The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-21
Baseball Notes

-1i55T fs775s9 MI
81 FalkenbeEg may pitch toF Toledo
hfssseason! IS
The Pennsyly State league viii!
open fits season May 10.
Jack Ness o. hand ding himself well,
lat tffs 81 base for the phitesoxs and
promises to- give FournierS % rnn5torl
1.-The lob. VI n 81
Lew Ritter. old iBrool zlyns catcher,
has been signed as manager OF the
Read ling club Of the Pennsy lXania
State league. Il 81 Z: 81 tss9
Harry Smith VIII try, to buy as catch.
err and two pitch ers from the Pirates
for his selling team. :5lllt
Prestd lent Barney preyf fuss Director
johns Harris and John Elmore sarTty-
ed at the Hot Spring camp Sofi the Pt+
rates yesterday: ii Sl
Mike Don1in may manage the aLebl
anon club Of the Pennsyl State
Joe Tinker Of the Cubs says heswilli
do the coaching on the third base line.
| this season.
2 u. determination gets a man any.
thing, Mordecai Brown should \ be as.
good as ever He is, downSt 1855 pounds
and says before the season begins he
will train down to s175. SIS.
Jimmy Curry, cond baseman, has
been sold to the New London club by
the B1nghamton club of the New York
Stats! league. ! & \ &. w s ~
Dan o Neil will not name his Eas-
erna league 'umpires for a few days.yet.
He prefers to look over his appltca-
tions thoroughly before announcing
/ his staff.
\ George taiillar, a Lowell catcher. will
not play ball this year because he Is
drawing 5000 a week in a Canadian
munition works. 5s.SS
Merkle and Doyle are apparently in
mid-season FORM. They are fielding
brilliantly. running the bases well and
hitting the ball on the. nose
Larry Schafy, former manager. Of
the Buffeds, will manage the Brad
ford, Pa, team in the Interstate league
during the coming season. He will also
get back into harness again and guard
the initial sack. Il.
Fred Toney is working slowly but
steadily into perfect condition. He
weighs about 210 pounds but 1t is all
muscle and he has. very little flesh
to take OFF, \ He will be in grand shape
by the time the champi onshtp starts,
and he practically certain to get the
call for the Reds, opening game.
Killifer3 Is slated for lead.off man
in the regular Red. lineup this season.
Manager Herzog would sprefersto start
off with a lefthand hitter, but there as
none on the club who looks as good
as the osteopath to head the batting
order.
The chances are the Nationals win
have two or three men on the field
this seasonbwho will hit close to 800
in the aggregate. Joe Judge is pretty
sure to reach the 300 mark. Foster
always is right close to 1t and II
Morgan lis played regularly he will
hit around \ the .280 mark. Mcbride
Is hitting better this spring than he
ever has.,S /. RI ~
Miller Higgins is in receipt OF. a
letter. from tfss Skipper Roberts, the
former Cardinal catcher who jumped
to-. the .Pittsburgh Feds three years
ago. Robert wants toy know whether
Huggins intends to use his services
this wear. as he has mot been soldI by
the Feds: to any club in organized base:
ball and undertthe terms Of the.peace
agreement hereverts back to the team
from which he!jumped.g Higgins will
Immediately send him his uncondi-
tional release! -
Wade Killifer{ circle the mileStrack
at the, fair grounds in Shreveport in
his uniform and spiked shoes In s min
81 x: s....! =. =. :. !. ... =. : =