The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-09
Capt. Znck wheat Now.

The Brooklyn Dodgers will have quite
a novelty next season, the team captain
In the outfeld. lack Wheat, veteran
LETT fielder OF the club. has been APP
pointed to the post made vacant when
Jake Daubert was traded to Cincinnati.
Captain Zachary. batting leader OF the
National League last season. never was
particularly noisy individual He Is
rather mild hammered athlete. How
ever, lack may get moro stirred UP In
hts new capacity when decisions so
against Brooklyn.
Squire Ebbets OF the Brooklyn club
announced yesterday that OF the thirty
players on the Brooklyn clubs reserve
list twenty-one have signed contracts or
accepted terms. Only nine Dodgers are
unsigned or have not accepted terms,
and five of those, Chuck Ward, Sherrod
Smith. Clarence Mitchell. Jack Miljus
and Tommy Fitzsimmons, are still with
the American Expeditionary Force in
either France or Germany.
The only men unsigned or who have
not accepted terms on this side OF the
water arc Pitchers Burleigh Grimes,
Larry Cheney and Al MamauX and
Shortsiop Billy Kopf. The latter mas
announced he Is through with baseball.
Ebbets, however, said no man on the
club could be considered a holdout. as
contracts are coming in daily.
The Brooklyn players who have signed
contracts or accepted terms are Pitchers
Galore. Marquard, Pfeffer. Goodhred
and Miljus Catchers Archer, Kruger.
Miller and Snyder; Infielders Schinandt.
/ O'Mara, Olson, Sheridan, Adams and
Brazil, and Outfielders Wheat, Myers,
| Griffith and Johnston.
4.
! brother OF the new captain. has been
] released. whiie Jimmy Hickman, VINO an
uounced hts retirement TO go into bust
| Less, Is taken at MS word
| The Dodgers will leave here on March
I 20 and will so to Jacksonville by boat
J Tney wa make ;4o rffh cs< le Clyde
| Line steamship Comanche. Manager
/ Robinson will meet the vanguard of his
team in jacksonville on or about March
! 81. The Dodger pitchers will report q
/ few days earlier. inasmuch rs Johr
Esydler extended permission to the
| brooklyn and Boston clubs to start train
ing four days before tho other clubs
owing 20 the early Boston opening,
| Benny Kauff. Giant outfielder. was
at the local offices grieving over the
| fine weather and no baseball. 81 never
wantetd TO get going so bad before a:
i | do this year" said Benny,
| Benny says he really doesn't need any
training as he played baseball RICH
along at Camp Sherman. I'VE played
all through the winter" said Benny
Never missed Sunday, and we ha,
some real hot games.
That fellow Poland, whom l recon-
mended to the Giants. Is going to be
bird. He is very fast and can surely
sting the ball. He played the outfielt
before they made me manager of tn
Camp Sherman team. but hesalways like
to fool around with n catching glove. $,
made him a catcher, and he did well
Tie was the only young soldier playe
that l saw that l thought had majo
league possibilities. though a lot of tn
fellows should make good minor leagu
ers."
HustIcrs to Accompany Giants.
The Giants will take Catcher Stew
O,Neill, Outhe4der Clarence Pitt ar
Pitcher BIZ Ogden, all players undo
contract to Rochester. on their trainin
trip. The trio was with the Giants las
! year and McGraw wants to give q,
youngsters further observation.