Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-04
ROUNDING INTO SHAPE.

Secretary r. E. Hochtritt announces
the receipt of the signed contract of |
Arthur b. Fennell of Buffalo, n " |
This will be good news TO local fans, |
for Fennell showed some good stuff |
towards the close of the 1910 season. !
and during the post-season series with |
the WI champs, shut out Appleton
in two OF the four games PLAYED in
the series, by scores of l to and TO
U. Fennell is a yOungster. built lust
right to make good pitcher, and if
he doesn't prove one of the star
beavers in the Minny league during
the coming season. there VIII be big
bunch Of disappointed fans in Wau-
sau. Fennell is confident that this is
going to be his banner year in base
ball, for he says in a letter received
with his contract: Il am feeling fine
and am going to be in good shape |
hope to make this banner year for
myself and club.'
Cahill still remains a holdout on
the salary question. lie appears to
have no objection to playing in Wau-
sau, but win not sign unless he gets
the salary paid him last year. Owing
to the fact that there isn't an out
fielder in the Minny league or Wis.,
Ill. league who is getting the salary
paid Cahill last season, the local
officers thought slight cut this sea-
| Son would not prove unsatisfactory.
| Cahill seems to think otherwise, how
ever. A number Of clubs in the
| Wis.-Ill. league ana Southern Michi-
| gan league have been in correspon-
dence with the local officers about
| buying or arranging some sort of a
| trade for Cahill. Jackson offers to
| trade a good second baseman; also
made a cash offer for the player.
Manager Bubser of Rockford offered
| to trade outfielder Ireland and pitcher
1 Grimes for Cahill. Both these players
are familiar to local fans, as they
| played with Madison, Freeport and
| Rockford when Wausau was a mem
Der of the old league.
| While Ireland would make a good
outfelder and Grimes perhaps a good
pitcher, the local officers turned the
trade down. Bubser has since made
the club a fair offer in the way of a
cash consideration for Cahill's SER
| vices, but it has not been accepted.
Cahill will undoubtedly come to
shortly, and send in his contract, for
there is no club in either league that
will pay him the salary he asks.
Contracts have also been received
from players Charles Palmer of Du-
buque, Ia, infielder and l. f. Wal
ker of Chaplin, Mimi, catcher and
! outfielder. Both these players are
highly recommended and look good to
make good in this class. Palmer was
tried out by Dubuque in the Three-I
league last year, and played few
games with that club after the sea-
| son opened.
The officers of the local club still
have the hook out for a second base
man and an outtielder they are trying
to land from one of the clubs in the
Southern Michigan league, but there
is still a little difference in price. If
satisfactory offer is received for
Cahill both these men will be snapped
up in a hurry, and when the deal is
finally announced there will be no
chance for any doubt, as to where the
Lumberjacks will stand in the league
race, soon to be started.
A stockholders meeting will be
held shortly, when new directors and
officers will be elected, after which an
active canvas for much-needed funds
will be commenced. Some work has
been done along this line already.
The matter of the election of officers
and the securing of funds has in no
way interfered with the work of Sc
curing a team, for deal will be
closed within the next few Gays that
will make the Wausau lineup COM
plete, with the exception of one good
pitcher
Clarence Dunbar is the first player
to arrive in the city. He came in
this morning, bringing his son with
him. He will work from now until
practice time on a score book. He
looks well and says he feels in the
pink of condition.
The signed contract of Claus John
son, catcher, was received today.