The Washington times., 1916-01-31

5, Mardi Gras sunday Win 'h0
Spring dates for the Indians follow:
March 2+-Cleveland VS.. New Orleans
at Baton Rouge. La.
Maroh 26-Cleveland VS.. CINCINNATI at
Ma March SSICleveland VS.. Cincinnati at
April 2~Cieveland VS.. Chicago Cubs
at New Orleans. o-,.-..-.,,. a.
April s-Cleveland vs. Clnclhhau ~
Aprii s-cleveland VS.. Cincinnati At
,apTto mDriI Tito-cieveIaud VS.. Cincinnati at
CIncrng Knril ig-opening of championship
IL is nossible that a few more games
NAV be- arranged after Manager rom
arrives at New Orleans. -, A..
The squad of Indians VIII mcIuue '"e
lGltT Pitshers - Mitchell. Morton, Jones.
Coumbe. Klepfer. Harstad. Bagoy' Gar,
rett. Collamore. Covelskie' Carter anu
casstscghers"o'Nein. assguo'Nin Billings, Egan. and
Infielders-Kirke. Chapman. Turner
Evans. wamby. Rarbare, and Ihonas'
Outfielders - Graney, Roth, smith
Willie. Chappell Edmonston, ana "a
schall.
Ba be KUN, the DlS sOuI'PI, o., ist.t
worlds champions. shows the rlght
spirit He is spending the winter III
baltimore, and has already begun I'M
proving his wind and working OUT nis
wing in short stretches. Ruth wants
to be the games best southpaw IN l'lo'
He's certainly starting right
A Montana fan shipped a bear to
Charlie weeghman to act as mascot ascot
for the 1916 Cubs. but while belne
transferred in Chicago the animal broke
from its cage and was of on wilo
tamp'Ser torT throwing I'M Some some thirty-fvc girls
into a panic. Somebody called out the
fire department. but a policeman ended
the hunt by shooting the ouid-pe
mascot through the heart, killing MN
instantly. Wecghman Is now said not
TO be partial to bear cubs as mascots.
II Eddie Rousch. the former New
ark Federal Lacquer. makes good with
the Giants. BY whom ii is reported ne
has been signed for three years. he VIII
be the first player in the history OF the
game who. on iniuring his throwing
wing. turned around. developed the
other and came back to fast company.
II is expected that the Giants will an
nounce the purchase Of Rousch within
Instead Of moping and getting q job
running an elevator, Rousch began
practicing with his left arm. Little by
lttle he grew better and now he can
throw as far and as accurately with
his left arm as he could before with the
other. Last year Rousch played in l45
games with the Newark club. hitting
for .29S He fielded for 9I1, making but
eight errors in IA games and having
fifteen assists. That he has speed Is
shown by his theft Of thirty bases last
summer IN the Federal League.
Good judges of baseball players, who
have watched Rousch in action, class
him with Kauff, Magee. and Tobin. Joe
Tinker. Ed Reulbach, and Billy Murray
claim he is the equal of Iris Speaker il
peace was declared a number Of clubs
put in bids for him. The Yankees were
willing to take over his contract, but
Huston could not come to terms with
Harry Sinclair and the deal fell
through. 1t was the same story with
Garry Hermann, of the Reds. The
moment the Giants learned that Dave
Robertson had injured his leg. they
went after Rousch in order to fill the
outfield vacancy.
In signing Bill Louden, the ,Cincin-
natl Reds obtain one of the cleanest
tielders in the business. If Louden could
hit, he would be considered one of base
balls best. He was with the Detroit
Tigers a couple of years ago, his field
ing being up to all requirements, but
his batting being woefully weak. When
shunted to Providence, then one of
Navin's farms" Louden jumped to the
Feds. Last season he played with the
Buffalo Feds, Louden compares with
George Mcbride, Mike Doolan and
Roger Peckinpaugh. He performs mir
acles in the field and then fans with a
run on third base. 1t is hard to see
how the Reds will profit much by hav-
ing him in the lineup.
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Bill Kenworthy, who was given a
short triel here, is having considerable
was one of the Federal ieaErers whose
contract ended last October, and to
whom was given an unconditional re-
lease.
Eonworthy first wrote Fielder Jones,
asking for a chance with the Brownies,
in either the inheld Or outheid. -
Jones notified him that 10 vacancies
were to be seen in st, Louis. Now he
Cleveland Indians asking fer a chance
10 t:y for second base. Fohl has writ
ten kenv'orthy that Terry Turner will
play second base fer Cleveland next
season, and that, therefore, there IS no
In the Federal league last year Ken
worthy hit for 299, but his fielding was
sloppy. While here he appeared to be
very slow, both IN the field and on the
bases, though a fair hitter,
Lee Go0ch. an oUthelder, has been
turned over to New Orleans by Cleve-
land. He came UP from Portland, IN
the CoaEt league. didn't stay long. and
now goes down South foT seasoning.
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Before Branch Hickey settles his at-
fairs in ST, Louis, an argument seems
certain. The former manager of the
Brownies is said 10 have a personal
contract with Colonel Hedges. to run
for two more playing seasons. Phil
Rail-. the new owner, claims that he
cannot be compelled to pay this con-
tracts figures. However. Rickey's con-
tract Is signed by Colonel Hedges a
president OF the st. Louis American
not take over this contract and that
Rickey will have to sue to get his
money. This IL one Of the smaller de-
tails entering into the peace agreement