Evening journal., 1911-02-13
TRI-STATE
HAPPENINGS
League Will Frame Schedule
at Harrisburg Meeting
on Friday
WILMINGTON AFFAIRS
ARE MOVING MILDLY

With this week Tri-State baseball
affairs will boom. At the meeting at
Harrisburg on Friday, the league
schedule will be made up and all will
then be in readiness for the opening
Despite the agitation outside OF Will
mington for a higher salary limit for
the league there is no probability that
the limit will be raised. Neither will
there be any tampering with the rules.
1t is the opinion of a majority of the
team owners that the league is in bet
ter shape than ever and that the pres
ent season will be the most successful
one in the history of Tri-State ball.
Everything is moving smoothly in
Wilmington. Already Manager Pete
Cassidy has signed up Wykopf and
Maderas, pitchers, and Lanigan, a
third baseman, and before the close
of the week three more contracts with
good men will be in. The playing
ground question has been settled and
every other arrangement completed
for a big season, and best of all the
fans are boosting the new team to a
man.
Up at Reading.
Although Reading is coming back
the club is likely to have trouble over
its men. It is a fact known to the
league that Harry Barton will not play
in the Tri-State League excepting in
the capacity of manager, partly on ac-
count Of the salary limit and partly
because be got in bad with the fans
last season. In view of this and out OF
friendship for Barton, deal is about
being consummated whereby he may
go to another league
Some time was devoted to the dis
cussion of the newspaper deal which
Curt Weigand, of the York club, is said
to have offered to Reading. The York
and Philadelphia papers had it thar
Weigand had offered to trade Rement-
er, Rogers. Evers and Mecherly for
Barton and Bastian and one other
Reading infielder. The officers of the
association disclaim all knowledge Of
such an offer and say if it had been
made il would not have been accepted.
More than six weeks ago Curt Weigand
was in Reading, and had talk with
Secretary Morris, tried to engineer a
deal whereby York would get Barton,
Bastian and Stutz, but it was not en-
tertained for even a moment.
Trip for the Champions.
Hank Ramsey, manager Of the cham
pion Altoona Club, has completed ar
rangements for the spring training
trip of his pennant pullers. He will
take his players to the National Sol
diers' Home at Hampton, Va. where
the club has limbered up for the past
several seasons. The players will re-
port April 8, and that will give them
a month to get into. condition for the
championship season.
Ramsey has twenty-five men from
whom 10 select his team, and he may
add a few more by purchase and trade
before the invasion of the Southland
He has eight pitchers from whom 10
select his slabmen. and some Of thom
are said to be equal TO his staff men OF
last season.
Ramsey is particularly anxious TO
get third baseman to replace Scotty
Ingerton, sold to Chicago, and that
important position is giving him much
concern.
OF last years pennant winners, only
five will be with the team during the
coming season-Shortstop Durmeyer,
Second Sacker Shortell, Pitcher Miller,
end Outfelders Crist and Clark.
After a week Of work the club will
play Norfolk, April Z and 8: Ports
mouth on the 10th and 11th; Peters,
burg, 18th and 18th; Richmond, 14th
and 18th, and then come North, playing
either Paterson, n. j., or Brunswick
on Easter Sunday. Newark on Easter
Monday, If the grounds there are in
shape, and then Scranton, Wilkes
barre, Utica, Syracuse, Binghamton
and Elmira in about the order named,
reaching Altoona May 1.
York Ready for Opener.
With everything in readiness for the
opening of the Tri-State baseball sea-
son, the York fans are anxiously wait
ing for the arrival here of the thirty
or more candidates who Will aspire for
positions on the White Rose team. As
soon as the weather moderates, the inn
prOyements contemplated will be be-
gun at the ball park. New uniforms
have been ordered by the club. which
will he of gray material with maroon
trimming. The players have all been or
dered to report not later than April II.
Several practice games have been
arranged to be played prior to the
opening of the season. On April %,
Gettysburg College will be here. A trip
will be made by the team to Wilkes
barre and Scranton, where two games
in each place will be played.
Several of the members of last sea-
sons team have sent their signed con-
tracts fO President Free