Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-03-10
SHOTS OF THE SPORT
WORLD.


iris Speaker. outiirldcr. has signed
"a tw",car contract with the I;n>lou
Americans. II j. said the Texas PLAYER
will receive ~l>.Un ! wear the highest
priss' ever paid a player ia The ranks.
l.arry Doylc. Fred Mcrklc. Mike hon
lin and Jim Thorpe. just of the worlds
tour. are on their way To Marlin ~ join
the Giants camp.
.I~ Tinker aud his Chicago Fc,lcrai>
are now in Shreveport. -. for the spring
training season. Tinker has 4 bunch ~
forty players. frcin which a. garner lii>
team.
Ed Sweeney. catcher. j. coming 10
Houston a. hold 4 cuniah with Chance.
aud il looks now a. il Sweeney will wear
"a Highlander uniform this SEASON.
The White Soy l. The first club "a
break camp. \ biz >rraion uf the Pale
Hose i alrcad, on their way hDnc. bc
fore man! other camps are we'll started.
Counsel for the Federal league H. lu
begin suit al once against the Ihilmlcl
phia Nationals ia au attempt 60 gain re-
dress in the killifcr ease. killilcr. =
catcher. signed with the Chicago Feds
and then joined the Philadelphia club.
~
Lefty Gilbert Of the Denver Western
league club has obtained an option on
the Trrrr llautc club ~ the Central
league. Gilbert T. ,ndra,"ring 4" form
u stock company - purrha~r lhc cluh.
Unless the White Soy come acru>> viih
the required coin wanted ~ i'in. HpIir,
the latter viii hc chasing flies ~ one ~
the - Itlaw fields the coming seas ".
This IL the positive statement Ia lindlr.
~lu seems IN earnest about his doing>.
Chi,k GandiI~ nose. which worried
him 4 great deal the past summer and
even now iutcrtrrr> with hi> proper
breathing. should improve ID an opera
lion he underwent recent, j. successful.
,;andil j. GrIlfith'> regular first >lckcr.
Carlow. The famous lrntrr At The car
Isle lndIau~ grIdlruu outfit an slated
for 4 a., uut un The rit,huug slab n,
Manager 'aIriran 1T the Rcd NuN car
low wac absent when ll, first bunch ui
Red SnN arrived ~ training quarters.
RAY Collins. 90 hi> way "a Hot springs.
which j. The training quarters VI the
l:o>ton Red SuN. ~ reported ~ have held
!. conference with Murdctai I;ruwu. who
heads The II. Ioui> Ftrlrral>. Collins Nh
unsigned a. vet.
Now il j. .iimmN clash, who IL clamot
ing for j bout with Mike ,ihun>. Our
of these days some fighter NIl prr,c
Mike aud there viii wv some strap.
Eit,hir and Nulga>t tr, both training
in Chicago ton their bout IA Milwaukee
an Thur>da, night n IN to hr y tru
round 20. aud Litchir has hrrn -uarau-
l~rl >ln.Wn Ton the mill
Joe Wumlmau. manager II Sam Lang
ford. J. going g. bring kid Levi, ~ his
country. lrWI> IL said Nv hr thr beat
fcathcrwri.ht ia England since .lrm
Dri>roll retired.
Battling Nelson In budding fast On thr
property h. oWu> ln llcsc>W ich llc r.
ccmil, turned down an offer 81 ~3;upu
for two corner lots.
Wa,nc Earham. Il recruit PLAYING pro
fcssional hals "nl, tuur months. i> IVY
IL. given \ trNuut with the Cincinnati
Reds. H. Was given y chance With the
Victoria. a. a.. Club Md lhr Northwestern
lca- NJ last >ra>un. and vuu >c,rn out uf
ten games.
Hans Wagner. veteran >hurt>tup ~ thc
ritt>lmrg National club. ha> signed hi>
,.arl, contract. This ~ Magurr> ii
irpnth untrarI with the rItl>hurg team.
and his eighteenth Ia organized baseball
According to Manager lluegin> ~ th.
~. Louis Nationals. oakc>. nuttirlder 81
IA, ~. Louis Cluh. has jumped a. the
Outlaw league. lluggin> did not know
what club Ia the Feds drew oakr>.