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Show ' rTVlRS ft - SOX '" l (tut TIMUiJi ' . '.' National Leaoue New. Tctnmv I each last week ajgned a Pittsburg contract without a murmur. Outfielder llayard Hhnrpo, of Witt Chester I'a signed a Hoalon contrast last week The l'liishiirg club ha trantfernid catcher Archer and otilnelder Cassld) to the Atlanta club Kred Tenne) has at last consented to 'Ih) Hnnil) game for lloslon. Roy Thomas, of the Phillies, remain to fall Into line on this quosllon. In addition to the unknown Clyde Mcllwen Mannger McOraw of tho fliatit has slgneil Infleldcr Robert Hall, who playeil with th 1'hllllM Iart ot last season Charley Dennett the great catcher of a few years ngn, who lost both hi feel In n rallwa) accident In HIM, due not agree with people who say the game Is faster than It was In hi time. The Pittsburg Clnb ho received Iho cont ran of Homer lllllbrand, now a Bon th Dakota ranchman, as catcher 1oi the coming season. Illllbrnnd Is one of the famous brothers, an athletic ath-letic reproduction of "Doe" lllllbrand, (he Prince pitcher The calm of catcher John J. War-net War-net for'tHon extra compfitsntlim from the New York rliib dir timchlng )oung pitcher last aenson has been referred lo the National League by the Na-tlrnnl Na-tlrnnl Commission, which holds that the plnjer should llrsl appeal to tho league of which he I a member. American League Notes. fiilmsbnw signed u lloslon contract last week lllll Cnughlln I to bo mado captain of the Detroit Tiger. Shortstop Turner last week came to tho Cleveland cluh'a terms. Pitcher fii-orsc Wlnlcra may. It I sn'.d. -Ikii with the 1-ancnster (Pa.) club Jess Tannehlll has sent word to Han to Iho various grounds of the ln club this vear The plan I lo lav nt tho transfer of season books Tee deniiirier to Hoekford s sun for t 'njunrllon to n strain Hie lliree l)e league omnrs (mm transferring Is (mnrhlse to Peoria a argued In V Circuit Court at lllnomlnginn III sib 18 Judge Me) era sustained the nvirrcr He held Dial ltoeklord did t)t have any property rights that the Hi Ion of the St I .on Is meeting In n Idling Rockford was not In viola Hen i a contract, and that the league dl triors acted within their rights K.-I--T. League News. Severn! "Kill)" pla)ers of ll'i'l will ft to ine nig lengues nn )er rnna re promised for Oils season n glade C ball equal In that In league of lasher classification John S Hay's record and ripulallon a a manager and player make him In nlunble to the Princeton club and k will doubtless make that clt) one i Hie stand b)s or the K I T League II I though! by those Interested 4t every rlly In the K I T this sea-m sea-m will make mone) Henderson last Mason lost nothing, and Is this )enr srtur prepared financially and artlstl-Mll) artlstl-Mll) llddle Knlli. manager of Hie Vln-Ctniua Vln-Ctniua bnae ball club, has announced &W pla)era he has so far slgneil They are Ie I-uion of Anderson and Mille llugg ol Cincinnati, cntcher: Ftank McMlllen of Pleasanlvltle. Pn . Md Luke Dully of Madison, twlrlers; fteil Schmelts of Toledo, short; teorge Wilkinson, forme'ly with lilsrion. first. John lllerkortte of Cln-Vnnatl. Cln-Vnnatl. second. Prei! Young of the Tlislnte league, third, l-ouls Ilarliour tf Sail Atitotilii. left, nnd Preslon of luihvllle. center. Kolb will likely Hy HghL Central League Chatter. The Hvansvllle Club has signed In-Irldcr In-Irldcr Jask nonncr of Drlflon, Pa I11 ifcy '1 11 Third Baseman of the New York (N. L.) Club. llualonlnna not to worr) about bll condition. The While Sox started for New Or-Ictns Or-Ictns on March 7. under the wing of Manager Fielder Jnno. Reports from Hot Springs say that Vi Moore la allowing his 10OS form again In his earl) workouts. I -on Crlger hu won n five weeks' tiisalo with grip, but will be unable lo Join the Huston Americans In the South Manager Watkln stake bis, repu tatlon a a Judge of ball pla)er thai Pitcher Polly will make good for St Louis thl season. (Inmel assert thai he hi tin agree ir.int with President Knrrell, of Hie Highlander, that will permit him to play at (Irani! Rnplds. Pitcher Owen, of the White Sox. has been nsl!lng Jack McAllister In coaching Hie University or Michigan baseball candidates. Three-I League Tips. The signing ol George Harm by Cedar Rapid tor first baseman la the Erst announcement by Hie Rabbits of Iho make-up or this ) ear's team. Harm wa formerly with Omaha. Manager Donnelly nf Springfield received re-ceived word las. week thiit Illicit lib right had reconsidered hi determination determina-tion to give up the diamond, and hu will bo found on second, a usual, with the Capital Clt) team. Antceason date have been announced an-nounced for Dubuque, as follow. April S and 9, Milwaukee at Dubuque, I Hi and 1C. Sioux City nt Dubuque; 22 aril 23, Dubuque at Waterloo, and April 20 and 30, Waterlo at Dubuque. I As a result of a conference between President Holland nnd Vice President j Hayes, Ibu latter or Davenport, tio league will conduct n jew system of Tho Central l.iaguc teams will cut down to thirteen nun after Juno 1. thl number Including a playing manager, man-ager, Jimmy Cameron, the half-bark of thi. Marion Polo club, has signed for n I n II eld poalllou on the Springfield 10.) club. Tho latest lis) ton playir to Jump the fencn I said to be Karl Iteverty, who I reported to have signed with the IJiiicasler Indein-nilent team Mr. Mnulner of Port Wavne. tried to land a Columbus catcher of the name of Simon for the flmnd Rapids team, but Hie Peoria club had already engaged mm. Wheeling has signed "Dutch" Colght, with South ilenil last season and he nnd lien Wilson, of Cincinnati, will have to settle the second base position between them More than a majority of the league presidents hnve gone on record analnil Increasing the salary limit from II, SOU. It Is practically assured, too. that there will be no chauge In the limit to 12 men Western Association Facts. ! Joseph II. Roe of Sedalla has notified noti-fied President Shlvel) that the schedule sched-ule that the schedule iiihiii which ho hVt been working Is complete. This 110 game schedule was adopted at a neetlng of the association on March 9. The season will open April 2!l. President Shlvel) of the Western Association has gotten together a ijjmpiict olrcult of fast growing cities. I Their relative site In population, ac-a ac-a rdlng lo latest authorities, are aa fillows: Topoka. MOM); Joplln 3D.-0T0; 3D.-0T0; Wichita, 10.000. Springfield, 32,- 000; Oklahoma Clt). n.wi0. Leavenworth, Leaven-worth, 25,000, Guthrie 20.000. Se- dalla, 20,000. |