochester, doc
tors; Wausau, lumberjacks.
President Rooney of Lacrosse has
ordered all his players to report for
practice April Is. Lacrosse has sew
eral games booked with the Regina
team of the Western Canadian league.
The WI. league season opens May 4.
From the list of players signed ma
terial for a good team ought to be
picked. Little is known of
some of the men, but the first few
days of practice will determine who
will be canned" II some of the
new pitchers turn out wei it is possi-
BILE that Wausau can make little
money from the sale Of some of its
material before the season begins for
all the other clubs appear to be short
on pitchers. 1t is expected that Jack
Webb will fill the position of short
stop satisfactorily and his batting
will add strength to the team. With
Bond on third the two holes which
caused Manager Mccarthy so much
trouble last season will be filled. The
patrons can reasonably expect much
better team than last season. Several
of the men signed have batting aver
ages of over 800, so that the hitting
of the team ought to be considerably
improved. The 'hitlesS wonders"
who made such farce of the game
last year are gone to other pastures,
end their going has not caused any
sadness around this village.
The Wausau base ball park will UNI
dergo several Improvements this sea-
son. About fifty loads OF earth will
be hauled onto the diamond, so that
water will run off after rain showers.
The old players benches, which have
been a joke, are to be discarded and
new ones with roofs and backs will
supercede them. Any enterprising
merchant who desires advertising
space on the roofs or backs will be ac-
commodated.
Manager Bond will come here about
the first week in April, and remain
here. The players will be ordered to
report here about the 10Th.
The schedule has been sent back
to Chicago for correction. Some bad
errors were found in 1T.
The following have signed contracts
so far to play on the Wausau team:
Pitchers-Gus. Williams, B. +. Will
liams, w. H. Sweitzer, Robt. Brennan,
Cannon, A. r. Brown, e. Dunbar,
Geo. Strattan, +. A. Schieffer, Nick
Lakoff.
Catchers-C. A. Johnson, A. H.
Meyer.
First base-J. II. Shaden, G.. w.
Taylor, Maurice Cook, M. l.. Dolan.
Second base-Richard Miller, VIM.
Roland, AL Turner.
Third base-Carl Bond.
Shorsttop-Frank Walliser, Jack
Webb.
Fielders-Chas. Greer, Fred Ander-
son, Frank DuChien, John Cahill,
Aug. Heft, w. III. Johnson.
In addition to the above 1T is pre-
sumed that Bourgeois will come back.
Pitcher Brown comes here with an
enviable record. He pitched last year
for Langdon, n. D., which had the
champion Independent team Of that
state. He won twenty-eight out OF
thirty games In the ten last games
he pitched he won nine, allowed an
average of 81 hits per game and struck
out an average Of eleven men per
game. A. II. Meyer in the above list
caught him. The latter will be used
in right field and as utility catcher,
if he can produce the goods. He
batted 346 last season in something
over thirty games. The Wausau team
will have new road uniforms this
year-dark grey with dark trimmings.
An active canvas will begin this
week for funds, and it is hoped that
the business men will respond as
literally as in the past, for it's money
that makes the mare go.