Evening journal., 1912-01-16
CONTRACTS
GOING OUT
Tri-State Club Owners are
Busy With Preseason
Work
HECKERT AFTER
The HARD HITTERS

Tri-State League club owners and
managers are now busily engaged 10
preparing and sending out contracts to
the men they desire to report sor the
1912 try-outs. A new rule adop.ed
by the national commission at recent
meeting makes it obligatory for clubs
to furnish their prospective players
with contracts before February 1. n
the event Of failure such players may
consider themselves free agents and
are permitted to play where they
please
The Tri-State League will open it's
! 1912 season on May l. President
Charles f. Carpenter is now busily
engaged in preparing a schedule which
will be submitted to the clubs sor
ratification at a meeting of the league
TO be held next month. Pete Cassidy
has sent to the league leader a num-
Der Of suggestions regarding the
schedule as far as it will affect Will
mington.
Paterson, n. j.; Allentown. Easton
and Atlantic City, y. j., are all auxi-
GUS to obtain n franchise in the league.
Allentown is the most progressive of
the applicants and has offered various
sums TO enter. Lancaster has been
in negotiation with all Of these cities
but has not come to terms. Allentown
/ has offered Altoona $4,000 for her
league rights. but in view of the fact
that the owners Of the western club
are $500 in debt there is little likeli-
/ hood that the franchise will be sold
unless enough can be obtained to liqui-
date tho deficit Altoona is making
brave effort TO keep in the circuit
and nothing will be allowed to stand
between her and the usual berth, it. is
said. II Altoona remains, so will
Johnstown This means that the cir
cult will probably be the same as IL
was last year. despite rumors to the
contrary. However. Allentown has
raised by subscription among fans
more than $4,000 and means to spend
that sum trying to get into some or
ganized league.
TON" Gray, the Tri-State veteran,
who is secretary of the Reading club,
and "Bilf' Coughlin. last seasons
manager. will look after the affairs Of
"The Pretzels" next summer. Cough
lin has lost his right-hand man, George
Cockill. but will endeavor to find an
other player to fill in at first base.
Coughlin's pitching staff has been bad
ly shattered. also. but the former De-
troit third sacker declares he knows
where to find men to take the places
made vacant by the draft last, fall.
George Heckert is in a quandary
He does not know whether Home
Run Johnson or Frank Swayne would
make the better outfelder for Trenton
George declares he can get either OF
both for the 1912 Tigers, but is not
decided as yet which is the better
man. Heck" would not go far wrong
in signing the pair il he can get them
He has no one as good as either on mis-
team at present. Heckert declares he
will pick his outfeld from this list
Swayne, Johnson, Tiemier and Clay OF
Rudolph. Swayne played last veal
with Newark. while Johnson was Will
Utica, in the New York State League
Charley Carr looked upon Home Run
Johnson as his one best bet.
Then Heckert declares he can alsC
have Pitchers Scott. Boise and Lloyd
Lloyd was with the club last year and
Scott will be remembered as having
pitched for several league clubs. Boil
men are clever twirlers and would b'
valuable additions to any club. Heck
will have Merit Whitney on first base
he SAYS. Looks as though G. Wash
we're framing up an internationa
league team on S175 a month salar,
limit Wizard
Rudolph is expected to be secured
from Reading Heckert may give Bill
Clay and S400 for him If Trenton fanl
do not object too much. The Trentol
papers are kicking about giving vi
Clay The Trenton True American
says that while Rudolph is younger
and faster on the sacks than Clay
still Rudolph, they claim. makes mor'
bone-headed plays in a single game
than Clay docs i'm a season.