Evening journal., 1912-03-20
PROSPECTS
LOOK GOOD
All Tri-State Teams Premise
Faster Material Than
Ever Before
EXPECTING MUCH HERE
FROM JACKSON'S WORK

NOM JhOASON y W ONA
The baseball season is almost here
again. Exactly AZ days remain be-
fore May /. the day on which the Of
fetal opening of the Tri-State League
will be witnessed. All the clubs are
being whipped into shape for the
spring training and without eXcep-
tion the managers are working to
give their patrons team that will
have a fighting chance for the PEN
nant Contrary TO expectations the
Carpenter circuit will probably sec
some of the best games in its history
this year.
Managers are hustling for players
and many of the latter are being
signed for the try-out Some of the
new men on the various clubs will
enter the league backed by reputa-
tions gained elsewhere. while others
will begin the season with their
whole future to develop The latter
will probably be the ones who will
set the pace during the season, as for
as work goes. at least The young
ster will be trying to make a place
for himself, while the veteran will
have to travel to keep some young
ster from getting his berth
The 1912 Altoona club Will retain
few of last years players. Manager
Babb has collected a new lot Of ma
terial and in view of his past per-
formances-in the Southern League
and elsewhere-the Mountain City
fans will likely see fast article
OF ball Babb has a wide acQuaint-
anceship with managers and players
and is pulling all strings he knows
of to place the deteriorated Beauts in
the running.
Bert Conn in Johnstown. will be /
backed I'm the race strong this year.
The owners OF the team have placed
Il ON a more substantial basis by gen.
erous financial contributions and /
have adjusted all the difficulties that
beset Conn and his associates early
this year. Nothing less than third |
place will satisfy the Flood City fans
this year
The signing of George Cockll as
manager is regarded as a move in |
the proper direction by the Harris !
burg fans. Followers of baseball In !
the Capital City have not been so en-
thusiastic over the national game in
many years as they are at present
Cockill is forging ahead with his
team and is securing the right sort
of material. With Manager Manning
heading the aggregation that has been
picked TO represent York, everything
points toward a resumption of the
old York Harrisburg rivalry OF years
gone by Both teams will be strong
and both will have backing that
counts
When the gong rings for the be-
ginning of hostlitles Bill Coughlin
in Reading means to be within tht
enclosure Coughlin suffered a Sc
we're loss when his first lieutenant,
Cockill. deserted him and has di-
vided the work with Secretary Tom
Gray and will be a pennant contend
or playing up to their standard.
Coughlin should be able to win his
percentage of games.
johnny Castle Is striving to give
Lancaster a team at once fast and
sure He is signing up men for the
big leagues and will without a doubt
make a record for himself before Sep
tcmber George Heckert's Trenton
team does not look as strong as It
did this time last year but the York
man can be depended upon TO show
some of the others dust before the
end of the season. Heck's men are
Veterans.
Nessrs Cassidy and Brown believe
Jimmy Jackson is the right man to
pilot tho Wilmington club Jackson
has already made "A host OF friends
here and has awakened some Of tho
lost interest Jackson was success
ful as a player I'm the New York State
League and expects TO duplicate his
performances i'm this organization
Jimmy was i'm town again yesterday
Contractors We're at the grounds yes
ierday and bids will he submitted
FOR the construction work this week