Show r 12tw M dnN + i 1 3ara ld a r ° 4 + f 4 rv Pv i r SIva41 4y alt r 4 r f a National League News Pitcher Jake Weimer has at last signed a Cincinnati contract The Brooklyn club hone sold shortstop short-stop Frank to tho Toledo club Tho Uiooklyn club has sold outfielder outfield-er Dobbs to the Kansas City club Infielder Harry Arndt of St Louis has been coaching tho Notre Dame teamPink Pink Hawley will manage a team In tho Wisconsin State League this season Tho Now York club has turned Infielder In-fielder Clyde Robinson back to tho Milwaukee club Fred Tonney Is temporarily assisting assist-ing pitcher Joe llutrls to coach the Tufts College team Pitcher Mike Lynch has been nt Boston University all winter studying Ilko a hopctoho professor Outfielder Fred Houtz of tho Pacific Pa-cific Coast League has gone to Texas for a trial with tho Cardinals Outfielder Johnny Slegcl i of the Reds has been running a paying bowling bowl-ing alley at Urbnnn Ohio all winter Catcher Mike Grady has been reengaged re-engaged by tho St Louis club at Manager McCloskeys urgent entreaty en-treaty During tho week third baseman Strobel catcher ONeil and pitcher Pfeiffer signed Boston contracts Catcher Charley Street late of Cincinnati Cin-cinnati Is coaching tho Condor Training Train-ing School team at Huntsvlllc Ala Mike Donlins younger brother Joseph Jo-seph has signed to play with tho I Whitings of tho Chicago City league Pitcher Briggs transferred by Chicago Chi-cago to Brooklyn threatens to hurdle to tho outlaws unless Brooklyn raises the ante Pitcher Frank Ferguson of Stockton Stock-ton Cal refuses to answer any of tho letters that tho Cincinnati club has sent him Tho Cincinnati Reds on Saturday started for Marlin Springs Texas where they will do their preliminary spring work The St Louis club has released pitcher Swan to Kansas City third baseman Suter Sullivan to Louisville and Hickman to Denver American League Notes Second baseman Gus Dundon has resigned with Chicago Detroits crack southpaw pitcher Ed h Killian has at last come to terms Pitcher Chesbro and catcher Me Gulro last week resigned with New York Frank Kitson has changed his mind about quitting tho game and will sign with Washington Umpire OLoughlln and wife have returned to Rochester N Y from their bridal tour of the Pacific coast Manager Stahl has definitely decided decid-ed to play Charley HIckmati In Wash ingtons left field In Huolsmans place The Washington club as a corporation corpora-tion has presented Manager Jake Stnhl with a handsome and costly silver sil-ver tea set as a wedding gift Billy Lush the Yale baseball coach probably will be with the Cleveland club after July 1 when ho Is through with the collegians Catcher Lou Criger now at Hot Springs Is reported as being but a shadow of his former self Ho suffers from Intercostal neuralgia Mr Somers of the Cleveland club complains that since the bringing out of Joss the Cleveland team has not developed one star pitcher Pitcher Townsend of tho Cleve lands Is dissatisfied with the salary offered him and while he will go to Hot Springs will not sign until ho gets what he wants George Roho has signed with tho White Sox for the coming season That would make It appear as though the Cincinnati boy would be with Coraiskevs team for A while at least Tho veteran catcher Charley Far roll last with Boston announces her permanent retirement as ho has entered s f tered n partnership with Frank W Leary In the management of a hotel at Marlboro Mass New England LeagueV Haverhlll wants to trade pitcher Connell for Al Wcddlge Manager McDermott Is thinking It over Manager Sajer of the Hnverhllls has signed Fred Gibbs of Merrlmac who pitched last season for the Blddo ford Mo nine Jesse Din kott of tho Worcester team has sold all of the season tickets tick-ets that he had printed and there Is a demand for more Manager McTDormott has received tho signed contract of Cy Swauson Tho latter is weaving worsteds and yarns at the mill and grocery at Squeovlllnge R I l George Henry of Lynn one of tho veteran outfielders of this league and n member of the Nashua team last year has been appointed a Now England Eng-land league umpire Tho leagues official of-ficial staff will consist of John Stafford Staf-ford John OBrien F J Sullivan and George Henry John Murphy of Cambridge who pitched great ball for tho Institutes of Cambridge last season has been signed sign-ed by Fred Lake for the Lowell club Last spring Lake gave him a tryout but had an abundance of pitchers Lake thinks Murphy a very promising boy Manager S D Flanagan of the Manchester Man-chester team has received l notice from Secretary Farrell of tho National Nation-al l association of minor leagues that Frank J Eustace has been awarded to Manchester The Haverhlll club was also negotiating for the services of tho player but Manchester was tho first to file acceptance of terms The fact that Jimmy Collins Is associated as-sociated with Jesse Burkntt In tho Worcester team recalls to mind that Frank Seleo was once connected with a Worcester venture Walter Burn ham MalachI KIttrcdge Jim Cud worth now prospering In Lowell and Frank Leonard now In Lynn have all I managed clubs In Worcester also C A Marston of Fall River American Association Tom Murphy the best ground keeper Toledo ever had has resigned and left for his homo In Indianapolis His successor Is William Rogers The majority of players on the Columbus Co-lumbus 0 team this year have done time In tho big leagues There are comparatively few youngsters In the aggregation It Is intimated that Kansas City will have a now ball park Tho town Is to have a now Union depot and the chosen site Isnt far away from the present ball lot t President Grlllo of Toledo reports I that Chairman Herrmann of tho National Na-tional Commission has ruled that under un-der the National Agreement of the American Association must throw out the Victor ball and play with either tho Spalding or Reach ball President Havenor of Milwaukee says that ho will fight any commission attempt to coerce the American Association In this ball matter This question thus adds fuel to the faction fight Western League Sioux City may take catcher Charlie Char-lie Hawkins of Rochester on trial Outfielder Nate Randall has signed with Denver Tho DesMolnes club has transferred Herman Long to Toronto In exchange for cash and second baseman George Magoon Catcher Frecbo of Omaha threatens to Jump to an Independent team owing to a row with Manager Rourko over advance mon v |