The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-02
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FOOD FOR BASEBALL FANS.


Harry Wolter. the Yankees right
fielder, is sick in San Jose, Cal, but
it is merely a slight case of tonsilitis.
fail to be on hand for the start of the
season.
Some interesting games are being
played at Hot Springs, Ark, between
kansas Spa. The teams consist of
picked stars from American and Ma
tional League representatives.
Manush, the third baseman whom
Connie Mack had and let go, is to be
tried by McGraw This will be an in
Of the ablest managers in the business,
comments Gotham expert.
The Southern League apparently is
entirely to the liking of the games
veterans. The veterans now in the
Southern are Breitenstein, Hess Robe,
of New Orleans; Holmes. Fox and
Campbell, of Mobile; Dobbs and
Sparks, of Montgomery; Huswitt, of
Chattanooga; Bernhard, of Memphis,
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lanta.
Isn't it awful! With Ernie Lanigan
secretary to President Barrow, of the
Eastern League, little old New York
for whom nothing is too good, hasn't
a single baseball reporter. There are
plenty of experts" in New York, but
no good baseball reporters.
Louis Brockett former pitcher of the
New York Yankees, may return to the
game this year. Brockett has been
living on his farm near Carni, H., for
the past year, and has regained his
health. He is said to be negotiating
| for berth with an Eastern club.
| President John 1. Taylor, of the Bos-
ton club, has appealed to Chairman
Herman, of the National Commission,
asking that body to reverse its find
| ing and force Louisville to pay him
1900 for Player Moskiman. Taylor
asserts that the player was not a con
tract jumper
| Mr.. Griffith, please don't win the
pennant this year! Until Garry Herr
man builds his new stands Cincinnati
couldn't accommodate the crowds.
What a jam there would be at the
Worlds Series if two live teams like
the Reds and New York Highlanders
are the contendersl
Frank c. Bancroft, Sc years old
| business manager of the Cincinnati
club, was operated on for appendicitis
| III Cincinnati, o., on Feb. Ia. Ban
| 4e 80 he dofx Iyro
! baseball men in the country, having
managed several major league teams
of two decades ago.
"Tootz' Schultz, the phenomenal
| twirler, of the University of Pennsyl-
vania nine, last season, has signed
contract with the PhiIlies. The con-
tract was made secretly some time ago
and was not to go into effect until
June, but Schultz was forced to leave
college because of poor class work.
Jim DeIahanty, of the Tigers. has
| been a member of eleven professional
| teams since he broke into the game in
1898. In the big leagues he has played
with the Chicago, New York, Boston
and Cincinnati teams in the National
League, and the St Louis, Washington
and Detroit clubs in the American
| League.
Abbaticchio, the former major league
player, who was recently purchased by
Louisville, has retired from baseball
for good. Abbaticchio has just paid
$40. 900 for a hotel located near Forbes
Field, in Pittsburg, Pa, the home of
the Pirates, and intends to devote all
t;s +iv,,a 20 HE business interests
President McGill, of the Denver club,
is going to take the Grizzlies on
tour through Texas for a training trip
this spring. It is the longest trip ever
contemplated by minor league team
McGin viii get a paltry 100000 from