The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-04-01

Duluth. Min. April 1.-The above
is a partial list of the players Darby
O'Brien has under contract at the
present time. There are others. but
their contracts have not reached the
home office and been placed on file.
OHcial notices ave been mailed ia
all Of the PLAYERS in the list named,
cruits. AS there are twenty-three
that President Harry Blume knows
are under contract. and as the Irish
Orator has stated that he has a large
additional list. it is rather safe to pre-
dict that there will he something over
thirty players in the squad that will
report at the Toledo grounds next
Monday.
OF the new men it is not only diff
hcult but also impossible to speak at
this early stage Of the season.
The fans know the worth of Elmer
Miller. Without doubt he was the best
outfielder in the see-Eye last season.
when he finally hit his stride. Nor
only this. he is a good hitter and fast
on the paths. And that he has one of
the best whips in baseball. and you
have the proper peg for Mr.. Miller.
SANS Batting.
If San Meneice hits the ball as he
did last season. there will be no com.
plant on the guardian of right field.
1t was the hitting Of his long and
angular player that kept the Sox in
the race during the early part of last
season.
Frank McGraw played a good game
during the greater part Of last year
The Duluth boy played a great garden
during the first part Of the season,
Should he show the form this season
tina he exhibited during the early part
OF last. he will give the other candi.
dates a hard fight for a place in the
garden.
Bracket and johnson pitched good
baseball for Duluth asst season. Wor
man showed some good work durine
the start Of the season but fell OH
woefully during the tail end Of the
race. Whether the buttermaker make:
the team this season is a question. Ole
Bob will AVE to show a lot Of class
to be kept on the payroll.
Monty Woods. according to the re.
promising. Charles Few, the big out,
fielder OF Rising Sun, Ohio, comes t.
the White SOx squad with the prom.
ise OF being a heavy hitter-one OF
those long swat boys. who are liable
70 break up a game with a drive ovel
the OF h o%utielders or the
ramparts Of the grounds.
Elmer Smith is another player tina,
the Orator has heard many nice thing,
OF: Some of the sweet comment OF
this performer may have been exaR.
gerated; IT. takes the strenuous parl
of the early part Of the a to de.
termtne just what goods these recruit.
carry.
Jus Buckholtz is another youngste,
who is said to bear the earmarks OF :
real baseball player. The White So,
leader bears the reputation Of beins
able to lamp a player when he light,
his glims OF him, and the Irishmay
la said to firmly believe he has a rea,
pastimer in Buckholtz.
Young Henry Schrieber comes from,
the city lots Of Cleveland. where tho
some Of the best PLAYERS that have
performed in these dieg!ngs.
You NAV notice that the state O.
Ohio hos contributed gcne-olslv Ia
the rants Of M .-rh'.e 81 -c-,,
Darby is well fno~n ao~n IN th,'
part Of these United States. He ma.
sold watches for several. years nd
not met with serious injury, 80 he
must stand fairly we'll. Knowing ne
managers Of nearly every team in tho
Buckeye state and being on Intimate
terms with the scout that have head.
quarters in Bill E%radley's cafe, 1t I,
only natural that the Grating leader
Of the white hosed brigade mould
find the state that has sent a large
representation t o the white house 3
fertile field for discovering baseball
players.
From the advance copy Darby has
sent to President Blume. it in safe 10
say that the Sox will he a compara.
lively young team. We had q youna
and peppery aggregation in the field
the arst year we COPIED the gonfsIou