New-York tribune., 1911-02-22
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
"Doc' ScanIon, of the Superbas,
May Give Up Baseball.
MORE GIANTS SAIL TO-DAY
nov,e pevlin and Merkle Among
Those to Start by Water Tor
Training Camp.


n C.Doc'D Scsnlon, ono OF tne p'oe
u,.orcrs sends word from SF'dVu'e'
" Y that he will give mp bascod" W.
49, accen, a cut Of 500 In his salaFs' ~
=. a,,o,,d as saving I'm tired OF pay NE
,,n ,sn-ond club particularly "uo"
rroo,,,,n offers me salary that Is 'eiV"
tho, commanded by some players /" wv
minor leagues. - .o-
scar,on has played with the Superpas lo'
six years. and. while not rated aS %"
has bcen considered fairy oePe"u"o
r,,cbor lie earned the distinction las. se"
.o,, of leading the league as neii'"e
,i,obor with three other boXmen' WIN
lioa, record. lie played In thirty-toui
games and made forty-nine assists anu ioI'
nutouts without an error. lie olu '0i''!
rou TOO i'm the box. winning games anu
losing II for a percentage OF 'i9o'
- tbe BROOKLYN club decides that Scan'on
=. not worth more than offered In the con-
tract a deal may DC made by which ne CO"
- sold or traded TO some other club. NO
douh, Fred Tenney would be glad 10 ge'
him at the waiver price. and Brooklyn can
hardly afford to let him crop out without
any return.
creole cldes out Of port at u o'clock to-
day. il will carry the first squad oi Veter'
ans 10 depart for the Southern training
grounds Of the New York Giants at Marin
springs, Tex. The men to sail will oe
Captain Larry Doyle. the heavy hitter and
second baseman: Arthur Dcvlin, the brill
tant third baseman; Frederick Merkle. who
is making a name for himself as guardian
a1
last season set the league on fire by his
work I'm lef. field and his base running, AMI
Ruhe Marqusrd. the south paw pitcher who
is planning 10 prove this year that he is
worth the $1,000 paid for his release.
The PLAYERS will arrive at New Orleans on
Monday I'm time 10 see the Mardi Gras car
nival They viii not linger long in the
Crescent CITY. however, boarding a train
for Marlin springs IN time to reach the
training csmp for practice on Tuesday
afternoon. In the mean time the rest OF the
Giants Will assemble ~ 81 Louis on Mon
day, and under the guidance Of Matty and
Biz Chief Meyers, who are winding up
their theatrical tour in Cincinnsu this
week, will start for Marlin Springs by train.
William T. GRAY secretary Of the club
has received 4 summons 10 hurry South
He will leave New York by train tonight
70 look after the financial Interest," Of the
te5n in the exhibition games which will
he PLAYED on tho training trip. He win
arrive IN Marlin Springs on SATURDAY. morn
ING
Jake naubert the brilliant frs, bssensn
of the Superbss, and John Fummel. the
second basemsn. will he fellow passengers
with the Giants OF the creole They arc
starting for the training camp Of tho
Brooklyn team Of Hot Springs. Ark. where
Bill Dahlen. tho manager. has gone 10
prepare the way.
Tom Day. Of Brooklyn. who once played
with the Superhas, has been engaged as
trainer of the Cleveland Club Of the Amer
team League. He too. will sail on the Gre
ole to-day To Join the Maps at Alexandria,
La, the training camp
One Round" Hogan. Of san Francisco.
and Knockout Brown. f this city. will
help clear M the situation in the light
weight ranks when they meet in a ten
round bout al tho Madison Athletic Club
tonight. Hogan is one OF the latest BOYS
in the ranks Of the lghtweishts. and comes
out Of the West with reputation" He
has been boxing only eighteen months, and
in that time has met with only one reverse.
suffered at the hands or Frankie Burns of
san Francisco, when Hogan was disduali-
fed
Hogan is after match with Wogast.
snd As Brown is already matched 10 meet
the champion. tho bout should prove 10 he
one OF the best Of the season In addi-
zion to the BroWn-Hogan contest, Tommy
liouck will meet Jimmy Carol Of San
francisco. and Jack Ladbury Of Australia.
will cross gloves with Frank Fleming, Of
Canada.
Dan Tone. who referees tho bouts at
she olympic has been named a. the third
man In the ring over zuca men as Tim
Hurst Billy Moore Billy Joh and Patsey
Haley
Word comes from Chicago that five men,
bert Of the Chicago cubs have neglected to
sign their contracts for the approaching
eeason up 10 this time. The PLAYERS in
clude Johnny Eyers. the willy second base
man; Joe Tinker, the shortstop; Artie Hof-
man, the hard-hittins outfelder, and Jack
pfeister and Orval overall. the pitchers
Holman says he has made up his mind to
retire from baseball but no explanation
has been offered for the delay in the others
falling into line. Charley Murphy says he
Is not worrying.
/. NJ. D.-"Kins" Cole. the pitcher Of the
Cubs, who did so much 10 carry the Ma
tionsl League pennant 10 Chicago last sea-
ton. gave more bases on balls than any
pitcher in the league except Harmon, Of ST.
Louis lie passed 100 players to first base,
but, in spite OF this. he won twenty games
and lost only four for an average of .S53