The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-03-10

President J. w. Bacon. of the Paris !
club, spent Wednesday in Cincinnati /
with Manager Mckernan and reports
the manager in tip top shape. showing |
he has wiz tered finely. McKernan is !
anxious for the season to open and in |
the last few dasy has signed some very |
promising players and expects to have
club fighting for each and every
game. The new men are Carl II. Did,
who plays either infield Or Outfield
Joe E. Rapp, short stop, and Chas. j.
Yerkes, a first baseman or Outfielder.
The latter Is an especially hard hitter,
| in two games in the fall batting
against Noodles Hahn. the old Cincin
natl Red pitcher. Yerkes secured
eight two baggers out of nine times at
bat.
! Catcher Simon, brother of the Pitts
burg catcher. has accepted terms and
| Manager McKernan expects to close
deal today with another high class
catcher man who classes higher than
any backstop Tow in the Blue Grass
League. Other recent acquisitions to
the club are Prof. Fl. ". Harbaugh
AID Sidney Cooprider. both of Clay
City. Ind. The former an outfie'der
and Cooprider siX-fcot left handler
WIN CerIlIlc SpeSu.
President Bacon is also in CORES
pondence with the old favorite, Thomas
Digger, and he is TO try out pitcher
whom he thinks highly OF and expects
to sign him for the Paris club. Dug
ger still has the welfare of the Paris
club at heart and often writes of play
ers he thinks will help the team, but
wants to look them over carefully be-
fore sending them to Paris. Digger
will play With Evansville. Ind, this
season and may play the outfield on
account of his hitting ability.
President Bacon and Manager Nc
Herman closed a deal with Mr. Ban
croft W ednesday by which the Cincin-
= natl Reds will play in Paris Sunday.
April 10. IL is expensive to get big
league team here and at this game the
admission will be fifty certs. The
Paris management hopes to break
even on this game and are anxious to
show their patrons what the Cham
] pions can do against the big Ieaguers.
, ! They also booked the Paris team to
! play at the Wiedemann park in New
port Sunday, April 30. This team is
composed Of a rgeat MANY players Of
. the team that Paris play a few
, years ago and drew the biggest crowd
ever at a ball game in COvingtCn. The
. CoVingtons ha / won fourteen straight
games but went down before McFar-
lands curves and were beaten , to /.
As the Paris club will have some
twenty odd men to report there will be
a team at home to play on April 80.
The Paris club has refused S20t
. cash offer for Scott in the last few
days, the offer being made by a big
league scout. -Four teams are trying
to secure Scott at the present time but
:, most Of them by trade and Mckernan
does not care to trade as he is satisfied
:, he has already secured players that
: will give Paris high class club. Scott
a is priced at $500 and considered Z
!, cheap man at that price.
= The following is list of player:
y signed to date: Pitchers-Rube Har
{ old. G. l.. Timme. Albert Reynolds
Walden Lander, Lester Wood. James
, r.. Hauser. who was recommended by
Holder. Frank Scrauder. Preston
Brown, Earl Hewitt, William Holler
an, j. l.. Barnett, Sidney CoOprider
Catchers-Simon. Peter Ettinger. b
f. Goodman. Ihiielders Edward Nc
Herman. Bill Kuhlman. Carl H. Dig
Chas. j. Yerkes, Joe E. Rapp, FREQ
Prof. Harry w. Harbaugh.
The old players not signed yet are
Maxwell. THAI. Barnett. Scott anC
Chapman. These are expected to b,
mere when the bell taps. The Pari
management has the reputation of be
ing liberal with its players and help
ing them to better positions more thar
any Class ID. team in the country, hav
ing sold seven to higher leagues since
the close of last season IS follows
! Kaiser. drafted by Chicago NATIONAL
and Philadelphia Americans, awarded
to Chicago and sold to Louisville
] where he has now reported: Williams
drafted by Toledo; Winchell. drafted
by Dayton; Scheneberg. sold to Savan
, Gah, Ga. Mccormack. sold to lbany
! Ga. Poole sold to Norfolk. Ga. HOl
I der, sold to Terre Haute, Ind.
This is record for Class ID. team
and makes all ball players kanxiOus t
get u berth on the Paris club under
Manager McKernan. Mckernan i:
expected in Paris April 10. land play
ers on same date to get ready for tn
big game with the Reds April 10.
Improving the local grounds will b,
. the next thing in order and today mel
will be at work planting fifty trees t.
improva the looks of the park.
I The Frankfort base ball club ha
signed Hugh NJ. Quill, of Bedford
Ind. to play first base. He haa bee
highly recommended as first basema
n,,l hon nr