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covered first base in creditable style. Pat Norris L. O©Neill, Western League, and Tom team, this season. If F.ck were as good a GLEANINGS. Dougherty had an off day and misjudged two Chivington, American Association. Each is base ball player as he was at football he flies and booted one after he failed to judge certain his organization will have the great would have been in the major leagues long Successful Debut of the White Sox Young it properly. Rube Waddell showed that he est year in its history. If the opening games ago. was far from a back number by allowing in the and American Asso There is a possibility the University of sters, One of Whom Has the Rare Dis only twelVe Sox players to go to bat in the ciation may be taken as a criterion, then Chicago base ball team may. make a trip to last four irrhings after Barney Pelty had been both those circuits will have record-break tinction of Being Appointed Team Cap lifted. Two hits were made off Rube, but ing Seasons. The Western League will not Japan some time this year. Coach A. A. Stagg tain in His First Major League Season. neither of the hitters lived to see second open its season until April 22, but O©Neill has refused to discuss the proposition until he base. says he can already see a great year. Chi receives the official invitation from Japan. By Frank B. Hutchinson, Jr. THE FICKLE KLING. cago can now lay claim to the title of the It took only one day for Manager Hughey base ball center of the country. There are Chicago, 111., April 1G. Editor ©©Sporting It is beginning to look as if the Cubs will Duffy to become popular with the White Sox have to go through part, or all, of the sea four league presidents and two major league Jjife." The White Sox, veterans and young clubs here. The headquarters of the American fans. Duff believes that a base ball team sters alike, certainly looked good in the open son without the services of Johnny Kling be League, American Association, Western should be composed of 100 per cent, ginger ing game of the season. It hind the bat. The Kansas City pool player League and the White Sox are all located in and a lot of other things in equal propor was an untried team with an has made so many contradictory statements tion. concerning his plans that it is impossible for the Fisher Building. The Three I. League infield that was not accus- , and the Cubs also have offices here. ©Jimmy Cruisenberry, who has written base tomed to working together even the best dopester to figure out what he ball in Chicago and St. Louis for several and without the services of intends to do. Following is a typical J. PRESIDENT CHIVINGTON, years, has started a Sunday afternoon sport its star catcher that went on Kling week: of the American Association, is greatly ing paper here, and it appears to make quite the field to do battle with the Monday ©©I will report in a few days. I pleased with the apparent results of his um a with the fans. St. Louis Browns, but one have the check for $700 ready to mail to the pire-training system. Chivington took his A base ball book, called "Touching Sec would never have known that National Commission.©© umpirical staff to an Indiana resort and ond," has been written by Johnny Evers and from watching the game. Nev Tuesday "I cannot leave here until I get kept them there for some time. They drank Hugh S. Fullerton, a veteran newspaper corre er was there any prettier in a competent man to look after my billiard the waters and did a great deal of exercis spondent. It will be published serially in a field team work or accuracy hall, as I have ©steen dollars invested." ing to get into condition physically and dis local paper beginning to-day. than that displayed by Billy Wednesday © ©Will not play with the Cubs cussed every angle of the rules to get into Billy Sullivan is now at Santa Barbara Purtell, Russell Blackburne, unless I can get more money." condition mentally. This was the first time convalescing, but no time has been set for his Hugh Duffy Rollie Zeider and Chick Gan- Thursday "If I do not leave here to-day, the experiment has ever been tried and Mr. return to Chicago. It will probably be a dil. I do not want to appear I will not go until to-morrow or after." Chivington thinks all the big leagues will month at least before he will be able to go Unduly optimistic over the youngsters, and I Friday ©©I have organized a semi-pro base take it up in the near future. behind the bat. (Will not make any ball league and I will remain here all sea The iimpires were also well pleased, as son." they said they had never started a season GLOWING PROPHESIES ©Saturday "I deny everything." with so clear an understanding of the rules MINOR LEAGUE SCHEDULES concerning the new team. If, however, the Sunday rEven the newspaper correspond and what they were expected to do. The prin other seven clubs in the league are willing ents need a rest. cipal object of the mental training was to get Modeled Upon "Sporting Life©s" Famous to take a tip, I would advise them to look If Johnny stays away another season, there a uniform interpretation of the rules. Hith put for this bunch. With Frank Smith hold will be few people who will care if he ever erto there has been little or no attempt to get Major League Vest-Pocket Schedules. ing O©Connor©s men to one lonely hit and conies back. It doesn©t take long to forget a the umpires to work in harmony on tho rules. Last season, as an experiment, "Sporting allowing only one man to reach second base, ball player, especially when there is a man Each arbitrator interpreted them as he saw Life" issued a 32-page vest pocket schedule there was small chance of not winning the like Jimmy Archer on hand to take his place. them and sometimes every one would make a of the Eastern League, on precisely the same game, and St. Louis took the short end of a THE CUB PITCHERS. different ruling on the same knotty point. lines as our now famous National and Ameri 3-to-O score. The Sox made only five hits, Ed Reulbach has passed through the cru This was confusing to the players and con can League schedules. The letters of ap fcut they came at the right time, although cial stage of his attack of diphtheria, but ducive to kicking. "I do not know how the proval we received from "fans" all over the Graham forced in the second by hitting it will be several weeks before he will be plan will work out in its entirety," said Mr. circuit showed us that we made no mistake, Gandil with the bases full. The new infield allowed to join the Cubs. He will be kept in Chivington, "but I am pleased as far as it and that this minor league schedule filled a is lightning fast and plays a wonderful game quarantine for some time, even if he is in has gone. The work on the field will tell long-felt want. So, this year we intend to in when one realizes that Purtell is the only one good enough condition to pitch a no-hit game more, but I am confident the plan will prove clude in our list of schedules the Eastern of the quartet who has been playing profes every day. With Harry Mclntire (that©s the successful and I expect to see it adopted by League, Tri-State League and the New York sional base ball for more than three years. way he spells it) safe in the Cub fold Reul other leagues." State League. These vest-pocket schedules Purtell would be considered a youngster on bach will not be missed so much. Mclntire is RIGHT OVER THE PLATE. are unique publications which have made a any team. It is a peculiar coincidence that a good man and will do well with a team like Billy Purtell led the White Sox in batting fixed place for themselves as indispensable Blackburne, Zeider and Gandil are now play the Cubs back of him. When that bunch is adjuncts of each base ball season. They con ing league base ball for the third year. on their training trip with the tidy average going right, it is enough to put confidence in of .335. tain the At Home and Abroad dates of each HUGHEY JENNINGS the heart of any twirler, and that©s half th.e It will probably be rather hot for Johnny club arranged chronologically for instant ref has apparently realized the possibilities of battle in winning games. The deal by which Kling in his billiard room at Kansas City this erence; a group picture of each team, as well the White Sox, as he has picked them to Mclntire came here in exchange for Tony summer. as the line-up for 1910, the official batting, finish second to his Tigers. In the second Smith, Happy Smith and Davie Davidson cer Rutherford B. H. Cooke, the assistant sec fielding and pitching averages of the players game with St. Louis the youngsters did not tainly looked good to the local fans. The retary of the Cubs, has opened a cigar stand of each league, and other more or less do so well, and were beaten by 5 to 4. Big three men who went to the other side of the in a new downtown building. All his custom valuable and interesting information, all ar Ed Walsh was not in his old-time form and bridge are all embryonic stars and worthy ers are pulling for the Cubs. ranged in compact form for ready reference was forced to retire after two Browns were of a place in half the teams of the major Frank Schulte got a good start for the without consuming more than an inappreciable out in the sixth. Burns went in and made leagues. The Cubs are overcrowded with good Chalmers-Detroit automobile by making two space in any vest pocket. A copy of either a balk and gave a a combina outfielders and infielders and Manager Chance triples and a single in the opening game. schedule (be sure to specify which league) tion that convinced Manager Duffy the big and President Murphy figured that a good McCabe made a spectacular catch and robbed can be secured for a two-cent stamp for each southpaw was also out of plumb. Olmstead pitcher was worth a big price, and they paid him of a third three-bagger. Frank thinks he schedule desired for return postage by ad finished in good shape. Zeider, who has been will have the car painted the color of his dressing "Sporting Life," Schedule Depart appointed field captain of the Sox, failed to OPTIMISTIC CHIEFS. bat. ment, Philadelphia, Pa. live up to his showing of the opening day I have talked to three league presidents Walter Eckersall, who was chosen as quar The Eastern League and the Tri-State and made two costly errors. Purtell and during the past week, and all predict a great terback on Walter Camp©s all-star football League schedules are now ready for delivery, Blackburne, however, hit up a fast clip and season for their leagues. The men in ques team for all time, will play in the outfield for and the New York State League schedules madr> several excellent plays, while Gandil tion were Ban Johnson, American League; the Rogers Parks, a local semi-professional will be ready about April 30.

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