The Washington herald., 1913-03-03
OAKLAND after
MICK KELL|HER
Local Boy Fails to Receive
Contract from the
Pirates.
IS A FREE AGENT NOW
And Will Sign with Pacific Coast
League Club-Other
Gossip.
IS A FREE AGENT NOW
By &. W. SWAN.

Mickey Eelliher. the local boy who re-
Ceived trial with the Pittsburg Pirates
last spring, and who was farmed out TO
Montreal of the International League,
will more than likely sign contract with
the Oakland Club. OF the Pacific Coast
League.
Kelliher has not received a contract
TO date from either the Montreal. Pitts
| burg. or Wichita clubs. According TO the
rules Of the National Commission. Mickey
Is free agent. and is more than likely
to sign with the Oakland aggregation this
afternoon.
Two years ago Mickey held down the
first base job on the Petersburg club. in
the Virginia State League. leading the
first saCkers at the bat and in the field.
He was the sensation Of the league, as
he seldom missed a day in smashing out
n triple or a circuit blow.
Mickey will report TO the Oakland club
in fair good condition. and will put up 4
tough fight for the regular berth AT the
initial station.
Joe Geible. last season the star receiver
Of the Savannah club. of the South At
lantic League will again Join the Salh'
circuit aggregation. Geible IS in great
shape and SAYS that he will be in the big
show before the winter rolls around. No
more OF the bushcs for me- said Joe.
Il am going TO hit that old pill. and then
watch me climb.
Joe is one of the most popular of local
ball players. and the fans in Savannah all
swear by him Dick Robertson. his bat
terry mate is coaching Tech High, and
will have Joe out with him several days
in the near future.
II ever trainer had hard luck
with a track team. LanniEan Certainly
did have Dame Fortune against him
this year at the University of Virginia.
At the beginning OF the year. he was
confronted with the loss of about half
dozen point winners. among them being
two members of last years crack relay
team Not one of these men who failed
to return to resume their studies at the
university, graduated. They left TO enter
business or to enter other schools.
Undaunted at this situation. Lannigan
buckled down TO business and set to
work, building up a new team. 1t was
thought that there was no material in
college for a successful mile team. But
he surprised even his most ardent fol-
lowers by producing L team that would
probably have stood an even chance
with any team in this section.
Here the hard worked Dame Fortune
got in another lick and gave Virginia
one of the hardest SetbaCks She has
experienced in years. Three of the four
men who composed the first four were
forced out of the game with the George
town meet but two weeks off. Hardie
Todd, the erstwhile football captain. quit
the team. Pressure of studies was given
as the reason for his action. but 1t is
more than likely that Todd thought he
had done enough for his school and was
good and tired of training. No amount
of persuasion was able to induce him to
return to the fold.
Next Dicbolt. the Buffalo boy who
had done phenomenal work all season
ran off the track and sprained an ankle.
This eliminated him. But the greatest
blow of all happened when Capt. Wiley
Cook was taken i'll and forced to go to
his home in Norfolk. Cook is regarded
as one of the best runners in this sec
ton at his distance, and has been the
mainstay of the Orange and Blue relay
team for the past three years.
When the Virginia team arrived in
Washington last Saturday for the George
town meet Lannigan had no thought of
winning the race with GEORGETOWN
It was only question of how
much Georgetown would lead at the
finish. Virginia ran a second team
against Georgetown and nothing better
could have been expected.