Show american league notes pitcher norwood gibson last week ent in his migael contract with bos on it is for talo years D sty rhoades carried aff the bat ing conors for the cleveland p echers and wins the brizes offered by detro t s 1001 ing for a deal tor P acher i link kitson it tal es kit on too lone to get into condition to 11 the Michi ganders president tailor ot boston has a ly lotife 1 buck freeman tl at e has not been and will not be trad 1 to st I 1 s for jesse burkett jigs donohue will leburn to the ih i ext season now tl at ne has failed to land the berth as manager of the springfield 0 team I 1 atcher jack powe who males 1 is I 1 ome in st lo 10 ils was less than two ears ago manager and match for battling nelson conquer r of young corbett Is no truth in the story that I 1 Is to be coach of the pennsyl vania lapsit baseball team next 1 ring he will 1 ave bis hands full at eve and abo it that time willie keeler last weel received a to once more coach the I anard university batters next sea son an I 1 will accept it the highland ers plans do not interfere first baseman bill schwartz of cleveland who finished the season with an independent club is deluged with minor league offers he is how e er under reserve to cleveland geoage mullan sas that the spit ball an unnatural delivery that he had to abandon it because it hurt his aim at the elbow after discarding 11 e samp the soreness vanished it Is expected that anwer frank farrell of the new york americans manager mil e finn has decided to take his toledo team to paducah ky for spring training catcher bemis pierce of the st paul team has been elected coach of the wisconsin varsity baseball team it thomas J bryce of columbus had succeeded in purchasing the toledo cl ib he v 01 id have secured W A armour as manager the new umpire signed by president grille stephen kane of was the star umpire of the central beag ie last season sufficient staci has already been taken by bt paul to guarantee the formation of the syndicate which will let george lennon pass on pitcher joe martin of toledo Is a bit sore at being transferred to the colorado springs team bill reldy considers martin to be a sure comer armory park toledo will be am some this spring A sod dia mond wll be put in and the seats in the giand stand will be made more comfortable fans are beginning to notice the indianapolis club the new manager ed barrows has been signing some good material and it the club Is rightly handled the indians of 1905 ought to be as formidable an aggregation as they w ere in 1902 there is a contest on between min nea polls st paul and milwaukee over placers charlie jones and pitcher slagle manager claims sla gle from st paul through a previous claim and milwaukee claims jones in the same manner however there will be no re alution over the matter central league chatter jim ryan expects to run evansville along blue ribbon lines but he has signed claude CT 7 manager outa elder of the pittsburg N L club will soon issue a challenge to dent brush of the new york nat on als for a spring series between the two gotham teams treasurer fa rrell of new york as washington can be made a paling venture with a good team why last year even finishing a tail ender the club made 5 on the season I 1 think washington Is a bet ter major league town than bahti more ika weir the belfast spider has been engaged by the boston as a trainer for the eason of 1905 weir was at one time the champion featherweight of the coun try weir will start south with the team in march and will remain with them all season nat onal league news jake beckley is holding out tor a 2 salary or better pitcher overall of tacoma has ac cepter the cincinnati club s terms phelps acau s tion by cincinnati foreshadows the release of catcher charley street ex president N young s christ mas present from the national league was a check catcher peitz was the last of the cincinnati team of 1896 the year in which he coined the reds during the past week shortstop george F mcbryde and catcher henry peitz signed pittsburg contracts harry will start next sei son at cincinnati s third base his continuance depends upon aimse t barney dreyfuss has made harry bressler of williamsport William sport an offer it accepted dreyfuss will satis fy boston s claim with cash word comes from california where frank selee is wintering that the cubs will train next spring at santa barbara instead of at los angeles pitcher eddie poole has sued the brooklyn club tor 1100 back salary poole was unable to play during more than two months last summer during which time manager ed hanlon sus him without pay poole claims he was injured while in the service of the club while hanlon contends the pitcher s inability to give the club his best services was due to his phyll cal concicion conci tion and not to an injury sus brained on the field amer can associate on affairs the minneapolis club has decided upon champaign as its spring training place manager knoll of dayton has sign ed doc bennett who was the vet erans premier twirler in 1903 the fort wayne club has signed second baseman charles whitney a hail ng from lafayette ind bert deanis who Is to manage th grand rapids team Is laying linea into columbus by which he expects to catch some players bert dennis with fort wayne two seasons will be captain of grand rap ids and louis heilbroner again will manage the furniture makers william Dithridge i who made a bril biant record at short stop for the zanesville 0 independent team last year has been signed by the dayton club the deal is practically off tor the sale of the grand rapids franchise to john ganzel the new york ameri cans first baseman whose home Is in grand rapids earl beverly the columbus pitcher Is slated for a dayton berth by the of the national baseball coni mission beverly can play in no other city than dayton the evansville club has lodged a protest against newark s engagement of pitcher minor who was fined and indefinitely suspended last year by president bement the latter forget that suspension must terminate with contract western Winn owings manager rossiter of omaha has completed his pitching corps by re i gning jacob Pt elster it Is reported that managed tore fleming of the 1904 sioux city beair will next season handle the st josept team from des says that claude rossman the big outfielder ried by cleveland has been secured or cantillon s western league club he ought to baake good in that corn I 1 any president W F duncan of the bioux city club Is making abrar ge ments for a number of exhibition cames to be played during th train ing season which will probably begin about march 25 bob carruthers will probably be the only one of last year s western league umpires to hold his place next season carruthers was the most successful member of president sexton s staff last summer and as he desires the place next year it will probably be iven to him |