The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-28

Jack onslow means to stick at Allie
gheny, Pa, this year and manage a
steel company's team, according to an
nouncement. He Is out after other pro-
%fessional ball players to make his steel
team as good as any shop nine In
PENNSYLVANIA, which will be going some.
Among his recruits are Infielder Cleve-
land, who was in the Western league,
and Outfielder Edmondson, who was
with New Orleans.
The indianapolis club has secured In
fielder Edison Hemingway from the New
York Nationals. He is 10 play thirctl
base In place of Herman Bronkie,. who
was sold by indianapolis to the st Louis
Browns. This gives Jack Hendricks an
infield made up of Covington on first,
Yerkes or GIL On second, Crane at
short and Hemingway- on third.
The two big clubs in Philadelphia,
National A. G. and Olympia A. A.. are
now trying TO sign up Barney Adair
and Lew Tender for a bout next month,
The Olympia A. A, Is willing to give
Adair a guarantee Of $500, while the
National A. c. Is ready to give him a
guarantee Of 5000. Adair's manager is
tain Ahat he will get that sum.
By the way, what has become Of
those Coast league scribes who pre-
dicted that President Al Baum would
be ousted from Officer Baum Is on the
job merrily as ever Some. Of his critics
were said to be prompted in their cam
paign against him because he called
Them hard for not doing their work
as official scorers, for which they were
paid,
While the new stands are being built
AZ the Fort Worth ball nark theffort
Worth players will be trained at Gle
burne, Tex. Now that he has his re-
building operations under way, Business
Manager Paul LaGrave OF the Fort
Worth club isFturning attention to Sc
curing players TO replace those not like
~ to answer this springs call because
Of military service. etc.
II the boxing bin is passed In the
state Of Connecticut and the governor
signs Il, which permits T. de-
oision bouts in that state, the indica-
tons are that Dick Howell, the we'll
known writer Of pugilism OF Bridgeport,
will be appointed chairman Of the box
ing commission. Howell knows the box
Ing game thoroughly and would make
a splendid boxing commissioner.
News from st. Joseph Is that n j.
Hanlon has made the business men Of
that city a proposition TO buy his
Western league franchise that may be
4 accepted, or that there may he n com
promise proposition reached, st. Joseph,
like other cities IN the Western league,
want home ownership Of It's ball club
and the general movement, as part Of
the hoped for revival Of baseball, Is to
get some of tho Old crowd out and have
a new deal.
OUT in Los Angeles John Powers Is
quoted as saying that the National as
ISOLATION viii not stand for major league
clubs holding war refugee PLAYERS
I through mere payment OF the draft
/ price. There Is now and was not on
4 Fob, /, he holds, any such thing as a
\ draft price, There have been only a
fow such players claimed under the
national commission ruling. Their
status nay stir up An acute question
4 when the time comes for reporting,
Although champion Pete Herman
holder Of the bnntamwoight title, has
broken away from his mananer Doc"
Clutch, Of Philadelphia. he has decided
to go through with his match with lack
kid" Wolfe, the Cleveland feather
weight, for 10 rounds on March &, which
clutch arranged for him. The weight
will be III pounds, weigh IN al z d. N.
on the day OF the contest.
y Justin Fitzgerald. outflelder, win urob.