Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-16
ANsoN SQUAD SOON TO De RE.
-pucED AND PLAYERS LACK.
ING SNAP MUST 60.
LAoeARDs HAVE NO PLACE
IN ORGANIZED BASEBALL
New Players May suppIant Men Who
Fail 70 Show Astivity-squad Must
"Psp Up" or 30 Rsjuvenatsd-Nsw
Pitcher From Dubuque 70 Join Squad
Tonisht-yirsinia. Comes Friday.

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Unless members of the Arson squad
display more life in their practice wof&
within the next two OF three days. sew
eral of the players are slated for dis
missal. This was the edict which went
forth today from Manager Richards.
There is no place for sluggard on the
Arson team, declares the manager. and
those who have been loafirg on the
Job, stand an excellent opportunity Of
being divorced from their meal tickets
unless hasty Improvement is shown.
The men on the team who have been
playing peppery bali can be no longer
handicapped by the man who shirks his
duty and the lazily-inclined recruit
will be turned loose to hunt out new
scenery.
Time to Reduce Squad.
The time has come to weed out the
members of the team from the big
squad of recruits, and the boys who
show the most life and interest in the
game stand a better Chance Of remain
ing thru the season than the shirk,s al
tho the latter may really be the bet-
ter ball player.
There has been disposition on the
part OK some Of the men to get thru the
practice work as easily as possible, and
to cheat the manager by Sinking
wherever possible. They have failed
to get by, however. and unless the Of
tenders pep up" in the few days Of
grace remaining to them. they are
slated for retirement. Lack Of inter-
est has caused many good ball play
ers to fall by the wayside, while real
pIugge-, with only ordinary ability has
"copped the plum" This will be just
the case here if some of the lazy ones
don't get hep to themselves"
New Pitcher Due Tonight.
Richards squad Of moundsmen will
have another candidate this evening
with the arrival Of Ray ,Sheehan, res
leased to the Ansons from Dubuque.
Sheehan comes here in part settle
ment Of trade engineered prior to
the opening of the practice season, and
the Ansons are. still entitled to the
services of another player from the
Dubuque squad. It IL likely that. the
second player to be sent here will also
be a pitcher.
sheehan is highly recommended, and
II advance notices are to be; believed he
is good enough to become a perma-
nent fixture His af1lwal increases the
Fpitching starr to eight men, and IT is
quite probable that this number will
be still further increased by from one
to three new men. Manager Richards
has an opportunity to secure a highly
IN, Cd yrr OF Ia
who-is recommended by no less judge
than Pat F1aherty, the erstwhile White
Sox moundsman. 1t is also probable
that the services Of House, the star
pitcher Of the Kewanee team Of 1913,
who was drafted by the White Sox,
may be secured, provided he fails to
make good with the Chicago team.
These two, with another twirler from
Dubuque, would furnish intense COM
petition for the firing squad already
here.
Virginia Here Friday.
The Virginia, Mimi, team of the
Northern league, will open series Of
three games here Friday. The Virginia
team has been at work for weeks, and
has played several games in Iowa. The
team comes here from Cedar Rapids,
where It finishes three-game series
today. In the first game at Cedar
Rapids the virginians lost by score
Of 6 to 3. The team is playing good
ball, and has had the advantage of
longer practice than the local squad.
May Meet Chinese Team.
The local management has had an
opportunity to schedule game with
the fast Chinese university team from
Honolulu, and 1t is not improbable
that the Celestials will appear here on
Sunday, May 3. The Chinese man
agement wrote here for a game, but
the date desired confiicted with that
fixed by the Ansons for a practice
game. The only open date desirable to
the local management was Sunday,
May 3, and word was received from the
Chinese management yesterday that
this date would be acceptable.
The bringing of the Chinese team
here IS more of an undertaking than
the scheduling Of exhibition games
with league teams and the matter will
be definitely settled at a meeting OF
the board Of directors Friday evening.
q Chinese Play Great Ball.
The Chinese team has made a re-
markable record, having defeated prac-
tically all corners during its trip across
the country in 1913. The Orientals
are unusually fast on the bases, and
have learned the fine points of the
game, with the result that they are 4
most dangerous aggregation Of ball
players. Their record Of last year was
so remarkable that It has been one OF
the principal topics which drew the
attention Of sports writer's during the
winter months.
ANNUAL MEETING HELD.