Show 1111 rn 4 A Wondor 7 Secured Tho Boston American club has also signed a new first baseman who Is said to bo an athletic wonder Ills name Is Harry Murch and he halls from Sebago Me Ho Is 24 years of age and despite his youth has cut a wide swath In the athletic meets up In that neck of the woods Murch stands 6 feet 3 12 Inches In his stockings stock-ings weighs 208 pounds stripped reaches 80 Inches five longer than Fltz and six more than Jeff chest H 12 On Labor Day ho ran 100 yards In 1035 seconds put tho 16 pound weight 45 feet and Jumped three standing Jumps to 34 feet A friend writing from Maine says I am so positive ho can beat any man In tho world In an allround contest that I will bet on It Amount no consideration con-sideration I dont think ho can lick Jeff outwrestlo Hackeuschtuidt outrun out-run Duffy beat Mitchell nt tho weights or outthrow a champion but I know ho can beat any one at a mixed programme I think ho Is the next fastest man to Chase I ever saw on first base and he can hit run throw and Held like n fiend National League News The Cincinnati Reds will train at Santa Monica next spring Pitcher Harry Mclntlro of tho Brooklyn has gone to Memphis Tenn for the winter The regular fall story of a circuit shift from Brooklyn to Providence has started on tho rounds The Cincinnati Club Is said to bo working hard to secure first basemen Tenney from the Boston club Tho latest Cincinnati report Is that a deal for the exchange of Cy Seymour Sey-mour for Roger Bresnahan Is on Ned Hanlon has made the statement state-ment that ho would gladly give 50 000 for Mathewson Bender and Plank Dave Brain has compromised his Sherwood Magee Is of Scotch descent and was born at Clarendon Pa Aug 6 1881 He played his first professional engagement with Allentown In 1WJ playing with that club until It disbanded and finishing the season with Mt Carmel lie started the season of 1904 with tbo Lindner Club ol Carlisle when he was discovered by an agent of the Philadelphia Phila-delphia National League Club lie joined the 1200 claim against the Buffalo clubby club-by accepting 500 for himself and 50 for his lawyer Manager McGraw laughs at a Chicago Chi-cago story to the effect that ho Intended Intend-ed to retire He said ho never for oven a moment contemplated such a thing According to President Herrmann who ought to know and Is to be IW I lleved the Cincinnati club this season I made a considerably smaller profit than last year There Is a story from Shelbyvlllc Ky Dan McGanns home that tho Giants first basemans first name is Dennis and not Daniel Maybe It Is but It didnt fit him this year Kling tho Chicago Nationals backstop back-stop Is given the credit by ball players play-ers and managers In the two big leagues of being the best catcher In the business at the present time Leo Hafford the pitcher whom Cincinnati Cin-cinnati Is trying to sign last season pitched in the Northern League under un-der the name of George Ho hails from Somervllle Mass and Is now I playing with the Bowdoln football team President Hart of tho Chlcagos only smiled at a Louisville story saying say-ing Capt A C Anson was likely to be manager of the Chicago Cubs We havq two managers now saId Hart I dont think we want three Poor Frank Solee writes from Colorado Col-orado Springs that his physician has ordered him not to engage In work of any sort Seleo says he proposes to obey his doctors as he Is too weak to assume even light business cares Three Phlladclphlns Capt Kid Glcason Courtney and Magee and Single of Chicago wero tho only players play-ers who participated In the full complement com-plement of gamea 154 scheduled by tho National Ieague during tho sea eon of 1905 American League Notes Dick Padden lato of tho Browns will next season nmnngo tho St Paul clubTis Tis said that pitcher Frank Hahn will bo given a trial by Comlskoy In the spring I President Johnsons secretary Rob frt McRoy Is on a hunting and fishIng fish-Ing trip In Wisconsin The Now York club has flied an agreement for tho purchase ot pitcher Jimmy Whalen of tho San Francisco clubTho Tho Washington club Is making an effort to sign pitcher Grant Stony McQlynn of tho outlaw York club The Cleveland club will Bend pitcher pitch-er Monte Wood the Michigan phe rom South next spring with the team for a tryout Elbcrfult has promised Clark Griffith Grif-fith that ho will return to the Now York Americans next spring In first class condition Tho Chicago American club has clgned third baseman Hans Lobert for whom tho Chicago National club would not pay tho price sot by tho Des Moines club Monto Cross ot tho Athletics gives the Giants lots of praise for their work In the post seasons games I never saw any better baseball played said Monte The report that Cy Young of Uio Boston team was to retire seems to bo untrue Cy thinks ho Is good for another year and will bo with tho Boston Americans next season Says Silk OLoughlln The Athletics Ath-letics would have given tho Giants a royal fight for tho postseason honors If they had been In better shape They are capable of a great article ot ball Catcher Malachi Klttrcdgo Is getting get-ting ready to spend the winter In Maine and will do a lot of hunting r r I j I l i Outfielder of the PHIIa delphla N L Club I Phillies In July 1004 and made good from the start his bard hitting and equally bard and accurate throwing making him at once I a valuable player He was resigned for 190 as one of the regular outfielders of the club and has made good In all departments lie Is a splendid Holder hard and timely hitter and excellent base runner leading his team In the last two Important departments until It Is time for him to go to Raleigh Ra-leigh N C to coach the baseball squad of the Agricultural and Mechanical Me-chanical college of that city President Taylor of tho Boston club has appointed Hugh J McBrcon actIng act-Ing secretary of tho club to succeed Carl Green resigned as business manager McBreen has been engaged with the club In a clerical capacity since It was formed In IflOl Jesso Burlett has aspirations for a baseball team of his own In Worces tel next year He has been laying his lines foi a ball club for several munths but It may bo some tlmo before be-fore matters are In a sufficiently definite defi-nite shape to make possible any announcement an-nouncement Preparing for an emergency the Cleveland club last week signed Scott Ingorton who played second base for the Ashtabula Trolley league team last season Ho will be tried out In the spring and will be used at second In case Lajole Is unable to play Central League Chatter At the Wheeling meeting of the Central League tbo bylaws of the organization or-ganization were changed so that hereafter here-after a majority of tho league directors direct-ors may not take a franchise away from any club for business reasons as stated In tho bylaws without compensation com-pensation of 1000 which gives a Central League franchise a value of that amount At the Wheeling meeting tho Schrlver charges against President Carson were brought up by tho WheelIng Wheel-Ing Club and Schrlver was ordered to deliver over to tho league the letter which ho claimed Instructed Umpire Cline to favor tho South Bend team within ten days or ho would be suspended sus-pended from organized base ball |