New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-26

,cfy ny team TO get lead on US WIN
- STAFF of GOOD twirlers. which | beheNe
have. | will show the greatest ball ciuo
that ever played in the National League.
oh. what difference a few months
ma&c.
overall. b. the way. who was renstat-
81 10y the National Commission fe"
DAYS ago. has said he will not play Win
The Cubs and again will retire from base
ball if not traded or sold 10 some other
team. Of course. he may change MS
mind if the price" is right.
Fred Merklc. first baseman OF the
Giants. is some bowler. He helped put
She COLLEGE Inns. the five-man team on
which he rolls at the top OF the heap IN
the y e tournament at Toledo on Mon
d2y evening with a score Of 9,0Se. Merkie
did not settle down in the first game, but
rolled 1o1 in the second and third games
Hosslyn NJ. Cox. Mayor of Middletown,
y. Y. who was recently elected presl-
dent Of the new New York and New Jer-
soy Baseball League. has asked Charles
II. Eobets, president of the Brooklyn
club. for an audience. Mr.. Cox viii call
on Mr.. Ebbets within few days IN an
effort TO secure the consent of the d.
rcctors of the Brooklyn club to permit
the new Glass D league 10 place team
in Long Island City.
William llanrehan. young college
pitcher of Troy, has signed with the Su-
perbas and will sail for the training
camp on Saturday for the trial which
may earn him a place on the team.
Quincy, Mass, formerly a member OF the
high school team Of that town, has re-
ooiyed instructions from John McGraw to
repor, for a trial with the Giants at the
Tolo Grounds on April 10.
The call Of the game has proved too
strong for "Old John Powell and he has
reconsideYed his determination not to play
i'm the minors. When notified OF his re-
lease by the Browns to Louisville several
weeks ago the veteran twirler firmly de-
tiNTSU llGt ilS NOOtu tSt'tO efNt't W. oe-''~
latlicr than report to the Colonies. The
sight OF the ball teams departing for the
t,.ininc camps led Powell to sign con-
taCt.
Nick Cullop, tho high priced young
twirler Of the Cleveland Maps. has caught
the ways Of the big leasuers. Although
out Of the pushes" scarcely moro than six
months, Cullop returned his contract to
the Cleveland management with the dec
laratlon that he would rather pitch hay on
lis mothers farm than pitch baseball for
tho Maps at the salary offered.
Bill Perr-lne. the American League UNI
pire. who has been i'll this winter, Is get
ting we'll and believes that he will able
10 don the mask and wind pad by the
time the season beings.
Larry Lajoie. the slussins second base
man Of Cleveland. Is a stanch supporter
Of equal rights, despite the fact that his
better half has never demanded the
ballot.
The National Baseball Commission re-
versed . decision Of the national board
yesterday, and allowed salary claim OF
slop TO r. q. Spencer. Of the Quincy Club
Of the Three ! League. The commission
also reversed the board and declared
Percy l.. Merritt. Of the Victoria Club OF
the Northwestern League. free agent.
unless the club settles his salary claims
OF 1925
Duffy Lewis, left fielder Of the Boston
Red Sox, aud one Of tho best III baseball,
advised Jim McAieer by wire. yesterday,
that his contract ID not satisfactory and
that he will not report at Hot Springs.
Ark. for spring training.
fIsWis 10 said to have returned three
oGntsocts offered for his signature. be-
usvinx that Jake Stahl does not appre-
cIate his value to the team or the part he
played in helping the Red Sox win the
American League pennant and later the
worlds championship last year.
Lewis 10 now coaching the baseball
team Of Leland Stanford Junior Univer-
sity IN California.
The Phillies, or most Of them, left Phil
adelphia yesterday for the training camp
at Southern Pines. n. c.
Cy Seymour. once an outfelder with the
Giants. signed a contract yesterday TO
play with the Boston Braves.
Billy Carrigan. catcher OF the worlds
Al r,riars sirnSd hts contract Yesterday