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DEVOTED TO BASE BALL, TRAP SHOOTING AND GENERAL SPORTS Title Registered Jn U. S. Patent Office. Copyright, 190D. by The Sporting life Publishing Company. Vol. 53 No. 1 Philadelphia, March 13, 1909 Price 5 Cents RIVALS The National and Framing Up Two American Clubs Powerful Teams of the Metropolis to Capture Either Bending Every Rag for "Little Effort Toward New York." BY WM. F. H. KOELSCH. arrival in Macon of Hal Chase, peer of all EW YORK, March 8. Editor the first basemen. Mark Roth writes that ©©Sporting Life.©© John McGraw if Taft had come to look Macon over has a very large base ball fam there could not have been more fuss among ily on his hands at Marlin the natives than there was over Chase. Springs. There are, however, Prince Hal tipped the beam at 170 and is four important absentees in said to be in shape for the hardest kind of Christy Mathewson, Mike Donlin, work right now. With Elberfeld boo-ked for Arthur Devlin and George Wiltse. Southpaw third base and Prince Hal on the job at the "Weimar has not been heard from, but no initial sack the choice of a second baseman one seetns to care mvch about, his future and shortstop has been deferred until all movements. As for Mathewson, he has fin hands have been tried out. Austin is doing ished his coaching work at Cambridge and some fast work at second base, but he may is about to start for the training camp, and not show strong enough at the bat, at least his future position is well denned. Arthur not strong enough to crowd out Ward, who Devlin is expected to report to McGraw any is something of a batsman. Last season he day now artd, as in the cases of Murray, hit .321 in the Tri-State League and rank McCorrnick and Doyle, his case will be ed second among the guardians of the middle settled on the spot. Wiltse, however, is firm sack. Arthur Irwin©s find, Gardner, also in his determination to receive $4.000 for wants to cover second base and Laporte has the season©s work instead of $3,500 called not yet reported for duty. He is now rated for in the contract sent to him by the as a hold-out man. While nothing definite management. Some folks think that the, has been announced it is pretty certain famous southpaw makes a mistake in refus that Jack Knight, the tall player from Bal ing to report for duty and then take up the timore, will cover short field for Stallirigs© matter with McGraw. Wiltse, however, does team.. Even if he is not a great batsman not care to look at it in that light. He is his sensational fielding is said to be of such billed to participate in an indoor game in value as to offset this. Brooklyn on Saturday evening the 13th. NEAL BALL The only other real hold-out is the famous may draw an outfield berth as he showed no MIKE DONLIN. little promise as a batsman last season. The One local newspaper is dead sure that the composition of the Yankee outfield is still actor-player will not play with the Giants an unsolved problem and is likely to remain this year. It is said that President John so for some time. Charley Hemphill has T. Brush has flatly turned down Donlin©s signed a contract and is en route to Macon. salary demand, said to be $8,000. It is He is certain to be a regular in the out said that it is now up to Michael J. to work field. Clyde Engle has reported, he having for $5,500 or quit the job. It is pretty been playing in the Florida Winter League with the Palm Beach team, of which Fred certain that the base ball end of the Hite- Merkle, of the Giants, was also a member. Donlin combination will climb on the band Engle is a heavy-weight outfielder and. was wagon. Even if he does not do so there is Outfielder of the Detroit American League Club. with Newark last season. Mcllveen and no danger of the Giants abandoning their Cree are also on their way to Macon accord plans for the coming season. McGraw is David Tones, the outfielder of the Detroit American League Club, was born in Cambria. Wis., ing to report and very soon S©tallings will prepared for just such an emergency and he Tune 30, 1880. and from childhood up a great deal of his time was taken up with athletic sports. have a raft of outfielders on his hands. doubtless had that in mind when he set He entered the Portage High School in 1896 and was captain of both foot ball and base ball teams for three consecutive years. He also took an active part in track athletics while there, making Duke Farrell, like his contemporary, Wilbert out to corral Jack Murray from the St. a mark of 10 1-5 seconds for the 100-yard dash and 22V» for ©tho 200-yard dash. He entered Robinson, is rounding up the pitchers and it Louis Club. It is pretty evident that Char Dixon College in 190(1 and played on the base ball team i:i 190(1-1901. and led the team both sea is said that the work of Jack Quinn, the ley Herzog is entirely too valuable to keep sons in hitting, batting .447 and .433 respectively. At the close of the college season in 1901 he recruit from Richmond, has caught his eye. on the bench. Reports from Texas tell us decided to play professional base ball, and signer! with Rockford. of the I. I. I. League, and that Herzog is being groomed for an outfield met with snrcess. especially in batting and base-running, that the Milwauke American League Club ELBERFELD CALLED HOME. secured him during the season. Vvhen the Milwaukee Club was transferred to St. Louis in 1902 position and it is even said that left field Jones was assigned to the Browns.. but. after taking part, in 1"> games, he jumped to the Chicago Just after Norman Elberfeld had settled will be his berth. If Donlin reports and National League Club. w.:th which he remained until 1904 when he was released to Minneapolis, down to hard work, following a heart-to- gets into proper shape he will be placed in with which club he played until the fall of 1905. when he was drafted for 1906 by the Detroit heart talk with Stagings, he was called center field and Jack Murray will take care Club. Since then he has proven of great value to the Detroit team as substitute outfielder. away in the midst of practice by a telegram of right garden. If Donlin does not show informing him that his six-months-old baby up Cy Seymour will be on hand to fill his was ill with diphtheria,. Elberfeld©s spring place in the middle fie.ti. Josh Devore, the training has been interrupted the last four fast little outfielder, was taken ill, and early seasons by illness in his family. He left reports hinted at a serious case of appen the absence of Devlin the Giants infield is Meyers banged the ball, said that one of for Lyuchburg on the first train out and dicitis. Latest reports are to the effect that intact. Arthur Fletcher has been talked of his home runs would have cleared the center Mike bonovan took his place at third base. Devore is much better and that an operation as the team©s regular third, baseman in field fence on- the Polo grounds. Now, that is going some, for e©.©en a drive over the Elberfeld declares that his injured foot is will not be necessary. Devore is a speed the event of Devlin remaining outside the almost entirely well and that had he not merchant and McGraw is said to have taken breastworks a very unlikely contingency. new picket fence, where the ropes used to quit playing last year he would never have a great fancy to him. While McGraw is planning matters gener be stretched, would civate a sensation. It ally, including the barnstorming trips, Rob makes nice reading, however. Fred Merkle recovered from the injury. LARRY DOYLE REPORTED inson is working out the pitchers and pre made two home runs in one game and earn MISCELLANY. to his chief last week and he is hard at paring them for the final tests. Reports ed a headline here. Rube Marquard is said to have all hia work preparing for the fray. Fred Tenney of startling batting feats performed in prac CHASE JOINS YANKEES. speed and to have cut loose quite a few predicts that Larry will be the king of tice games come to us daily now. One en econd basemen this year and except for thusiastic scribe, in relating how Big Chief Of more than ordinary interest was the (Continued on the seventh page) MARCH 13, noon, under regulations prescribed by the fielder Harry Billet and catcher Roy Nye with ths local authorities. Mr. McGrath said that Portsmouth, Va., Club; and pitcher Slower witli the bill had for its object, among other Baltimore. LATEST NEWS SUNDAY BALL Pitcher George Schafer has purchased his release things, the opening of the playgrounds and from the Terre Haute Club and will play on the athletic fields maintained by the city of Pacific Coast. New York on Sundays, and that the meas The veteran catcher, David Zearfoss, has been FIELDER JONES WANTS SHARE ure is in furtherance of the objects being NOT FAVORED BY THE NEW appointed manager of the Portsmouth Club, of the promoted by the Public Schools Athletic Virginia League.