The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-07
GOSSIP ABOUT BALL
PLAYERS IN TRAINING
At THE HOT SPRINGS

Hot Springs. Ark. March 7.-Skip-
per Jake Stahl of the Boston Red
Sox: and his battery of men are on
aesk. The big fellow spent most of
the winter in California and looks
INFINITELY better than he did this time
a a ago. stahl admits that he is
twenty pounds lighter. He was iabby
when in the Spa last spring. the bogus
beef coming as a result of his sixteen
months lay-off. Now Stahl is solid
all over. He arrived last week and
has hiked over the hills every day.
Jake is a firm believer in road work
and his athletes will hit it up over
Uncle Sans mountains daily during
the early section Of their stay.
Stahl is strictly opposed to big
squads. He had a small one last
March and states that the new one
totals an even thirty. himself. includ-
ed. Counting Southpaw Leonard, who
was shipped to Denver early in the
1912 campaign. Stahl will have eleven
KIDS to look e when practice COM
mences at Majestic park in earnest
March 10. The big chiefs pitchers
n catchers arrive in the morning
and the regulars will bob up March 8.
Stahl wants his battery men to get an
early start SO as to be in trim for the
nine-game series with the Pirates.
Leonard included Stahl will have
seven youthful twirlers to work with.
Rather to watch. Three Of them are
graduates Of the Texas league, to-wit:
George Foster. Grover Brant andJ Joe
Martin. Then. there is AL Watkins of
sharon, Penn. and Youngstown's two
Earls. Earl Moseley and Earl Aims
worth. Both Of Stahl's infeld recruits
are shortstops. Observe their first
names. please. There Is Albin Carl.
strom. ex-Lawrence. Mass, and Ever
EFT Scott. ex-Youngstown. In addition,
Harold Janvrin. who didn't show here
last spring. will be in the squad. Har-
old had a big summer with Jersey
City. and Stahl expects the kid to
stick in the big arena this time. Stahl
has q single new outfielder-George
Waleh-who comes from the New
England league.
1t will be noticed that three of
Stahl's colts hail from Youngstown.
Ohio. That is President McAleer's
home town.
Nap Rucker, Brooklyn's famous
pitcher, is in infinitely better physical
trim than a year ago. He has hopes
for Brooklyn. and IL sure his club ia
going to win the pennant 80 far as
tered in Omaha and is in o. K. early
shape. So is Franz Allen. Bill Dab
len, the Brooklyn boss. is hopeful and
is firmly convinced that II he meets
with his share Of the breaks, the Dod-
gers will run four-flve.
Harry Smith and George Bell. man.
ager and star pitcher. respectively,
Of the Newark international league)
team. are working like a pair Of beav-
ers. Smith, who Is Pittsburg's old
catcher. is bent upon making good al
a pilot in Ed Barrowss body. Bell
came back from Newark last season
after making a late start. and did his
share of the work in pitching the
team from eighth into third place.
The clubs are dark. Sheriff Will.
Jams is batting 400 n the grand
jury is in session. The losses Of the
clubs al be placed at around $780,.
900. Sam Watt is out $4,000. Lee
Mayer and Ed Spear around SIS. 000
each and Bill Shannon and Bill ia
cobs losers around $1,000 to $1,000
each. AS for the Indiana nobody
knows how it stands financially.