The Washington times., 1916-01-31

by and Mitchell form this latter con-
tingent. A.,
morning of February 20. using Heinne-
man Park, home Of the Pclicans. The
battery men will be alone until MarCh
|, when the remainder of the club VIII
put in an appearance; nc =, In amt ~, ~ March
s, Mardi Gras Sunday. with the ieh-
cans. ,,, ,.r,c.
March 2+-Clevelsnd VS.. Ne" orleans
at Baton Rouge. La. ,-,. =,
March 26-CleNeland VS. Ilhcinh"'i at
New Orleans. l,, n.
New Orleans. -,-, c,,h.
Anril s-Cleveland vs.. Cincinnati at
hpril a-cleveland VS.. Cincinnati at
mpril lo-CIeveland VS.. Cincinnati at
hrril 12-orening OF championship
season. x ,,o. Games
NAV be arranged after Manasei VI"
arrives at New Orleans. .,o
The squad Of Indians will INCLUDE the
Pitchers - Mitchell Morton, Jones
Coumbe. Klepfer. Harstad. BagoE, "aI
rett, Colamore. Corelskie' Carter ana
CiaStSchers-o'Nein. at Billings, Egan, and
Inf, inficlders-Kirke. Chapman; Turner'
Evans. Wamby. Rarbare, and lnoLias' iat
Outtielders - GraneY, Ho'h' 'r,,', pa,
Wihe, Chappcll. Edmonston, and "a
schall
Babe Ruth the big southraw OF the
worlds champions, shows the rlshI
spirit He is spending the winter III
Baltimore and has already oesun III M
proving his wind and working out MS
wing in short stretches. Ruth VANS n,s
to he the games hest southpaw in 1916
He's certainly starting right
A Montana fan shipped hear TO
Charlie WeeGhman to act as masco,
transferred in Chica go the animal broke
from its cage and was off on wtId
rampage. TIe hustled up into rae
tory. throwing some thlrtE-nNc Ei,IS
into a panic. Somebody called out thr,
tire department. but A policeman cndcd
, the hunt by shooting the Mouid-nc
ma scot through the heart. killing him
instantly. Wccghman is now said not
70 be partial to bear cubs as maScots.
II Eddie Rousch. the former New
ark Federal Leacuer. makes Tood WIN
the Giants. BY whom It is reported ne
has been signed for three wears, he VIII
be the first player in the htstorN OF the
game who. on iniuring his thro"ine
wing turned around. developed the
other and came back to fast company
II is expected that the Giants will an
nouncc the purchase Of Rousch within
I Instead of mopns and getting q JOB
running An elevator. Rousch began
practicing with his left arm. Little by
little he grew better and now he car
throw as far ana as accurately with
his left arm as he could before with the
other. Last year Rousch played in III
games with the Newark club. hitting
for .29S lie fielded for 81, making but
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
going back for fly ball. The moment
peace was declared 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
outtleld vacancy.
in signing Bill Louden, the .Cincin
! natl Reds obtain one Of the cleanes
| tlelders in the business. II Louden coulC
| hit he would be considered one of base
! balls best. He was with the Detro
ing being up to all reQuirements. bu
| his batting being woefully weak. Wher
! Shuntcd to Providence, turn one o.
Navn's farms" Iouden jumped to the
! Feds. Last season he played with tn,
! Buffalo Feds, G.ouden compares witt
George Mcbride Mike Doolan anC
| Roger Peckinpaugh. He performs mir
aCles in the field and then fans with
! run on third base. 1t is hard to se'
| how the Reds will profit much by hav
ing him in the lineup.
Bill Kenworthy, who was given ;
short triel here, is having considerable
! trouble landing Il berth for 1916. lIt
was one of the Federal lcaEUers whose
; contract ended last October. and tc
| lease.
: kcnworthy first wrote Fielder Jones
! askinG for chance With IN" Brownies
, in either the infield " outfieid
wcrr to lie seen in St. Louis. Now ht
! has written Lee Fohl. manager Of tnt
! Cleveland Indians, asking for a chance
10 t:N for second base. Foh has writ
| =
play second base fcr CieTtland n"N
season. and that, therefor there IS NJ
| VaCaNCV.
! In the Federal league last year Ken
worthy hit for 299, but his fielding wa;
| sloppy. While here hC appeared to b'
very slow, both in tie field and on thu
bases, though a fair hitter
Lee Gooch. an outHelder has beer
turned over to New Orleans by CleVc
land. He came up from Portland. il
The Coast league. didn't stay long. ant
now goes down South fol seasoning.
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Before Branch Hickey settles his ar
fairs in St Louis, an arEument seem
certain. The former manager of tn
| Brownies is said to have persona
contract with Colonel Hedges. to rul
for two moro playing seasons. Phi
| Rall. the new owner, claims that h.
cannot he compelled to pay this con
tracts figures. However, RiCkcy's con
tract is signed by Colonel Hedges a
president Of the st, Louis American
League club. BaNE says that he dii
not take over this contract and tina
Rickev will have to sue to get hi
money. This Is one Of tho smaller de
Italia entering into the ,,Carp