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Show tiSALL DOPE I FOR Ti FANS tfop" Anson Talks of I Olden' Times. ffljjeclares That the Old Timers Jfr Were as Good as Any jjp Modern Stars. Sjflu to Change tho Circuit of the Western League Next Season . Other Gossip. 3 fir. t recent Interview In Chicago An- iwialdr "I consider Radbourne and JjOutan the greatest pitchers I ever Hur. Buck Ewing was just about the Sjtel man that wore a catcher's mask. S could catch, throw, bat, and had a Bjrwlhetd on his shoulders. I TVIUiont flattering myself. I think, i3 things considered, I was entitled to ja!er position at first. Pfeffer was a pud sscond baseman, and so was Fred fillip, Williamson at short was about lii soodp; and Jerry 4 Denny always Jiidbt9t to me at thcgUiIrd corner of J-'There were rnan Mhelders that tt't good. An ou'elBls selected art cn account of his tftjg than his fe2!it ability, and It itHfcs to field- oulDelders, I wouldflK to select I. McAleer and li!IM;e. 1 wish to add that "XBvelly was bgrar.dcet ball-player jBvcr lived, Mwe will never jB3 equal .Sot-pokc Anion, and hKut right. piry trick used in ba&Htiny was Kirlrvited by Kelly. SonKm have elaborated upon, Hfc funda-sW funda-sW principles of the H-Iglnated M the great Mike. H i.Bi!l-playc-rs today m:Rhink they Jjt futr or better than old-timers. I. till applies to the ballplayers prior JIM we might agree with them. But ,pr attempt to class them with the Wtrs from 18S0 to 1S30, then we will &izre with them. jJwttook at our fielders of today and TKiiJlll see each and every one of them feT a G,ove, Williamson. Pfeffer, vjz&Y nnd all (how mentioned never .ti ciove during tholr ball-playing ifT. ?!a Welded Just as brilliantly as jCciders of today. . catcher was the only one who l2iSove. and his was a sort of mitt T vceera cut ofr W5th the Pres-'Su Pres-'Su v er'8 El0V 11 man Hke Flint fEU have caught f!vc years without a single game-. J Micatlons are that the circuit of ?Z,ltstern league will be changed for 1905 The magnates of JwSMlzatlon realize that St, Joe JqT' bP t0 the standard Just now and jWatt wining to give the town a rest or two. idLf i 13 ihe Prlcnce of most small f " T?ror leagues. Tho proposition &u I.. lnc st Joe dub over to . eb., and most df the mag-ire mag-ire fftvornble to the move. It will ut ! Ur Palro'a0 for all the clubB fetSSit" "nd add a mtl clnser to SnV'-'l bc renewed rlvalrly be-H be-H Tm.. ua nnd Lincoln, which was Qie when both towns were in the WiMft; PB Molneo In the American as- ,iS roo,k'h" W Tom Andrews. &W6 Jrnot nt ln wUh cities all over feX fF5 WM al3 tQlk f Putting Si" l.Le association Instead of Sf niu lvlhat trtorr' t0. was a ca-kiiri ca-kiiri h ;vould be a &ood lown for tbu o-wlnj? as It Is at pres-hlh pres-hlh a i?,n ?oledo ,e "lao a good town aM pai club. The change loth u Inado without the consent I SH' and lt 13 certain that st Om!lc,rn lenBUe will not consent to rliaUK0'. and the Toledo people "ai ftl ,?rot1Ml acalnst belntr ousted ninsouf Un bef0re thclr fran' itytn0salllzlUon will remain as nphcCi!;pVhat st- Joe lB "able to Sttt , y L,ncoln ln tho Western lt'a ine mtV.,how oftcr tho National Ef," ttiSite5 50 artcr chean adver-kmK0 adver-kmK0 ?re!fldont Kllfoyl. a few urevf.r ,n8lance, whenever Bar-lithatij, Bar-lithatij, 10 lno newspapers tfr n5unh lhd Just offered a cou-fethit cou-fethit S I,layer' Havers, by .the lhl L Horrmann seems to have 2?aiat hme ctyle- a,ul tca the owl Pa?,er ,,len thQt he ha 7S Bradley and nnothr r i ladi aTy Cleveland ofll-8Uch ofll-8Uch offer. Cheap, very A1,0 t oil In blL,ty ?C Mscr La-thjiL La-thjiL baseball out of the u Ic Is .'urprlBln;. said President Kllfoyl recently, Vto sec what an Interest the fans take in the matter. Since we announced that Larry would succeed Armour, we have been deluged with letters and callers, telling us that we had done the very best thing:. "One man, who has played the game for years and Is at the park every day the boys are home, said: 'Larry Is the best baseball player in the country; that is admitted. Now, why shouldn't he bo able to tell the others how to play the game aa well?" The Eastern league magnates have raised their salary limit for next year to $3200 a month. The action was taken at the New York meeting and, strange to say, no protest was made by any other league, nor was there an effort on the part of the American association or Pacific Pa-cific Coast league made to take any nc-tlon, nc-tlon, about limits. Tho American association as it stands now Is fixed at $2400. Tho chances are that when the annual meeting Is held In Chicago the limit will bo fixed at something some-thing like $3000. In spite of the rumors that are going the rounds that there Is mutiny ln the ranks of the National league champions and that several of the stars that helped Manager McGraw land the flaff this past season would not sign contracts for next year, President Pulllam has announced that seven of the Giants are already signed. Among them are Bowcrman and McGInnlty, who were reported to have refused to sign for next year. Manager McGraw sent out a statement the other day saying that there was no truth Jn the story that Jack Warner would be released. He considers Warner one of the best catchers catch-ers in the business and will have plenty of use for him next summer. Thero are many reports going the rounds on the changes that will take place In the Pittsburg club next season. One of the stories Is that Bransfleld will be missing ln the line-up of tho Pirates and that Wagner will have charge of first base. The report seems to have believers in Pittsburg-, for some of the critics there comment freely on the change. Bransfleld was out of many a game tho past summer on account of Injuries, and his batting for two years has not been up to hl3 former standard. These facts lend color to the report that he will be deposed from his position next season. |