The evening world., 1914-02-06
In Adition to Gessett, the Club
Has Jay Rogers, Who Cost
$1,000, and Reynolds.
Bv Bozensan Bulger.
NOTWITHSTANDING the appar-


IN ent loss Of Ed Sweeney-it
seems q cinch that he will stick
TO the Feds-Frank Farrell says the
Highlanders will not suffer for the
lack Of catchers. Gossett has sent
In his signed contract. and but FOR
his weakness with the stick Dick
would be more valuable than big Ed
as the regular backstop.
In addition to Gossett. Jay Rogers.
the crack catcher of the VNonia
League. has been signed. and then
thereis Reynolds. also . consider
able han .ler Of the big mitt.
Gossett's unexpected rise to first
catcher on a>pig league team 10 the
result Of q peculiar twist OF circum-
! stances. This young fellow was dub
bling around on the White sox. with
one foot In the minor league. when
Frank Chance wanted q catcher and
wrote to Jimmy Callahan. Jimmy
didn't think much Of Gossett's chances
and a. joke practically gave him to
the New York club on a silver plat
ter. When Sweeney was iptnred the
discarded youth mad . chance and
proved such an excellent thrower that
Chance kept him working for thirty
nine games. ..
A queer thing about this boy Cos
sett IL that hUAutands at the bat like
q natural hitter and IL sdll the weak
est hitter that ever caught regularly
4 Al~~ NJ Ian In V-n
games the best he could do was an
average Of 1852. Several Of the aver
age compilers mistoc..:. him for a
pitcher when his name irst appeared
on the records.
The other young fellow. Jay Rogers.
In cOrking good hitter-in the
minor leagues. He belted the ball
In Richmond At q .2S6 clip and threw
out sixty-fve runners In sixty four
clubs were after Rogers when Arthur
Irwin stepped In and paid $1,000 for
him SO a. to take no chances on let
ting him get away In the draft.
|ING COLE. the man who 10 rap
r. idly forcing the night between
organised baseball and the
Federal League to 4 head on the
question Of veracity, sneaked away
. from his guardian Yesterday and II,
! out for Chicago. where he will prob
c ably write some more letters. Ton
!, Davis was with him up to the las
: minute. but It II still a secret ~ 4
whether the Yank sec" hid ON thu
r. train and kept up the vigil.
: A. q handy letter writer Col
q stands second only to Charles Wob
.. Murphy. In his latest effort tn
y King tells US that President Gilmor
n knew that Frank Farrell had &C
i ceptej his terms before he was urge
- to sign with the Feds. Mr.. WeeghmaI
q the restaurant ana dough man Of tn
Feds, says this isn't true, though h
admits that the Highlander hav
It the prior claim to tho player. Tn
D rang was in hopes this case woul
" get into the courts, 30 that both side
OF would have to show their handi
1e There Ii still hope.
10 FRANK STEVENS. one Of tho d
rectors Of the New York Ns
tional League club. had gre.
chance to buy some Federal Leagl
~, stock while coming home from II
q; horse show in Chicago. you know
.; said Frank with laugh. they Shove
q me how / could spend $500 for stoc
sh in the indianapolis club and get bat
a. $3.50 the flrst year. II an invest'
!" buys nifty shares Of preferred stcs
g; they throw In atty shares Of connie
N: Just for luck"
a Ned Hanlon and other Fed pr
cch.. motors In Baltimore got quite q se
back yesterday. as did Jack Dunn
re the Orioles, when a bill to legal
a; sunday baseball In the city OF Bali
isi more was adversely reported In I
Maryland Legislature. There 10
park Q few miles outside OF Ball
md more where Sunday baseball H. pe
ns. mitted, but the Inconvenience OF ~
IL; ting to It has hurt the attendance.
'"' I'D At Albany they have cut do'
and that tax on baseball TO s per Co
H.. OF the gross. which will only hit
81: Giants q $4,000 lick. Three bills Z
oa: to be introduced. one Of which gty
I'll TIE mssss " ~ three ssnn'