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NOTES

Pitcher George Hogan, of Marion, O.,
has signed with the Kansas City Club.
Outfelder WILDER Goode, of the Cubs,
claims to have turned down a recent fat
Federal League offer.
In St. Louis it is reported that outfeld-
er Rebel Cakes, of the Cardinals, has
deserted to the Federal league.
Reports of the money cleared on the
World Tour seem to have been exaggerat-
ed-about $4,000, McGraw says, instead
of $4,000.
Pitcher George Suggs declares that he
signed with the Federals because the Car
dinals wouldn't listen to the $7OO raise in
salary he insisted upon.
Manager Fred Clark, of the Pirates.
left Pittsburgh on March Is for Dawson
Sprinns, KY, to prepare for the regulars
and recruits due there the first of this
week.
The Worlds tour proved that a man
may live down his past. Fred Merkle
was the best bridge player among the
tourists aud not bone was charged to
him.
Manager Herzog, of the Reds, declares
that MarSans will next season steal more
bases for Cincinnati than Bescher will
steal for the Giants. Marsans is expected
to steal not less than 70 bases,
One of the most extensively followed
fads of the Giants on the Worlds tour
was that of photography. Larry Doyle
has collection of pictures that will make
the family album household treasurer.
One of the features of training camp
work of the Phillies is watch set upon
William Killifer. Athletics guard the
door of Killifer's room, fearing that the
catcher may walk in his sleep and get
back into the clutches of the Federals.
Claire Goodwin, third baseman last wear
for the Los Angeles Club, of the Pacific
Coast League, reported to Manager George
Stovall, of the Kansas City Federal Lea
que Club on March 4. Goodwin signed a
contract with the Federals few weeks
ago.
Clarence C'Skipper') Roberts, a catch
er last year for the St. Louis Nationals and
later turned over to the Oakland team, of
the Pacific Coast League, at Spokane,
WASH, on March 4 announced that he
had signed with the Pittsburg Federal
League team.
Monte Cross joined the Federal League
umpires at Chicago last week, and brought
with him high testimonial for Harry
Fritz, third beseman for the Wilmington
Tri-State League team, who is sought by
Manager Tinker, of the Chicago Club
According to Cross, Fritz is ''youug
Lajoie.'
During the week pitchers Rucker, Ra-
gon, Allen and Reulbach and catchers
Erwin and Miller, of Brooklyn, joined
the Superbas at Augusta, Ga. The
Brooklyn players are in trim for active
work right from the start at Augusta.
Reulbach in particular is in the best of
shape.
During the Giants practice at Marlin
on March Is Arthur Fletcher was disabled
and will be on the bench couple of
weeks. A thrown ball cracked the third
finger of the left hand, which is now in
splints. Fletcher will take enough exer-
else daily while the digit is mending to
keep in condition.
eff an offer is made to me by the Fed
eral League shall give it careful consid-
eration,' said Fielder Jones, former man
ager of the Chicago White Sox, the other
day in Portland, Ore Jones made this
statement after reading press dispatches
from Chicago saying he would be offered
the Job of manager of the Brooklyn team
in the Federal League.
John H. c'Hans'') Wagner, veteran
shortstop of the Pittsburgh Club. brought
his signed contract to Pirate headquarters
on March 5. He was the last Pirate to
sign, except Hendrix and Simon, who are
reported to have signed with the Federal
League. 1t was Wagner's fifteenth con-
tract with Pittsburgh, and will be his 18th
season in organized base ball,