Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-27
Ed. BARROWS PICKS
THE UMPIRES FOR
COMING SEASON
But One Veteran Has Been
Signed, According to Reports.
Jim Murray, Another Who Has
Not Signed, Will Probably Go
Into the Major League.
WI HILE President Ed Barrow, of
wv the Eastern League. Is main

w the Eastern League. Is MAIN
tanning, or rather attempting
to maintain, strict secrecy in regard to
he STAFF of umpires he has procured
for next season, the names of all but
one of the men who will hold the indi-
Gators in the Eastern League have
been unearthed by the Evening STAR.
Tom Kelly is the only one Of the
veterans who has signed and jim Nun
ray is the other who has been offered
a contract. Finneran has been signed
by the American League, and Byron.
Boyle, Hurst and Stafford, of last year,
are left out in the cold. Jne new men
that Barrow is said to have procured,
and will Announce as his STAFF at the
Baltimore schedule meeting next week,
are Bannon, Hart, Rudderham, Black,
Fender, Wright and Pollock. Though
1t is not certain, 1t is safe to say that
Murray will again he a IpeJnner " the
Eastern League stat. in making his
selections Barrow has picked his men
with the intention of using fur OF the
arbiters regularlt behind the plate and
the other four on the bases.
Says a Kansas City scribe: 1.-THE
press of the American Association de-
mands expansion into Chicago. When
the American Association mngnates de-
eide to become q third major league
there is no power m earth that can
prevent them G.om accomplishing their
purpose"
The Eastern League is not making
as much of a hubbub as the rival
class A organization, but when the time
comes around the Barrow league will
be right there with me American As
ISOLATION. Eastern League mosu's from
| President Ed Barrow down refuse TO
discuss the situation, but perhaps some
plan may be lnappe1 out at the Balti-
more meeting. The truce between the
| majors and the class a league. IN vogue
during the last decade, expires this
wear and the time TO Strike" draws
near.
Advices from Boston state that BUD
Sharpe has signed with the Rustlers'
but that does not Imply that the
faIo Club will not land him.
Walter Swenson, a Morristown pitch
err. has been offered a trial with the
Jersey city Club this spring. S"enson
twiried for the Morris'own A. a. last
wear and was there with the strikeouts'
hui he did little pitchinF against first
class semi-pro teams. Ee IS now play
ing basketball in McKeesport, Pa
Pete Cassidy yesterday purchased the
Williamson franchise of the Tri state
League, with the intention OF trans
ferring It to his home town, Winning
ton. The former Eastern League hrst-
saelSer is said TO have given S2,foo Tor
the club.
Bugs Raymond hitehed his name to
a. New York National League docu-
ment Yesterday, binding him % the
Giants for the coming season, Bugs
saws that Johnny McGfaw is the first
man who ever made hln take water
George Coekill, last years Montredi
first baseman, may wind up IN Albany
Manager Clarke, of he Albany New
York State Deague Club, is reported 10
have made q good offer for nm.
Mr.. C. II. Thompson, the Lakewood
farmer, who invited Joe McGinnlty ana
his Tigers to work out at the FAMOUS
| Jersey winter resort this spring, q q
method In his business. He wants 10 sell
his farm to Joe McGinnity. In a letter
10 Joe Yesterday Mr.. Thompson SET
| forth In voluminous detail the advan-
taees of the large tract of ground ne
owns just four miles outside oil the
town. "All right said Joe, but you
can't raise b~all-players on farmland.
The incident is closed.
The Newcastle Club, of the Q, n r.
League, will be piloted by Joe Sugden,
of Philadelphia. a former NationaI
League catcher.