South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-15
LEE TANNEH|LLI IS
SIGNED BY SMITH
To Hold Down Third Base For
LoCaIS-SignS Catcher
and 0utfleIder.

Lee TannehiH. for eight years
member Of the Chicago White SoX
and reputed as one of'the best third
sackers the big leagues have ever
known. has been signed by Ed
Smith TO hold down the far corner
on the South Bend Central league
club this season. Smith has been
dickering with Tannehill for several
weeks and finally secured his sigma
ture to a contract two days ago.
TannehiH was with the Minneapolis
and Des Moines clubs last season.
having been sent to the association
team by the White Sox in 1914.
Smith also announced Tuesday
that he has secured the services Of
Outfelder Dutch" Miester and
Catcher Withrow Of the Wheeling
club and is mailing a contract TO a
speedy shortstop. we'll known to To-
cal fans. which he expects to have
returned within a few days. He will
then be ready TO give out the short
iielder's name bit not until then.
Tannehill lead the third basemen
i'm the Western league last season in
the fielding division. In 124 games
he secured 1872 put outs. 243 assists
and marked % errors for an aver
age Of .945. His batting record was
.24O, which included two home runs,
five three baggers and 10 doubles.
Buys Local Grocery.
Although Tannehill has been Of
fered a number of jobs paying larg
er salaries than that which Ed can
give him, the infielder has purchased
the Five Points grocery at 331 w.
I.aSalle av.. and wishes to remain in
South Bend. He did not sign the
local contract until after consider
able urging for Smith has been after
the big fellow ever since the Cen
trail league franchise was clinched
for South Bend.
Miester is centerfielder and
Smith asserts that he is one Of the
best on the Central circuit. In los
games last year Miester was at the
plate 397 times, securing 100 hits,
including % two baggers, one triple
and fse home runs. He stole q
bases and his batting average tOtaled
1852. But three outfielders were
ahead of him last year. Eddington
and DeHaven of Grand Rapids and
Altenburg Of Youngstown, marking
above him just Z, few points Out
Of 213 chances. Miester made 1875
putOuts, Is assists. and five errors
for an average of .976.
Hit Above 200.
a hitting record last season much
above 200. he is considered the best
throwing backstop in the Central
league and Smith says that the
youngster can hit.
II offered $500 for that boy in
1914 when ] sold McGraw to Mime
apolis," said Smith, but could not
get him. 1 know he can hit and
that South Bend will be satisfied
with him."
In the IS games in which he
worked last year Withrow threw out
1913 men and made but 10 errors.
his fielding average being $40. Vann,
the Terre Haute backstop. who lead
the league, threw out but 13S men
in 90 games.
Ed mailed a contract Tuesday to
a shortstop who was in the Southern
Michigan league last year and was
considered one of the best fighters
and fastest fielders around the Frank
circuit. He is a youngster and has
written TO Smith that he would ac-
cept terms Ed is also angling for
a first baseman and another outfield-
er whom ne expects to have at
tached to his belt before the end of
the week Thus far Smith has fail
ed 70 sign up pitcher but is on the
.r,f1 - f,rr Or fva good man