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Show mi mi. miimmmmHmt!K3mmmmrm rvatlonal League News, Del Howard, the Pirate recruit. Is a great pistol shot llriHiklyn has sold pitcher Jack Cronln to the Providence club, 'llnh llwlngs 'spit" ball Is working work-ing early It beat Pittsburg out of third place last )ear Tommy l.each, Fred Clarko sad "lied" lleaumont are awaiting tho ball on tho nose for fair In tho practlco work "To Improve hitting," saya Hclno Pelts, "chloroform tho wings of the twlrlers. In other words, Oslerlio thorn " Mnnsgcr llonlon declare that thero Is more human intelllrencc on the Hroaklvn team this )er than thero was In 1901 The New York club haa secured tho release of the veteran catcher Illll Clarke from the Washington club and nas signed him It begins to look as though Jack McCarty, who was slated for rclcaso last fall, will again gambol In tho Chicago Chi-cago outfield this )onr. One critic claims that Homer Mile-brand Mile-brand seems lo healtato In making throws to tho bases Ho Is handicapped handi-capped by being n left hnnder Fred Tenney Inst week mado the announcement that he would not play Hnnday games this tear, and that tho club owners had exempted him from such duly. American League Notes. Jesse Ilurhett will head the Iloston thamplnns batting list. President Ta)lor says ho likes Joss-lyn Joss-lyn better than hid of the new Iloston pitchers Pitcher George Mullln Is laid up with a badly split finger on his pitching pitch-ing hnnd 0'l.enrv nnd Rchaefer. the Detroit recruit, are reported aa doing marvelous marvel-ous stunt In the Infleld. Pitcher I'd Kllllan. of Detroit, com-plain" com-plain" of a Kiirem-ss In his pitching thiiuldcr with h refuse In heal. Kid' Mc('o) aava pltther Smith, of the Chicago While Hoi, with a year's training idiould whip Jeffries Cy Younp Is rapidly passing Into trs-fieluMb-rg Smith. Ilaker. Wal-la Wal-la a. McGreevc) and Karetena In. Bailcra- Crocki tt. Webster, llerg llstod. Kino and Alperman. Out-Dealers Out-Dealers Hwalin. lhirdo and Smith. American Assoclstlon Affairs. Iicretary Muggins of tho St Paul tint Is a brother of Miller Muggins of tho Cincinnati team Charley Hemphill, late of St. Units. tn( Manager Kelley of the St. Paul club, have come to terms, Kelley con cecjng the terms demanded, and ilenphlll has signed a contract j'Tho mileage of the varloua learnt follows Columbus, D531, Kansas City. 9MS lmlavlllo SSIS. Toledo, S7M Indlsnapolls 8041, Milwaukee, I8TC. St Paul. 7176. Minneapolis, u. i Seanglor of the 1-oulsvlllo Colonels, executed a triple play In a practice fane at Louisville. -March 27 Ho caojbt a liner labeled for three sacks, loaned first and threw a man out nt ecend Tie Atlanta club of tho Southern Leatue, It trying to repudlato the con tract with Indlanapolla whwvby Gcergo Magoon waa told to Ilu4 ekib Tht matter Is now In (he hands of the National Hoard lltrbeau, the little Frenchman who Is trying for Al Ilrldw ell's placo on tho Columbus learn, Is a printer by trade. Any rotst that tho sporting editor sends up to tho composing roon will bo "pled'' by his fellow craftsmen. Wettern Wlnnowlngt. Tin St Joseph eluli has signed n longer brother of Shortstop Hotman of the Chicago Nationals ljtelier Nash of Cripple Cteek, haa Msited lo play with Denver, making t4 pitchers of that name In the Wtflern league. Atcordlug to Sioux lily ixpers. the No tonal Commission has decided VnJ Charles llaerwald had not been reftlned by Tom Hums of Colorado Spings, and has awarded him lo SMx City Ctartoa King, a semi professional pla)er who tho past season plaved J. ALDCRT FERRIS. Second Oaicman of the Doston (A. L.) Club. oblivion Ho hasn't Invented a now delivery or written any pitching In structlons. Schacf r, tho now Inflelder of tho Tiger , Is swatting tho ball oftcnor nnd harder than tho other members of tho team Malty Mclnlyre, who has, been holding hold-ing out for moro salary, has relented and Joined tho Tigers. Perhaps Matty Mat-ty haa just learned that tho baso, ball war Is over. Outfielder Stone, who led tho American Amer-ican Association last year In hitting, has dnno but little stick work In tho practlco games with tho St. I-oult Drowns this season, Dig Charley Carr Intends to hecomo a mining engineer when ho gets through with baso ball Ho has competed com-peted a coursa In tho study and says ho may try to enter Case school next fall. Three-I League Tips. Secretary Farrell'a decision that Claud Stark must play at Peoria assures as-sures Nlcol not only a good catcher, but nlso a fair first baseman and right fielder, for Stark has played all those positions. In a circular letter to all managers, President Holland urged the necessity of all associations to stay within tho salary limit, and gavo early directions as to tho wcodlng nut "rocoas so that all teams will bo oi . reduce to the thirteen man limit by Juno 1. Somo writers draw the deduction that Ilcldcn Hill Is to play first baso for tho HabbltH this season, from tho fact that Hollo Drown haa signed with Ottumwa, but Delden Is going to try out a new roan at first, according to Cedar flaplds reports, and does not that mean be will manage from (be vjench? Manager James T. Ilavet, of Davenport, Daven-port, has nt last completed his selection selec-tion of n training squad and an counces tho following players signed, from whom he believes he can pick the best team that ever represented that city Ills catchers are' Nleman, Williams, Cheek and Krlckson. Pitch- Independent hall lu nnd around St. Louis, Is In St Joseph representing a Wllor company of that city Jlirirv Collins, of tho Hoilon Atni.rh i, iimlo an effort lo secure King this I'ring Manager Canllllou announces his Des Molnos team as follows Catchers Hlattery, Iluckw alter, Wakefield, Tonne, Clarke Pitchers Horror. Morrison, Mor-rison, Sttelc, Ullleld. Allien, Alkcns, Wcllor. Manskey, Mueller Inflelders Connery, tabert Schlls, Fltk, Iteltx, !ong, Mott, McGlloney. Delehant) Outfielders Oanley, llossman, Cat-frjn, Cat-frjn, Ilogrlovcr, K.-I.-T. League News, Arthur I.ong, a fait outfielder, who refuted to play wllh Henderson last season, has changed his mind and signed. Treasurer (lotnell, of tho league, bat received S!00 from each club In the league aa a guarantee to finish the season, nnd the reports that (ho letguo Is In a weak condition aro untrue un-true Tho Vlncennes Club has signed tlieso players to dalo Catchers Io U-non, Rd. Hugg Pitchers Luln, Duffy, Jack Quuii, llulph tard, Joo .Noncmaclicr, John Duggan. Infield first bate, O Wilkinson, second bato, A. Mnno; third base, J C Young; ihortstop, U Darlow- and J, Illcrkctt. Outfield Ia. Donovan, Phil Malm, Kd Kolb and C Cooper Iowa League Items. Harry liurrell, ex pitcher and ex-minnger, ex-minnger, has been appointed umpire by President Norton The privileges at the Ilurllngtnn park have been let and Improvements on tho grounds will start soon Harvey Parker, latt year with Othawa In Hie Midland league, has accepted terms wllh the Iloone club. Parker la a southpaw pitcher. William McOulre. of Toronto, has signed to play short with Ihe Iloone, Iowa, team. Ilusse), a former International Inter-national Ixague plajer has signed to Play first base with tho same team. |