Show I i ll ° A ° I Qtt tlk N1tlrN ru t 1g1Nrp1Ur t N hidrurd r t h n National League Notes Joo Tinker has sent In his signed Chicago contract The Plttsbnrg club will glvo Elmer 1 Mollltt n pitcher of South Bend a trial Davo Drain tho now third baseman of the Bostons has gone to tho Arkansas Arkan-sas Hot Springs to stay until springtime spring-time There are rumors that Harry Stein foldt will retire from h l < sclmll to on gage In business wit relatives In Texas Con Iucld the old run i adclphla and Brooklyn pitcher will manage the Tcmplo team in tho Texas league noxt season Pitcher Irving Young has signed with tho Boston club Frank Dunn claims to have him under personal contract The Boston club will send Pitcher William T McCarthy an amateur hailing from Ashhmd Mass south I for a tryout Plttsburg will have the two tallest pitchers In this league In Vic Willis and Doc Mosklman tho now man from Oakland Colo Tho Brooklyn management Is SOlO on Plttsburg for refusing to turn over Pitcher Case on whom Brooklyn rc fused to waive claim Charllo Carr the Hells new first baseman makes tho announcement that lie expects to retire from baseball after the season of 190G Mike Donlln averaged 827 of a run per game last season tho best average aver-age of any player In cither the National Nation-al or the American league Barney Dreyfuss never closes a deal without consulting manager Fred Clarke and never makes an offer without with-out tho consent of his manager Harry Gessler who Is now afdl fledged M D wants his icleaso from Brooklyn Ho Is anxious to hook up with the Johnstown club of tho TrI Stato league Tho Boston club has at last traded Outfielder Jim Delehanty to Cincinnati Cincin-nati for Outfielder Al Hi Id well who I will bo played at short field Abbnt Icchlo going to second base Catcher Tom Necdham of the Bos tons is reported as having purchased ii controlling Interest In the Steubens lllo 0 club which It Is proposed to tauter In the OhioPennsylvania lengue Catcher Charley Street of Clncln anti anti Pitcher Franlt Corrldon soh1 by Philadelphia to I Columbus are reported re-ported as having signed with the outlaw out-law Wllllnmspott club at Jimmy So brings solicitation President Pulllam has decided to make some changes In the Natlona leagues staff of umpires and Ills lat cst appointment Is John Conway of Webster Mass who has had oxper once In tho Connecticut and Easten leagues JOE NEALON 4 < V IV < < 1 t < + 7 c f n 7 tt t d 1 < i 1171 f WHr 1 r f1 i r k > Qd 1 r t t N i hR 12 i Y r i 3 M 1 vb d V V r 1 P rhA wJV < j p fY 14 F t i1J ff J j J i jifM < < H i i4 tr0 + ih s V + H dap N > Y + c Y4 l M 1 ry N 1 San Francisco Star Who Is to Play First Base for Pittsburg American League Notes Pitcher Nick Altrock has resigned with the Chicago White Sox Pitcher Bert Josslyn Into of Providence Provi-dence hall signed a Boston contract Pitcher Bernlmrdt and shortstop Turner have como to terms with Cleveland Pitchers August Holt and Mike Mc Surd have signed Philadelphia contracts con-tracts Dick Padden Is of opinion that Claude Hossman will surely make Clevelands first base The Detroit Club has received the signed contract of tho clover young outfielder Tyrus Cobb I Untie Ferris Is reported as nego lating with Pat Powers for a block of Providence Club stock Pitcher Frank Smith of tho Whltq Sox says he has not tho remotest Idea h of jumping to any outlaw club Unk Ixiwo may quit the Detroit Club to manage the Now Castle Club of tho OhioPennsylvania League Substitute infielder Hob Unglnub ol Boston Is reported as having signet with the outlaw Wllllamsport Club Youugstowua famous bonesetter Reese has taken Jimmy Williams ht t uuid for a misplaced tendon In his I inkle i Glade GrlflHh declares that ho will pitch again next season despite tho grelll cares of managing the High indent Outfielder Jimmy Callahan of tho Vhlto Sox has decided to accept an offer to coach the West Point base ball team Outfielder Frank J Shaughnessy i t whom Washington loaned to a KlT League club lust season has resumed his law studies nt Notio Dame It Is not generally known that tho Bostons new first baseman Jerry Freedman two years ago while play Ing under Dngdalo In Seattle broke a I leg Pitcher Arthur H Doc 111 lie brand lato Princeton coach haw settled 2 set-tled nil controversy regarding himself h l y signing a three year contract with Washington Herman Schaefer the Detroit see and baseman It Is said has refused J to sign a 1 now contract nud threatens 11 to join Jimmy Callahan In his Chicago Chi-cago City League scheme i President Comlskey has received the signed contract of pitcher a Edward Ed-ward White The Washington dentist den-tist says ho Is In fine shape and I heavier than ever before He will go South with the White Sox Southern League 1 Time Atlanta club has released utility i util-ity plajor Bernard McCay < Catcher George Ynegor lato of Montgomery Is to manage the Gulf port club of the Cotton States league Second Baseman Charlie Schwartz i I of the Montgomery team Is to coach t t the University of Atlanta team Dale Gear lato manager of tho Little Lit-tle Hock club has settled his plans for 1 noxt season by signing to play tho outfield for Blinilngham t Tho Montgomery club has given 1 Pitcher John McMakln leave of absence ab-sence until May 1 to permit him to coach tho Clomson College team j Tho Shreveport franchise In tho Southern league 1 has been offered to Mobile but as yet sufficient capital has not been raised In the Alabama J city to buy the grunt Manager Gilks of Shreveport ban signed Pitcher D Willis brother of < the famous Victor a first baseman named Fred Clark and Outfielder H A King of last seasons Bolllngham 1 team 1 Erve Beck who played second base for the Heds during a portion of tho McPheo regime will be back with New Orleans again next season Beck t is now considered 11 hopeless minor leaguer 1 Tho National board has decided that Charllo DeArmond who played with tho Reds soma seasons ago belongs to I Little Hock lIe began last season with Terre Haute and wound up alI 1 al-I Ittlo Hock Four Southern league players have secured l coaching Jobs Tommy Slouch f with Georgia university Dock Crozier with Lake Forest Bernie McKay with Furman and Otto Jordan With Georgia i l Geor-gia Military college j Western League Tho Omaha Club has tendered n I contract to E O Marx a young Salt alto catcher p Lincoln Neb has traded pitcher 4 Lloblmrdt with St Joseph last year to Dos Molnes for second baseman t Frank Sugart President ONell declares that the Western League has no notion of surrenderIng sur-renderIng the St Joseph territory tc the Western Association Fenlon the hardhitting outfielder of Nebraska University will be given a chance In the outfield ol the Omaha team by Manager Honrke Manager Bill Hourko of Omaha wants to get Herman Long from Des Moines to manage his team The Dutchman Is still much In demand The Des Moines Club Is negotiating with the Oakland Cal Club to shortstop short-stop Buck Francis The latter Is anxious to play with Des Moines having hav-ing tiled of the Pacific Coast Manager Ducky Holmes of Lincoln Lin-coln last week closed tho contract for building the fence grand stand and bleachers of tne ball park ho baa leased The grounds are within five minutes ride ot the business district Holmes has twentytwo players under contract 1 I would rather have a firstclass cat < her and a medium pitcher than a brit last pitcher and a poor catcher says Manager Ducky Holmes of till Lincoln Cluh For the catcher can cither make or spoil his pitcher especially If tho boxman Is a youngster young-ster just developing American Association George Tebeau states emphatically that he has no Intention of selling his Kansas City Club Dr Pat Cniney of the St Paul team has been appointed coach of tho Holy Cross College team Billy Fox la considered by the in y dianapolls News to be the equal of any 1 second baseman In the country I |