Volume 47—No. 1. Philadelphia, March 17, 1906. Price, Five Cents. CONCORD Jporftn$/ge Fh//a. }C.LMAS0N,BtjsM'n S.HOI/STON.5ECY \I x/ \y SHEETS, O. f ZACH£K. l^JI SJPORTIISO LIFE. March 17, 1906. insure his access to all parts of the teams of Cleveland and last year did good CHICAGO GLEANINGS. playing field when any emergency THE EASTERN LEAGUE. work for Massillon. arises that might call for his services. John B. Nash hag been negotiating with He will keep his satchel full of band­ Charles T. Chapin for the controlling interest Manager Chance Feels] Confident of ages, plasters, etc., always with him, in the Rochester Club, but to date the two Great Success This Season—Comis and will be made useful morning and are wide apart. Nash, offers $3000, while evening rubbing and directing the Chapin wants $8550. key is Gathering His Braves For the general conditioning. McCormick ha; Has Yet Enjoyed. The Brooklyn Club has relieved Baltimore's Southern Trip—McCormick's Luck. been very thick with the Chicago Newark, N. J., March 12.—Editor suspense by turning back Manager Jennings, players for a couple of years and is "Sporting Life."—Manager Burnham, catcher Byers, pitcher McNeal and pitcher extremely popular with the boys. of the local club, announces the com­ Burchal. First baseman Tim Jordan, however, BY W. A. PHELON. has been retained by Brooklyn. JIM HART pletion of his team by Chicago, March 12.—Editor "Sport­ never could see the use of a trainer. the engagement of out- Manager Buekenberger, of Rochester has ing Life."—The busy buzz of prepara­ He argued that no one man could fill fieldrer Kirby J. Bren- these contracts in hand: Frank J. McCabe, tion is heard on all sides, and you can the bill. That the members of a ball nan, of the Northwestern Charles H. Moran, James H. O'Brien Ambrose listen to the humming of McConnell, D. T. Walters. William Hughes, club, coming in from a warm game, all League. Manager Burn- George Schultz, George 0. Barclay. the eager fan as he needed, equal .attention at the same ham now has the follow­ j gabbles over. ever: y bit time* and that it would be Impossible ing players on his list: Larry Hesterfer, the left-hand pitcher, who of base ball .news on for one man to care for all of them Pitchers, Hesterfer, Par- did good work for the Newark Club last season, every highway. The two is the latesjt player to threaten t6 lump to the without, arousing- jealousies. Charlie dee, Moriarity, Fertsctt, independent Tri-State League. Hesterfer does clubs are assembling Murphy, though, believes that McCor- McLane, Carrick, Ton­ not like the terms off the contract sent him. their players and making mic'k can. earn his salary and fit in as kin and Bronke; catch­ ready for the start. The ers, Shea and Daum; Rochester umpires are in demand. Carpenter managers are speculat­ nicely as Harry Tuthill does with the has gone to New Orleans to umpire spring New York team, and McCormick will first, base, O'Hagan and games;- President Taylor desires Buekley Presi­ ing as to the ; material do his best to make good. McCormick, Brown; second base, dent Peekham likes Danihy: President Farrell in sight, and. trying to by the way, will be the biggest man in IV. W. Burnham Mahling, Wagner, Bngle wants Stone, and President O'Brien has signed figure out the best com- and Connors; shortstop, binationd of the men. uniform this season. He is about as Sullivan. large -as Amos Rusie after Amos got Gating; third base, Cockman and Ford; Manager Barrow, of Toronto, has sent out Frank Chance got in last fat, and weighs some 250 pounds. outfielders, Jones, Swander, Drennan notices to his players ordering them 'to report Frank Chance week from Santa Monica. PICKING THE SOX. and Bockstahler, the latter hailing in Toronto on Monday, April 2. The spring The big man who is the Jones and Comiskey have not yet from Owego, N. Y. A fast team should training will all be done at Diamond Park, whole works for the Cubs—manager, untangled the problem of arranging be secured from this bunch, the pitch­ and games will be arranged as usual with local hitter—never looked better, and seems ers are experienced and competent and amateur clubs. ready to get right into the game. It the White Sox. There was some talk of selling Gus Dundon to Louisville, the catchers clever, although light Manager Murray hopes .to have the new has been feared by many of the fans which would mean keeping Isbell on with the bat. The full schedule of Jersey City grounds in readiness for the that the duties of managership will exhibition games is as follows: affect Chance as they did Fielder Jones second, but the negotiations are not spring practice of the Jersey City players. The yet closed. Neither the outfield nor April 8—Philadelphia Athletics at home. grading has already been finished and the —worry him till his batting eye is the infield seems to be permanently April 9 and 10—Open for practice. April 11— grandstand will probably have been completed gone. This will hardly be the case. fixed. The "Old Roman" still thinks Boston Nationals at home. .April 12—New by the middle of March. For one thing, Chance is not as nerv­ Jimmy Callahan will fall in line, prob­ York Americans at New York. April 14 (Good The Toronto Club has promulgated the fol­ ous as Jones, and is a charter member ably through the simple scheme of Friday) and April 14—Waterbury at Waterbury. lowing contracts: William B. Kirman. Leroy of the "Don't Worry" Club. Then leaving his local ball park in an April 15—New York Nationals at home. April Urbach, Clarence F. Curtis, Fred F. Mitchell again, he is not apt to fret over his 16, 17, 18—A.-J.-G., champions of the New John Toft, William Yale, Thomas Ronan. Jesse team, and the men will keep the club agent's hands, and if Cal. comes back York State League, at home. April 19 (Lexing- F. Becker, James T. Maroney, Fred Crolius, swimming right along in the front the problem will be m.uch simplified. ton Day)—Springfield at Springfield. Mass. April John White, A. P, Owens, Harry Meek, Charles without being fretted over. It would The great infield question, how to keep 20, 21—Hartford at Hartford, Conn. April 22 T. Jaeger. Isbell working every day, is still un­ —New York Americans at home. April 23, 24, not surprise some of the optimists to settled, and will probably worry ^President Pat Powers, of the Providence see Chance bat harder than ever, de­ 25 are open, though games for those days may Club, of the Eastern League, proposes to mate spite the managerial job. Charles and Fielder till the April be scheduled later. the flag-raising in that city something long to showers fall. be remembered. He expects to have the LIKES THE TEAM. AS TO SEBRING. "The club looks like the real goods Jersey City's New Ball Park. National Commission, many National and Amer­ President Murphy received a letter Jersey City, N. J., March 12.—After ican League celebrities and Messrs. Chadwick to me," said Chance. "I think all the from Sebring Friday, and this epistle and Richter present. changes have been made for the bet­ leaves the question of playing here having invested $20,000 in building ter, and that the club will fight New this season as much in the air as ever. Eastern League Park, at the Boule­ The Montreal Club is endeavoring to cut York all the way down the stretch. Sebring says that he understood the vard and Forty-ninth George Lachance's salary from $500 to $250 per I can't see where anybody has any­ street, Bayonne, the month. Lachance has appealed to J. H. Far­ terms of his contract allowed him to stockholders of the Jer­ rell, secretary of the National Association, thing on us the way we are now play in Williamsport this year and and his decision is being impatiently awaited. lined up. Back of the bat we have come to Chicago next season. He also sey City Base Ball Club, Montreal tried hard to sell Lacharice but got them all beaten. The pitching staff states that he has not asked any of the Eastern League, no satisfactory offers. will be better than ever. Pf eister, will have the stands, player under contract to a National bleachers and fences re­ P. T. Powers and J. McCaffrey, representing from all I hear of him, will fully make Agreement club to sign with any out­ Frank Farrell, of New York, are in Montreal, up the loss of Weimer, and we have law club, and further declares that moved to the new working to form a new stock company to four veterans who make up the finest any who have been negotiated with grounds of the club, be­ operate the Montreal Eastern League Base Ball kind of a steady and reliable pitching opened the dicker upon their own re­ ing laid out at West Side Club. Several Montreal men have subscribed squad. It doesn't look much as though sponsibility. Sebring also states in and Culver avenues, Jer­ stock and the officers, except the business man­ any of the kid pitchers would break his letter that he will pay back all the sey City. Eastern League ager, will be Montreal men. in against such an array of talent, but money advanced him.