New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-04
HOME OF YANKEES QUIET
No Sleep Being LOST Over Fact
That Ford Is Unsigned.
ELEVEN PLAYERS ON BOIL
The Eull in Basebaus China
Shop Appears TO Have
Stolen Away.

Ia SalG 20 nave signed witE Dd11ei y
Fletcher. the promoter % the mythical
baseball league. As both Frank Farrell
president Of the club. and Tom Davis ths
secretary are at Hot Springs. Va, Arthur
Irwin. the scout. is holding down the F-tsrn
avenue fort Irwin appeared % he in
rather clipper mood over the situation
yesterday. although - was Inclined 10 20
d bit n0n-coruittaI 10 vent 50 far as 20
say however. that 20 bis mind there vas
little doubt that Ford world 70 with tire
Yankees before tbs first OF March. WREN All
the contracts are due- IN the u1sanvnIls
the phenomenal tvvirler has 5ur:ed himself
in the Ti}ds o. Minnesota. a. his horne. and
little has heen heard from him
Like he ghosts IN Macbeth. Fietchsr'a
project seems 20 have va1is1ed TITO thin
air. Alter rIaying the rarT OF bul n tns
baseball china shop md ca17inr chHIs %
run I'D ire hacks Of Son1e If me nag
nstes--" the promoter mas Quoted down
While more may be hes-d from htn Iafs-
when the day draws near OF which "a
must show his hand. Il looks a. though
there was a lack ~ gold to Intricate the
big machine which he planned % construct
II was learned recently that Ford saIa-v
was doubled by Farrell after The season
closed. but tRs 81 500 which was o14red -
the Yankees did not look 80 good - rim a.
Fjstchcr's = 0GN. Ford is ~ the cufniou
thar there is plenty Of tine 70 sign ? cor
tract with tire Yankees after February =.
the day on which Fletcher must make
good
arthur irwin has arranged schedules e
practice games which viii be played before
the regular season begins. The players VIII
go South on March IL the bsttsry men r.
porting at Hot Spring, Va. on March fer
a stay Of two weeks. The FIRST xhieition
game VIII be played with Richmond on
March - Atlanta viii be met on March =
and g Eirm5ns on the 29tl and Nash
vile on the S1st- on the first three days
of April games VIII b PLAYED with the Cir
cinuati Reds. Columbus viii he net on
April !. Indianapolis on the 5th ard Str and
Wilkes Barre on the Sth and 9tL-
The ball park IF the Richmond Virginia
League team VIII be used as = training
ground Sche1ck. the Srou1dkeeper az
American League Park has already gone
South 70 make things shipshape for the
squad and Tom Davis VIII run over from
Hot Springs 70 superintend the preliminary
work a letter was received AZ the head
quarters Of the club Yesterday saving that
M. Davis was enjoying a much needed
was much improved
Eleven Of the old players have sent n
their signed contracts With Fisher. Quinn.
Vaughn. Caldwell and Warhop in line ths
pitching staff Is well nigh intact lacking
only Ford to make = complete. Big Ed
Sweeney. re mainstay behind the bat, has
been corraIIed along WITH Blair the Young
catcher Chase and Gardner. n the fnheld.
and Cree and Hemphnl. in the outheId.
have signed Up well VoIter. Lapcrte.
Daniels, Mitchell. Walsh. Criser and Roach
are among the more prominent players sui
TO be heard from 4 likely looking CROWD
OF youngsters, also. has been captured 5y
Irwin
Rumor has It that Chase intends 70 try
Home Run" Johnson. the Jersey CIV
player, at shOrtstOp next year. putting
Jack knight at second base johnson was
purchased from the Portland. Ore. club a
year ago. and sent 70 the Eastern League
last year without trial He led the league
in homo runs last year and Yielded brill
iautly. Laporte-s DAYS with the Yankees
are said TO De over. while Mitchell probably
viii be sent to the minors next year ana
CriSer released outright
An examination OF the figures shows that
Ty Cobb's batting record against odd Cy--
Young was two hits in nine attempts for
an average Of 10. He had the same marx
against Walter Johnson. with the differ
ence that he faced the latter eighteen tines
and made four hits
Boston fans" are beginning 70 worry
over the fact that 10 word has been re-
ceived from Jake StahI. the star drst base
man OF the Red Sox. and what is more II
is reported that StahI intends 20 retire
from the diamond. President Taylor ex-
pected TO hear from the player yesterday.
and is frank IN the statement that he hopes
StahI VIII play another year Bradley viii
be used al first in case Stahl does n0t play.
In the meanwhile. Taylor is looking for .
good first baseman.
Now that Johnny Evers has thrown down
the offer 20 coach the Navy nine next
spring. It Is asserted that he Will go into
spring training with the Cubs Ever since
Evers broke his ankle ar Cincinnati las.
fail, he has been worrying about the out
come OF the fracture. After listening 10
various stories concerning the healing Of
breaks he has come 70 the conclusion that
his fracture is beyond hope. As A matter
Of fact. six weeks after the accident the
foot was out of the cast. and now N less
than two months Evers can walk com
fortabIy without the aid OF cane -
crutches and has gone so far as TO put
running shoe on his injured foet. B. tf,s
first OF the YEAR he vii be as uimbls as
ever.
II has come out recently that Tinksr's
talk about playing third base has bean
mostly OF the press agent variety. 70 give
him publicity for his vsudeviIIe act. Hsv-
ing served its purpose. there is now = pain
fuI silence In the meantime Cflanc. "a
having his bad leg dOcJored in California
and Steinfeldt il being rejUvenated IN Ken
lucky All OF which goes 70 show that tho
same old Chicago inield viii he on TIE 80
next season
Wilbur Roach the Yankee stortsrcr ~
= crack shot with gun He isl spending
bis leisure tIrle in the game trails cf Fem
syivania- As result OF his deadly aim.
eight pheasants were received at the oa1ae
of the club yesterday
RAY Fisher the youthful twirIer. who Cd
not quail when he was pitted against the
mighty Matty IN the poSt-seascn series, ~
improving the shining winter hours teach
ing school al Newton Academy. New Jer-
sey. Fisher was graduated from NIiddlehury
College last June In the midst OF Baseball
turmoil he does not intend to forget the
Il a. hat fur