The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-23
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Dishing Up the Sport Dope
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A. K. Macromber, who owns the
! biggest stables in America, was the
| largest turf winner last season. with
a sum of S6S,57S. W. s. Kilmer was
| second with S64.s02, and II. P. Whit
ney third with $4,000.
The Pacific Coast league will start
the 1918 season with one change in
it's circuit, Sacramento taking the
place of Portland.
Tony Brottem, the Cardinals young
catcher, has been released to the Lit
tie Rock club of the Southern asso-
citation. Branch Hickey expects to
sign a college backstop very shortly.
Jack Dunn Is agltating a movement
TO have the headquarters Of the Inter
national league shifted from New
hasn't won over any of the other club
owners in that circuit to his idea.
George Gibson, the Giants veteran
catcher, is one of the most popular
players in the big leagues. George
is not only the pal of every man on
the Giants, but the other players
throughout the league as we'll. George,
by the way, was the boy who could
handle young Al Mamaux and while
maux and made him show his best
stuff. After Gibson left Mamaux
seemed to lose interest and fell away
in his form. II nothing else works,
maybe Wilbert Robinson can sign
Gibson to handle temperRmentai Al.
Branch Hickey, Of the Cardinals, is
well pleased with his new manager,
Jack Hendricks. Hendricks had a lit
tie wit combat with Charley Weegh-
man that made a hit with Hickey.
Weeghman was offering a price for
Rogers Hornsby. Yes, you can have
him" says Hendricks, for $4,000
and all of your players thrown in"
Gosh, that's stronger than was ever
able to make It," says Hickey.
Red sox players lead other Ameri-
can leaguers in signing contracts for
1918. Scott, Mays and Agnew were
the first players to get into line.
Pat Moran has persuaded President
Baker, of the Phillies, not to abandon
st. Petersburg, Fla, in favor OF
Southern Pines, N. c., as a training
site. The Philies will leave for Flor
ida on March 30.
Charley Herzog says It would i'm
prove batting IL the pitchers were
might help some If the ban were put
on curves too.
The Browns are signing players un-
der the draft age as we'll as over 1t.
They have just engaged a pitcher
named Jack Mulcahy from FL Paso,
who is only 10 years old.
It won't be a new experience for
Bill Killefer to sign contract with
man who obtained Bills signature to
Federal league contract during the
baseball war. Killefer later repudi-
ated the contract and stuck to the
Phillies.
zeke WrigIey. the veteran short
stop and manager, is now a detective
on the Reading railroad.
The Cleveland club, which has been
depleted by enlistments and drafts,
will buy some of the leading players
Of the International league.
Emery TitmHns PhiIadeIphia's
4OO-pOund fan who was a promi-
ment figure at the worlds series
last fall In being sued for $1,000
by John ID. Shibe, Of the Athletics,
the suit growing out Of the sale
o. yaent. There'H one big crowd
the Athletics won't have next
season.
No major league club has been
so hard hit in its pitching stan as
the Brooklyn Dodgers. That team
has lost four twiTlers on account
OF the war so far-Smith, Galore,
Pfeher and Miljus. And to be
added to this are several players
from other positions.
Clark Griffith has already collected
over $4,000 for the purchase Of base
ball equipment for soldiers.
Sam Crawford is quoted as saying
that Ty Cobb is the real manager Of
the Detroit Tigers.