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BASE BALL, TRAP SHOOTING AND GENERAL SPORTS. Volume 42, No. 20, Philadelphia, January 30, 1904. Price, Five Cents. 3EDALIA SPORTINQ LIKB. January 30, 1904. The World of "Base "Ball better satisfied and therefore do better work than he would possibly do with me- SPORTING LIFE PUBLISHING CO., 1304 I don©t say that. Diihlen would not have played good hull with Brooklyn in 1904. but I do believe that he hart been iu tho 34 South Third St., Philadelphia. city so long it would have been hard for THE CITY OF CHURCHES THE MARK me to get him to put his heart into his work when he knew that it would be with a team composed largely of young talent OF PESSIMISTS. Please send me cabinet size phototype of the celebrated and one meaning a great deal of hard work to "bring to the front. Dublen has got to that stage in his base ball career now base ball player_______________;___________________ where he will play better with tbe older How Their Croakings and Predictions men than he will with the young players." AS TO IM-©IKLDER BABI5. Are Constantly Nullified The War for which I enclose five 2-ceiat stamps to help to defray ex ©How about BabbV I took him because he was the best player in sight for the pense of printing, postage, packing, etc. position that I had to fill. If you think Clouds Blowing Over Manager that it was au easy task to get Babb away from the New York Club you are mis tfaulon©s Team Rebuilding Policy. taken. New York was ready with all kinds Send to_______,_______________________ . ... - - of propositions for Dahlen, fr.oni money to exchange, but. it was not ready to put EH John B. Foster. Babb in as part of tho agreement. Mr. Brush told me that McGraw wanted Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 25. Editor "Sport Dahlen because lie thought a.seasoned man Ing Life:" What a. lot of hard work som would go a long way toward keeping the pirsous go to in this world to try to mak Xew York infield steady iu the games for trouble. Even poor ok the championship in 1004. Then I got Brooklyn, that, at yariou a cash offer for Dahlen©s services. I re times, has been put off tin plied that there, would bo uothiug doing, base ball map, cannot cs unless I got Babb, and it took two straight cape. It was not so vei\j hours to convince Mr. Brush that it would long ago that a great con THIS COUPON AND TEN CENTS IN STAMPS IS GOOD FOR ONE PHOTOTYPE. be the only way in which he could get s« piracy was hatched up, bj Dahleu for tho New York team." which the Brooklyn Bas WILL BE ALL RIGHT. Ball Club was to be rcle CABINET SIZE PHOTOTYPES OF Haulon concluded: "I believe there were gated to the demnition bow certain persons in New York last year wows, or something ap who said that Babb would not do as a "ball proximating that undesir player in fast company. I remember dis able region, and Brooklyi tinctly after a game iu Brooklyn that was to lose its place on th some of them were inclined to give Mc- John B. Foster map of the Nationa Graw©s find or Brush©s find, as they called League. It wag discoverec him, the laugh. The same men before after awhile that there was nothing iu th© the season was over admitted iu my pres story; that the National League had u< "Sporting Life" has had reproduced cabinet size phototypes of celebrated ence that if it had not been for Babb more notion of putting Brooklyn out of it base ball players and offers to send to any of its readers photos of their the New Yorks would not have been as circuit than it had of putting Boston cut high iu the race as they were. I think and there is abundant reason that Bostoi favorite base ball players by complying with the conditions named in the just as much of Babb now as they did will stay just as long as the owners of th coupon above. after they had opportunity to change their Boston Club care to remain in it, so Brook The photos are regular cabinet size (5%x.7}4 inches) mounted on Mantello opinion. I believe that he will make a lyu owners came to believe that they hat flue ball player, and in any event he is a place in the great national pastime, and mats and packed carefully to insure safe delivery in the mails. just the kind of man that I want for the that there was no danger of. losing thei Here is an opportunity to ornament your room with phqtos of your team that I propose to build up in Brook franchise with nothing in return. favorite base ball players at practically no expense. lyn. It isn©t the first time that I have AGAIN WORRYING BROOKLYN. This year somebody couldn©t let pool One coupon and five 2-cent stamps entitles you to one photo. You can, had to put a team together from talent Brooklyn alone. No one seems to know however, obtain as many photos as you desire by sending five 2-cent stamps that some other managers could not do just who was responsible for the story, bu much with, and I am not a bit fluster.^ it was bruited about that©s a good "wort and a coupon for each one. at the idea of going ahead and making th6 for the present case that Sheckard wat The following photos are now ready for immediate delivery. Others will experiment. In the long run perhaps there on the market, aud that the Brooklyi be added each week : will be some who will admit that it is management would part with any old thing not always wise to hold together players so long as the gleam of gold could be seer who have served their time iu a city, in the perspective. I have ©the best reason AMERICAN LEAGUE, 1903. NATIONAL LEAGUE, 1903. when it is possible to get other men who for knowing that it was never intended t( will do about as well." sell Sheckard©s release, notwithstanding THB WAR CLOUDS BOSTON CLUB Charles Stahl, Denton PITTSBURQ CLUB-Hans Wagner, Fred are not as thick as they were in this part all reports to the contrary. Young, George Winters, Frederick Parent, When it comes to negotiating for play Clarke, Claude Ritchey, Thomas Leach of the country. There is a general opin ers Hanlon is the whole tiling inlhe Brook John Freeman, James Collins, Charles bamuel Leever, William Bransfield, Clar ion that everything will be arranged all lyn Club. He was offered a price foi Farrell, Patrick Dougherty, Hobe Ferris, ence H. Beaumont, Harry Smith, William right for both leagues before the cham Sheckard that would have tempted many a William Dineen, Louis Criger, George La- Kennedy, Charles Phillippe, Edward pionship season begins, and the Brooklyn man in base ball, some of whom do not chance, Norwood Gibson, John O©Brien, Phelps, Arthur Weaver, Otto K-rue»er people are looking forward to seeing good happen to be atfiliated with the Brooklyn Thomas Hughes, Jacob G. Stahl. Frederick Veil, Eoscoe Miller, James ball. Club. He declined the offer. He told the Sebring. From what can be learned it is very New York owner, who made tho offer, that PHILADELPHIA CLUB Connie Mack, likely that the meeting will be held in Sheckard was just as good a ball playei New York to consider the allotment of manager, Maurice R. Powers, Daniel F. NEW YORK CLUB-George Van Haltren dates on Sundays to the American League for Brooklyn as he was for New York. Murphy, Ralph O. Seybold, Harry Davis, John J. McGraw, Joseph McGinnity© Then more, money was offered and again Club of New York in Ridgewood. It the offer was declined. Edward S. Plank, Oliver Pickering, Christopher Matthewson, John Warner would not. be very surprising if the con rn,©©SPORTING LIFE©S" TIP CORRECT. Osee F. Schreckengost. Lafayette N. Cross, Samuel Mertes, William Gilbert, John tention of the Brooklyn Club were up There have been stories that it was the George Edward Waddell, Frederick L. Cronin, Charles Babb, D. L. McGann held, but beyond that it is certain that wrath of tbe Brooklyn fans that caused Hartzeil, Monte Cross, Daniel Hoflman, Roger Bresnahan, George Browne, Frank there will be little sympathy with the at the Brooklyn management not to permit Charles Bender, Weldon Henley. Bowerman, William Lauder, Luther H tempt to play professional base ball ou Sheckard to get away. Get out. The laylor, John Dunn. Sunday in" the East. Brooklyn fans scarcely breathed while the CLEVELAND CLUB Napoleon Lajoie,Wil If the Brooklyn Club had attempted to controversy was going on. Indeed, there liam Bernhardt, Charles Hickman, Frank CHICAGO CLUB-Frank Chance. JohnTay. do the same thing 1 believe they would was no controversy, except on the part Donohue, Harry Bay, Elmer Flick, Earl lor, James P Casey, Richard Harley, have had abundant cause to regret it in of some of the newspapers, that wanted Moore, Harry Bemis, Adrian Joss, Wil Joseph B Tinker, James Slagle. Thomas the long run. It wguld be a source of something to talk about and talked. much satisfaction to the more conserva It was stated in "Sporting Life" that liam Gochnauer, William J. Bradley, R. S. Raub, John Evers, Carl Lundgren, Jacob tive element of base ball enthusiasts if eneckard would not leave the Brooklyn Rhoades, John Thoney.