The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-14
GOTHAM SURE Of
BALL FOR YEARS
Resignation Of McGuire as
Manager of Maps Brings
Big Surprise.
REASON IS ATTRIBUTED
TO SHOWING OF TEAM
Donlin Says He Doesn't Have
to Bat 800 on Stage and
Praises Wife.
BY MANHATTAN.

BY Leased Wire to The Tribune.
NEW YORK. May 13.-BasebaIl is In
sured for years here. President John T.
Brush Of the New York National league
baseball club has completed arrange
ments for a lease of the Polo grounds
for term of years equal to the present
life of the National league
William o. Hayes. the cross-country
rider and trainer, who arrived from
France a fortnight ago. speaks in glow
Ing terms Of the racing on the other side.
Mr.. Hayes says that Nash Turner. Win
ME O'Connor, Ben Rigby and other Amer
lean horsemen are In their best form ard
winning races daily
Rampant. the horse Hayes shipped
sT a9 yea Tens t The
good chasers this summer and take them
TO France.
The resignation of Manager James Nc
CURE of the Cleveland American league
team has caused much surprise here
The teamwork has been unsatisfactory
to him. He said he did not care TO have
his name associated with failure.
Mcclure has seen twenty-five years Of
service in the big leagues He was once
a catcher In the New York Highlanders
In the early part of 1909 he acted as
In August. 1909, MCGUIRE rejoined the
club and was made manager
The team finished sixth In 1909, Last
tinue with the club as scout.
Mcclure left the Highanders to az
sumo the managership of the Boston
Cleveland TO act In an advisory capacity
TO Manager Lajoie. George Stoyall, cap
tain and first baseman, has been put In
charge as temporary leader.
Donlin Praises Wife.
Mike Donlin. who has been described
| A1H hall -,I-f
lived. gays concerning his butterfly life
on the stage:
at has IL, advantages; One doesn't
isn't the umpire TO contend with II you
make hit the crowd says so. and that
goes. Then they've got to keep still and
ones when you miss line: and they can't
throw pop bottles and lemons at you
when YOU make bad play
crowd would say something. and that's
when 1t gets so quiet that you could
hear the pitcher putting saliva on the
ball IL you were standing at home plate
It's harder crowd to please, too. They
sit back In their seats and dare you TO
put one across the plate IL you can. So
far I've been pretty lucky; and they
that had good trainer in the person OF
| Mabel EIite. my wife. When first went
on she used 10 talk to me till my cue
came. and then push me on before had
Hard Tennis Schedule.
The schedule OF the Brown University
| tennis team Is one OF the hardest in
years This season will open Saturday
against Boston University and will close
al Longwood the intercollegiate meet
| May %.
According. to the rules, OF the Swedish
| committee in charge OF the Olympic
games all entries must be in by June l.,
England has already set up howl at
| this and America will have hard time
putting out team If the rule Is en-
| forced
football team has arrived at Williams
| town and taken charge OF the squad
An effort is being made to revive bi-
cycle racirfG at Providence and petition
has been circulated for license to open
the old Melrose track.
| Spring football practice started yester-
| day at Bates College and forty men re-
ported for the early workout. Captain
| Cole had charge of the squad and an
nounced that practice will continue for
several weeks.
! Unless Chicago bowlers raise $4,000 by
| June 30 the American Bowling congress-
tourney will be awarded TO MILWAUKEE,
|