New-York tribune., 1912-01-25
TIMELY BITS Of SPORT
Giants and Yankees Sending in
Their Signed Contracts.
SOME PROMISING MATERIAL
Zhyszko and Raicevich May
Sign To- day for Finish Bout
on Mat Here.

on Mat Here.
II any Of the new independent leagues
expect TO lure some Of the local pig league
players away from organized baseball II
behooves them to yet start. and tIat
quickly. Men are signing rapidly these
days. and batch of contracts came in yes
tordays mails to the headquarters Of the
, Giants and Yankees. McGraw now has
eleven Of his players in tow. Arthur Dew
lin the veteran third baseman, and Grover
/ Hartley, the promising young catcher, an
swered the call yesterday, In addition 20
Jack Johnson, an outfeder. Emmett Mum
sell, a pitcher, and Jacobson. a catcher.
These, with Mathewson, Ferrell. Paulette.
Groh, Burns and Luby. make up the total
signed TO date.
Johnson was tried out by McGraw at
Marlin Springs last year and sent back 10
the San Antonio team Of the Texas League
for more seasoning. He played in the out
field in ia games and made only five errors.
He was one Of the heaviest hitters Of the
league. and finished the season with bat
ting average OF .296 Munsell was a pitcher
on the Dallas team, which finished -ourth
in the race. He broke even on victories
and defeats in forty games. lie struck out
215 batsmen, being third among the pitca-
ers prolific in this art. but he was easily
the widest twirler in the league giving
AS bases on balls Jacobsen was catcher
on the Rock Island team Of the Three
! / League and batted at the rate Of .JOi,
catching in 20 games and taking part az Il
pinch hitter in 90 more.
a gI,a h4Na a.
quarters OF the Yankees yesterday, having
run UP from Philadelphia TO stay for the
rest of the week. Wolverton had nothing
further 10 say about the deal which IL
pending in regard 10 getting new catcher.
lie was able TO announce. however, that the
contracts of Mcconnell, the star pitcher Of
the International League. who twrled tine
/ Rochester nine to a pennant, and Simmona'
the brilliant infelder. who played second
and third bases on the same team, had been
signed, sealed and delivered. Mcconnell
had a record of 80 victories and )
! defeats last year. giving 70 passes ana
striking out 1873 batsmen, as against 2lS for
Dygert, OF Baltimore, who led the league
In this department.
Simmons was the best hitter on the team,
finishing the season with an average II .2l3
, for 10 games. His fielding average as "A
second baseman was .e22 for 81 games. and
500 as third baseman for 80 games. 1t a,so
was announced that Edwin Bergln, catch
er of the Ossining and Yonkers semi pro
fessional teams. and former battery mate
OF Hoff. the new Yankee pitcher, had been
signed. Lew Iltschi was released 10 the
Vernon club, of the Pacific Coast League.
new trainer will have charge OF the
team next year in the person OF Daniel
/ Mucahy, OF Glens Falls. y. Y. Mulcany's s
| former experience has been confined large
| ~ 10 training runners, but he has made a
specially OF patching up injured knees and
comes to the Yankees highly recommended.
! school for umpires is the latest thing in
baseball. and Tom Connolly. the American
/ League umpire and a member OF the rules
| committee, will be professor in chief
! Connolly believes that the school Will MI
a long felt want explaining that many
young umplrcs Of promise have broken
into" baseball, but have been seriously
handicapped by lack OF judgment and a
proper knowledge OF the rules OF the game.
The school will be established at Con.
nollys home AZ Natick. Mass.
Stanlslaus Zbyszko. the Polish wrestler,
and Giovanni Raicevich. the Italian cham
pion will he matched this afternoon to
meet I'm finish bout at Madison Square
Garden on Monday evening. February u
Jack Herman, manager Of Zbyszko, has
accepted by wire the offer Of $4,000 purse.
with bonus Of 81 0o0 to the Pole upon sign
ing the articles. with the stipulation that
the money he divided 50 per cent to the
winner and 20 per cent 10 the loser.
As this agreement IL entirely satisfactory
10 the Italian. there is nothing to stand In
the way OF a match being arranged with
the exception of the question of aSreferee.
Raicevlch's manager insists that the third
man in the ring shall be one who under
stands and can talk the Italian language,
as It was owing to Tom Jenkins's ignorance
along these lines that the last contest be-
tween these two men resulted in an unsat-
isfactory termination.
Zbyszko Is not handicapped in tho same
manner az he can talk and understand the
English language. For this reason. before
signing articles Raiccvichs manager will
insist that the question Of a referee he de-
cided at once. The bout will he under
straight catch-as-catch-can rules, the man
gaining two falls out Of three to he de-
clared the victor.
DR.. Alonzo a. Stagg physical director Of
Chicago University. will he unable 10 attend
the important meeting at Chicago to-mor-
I row. at which the summer baseball ques-
ton will be settled by the Big Eight" lie
/ IL still at Pinehurst, y. c., under the ad-
/ vice NJ his physician. 1t Is doubtful also II
he will. be able to attend the football rules
committee meeting in this city on Febru-
airy and 3.
Harry Steinfeldt the former star third
baseman OF the Chicago Cubs, who received
his unconditional release from Boston this
winter, has refused an offer of $500 to
MAY with the Buffalo club OF the lntcrna-
tional League
The Chicago Cubs may lose the services
Of another strong player. Heinie thinner
man, the hard hitting utility player who Is
i'm this city, says that ne has about decided
Z, retire from baseball because OF a busi-
ness opportunity. which seems too good to
overlook. He has 50 advised Charley Muir
ply, chief owner OF the team.
Frank l.. Chance, manager Of the Cubs
who was hit IN the head so many times
last year that ne was compelled to quit the
game In August, has written TO the sport
ing editor OF a Chicago newspaper from his
California farm, that he will be on first
base again when the season opens Il
am feeling fine and surely do expect to play