| Show 3J3 National League News Pitcher Ed HcMilbuch will next spring conch the baseball team of the St Louis Washington university Every one of tho Giants praises harry Tuthlll for his good work In the training lino last season Tho Brooklyn club has returned Outfielder Hall to Now York utter using him the greater part of the year Ted Sullivan claims to have Nelson Srs promise that If J Joe leaves Call fornla to piny ball It will be with Cincinnati Cin-cinnati Manager Fred Clarke of the Pirates has gone to San Francisco with a view to signing First Baseman Joe Ncalon for the Plttsburg club Jimmy Sebring writes that ho will positively not return to the league next season but will manage and captain the outlaw Wllllnmsport club Cy Seymour Is to hnvo a second I operation on his nose for the removal of a growth which obstructs his I breathing and causes severe headache head-ache Ned Hnnlon says that while Seymour Sey-mour Is a wonderful hitter and a good fielder still he must play as ho sees fit without submitting to team rules Jim Shecknrd scorns to have regained regain-ed his batting eye during the past season He batted 293lIn Increase of more than GO points over his record rec-ord of 1904 President Herrmann announces that Seymour will not ho sold or traded trad-ed under any consideration Pitcher Harper however will be disposed of before spring ExPresident W C Temple of Pitts burg Is just recovering from an attack at-tack of pneumonia which prostrated him In Chicago last week while en route to California + Pitcher Rcullmch has entered tho medical school of Washington university univer-sity to complete the study ho was engaged en-gaged In when he left Vermont unl erslly to Join the Chicago team Tho longest drive of last season was by Hans Wagner of Plttsburg when ho clouted n ball over tho leftfield left-field bleachers at the Polo Grounds striking the elevated tracks beyond Western Wlnnowlngs Herman Longs admirers In Des Moines la gave him a 125 diamond ring Manager William L Everitt of Den von Is of the opinion that the Western West-ern League will again bo a six club affair next season and that Topoka will be substituted for St Joseph W A Uourko of Omaha and W F Duncan of Sioux city ms opposed to ho Rocky Mountain cities whoso presence In tho circuit necessitates long Jumps and much additional expense ex-pense In the way of railroad fares American League Notes The Washington club will fall Into line next season and employ a trainer Clark Griffith has tho complete confidence con-fidence of Frank Farrell and Ban Johnson Napoleon Lajole has been reappoint cti manager of tho Cleveland team for next season Outfielder Charley Hemphlll drafted draft-ed by St Louis from St Paul Is being sought by outlaws Providence writers say that New York made no mistake In drafting Ira Thomas tho best catcher In the minor leagues Pitcher Frank Smith of tho Chi cagos still has the idea that ho Is n fighter and will bo the champion of the world some day Tho Now York club has purchased from tho San Francisco club the Fouthpaw pitcher Roy Hilt who to dato has won twenty games out of thirty games pitched President Comlskcy has not yet THE LATEST MAGNATE I eb r 1 l I I fl W Now President of the Chicago National Nation-al League Ball Club signed Third Baseman Hans Lobert OB all of tho National League clubs I have not yet waived claim Cincinnati Cincin-nati has a hankering for him The Detroit club will make no changes In its pitching staff for the season of 1JOG Manager Armour thinks his pitchers are as good as any In tho American league Frank Delohanty who was sold to New York by the Birmingham team has written President Bnugh of tho Birmingham club for the second tlmo that ho wants part of the money obtained ob-tained for his release to New York First Baseman Myron Grimshaw of the Bostons has ono to Buffalo to < c h oe bo treated by a cancer specialist In nil unlucky collision with a base runner run-ner Grimshaw received a severe blow which has caused n cancer of tho lip Tom Hughes the big righthanded pitcher of Topeka has been drafted by tho Chicago While Sox Although many bollovo ho needs still another year In n minor league he is one of tho best pitchers tho Western Association Asso-ciation haG produced William C Evans I of Youngstown umpire In tho Pennsylvania and Ohio Protective Ixuguo for the last three years has been notified of his appointment appoint-ment as umpire In tho American League for next year Evans Is considered con-sidered ono of tho best umpires of lha Ohio 1ennsylvanha league i HAS A TEAM OF HIS OWN I l c 1YI tz417fZW1yIIQl4 Y At tho meeting of tile Western league magnates tho franchise held by tho Springfield team was transferred trans-ferred to Lincoln and It was voted to put Holmes In tho management of tho team Tho While Sox management It Is understood will Interpose no objection ob-jection to Holmes going away from I Chicago American Association Affairs Billy Hnllman has resigned with i the Loulsvlllo club for next season r President OBrien has made Umpire Charles Hlglcr of the Central loaguo an offer Johnny Farrell captain of the Indianapolis In-dianapolis team last season Is slated for release Tliq ColumbuB clubJ iaa drafted 1 Pitcher glston anti Catcher DucrrotnI tho ZancsvHIa club Mike Kelly of the Saints is said to have offers under consideration both f from Toledo and Minneapolis 1 Pitcher Ed Dunklo has resigned i with LoulsUllo and will next spring I Ira to Hot Snrlnirs to trot Into rnnril 1 tionPitcher Pitcher Berger of Columbus shutout shut-out every team In the American association asso-ciation and figured in three successive shutouts Congalton played fiftytwo straight games without an error in tho American Ameri-can association Detroit turned this player over to Cleveland Billy Cllngman denies tho report or his intended retirement lie says ho is still young In good shape and I hopes to remain In tho gamo for years J to come i Second Baseman Brashear and Shortstop Quintan have signed with k j ouisvillo for next season Orvlllo Woodruff slgnud before coming homo to Cincinnati this winter While attending the New YorkAth letic worlds championship series President Grlllo purchased Pitcher Frank Corrldon Infielder Kruger and i Catcher Abbott from tho Phillies President Lennon of tho St Paul I club has secured Dick Paddens release re-lease from St Louis reservation and will Install Dick as St Pauls team manager on January 1 next when Mike Kelly will withdraw t George Tebeau writes from Chicago that there Is no truth In the story of the transfer of the Detroit American league club to Louisville Toheau says If Louisville ever has major I league ball he will be the man to provide pro-vide ItT It-T Ed Grlllo of Toledo who saw all of the worlds championship games Is sot much taken with postseason series se-ries that he Is going to try to arrange one for next fall between the champions cham-pions of the American association and the Eastern league He expects hIs team to ho in on the deal Southern Sayings Catcher Leo GarvIn of Little Rock has been sold to Birmingham There Is little doubt that lIke Finn will again manage the Nashville team next season By exceeding the salary limit Montgomery Mont-gomery managed to finish the season 7000 in tho hole Although tho general belief Is that Bobby Gllks will go to Memphis next year tho question of a manager for the 1000 Momphli remains unsettled according to President James Coan The Little Rock stockholders authorized au-thorized tho transfer of the clubs I Southern league franchise to a new corporation which will assume the old clubs debts This means the retirement re-tirement of Aaron Frank after ten years of honorable connection with baseball Mr Frank will bo succeeded succeed-ed as president by W B Miller and an entirely now set of directors who havo given enthusiastic support to the game |
