Show LEAGUE GoS Will 1920 wonders never cease Heros Hero's one that is causing baseball magnates of the Coast league to prick up their ears oars and declare that the isn't half so bad after all Bill Stumpf f former Portland infielder who Is now with the Sacramento club is la a a. veteran ball Uncovered who who has signed d his contract t without demanding demand demand- ing an increase In pay Stumpf tUm f is living in Portland nd with hl his bride of or a year ago and announces that he has survived this winter without having to get the shotgun to drive the wolf from his door and h has S not found It necessary to grab the old dinner pail and struggle off to the plant lant before the I sun is up S Bill r received his hia contract at his little bungalow and bungalow and he owns it too by the I way way and and instead of wasting a lot of ot ink postage stamps p and telegraph tolls asking asking ask ask- ing for more money tel took the e old ld quill quilland quilland li liand and signed up He HI says he will demonstrate to Bill Bilt Rog Rogers s that he is better than ever after bemoaning the fact that he ho had haa a a. bad year last Waterbury Conn Coma Feb 7 Charles Charles E E. Commerford said mid to have invented tho the box score method Of bC Itt keeping track of baseball games and one of the oldest baseball players In iii the United States died lied here hero yesterday He wa waft 85 r 5 years old Commerford played with the old Gotham and Eagle teams in New York ork City San Francisco Feb 7 The The fine of 5 5 automatically imposed on baseball play players ers era for protesting decisions will not be effective this year In the Pacific Coast league W. W II McCarthy president of ot the league announces If a player becomes unruly and abusive the umpire should ej eject t him from the game he said but I 1 do not believe In fining the player Unless the offense merits it and then I 1 can deal with the player individually Auburn N. N Y Feb Minor 7 Minor league ball baJI players under res reservation must be tendered contracts on or before beCore March 1 according to Instructions sent today to club owners of the National Association of professional Baseball Leagues by Secretary Sec Sec- John F F. Farrell Philadelphia Feb 1 Connie Connle Connie Mack Macle manager of the Philadelphia Athletics In commenting upon a statement made by him In an address last night that the American league may not start this year said today only certain members of the league were giving that impression He himself is hopeful of the outlook and expects expects ex ex- a successful season Boston to tori ri fans es est who ho hoeth are eth clamoring o for Harry Frazee t to show them a ball c club sho should give Mike a thought for Mike should make good at Boston He will be remembered as breaking Into fast company with the Pittsburg Federals in iii 1913 when Deacon Phillippe had charge of the team He remained with the Pit Pit- feds until the collapse of the Federal league after the season of or 1915 For a a. short time In 1915 he was sent to the theS S New Haven club of the Colonial league I which was operated by the magnates of I the tho unfortunate Feds In 1916 Mike became became became be be- came a member of the Minneapolis team of the American association and was bYthe bYthe by bythe the Millers sent to Duluth for more ex ex- He returned to Minneapolis before before before be be- fore the season closed and near Its end was secured by the ns for foe with whom h mt tho he has exception e been ro rop p playing of 1918 ball when h ever ehl he since was s with the United ed States army It is reported that Connie Mack has signed signe l a pitcher named Bill Mitchell who pitched Independent ball baJI around Steubenville Steuben- Steuben ville last year and was said to have be been beena n na a member of the Wheeling team In the Central league Wheeling has not had a team for the last three years Its last year In t the Central league was 1916 and lt r then no no not man inC named Mitchell pitched d af for forthe forthe the Stogies at least not in a a. championship champion champIon- ship game The pitchers were Harry Eccles Bedes Eccles Ec- Ec cles des Lawrence Douglas Bob Bab Steinberg ta 1 Major Malor or Harry Selb Seibold ld Barney Duffy C. C E. E Donley Cecil Wetzel and a youth named Delong Among the other players of the team were Fred Blackwell Jesse Altenberg Bernard Cleveland and andLee andLee Lee King C 6 CS Roy Icy Wilkinson who pitched three and anda a S third Innings I for o the Chicago White Sox fn tm l eC in the first s game of the worlds world's series and four innings in the last has signed his 1920 contract He relieved s In tn the first game and Bill Jam James s In th the last The Tha White Sox lost both the last of course being the deciding contest the result ol of which was the slipping sUppIng away of ot the cham cham- S The Des Moines team to which Catcher Eddie Stumpf was sent by the White Sox Is manager by Jack Coffey Eddie Stumpf his new catcher went with the White Sox to the training camp last spring and and displayed enough skill to warrant his retention re- re lIe He never caught aught in ma Ina a championship champion championshIp ship game for the ChIcagO but no doubt Improved his his' knowledge ledge of the game b by playing pla in the American association last spring Johnny is reported to have signed with the St St. Louis Browns for Jor or the coming doming season He and Dave Davenport are the only two Federal ex league players lefton lefton left lefton on the Browns of the many they secured after atter the collapse of that organization though Eddie Plank Is on their Voluntarily voluntarily volun retired list I |