Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-01
TWINS MANAGER IS
FACING HARD JOB
Swampy Thomson Is Seek
ing Many New Players
for This Season.
ARLINGTON QUITS
QUITS
Holdouts Worry New Pilot;
Raise Money From the
Business Men.

FORT SMITH. Ark. Feb. %
About the hardest task before any
Western association pilot this year
confronts Swampy Thomson. the new
manager of the Twins II viii bc up
to Thomson to virtually build an en-
urely new team. All of last years
players have been reserved. but most
of them will bc released before the
season opens. Probably this accounts
for the large number of so-called
holdouts. Thomson. however. is not
worried. He has made IL plain that
he cares only for u few Of last years
men and IL is mmItcrial whether the
others sisn or not The best of the
holdouts include chief Robinson and
sloppy Gorham. the Arkansas col
legiln. II is believed that both will
be i'm line within the next few DAYS.
Scoot McCutN. the champion pill
fcrcr OF last season Third bascm1n
Corgan and Catcher Adams are SO far
the only regulars to sign The signed
contract OF Chick lIloomcr of lligboe,
Texas has been received. Bloomcr
is a first hascman and was signed
upon the recommendation Of MCCurtN
Dutch IciningCr. who intends desert
ing short for second this year. has
not signed. but AZ he * a local hoy
~ - wi NfilI Nv VIII w l'uiu III lHf
lineup again
Abingdon quits.
Butch Abingdon, a local boy, who
played center for the Twins the past
two years, has decided To retire from
professional ranks and will play See
ond with a local amateur sunday
club. Pitcher llornsbv became
free agent at the end of the year
through an agreement that was en-
tered into when he was signed earlier
In the season, Pitcher King BRADY
was loaned To the Twins lay Tulsa and
though the Producers don't want him
II is not probable that he will he
taken oil here Lefty Robertson, one
of the best southpaws in the circuit.
may and may not he with the team.
Robertson sustained such touch luck
here last season that Il transfer to
other fields appears what he needs.
lubs MosleN is tu he traded To
Beaumont, Texas. Bubs quit the team
last season while manager because he
couldn't get along with the players.
Mike Finn of Little Rock. who will
manage Beaumont this year has Of
tered to trade three Youngsters for
Nose, who has outlircd his useful .
ness here
Second -hIscman Weber and Catch ,
er Schultz most likely will be among
the missing. although the latter has A /
better chance to hc retained than /
Weber II is a certainty that when D
thomson gets his team moulded the 4
fans viii see something entirely dir- |
forcnt from the outfit last season. AS
Swampy realizes the Twin cities will |
not stand for repetition Of the 1878 !
aggregate ton
The question of financing the club .
* now being considered. Onc scheme .
that is looked upon with favor is to /
sell one hundred season books at S25 |
book and thus raise $500. Last
year stock at S2j per share was sold.
numher of subscribers refused to
pay for their stock and toward the
end Of the season It was necessary to
borrow $500 from business men and
Wholesalers. Several Of the firms
who Signed the note have Cancelled
their claim AGAINST the club and have
accepted advertising space on the
oalI park fence rs payment.
Play 81. Paul.
series of Saturday and SUNDAY
games between the Twins and the
81 Paul team OF the American aSso-
ciauon, who will train here. should
also serve to bolster up the finances
OF the locals. The Saints will he
here three weeks during which time
Fort Smith probably will have more
exhibition games than any town in
the circuit. The Saints have booked
the Kansas city team and the Mil
waukee team of the A. A. for series
of games here. The Blues train at
Arkadelphia, this state. and the Mil
lers at Pine Bluff. The ST. Louis
browns Will play the Twins here ON
March ? and the Saints on the day
Following The Saints play the New
FORK Giants here ON March 80.