The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-03-02
Written for The Muscular by
WARREN w. MOSES

WARREN w. MOSES
Sporting Editor of Great Falls Tribune
Great Falls, March 1.-Althou@h
there are one or two positions upon
the Great Falls team which have not
been definitely decided upon it is now
! very patent that with the exception
of the batteries the team this season
will be composed of almost entirely
new faces and that those familiar and
popular old players like Huelsman.
Toner and Murphy will not be seen
here this year, unless they should
appear here wearing the uniform of
some other team.
Murphy, the fast center-fielder and
hard hitter, is now the property of
the Salt Lake team to whom Man
ager Hester traded him and Shortstop
Misse for Catcher Buck" Weaver.
Murphy will play with that team this
season, but Misse is out of the game,
having entered a mercantile business
in his home town.
Big Stack" Huelsman, the hard,
hitting left-fielder and captain of the
Electrics during the past two seasons,
together with Third Baseman Tommy
Toner, rave both beer released by
the Electrlcs at their own request and
both are now free agents. Huelsman
is DESTROYS of getting a managerial
berth n negotiations are now in
rogress which may result in his being
placed in charge of the Butte team.
Both of these men had done good
work for Great Falls and. although
they were not DESTROYS Of returning
h rn fhiCy xnnv, thr 1,ar1 toa., ls3 ,,lt
desire to tie them down to any club
to which they might have been sold,
consequently they were given uncon-
ditional releases. Toner will probably
PLAY this season at Atlantic City.
Pitcher Goings. and Catcher Willard /,
last years team have been released
outright. Fielder Steve Kelly, who
was released toward the close of last
season, is expected to play with Hell
ena this season, and Tommy Giffen,
who closed last season here playing
in the outfield, has Deer recalled to
Sioux City from which team he was
borrowed.
Pitchers.
OF last years pitching staff Rube
Hildebrand, Reece Williams and Alloy
sius kirmayer will again be seen on
the slab this yea together with Will
lam Baxter, formerly of the Cheyenne
Indians, and B. A. Duffy of Vinson,
Okla, who pitched independent ball
asst year. Duffy was sought by Pitts
burgh last year, which team sent out
scout to look him over, but just at
time Duffy experienced a wild
spell and was not signed.
Robert Gibson, who played behind
the plate last season, will again work
n that position this year. Gibson is
I Kansas City boy who played with
he Cheyenne Indians in 1910. He will
De backed up this season by Buck
Weaver, the veteran catcher of rne
team, who was used last year
or a portion of the season by Salt
lake City and who, in the champion
ship series between Minneapolis and
at the latter place, caught all
he winning games for the Denver
The Great Falls infie1d this year will
De made I'D with Manager Herbert
holding down the first sack
directing the work of the team
rom that position. This will be the
second year in that position for Hes
er, his first year as manager, with r.
\. Fenont on second, Bill Menges on
.hlrd and a dark horse for whom
Hester is negotiating to play short
'top.
Fenont is a youngster of Battle
'reek, Mich. who has never MIA we'd
eague ball but has beer working in
Independent clubs in Chicago. He is