New-York tribune., 1911-02-17
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TIMELY BITS Of SPORT
Bert Daniels and Robert Will
Jams Sign with Yankees.
M'FARLAND TO MEET MORAN
Lightweights Agree Upon Terms
for Bout at Fairmont A. G.
in March.

in March.
Signed contracts were received yesterday
at tire headquarters OF the Yankees from
Bert Daniels. the spry little left fielder, and
I Robert Williams. catcher. VINO was draft
ed from the Canton team OF the ONO
! Pennsylvania League. Jack knight dropped
in. as well. 10 give President Farrell the
three-year contract which he signed sew
I eral days ago.
Packey Mcfarland, lhe Chicago light
weight. and owen Moran. the English
i fighter, have agreed upon terms for
match AT the Fairmont Athletic CluD, IN
this city. on March H. Mcfarland started
to train yesterday. Aside from being about
/ five pounds overweight. tire Chicago lad
saws he is ready to enter the ring.
Walter Ford. a brother Of Russell, wei
known as a pitcher in the American
League. will twirl next season for the
Rochester club OF the Eastern League.
Walter is the youngest OF family OF
pitchers. the eldest. Gene. having earned
fame in former years with the Minneapolis
and Indianapolis teams Of the American
| Association.
Barney Dreyfuss. president Of the Pitts
burg club. dropped in to see President Bar
row OF the Eastern League, yesterday, ana
had a tanning bee. In looking over
scrapbook Of the season Of 1902, when the
Pirates won the National League cham
'plonship. Dreyfuss recalled with enthusi-
asm the spirited conflicts of former years
Fresh in mis- mind was a pitcher by the
, rnme OF Cushman, who made record ior
bases on balls for the year, when ne passe"
ten men in one game Hans Wagner went
! to the rescue in the box and presented an
{ other runner with a base. making eleven
for the game. Dreyfuss remembered as we'll
= a grueling nneteen-inning game odWeeh
q the cubs and the Pirates. Johnny King
and Zoe Tinker played with the cubs that
dav OF the Pirates who played then and
/ are still with Pittsburg were Clarke, Was-
, ner. Leach and Philippe. Beaumont. the
star pinch hitter OF tie Cubs. was then
r with Pittshurg
4 The second expedition Of the Giants To
E Marlin Springs will start to-day from ST.
Z ouis headed bv "Bugs" Raymond. The
2 partv will be made up of the recruits VINO
did NOT elect 10 sail on the Proteus from
I New York on Saturday Both parties VIII
arrive in Marlin Springs tomorrow To
!, meet John ]. McGraw. who will give them
= their first work in short order
II was announced yesterday that in case
Il q third game is necessary between the fais
4 and Princeton mines the contest will be
played at the Polo Grounds on June To-
o "BlI' Dahlen, manager OF the Brooklyn
Superbas. left here on Wednesday for Ho
Springs. Ark, to make preparations foI
n the players, who will report there within
+ the next ten days Before he left he re
,r ceived the signed contract II Bill Bergen
his veteran catcher. Hummel and SoanIol
y are now the only ones who have not signed
,r q Brooklyn contract
Frank Chance. manager of the Chlcag
y Cubs arrived in the Windy city yesterda!
" after a vacation al his California home l
81 is expected that four star members OF I'M
team will attach their signatures 70 con
J. tracts forthwith To date Johnny Eyers
In Joe Tinker. Jack Pfester and Orval Overal
l. have not signed. but all dsagreements owe
= matters financial or otherwise will, 1t |
$ said, be speedily adjusted when Chance AM
/ President Murphy meet.
in zbyszko, the champion wrestler Of Po
land who recently proved his aollIt
IN against George Hackenschmidt. the Rus
IN sian Lion" at Madison Square Garden. ha
been matched to meet PilaAoff, the "Finnis
5e Lion" TO a finish. The latter mas Dee
oy uersistently endeayoring to secure retur
:. match with the redoubtable Pole since thei
ee last match, which took place al Prospec
> Hall. Brooklyn. in which Pilakof va
T. forced to quit. as the ligaments Of the righ
oi elbow socket snapped after forty-seye
minutes Of desperate wrestling. Pilako
.r had previously wrestled an hour 10 dra'
ne with Zbyszko at Fitchburg Mass The cor
~ test will he decided al Sulzers Harlem ca
on sino 1e7tb street and Second avenue o
n Thursday. February % Piakoff a. cage
on to win in order n get on a match wit
Z. Gotch
Pal Moore and Bert Keyes will clear u
OF the lightweight situation in the East Il
SSss night when they meet ar the Nations
Of Sporting Club in ten-round bout. Moor
on recently defeated the rugged Matty BalC
p, win at Boston. and Keyes gave "knocl
er out" Brown a hard bout here. They al
10th anxious 10 get chance against eith'
WOlgast or Brown, ana tne winner OF u
10. nights battle VIII undoubtedly get tl
ol chance
er wear ago Pal Moore was fighting in II
In featherwei ght ranks He met and defea
- ed the best men in that division. This ye,
N he was graduated into the lightweight d
a, vision He has trained under the directic
OF Jimmy De Forest. who is confident IN;
Moore will some day sport the title.
- NKeyes has come back in the last fe
" uSnths month ago he made goo
| Shaving against Knockout" Brown. a
though he had only twenty-four hours n
tice A week later he kept Packey NJ
vi Farland stepping in a siX-round bout. an
according 10 his manager. Jim Buckley.
is now ready to meet any boy in the cOu
a try.