The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-26
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bad thing for players arm.

Look out for the Chicago White
Sox next season Several new players
have been added recently to the White
Sox roster for the coming winter by
the exercise by President Comiskey OF
options and by outright purchase.
Most notable of the lot is Russell
Blackburne, the worlds champion
linked intielder, who, it is just an
nounced, will return to the Sox from
Milwaukee. 1t was the general opin-
ion that Blackburne was lost to the
Sox when the option on him was not
exercised last August and he wac
drafted for the Cubs. That draft sub
sequently was Cancelled. and 1t seems
the master of the White Sox through
some arrangement renewed claim on
the shortstop's services. =
Blackburns has been giving a, DEM
onstration ali this season with the,
Milwaukee team that his injured knee
had recovered from the effects OF the
operation which Kept him out of the
game for an entire season He has
been fielding in his old time form and
hitting consistently. Hitting is what
Manager Callahan needs more than
anything else, and It is likely Black
burne will get another thorough trial
and be given a zchance to demonstrate
that he can come back.
Other players recalled for White Soy
use are Catcher Mayer and Pitcher
Prough from the Birmingham team.
| Mayer has been with the Sox before,
| but Prough is acquired under blanket
| option. Pitcher Ralph Bell has been
| recalled from Winona and Pitcher W.
] E. johnson (Walter) from the Racine
| team. Mel Wolfgang, another pitcher.
/ has been recalled from Denver Mag
| CERT. formerly a Mackman. has been
obtained from Los Angeles, but. by
some arrangement will not report till
spring. contrary to- reports from the
coast. Outdelder Roush, purchased
/ from the Evansville club. has reported
to Manager Callahan and looks like q
good prospect. but may need some pol
ishing To Offset some OF these add
tons Don RAIDER. the third basemar
who was taken on the eastern trip. ha.
been sold to Lincoln. !.
According to- the national commis
sion's bulletin. President Murphy o.
the Chicago Cubs did not exercise AM
of the optien rights he retained OF
players.
/, There viii be no change in the. poll
cies of the. Philadelphia Nationals be
cause Of the death Of President vii
liam Fl. Locke. and the possibility o
any change In the ownership, othe
than the transfer OF Mr.. Locke's stool
to some member of his family. is re
mote. The day following Mr.. Locke
death Vice President Baker Of tn
. Phillies, whosts a cousin OF the deceaf
ed magnate, called Dooin,s players t.
gether and announced that everythin
, would go on in the future as 1t ha
since the club changed hands last jar
, Iguary and that Manager Doom was |
; absolute charge of the playing end Q
the venture. ----,..--
Who will succeed Mr.. Locke as pres
ident Of the club is not now known
: The indications are that the same po
: Icy will be pursued as was the. cas-
when another president OF the clul
Senator Durham, died at Atlantic Cit
in 1909 Then the officials Of the ciu
permitted the affairs of the club to ru
e along until the annual meeting We
!. held in December. AS the chief stool
q holder. the Durham estate. did ne
/ care to continue the baseball 1nves
It ment, the club was sold to Charles
q Taft of Cincinnati
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