Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-28

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NEGRO baseball players viii en-
IN deavor to form a six or eight
CLUB league today. when players
from New Orleans, Mobile. Louisville.
81. Louis and some Eastern cities viii
gather in response to a call or Presi-
aent Beauregard \. Moseley. of the
Leland Giants.
Rube Foster, acting as Nose1evss rem
resentative, sounded out the
OF all the negro and Cuban ball clubs
he played against on his trip last fall
and gained enough promises. he claims.
10 lead the local negro to he
heve they can swing a league rivaling
the minor professional leagues in this
country.
For several years the negro clubs
have played under a semi-oficial agree
ment respecting reserve of PLAYERS that
has worked with fair success. They
aim to make the contracts on their
players more binding and if possible
to secure a permanent schedule.
Owner Grayson. of the Iot,,sv,1ia
team of the American Association. ves-
terday telegraphed that he had pur-
chased Eddie Lennox, third base,nan of
the Brooklyn National League team.
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DR.. Frank J. Sexton. of the famous
Brown University battery of Sexton
and Tenney of the early nineties. was
last night as next seasons
baseball coach at Harvard. After
pitching on the Brown team. which he
captained in 1892 and 1893, Sexton
played with the Boston Nationals one
year. Since then he has been coach Of
successful cams of the University OF
Michigan and Brown University. Re-
Gently he has been practising medi-
cine In Brookline1
"Toots" Schultz, one of the best col
lege pitchers Of the day, and captain
Of the Pennsylvania baseball team. will
probably be found with the New York
Americans after he is graduated next
June. He has decided to play profess
sional baseball, according TO an an
nouncement here, and has expressed a
desire to go to New York.
1t was said a year ago that he was
pledged to the Pittsburg Pirates, but
this has been denied. With Cozens, the
football captain. behind the bat, Schultz
has pitched some excellent ball for
Pennsylvania.
Dolly" Stark, former Southern
League player and later with San
Antonio and Dayton. has signeda1eofr-
tract for 1871 WITH Brooklyn Ma
tional League club and viii report at
Hot Springs, where Brooklyn viii train
during February and part Of March.
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"Third-baseman Eddie Grant Will
play with Cincinnati next year" said
President Hermann. of the Cincinnati
club, yesterday. He viii receive his
contract soon after the first of the year.
and l don't think there will be the
least trouble about his signing it,
The statement was made in reply to an
inquiry whether or not Grant would
be sold or exchanged to the Boston
Nationals. The new owners of that
club are said to have made Hermann
an offer of Inhelder Sweeney and
Pitcher Mattern for Grant. Hermann
says that any offers which have been
received have not been considered and
that Grant will play in Cincinnati
The Three 1 League has made a de-
parture and set a precedent in award
ing a silver loving cup twelve inches
in height to the champion team. in
stead of the time-honored pennant. The
magnates figured that q enn would De
far more substantial. Springfield won
The champioushin last season.