Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-22
Chips from Winter Diamonds

Jack McAdams, who had trial
with the Tigers last season, is work.
ing out with Harry Smith and George
Bell. HAIRY writes that his sore hand
has been bothering him and he has
been compelled to ease UP little IN
his training routine at Hot Springs.
Smith split his right hand last week
in a fall on an icy pavement.
Umpire KLEIN has been appointed to
arbitrate in the exhibition games be-
tween Brooklyn and the New York
Yanks. The American League Club
has not yet picked Its umpire for the
contests. Frank McTague will prob
ably officiate in the local exhibition
games played by the Tigers.
''Heindeer' Killifer is another of
the PHILIPS hold-outs TO, capitulate,
by signing his contract.
Rube Vickers is playing tag with
Jack Dunn Three times Vicl1ers
made appointments to meet Dunn
last week and left Dunnie in the
lurch every time. Rube seems TO
think it good way of getting back
at the Qriole leader for applying the
"shrinker' to vickers's contract.
Bert Shotten, of the Browns, rose
on his hind legs last week to remark
that he was disgusted with playing
with a major league club for
minor league salary, and he did not
give a darn" whether he played
with the St Louis American outfit
or not. Whereupon the pithy para
graphers got busy and pointedly in
terrogated how Shotten had acquired
the impression that the Browns are a
major league club.
George NJ. Cohan. discoveree of the
American flag, shares with us the
opinion that the Cubs class as a
second division team. George is now
in New York, and he chatters about
the Yanks Showing vast improve
ment," etc. Johnny McGraw de-
clared that he never did half so
III lAAo AiAt 90 NhA
ing the few weeks he served along
the kerosene circuit in a vaudeville
stunt. A baseball Iuminary who
plays in town and doesn't pick the
home team to cop the pennant dur
ing the coming season either has
bush league press agent or doesn't
care. whether he plans to empty
benches or S. r. o. houses.
Speaking of leagues, the formation
of one among military organizations
may also be effected. Several compa-
MES of the First Regiment had good
teams several years ago. which could
be gathered together again and Com
pany HI, of Orange. and Company X,
of Orange, from the Fifth regiment,
would enter and possibly Field Bat
terry A, of East Orange. The organi-
cations have ideal buildings for the
sport
Willie Kelly will leave March 20
for Durham. n. c., where he will
play for that club in the North Caro-
lima Association, formerly the South
Carolina Association. Willie was a
member of the Anderson Club, which
won the pennant of the latter or
ganization last season.
Gus Schwartz will in all probable
fly play with the Worthington and
L. l., teams this season.
Bill McGill has signed to play this
season with the Mobile team of the
Southern Association. The East Or
angelic will probably play in the
outfeld and expects to get along we'll
with his new team. McGin has done
some good work, and his friends ex-
pect he will keep up the record for
Mobile.
Otto FredericlSson and Louis Slo-
cum, two Plainfield semi-pros, have
been signed by the Winston Salem
Club, of the Carolina Association.
Andy McDevitt, of East Orange, IS
through with the national game, and
will not be seen in a uniform again,
he expects. unless the firemen and
policemen meet in an annual game
Andy was appointed a member of
the fire department last Monday and
starts out as a fire laddie. He has
been assigned to Engine Company
No .. McDeyitt was a good player