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Show V0L4MHNDY Jess Altenburg will be a playing manager at Salisbury. He is an outfielder. out-fielder. Jeff Tesreau, former New York Giant pitcher, Is coach of the Dartmouth Dart-mouth baseball team. Lefty Faulkner, bought by Buffalo from the Gianls, formerly pitched for Jersey City and Toronto. "Wee Willie" MeGill, old-time pitch er. Is assistant baseball coach at Butler But-ler university of Indianapolis. In a letter to a friend Walter Johnson John-son says he hasn't given up the Idea of pitching a little. His health Is improved. im-proved. A stock company Is being formed In Henderson, N. C, to take over the Raleigh franchise In the Piedmont league. Dennis J. Murphy, third string Cub catcher, lias been released to the Reading Read-ing (Ha.) club of the International league. Toledo has bought seven players from big league clubs Warner, Neun. Thomas, Taylor, Brown, Freigau and McCurdy. Charles ( Tweet) Walsh, Reading second baseman, was at bat fiS'2 times during t he '11128 season. He batted I So far, Tris Speaker has been able 1 to secure players for Ids Newark I Bears from the Giants, Yankees and j Brooklyn. I The Newark club of the International Interna-tional league annoe'iced flic signing of Wallie I'ipp. veteran major league first sticker. Cincinnati has signed two more collegians col-legians .lack Hill, an outfielder from ' University of California, and Millard I flicks, nn Inlieliler from Mercer unl-; unl-; versify. "Kid" Mohler. one-time star second baseman for the Seattle club. Is one of the few southpaws who ever played this position with success In organized ba sol m 11. Atlanta will have a veteran Infiel I in Jim Poole at first, Jack Sheehan at second, Johnny Jones at short and Bill Marriott at third. Bui oilier depart ments are weak. Though American league hitters are more famous as home run cloulers the figures show there were OH) circuii wallops in the National to 4SI! In (he American, last year. Jack Quinn. veteran pitcher of Connie Con-nie Mack's Athletic team training at Fort Myers (Flu.) camp, says: " hope to win my 'Jll games lids year anil see no reason why I can't do it " Dr John Lavan of Kansas City for Tier manager of the Kansas Citv American association club, has been named to umpire all home games on ihe I'nlversity of Missouri baseball schedule. |
