Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-03-18

Long Tom Hughes, former Washing.
ton pitcher, last year with Los Angeles,
has been signed by the Salt Lake City
club of the Coast league.
Sam Agnew, catcher with the Red
sox, realizing the responsibilities put
on him this year, asked consent to go
to Hot Springs early to get in condition
and was the first of Carrigan's crew to
report.
Russell Blaekbmne, the Chicago
White Sox infielder transferred to To-
rontO, denies the story that he will quit
baseball. He says he viii report to To-
ronto and put up such game that soon
he will be back in the plg show.
Eddie Cieotte, Detroit production and
Chicago pitcher, declares four teams
Detroit, Boston, Chicago and New York
will furnish most Of the excitement
in the 1916 American league pennant
race. Cicotte is one person who can
not figure st. Louis for first division
berth, "This New York bunch is go,
ing to be a tough lot to beat" said
Eddie.
Bill Sweeney, old-time ball player,
now Boston insurance agent, "wrote
up" the half million dollar accident
policy on the Boston Braves and it is
said his premiums amount to several
times the salary of even a wartime
contract.
Tyrus Raymond Cobb, because of his
loyalty to Organized Ball during the re-
cent battle with the Feds, now is the
highest salaried player in the game.
Cobb refused flattering offers to desert
the Detroit club two years ago and as
reward President Navin signed him for
three years at $4,000 per. Iris Speak.
er got $l6,500 in 1914 and 1915. but he
has just signed for half that amount.
Most of the Boston Braves had gath
cred at Stallings' plantation for iva
cation with the manager and went
from there to Miami. The only veteran
to leave direct from Boston was George
Tyler.
Manager Jimmy Callahan, of the Pi
rates, has pulled new one. 1t is an
nounced that tennis games will be a
daily feature of the limbering up at
Hot Springs. Imagine Hans Wagner
with racquet in his mighty paw.
The first no-hit game has appeared
1t was played in the camp of the Yam.
KEGS at Macon and went seven innings.
The Yanigans were the victims The
reports do not state who the pitchers
were to apply the brush.
Benny Kauff wants $4,000 bonus be-
fore he reports to the Giants in Texas
The New York club might well give it
to him if it was not for the principle
of the thing, for Benny's presence
would mean lot of money from exhibi-
tion games.
News from Hot Springs is that Chief
Jack Meyers, who has been taking the
baths, has reduced about 20 pounds and
that he win look like another man
when he appears in Brooklyn uni
form at the opening of the season. Nap
Rucker has been boiling out with Mey-
ers and also is said to be in fine shape
for real work.
Henry Waecker, one Of John Nc
Graw's pitching recruits, is so conf
dent he will make good that he has Civ
en- up his studies at Dartmouth col,
lege, where he was in his sophomore
year, to go to the Marlin training
camp.
Another player who has learned that
the game can go along without him is
Pitcher George Baumgardner of the st.
Louis Browns. He was suspended and
sent home last year because he would
not keep in shape A season Of idleness
brought him to time and he is now one
of the most enthusiastic workers in the
camp Of the Browns at Palestine. Baum.
gardner is the player Colonel Hedges
used to pay off in one.dollar bills to
make him think he drew more money
than any other man on the team.
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