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Show J PHIL DOUGLAS WILL 1 PITCH FOR HORNELL Former Giants' Star Signs to Twirl for Outlaw Team. Not the First Big League Player to Sign With New York Club Scott Perry, Former Athletic, Has Been There Two Years. Announcement that Shufflln Phil Douglas, banished spltballer of the INew York Giants, will be one of the burling staff of the Ilornell team next summer, naturally focuses attention on what fans say Is the real "red-hot" baseball town of the country. Ilornell Is a thorn In the side of Jnhn J. Farrell. th mlnnr lonmia mentor, for It Is an "outlaw" town and doesn't give a rap who knows It Last year Farrell forbade all league teams from playing with Ilornell and even black-listed other Indeitendent jteams that played against Ilornell. But Hornell didn't mind and went out and won the Independent or "outlaw" - championship of the country. Phil Douglas Is not the first tar to sign with Hornell. Scott Perry, who was Connie Mack's pitching ace, has been in Ilornell for two years, Jumping Jump-ing there In 1921. He won 27 of the 81 games be pitched last summer I while "Bugs" Uersclie, formerly International In-ternational leaguer, won 20 of the 21 be burled. Joe Harris, erstwhile of the Cleveland Cleve-land Indians, played In Hornell In 1021. narrls has' since been reinstated rein-stated by Judge Landls. Jake Pltler, who Jumped the Pitts- i , - tJ A V . Iff-; sftfrl Mil sTjl i ' h: ' 'y If i Phil Douglas. burgh rirtes, Is playing manager of the Horpell club. The Hornell team Is supported by popular subscription In addition to the heavy gate receipts. It has no salary limit and pays us high as $1,(HK a year for the men It wants. I-ast year It won every series played, winding up by bentJng the famous Independent club nt Shnmokln, Pa., and then walloping wal-loping George Textor's great club at Miisslllon, ()., In seven out of ten games played Hornell has a population of only IS.OOO, but has become famous In baseball base-ball because of the big league teuni It supports. |