Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 3 April 1916 — Page 9
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EVEN DOZEN REPORT TO Gil IN MOWING
All Arc New Comers With Exception of Mike OUay, Last Year's Outfielder.
FIRST WORKOUT AFTER DINNER
Eggleston arid Hargrove, Former Highlander Tryouta, Among "Early Bird."—Chief of
Clan on Jump.
PLAYERS WHO HATE RKPORTttD
Skortly after the noon hoar, lour additional Highlander candidates reported to 'Bom Gilbert, increaslUK the squad to sixteen. The late arrival* were Outfielder* Hals and Car/MW and Pltehera Warnmth and Horning:. W'arniuth la the younjc southpaw who wai with the clan darfns the faft-end of laat season.
The squad, classified aa to volitions, follow!) Ontfleld—Halfc, Caress, Cobb and OUay.
Catchers—EiCBleaton, Breaecaa, Powers and Hargrove. Fltchera Horning, Ra*mnasen, Warm nth, Whitehouse, Cram and O'Conner.
Inlleldera—McKittrlck, shortstop Kelly, iirat base.
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Outfielder Scknlte. Pitchers. Frit* I, inter, Sehatsman and Rlanlttaaii and In* f. ftelde? Pofelman reported to Mnnticei*
Gilbert Monday afternoon Just aa the a«|Mad waa starting for the ball park. SisHulte, Frltrmler, gfhatmkn anil Jr Pohlman arrived on a rattler from St. I Loot* while Blankman came In on V down-state train.
By Ralph H. White.
/Up until noon, an even dozen High lander candidates haa reported to Manager "Lefty" Gilbert. All but one, Mike O'Day, are newcomers, although one or two ,are knefwn to local fans. The "early birds" 'are O'Day, outfield Whitehouse, pitcher Kelly, first bass Hargrove, catcher Crum, pitcher Raqmussen, pitcher McKittrick, shortstop Eggleston, catcher Brenegan, catcher O'Conner, pitcher: Cobb, out field Powers, catcher.
Of, the dozen, two in addition to O'Day are former ^Highlander prosY pejets, Hargrove and Eggleston. Hirgrove is the young brother of "lSub(e hies." who has reported in the spring -for the past few years, while Eggles,^t6h was given a trial With the -clan a years ago. "Egg" suffered trouble with his eyes that spring and was forced to quit for the season, but since •M then has developed int® a classy back-•'I'-stop. a.hd is liked to give a splendid a account *of himself in the battle for a regular berth.
Several candidates reported Sunday, ,.Paul Cobb, brother of the famous JTyrus, getting in early in the afternooni Sam Brenegan, backstop, also blew into the town early Sunday after noon, with Pitcher Rasmussen and ^Shortstop McKittrick coming down ?from Chlcag'o on a late afternoon rot»tler. .But the rush started this morning aiid was expected to continue xthrougfcoi^t the day. Whitehouse, forijmer .Federal league dinger, was an early arrival, with Kelly, Hargrove. »Crum,. O'Conner and Powers coming in r'on forenoon trains. rtrenegan is Giant.
Sain Brenegan. th$ catcher secured jiV|from the Northwestern lesgue, promises to be the giant member of the •ijClan. The big receiver is three or four inches over the six-foot mark fe.and weighs around the old 200-pound '.mark. Rasmussen, the Chicago twin-j-*r, ia also a tall one. McKittrick, i shortstop, is a midget compared with ^Brenegan. but the windy city lad is held to be a speed merchant and a iS'hard nut to pfctch to i ManUger Gilbert, who was kept on v* the- jump all ir.orning, hesitated just
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•befBt'P noon to announce that tnc first •,ftraininR drill-of the season would be held at the east side park an hour 'after dinner. All the sang was ordered to report early. The field is in
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fairly, good shape. although the play- ,, «»rs were to be kept off the diamond this afternoon. The weather is lion-1, too smart for spring work, and Gillie planned merely a light] tossing: and .bunting drill, with plenty of leg work to finish up with.
PURDUE TEAMS CLASH.
LAFAYETTE. Ind.. April 3.—With 1 the return of fair weather todav, Coach
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,Ben Pattison sent the first and second Purdue baseball teams into a seveninning game. Saturday's game with i* franklin was canceled because of rain s and gives the Boilermakers six days more to prepare for the Wabash tilt scheduled for Saturday. The black and nld gold team is in good condition, deft suite the fact that there has been less than a week's practice in the open.
,} Rain at St. Louis. St. r.OUIS, April 3.—The St. Louis Nationals-American game Sunday was J\f ••stponed until Wednesday on account i Wm fain.
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The faculty of Rose Poly last week gave the hardest set of mid-term exams. ever given out at Rose, but this failed to "jip" any of the athletes, who all came through with flying colors. Elated over the outcome of the exams, the field was Hooded Monday afternoon with anxiclis athletes, all working oji &he last lap of the school vear in athletic" competition. The base ball team was at work under a full head of steam preparing' for' the Highlanders on Friday and for the opening of the season on next Wednesday at Lafayette when Purdue will be met. Bobby Lurr had charge of the base ball gang for most of the afternoon while Director Mefford worked the football squad and track aspirants. The football men were going through the signals in full mid-season form, working on something like a hundred anc( fifty plays which they are endeavoring to master before Sept. 30.
Th9 track men appeared for the first time in the new track suits and thev were certainly a classy looking crowd as they sprinted over the cinders arid worked on the field events. With midterms safely disposed of Poly will work hard for the inter-class meet on April V1
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Candidates Report to This Gent
"LEFT If" GILBERT
POLY FIDO FLOODED WITH FAST ATHLETES
Baseball, Football and Track Candidates Get Outdoors Under Director Mefford's Guidance.
Wabash on
April 22. Tho Foly boy« are ambitious of making thornselves the most feared bunch of athletes in the state and if hard work is going to place them in front they have made up 1 heir minds to land.
Already the base ball man are seeing a good chance to land state honors and with the lull strength intact, after exams, they are going to make all contenders from Chicago and Purdue clear down the line know that when thev stack up against Rose the old name Of the "fighting- Engineers" is more thaoi poetry.
EXPECTS TO TRIM CHAMPION.
Ritchie Mitchell Confident of Whipping Welsh Friday. MILWAUKEE, Wis., April 3 —Fol*iven Champion Freddie Welsh In New York bv Bennv Leonard, Ritchie Mitchell, of Milwaukee, favorite, was confident today that he will be able to hand the Englishman a trimming in their ten-round bout here Friday night. Mitchell is in the best condition of his career He has 'been working, like a demon for three weeks preparing to take on the champion. Welsh is expected to train in Chicago for the bout.
AMATEUR BOXERS MIX. BOSTON, April 3.—Amateur pugilists from many cities will participate in 'lie American, amateur boxing championships tonight and tomorrow night. The entrants include the present title holders in several classes and among the cities represented wlli be New Orleans, Detroit. Pittsburgh. New York, Chicago, Cleveland, Toronto and Montreal.
The preliminary bouts will be run Afr, tonight with the semi-finals and tomorrow night.
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3VANSV1LLE, Irtd., April 3.—The local club of the Central league has purchased Catcher Jordan, last year with the Florida, Louisiana. Alabama and Georgia league, from the Birmingham club of the Southern league, it was announced today. The Birmingham club rdains the right to re-purchase the player
RESUME PLAY IN CUE TOURNEY.
Leonard Faces Neukom Tonight In 3-Rail Struggle. The first week's plav in the annual city championship three-cushion billiard tourney at the Tribune parlor will be touched off night with a match between Leonard and Neukom. The former, a 45-pointer, is held in for a hard game as Ntukom is held dangerous shooting from the 40-point mark.
There will be no tourney game Tuesday night, but on Wednesday night City Champion Walter Pineran will cross cues with Charlie Jensen, who is tied with Martin Carlin for first place. On Thuisday night, Carlin will plav "Ked" Martin and the final match of the week will be fought out Prldav night, Hussey opposing Shoaff.
The games will be called at 8 o'clock nightly.
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"Syl" Gilbert, brother of "Lefty" Gilbert, who has been confined at St. Anthony's hospital for several weeks with a serious case of pneumonia, was a visitor at ball headquarters this morning. "Syl" was not allowed to be out until this morning, yet his first move was to strike out for Gil's office and get in touch with the baseball situation.^ How does it look, "Syl."
We could tip off Mmtascr (Gilbert who authorized "Osale" to report, but we won't, other than to say the guilty part?- drives a rncingt-looklng ear, recently (lone in yellow and white. EitonKk said.
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Central Clubs Secure Permission to Stage Pre-Season Games— Essick's Men Report.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. April 3. Players of the Grand Rapids Central league baseball team began reporting here today and President-Manager Essick expects a dozen or 'more of his men to be here by Tuesday morning. Two already are here in Catchers l)eGraw and DeVormer, both of whom wintered here. McGraw has adopted Grand Rapids as his home and DeVormer is a local amateur ranks product.
The Grand Rapids players will be quartered during the training season at the Quaker inn. Over two dozen men have been ordered to report.
The first tegular game here will be played at Island park Saturday. President Essick say the high water has not effected Island park much and 'that it will only take a day or two of sunshine to make it in the finest .condition possible. The grounds are being worked on.
The Grand Rapids Masonic league is going to send a team composed of its star players against the Grand Rapids team at Island park Saturday. On Sunday it is likely tnat the first same of the series of three pre-season games between the Grand Rapids and Mus kegon teams will be played here.
Leagcue Permission Given. Permission of the league' has been given to play such a serie^, owing to the inability of the Grand Rapids an! Muskegon teams to arrange practice gamesiwith teams of other leagues. It is likely that three Sunday games will be played between the Grand Rapids and Muskegon teams, starting with the game Sunday. The second game will go to Muskegon and the place in which the third ga?ne will be played will be decided by toss.
In a telephone conversation yester day between Manager Essick, of the Grand Rapias team, and Managet» Myers. of the Muskegon team, the latter said he is satisfied now that he has a team that will have little trouble in cleaning up on the Grand Rapids team, and that he expects the Reds to win: all'three games with Essick's team, if three games are played.
The Muskegon club's new uniforms of gray with red stripes and red trimmings will be ready in time for the first game of the series. The word "Reds" will be spelled down the front of each shirt.
Martin Plays Last Tourney Match Friday
STANDING. llVon Lost
Curtis 4 0 Anderenr 3 t2 Gasper 3 a1 Martin 3 3 Slerrlhen ... 3 Cooler a 4 Collins .. a S 5
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THIS WKEK'S SCHEDULE. Monday—Collins \», Peele. Thnrsday-r-Curtls vs. Gasper. Friday—Martin .vs*. Collins.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April' 3,—-But six more games remain to be played in the state three-cushion billiard championship tournament In progress at the Board of Trade billiard academy, but the winner is still in doubt, as the most important matches of the schedule are yet to be played. William Curtis 1b on top and every other man In the tournament has lost at. least two games. Still, with a two-game lead over the others and with only three more games to'be played, it can not be said that Curtis has the cnampionshlp cinched. Curtis' coming opponents are Gasper, the present champion John Anderegg and Richard Merriken, who are all fast players when they are going right.
The championship seems to be going to either Curtis, Gasper or Anderegg, as Martin and Merriken have each lost three and won three, while Cooler and Collins have won two and lost, three, and Peele has still won "his one game" with five losses.
Martin, the Terre Haute -entrant, will play his last game Friday night, opposing Collins. A hard-fought match is anticipated.
CASEY H. PLANS TRACK MEET." CASEY. 111., April 3.—Casey high ft arranging for the third annual track and field meet to be held Friday, April 28. Invitations have been sent to Marshall. Martinsville, Greenup, Effingham, Toledo, Willow Hill, Westfleld and Kansas.
Casey high has a large squad working out and expects to make a splendid showing.
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George Osborne Nesbitt, better known as "Ossie," was expected to report to Manager Gilbert late this afternoon. The Albion. Ind., boy was Gil's pet last season and will be given more than a passing "once over" by the Highlander leader this spring. Go to it. "Osslc"!
Football, track and baseball candidates at Rose Poly were booked for outdoor work this afternoon tinder the watchful eye of Athletic Director Hal MelTord. Meff is keeping things going at the local institution and the men or Rose are sure to figure proiiti nently in state athletics till* year.
The Wonder of All Baseball
The wonder of all baseball, Hans Wagner, is returning from the training camp for the twentieth time. He will soon start his twentieth season as a big league performer—and he seems as spry as ever.
Old Honus Is forty-two years of age. He has folloveA baseball as a profession for twenty-three years. Each year, for the last ten years, the "Flying Dutchman" has been reaa out of the game, only to come back stronger than ever, until now, after twenty ars, there, is not au expert daring
enough to predict the end of his career. Many stars have come and gone in Wagner's time. He has watched them flash up and Uicker out with unchanging emotion. Now and then camo one who outdazisled even Honus himself— but only for a brief time. Keeler, Kllng, Donlin, Davis, Dougherty. Elberfeld, Leach, Leifield, Chance, Chase, Clark, Cross, Cree. Callahan Penny, Phlllippi, Steinfeldt, Tannehill and Billy Sullivan were all stars in the Dutchman's day, but now they are only memories, while Wagner still goes on—the wonder of the diamond and that wonder of all.
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Chicago New York Detroit St. Louis Cleveland .. Philadelphia
.309 34S .361 .355 .405 .348
American league clubs aspiring to beat the champion Red Sox this season must hand them a handicap of from 306 to nearly 700 points on pitching strength and overcome .that by superior team work and scoring'ability in other parts of the team.
I see two chances first, the utter collapse, of the Red Sox through internal dissensions, and, second, a tremendous development of the hitting power of Chicago or the pitching strength of Detroit. I know the internal troubles in the Boston team are serious, but do not think them seriovs enough to disrupt the team immediately.
The one big chance for a change in the figures that will disrate the Red Sox is found in'one man. You'll never guess It. That man is Billy Sullivan, for years the star catcher of the Chicago White Sox, now abput done as a catcher and signed by Detroit from the minors.
Listen to this line of reasoning! Pitching is a closed hook to Hughie Jennings. Jennings is the one manager in all baseball who is perfectly open to convictipns, ready to accept suggestions, and who knows his own Weaknesses. Knowing one's own weaknesses is strength. He knows he has failed not only In selecting pitchers, but in training and In using them Billy Sullivan has been one of the greatest developers of pitchers, one of the best Judges of pitchers and their condition In the entire business. So Jennings takes Sullivan this year, turns the pitching staff over to him, and attends to the est of the team. I have added some/ points to the strength of the Tiger pitchers because of Sullivan, but dared not give, them full credit. I figure that if Sullivan can add only fifteen per cent to the strength of the Tiger staff by teaching the present men how to pitcw t-4. selecting them for games, Detroit figure ahead of the Red Sox. it Is the best scoring machine, in the business, perhaps the gamest ball club now on the field, and its defensive weakness always has been pitching.
Boston Outclasses League. On pitching strength, Boston clearly outclasses the league. A team ehat can cut loose a pitcher of the caliber of Joe Wood because it has four
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stronger men is a marvel. Besides that, the pitching staff has tremendous hitting power. If you do not count this an asset, the figures of last year show fourteen games that were won
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hitting pitchers. Shore, Foster, Leonard and Ruth are great pitchers, three of them young, and the secondary pitching staff is as strong as that of some major league clubs. •Washington rates slightly behind Chicago in actual pitching ability, but on offensive strength and fielding, gains enough to be scored a better pitching staff. The Sox are lamentably weak in hitting, and have two pretty rotten fielding pitchers.
The problem of the Sox staff i8 Rus*3ell. This fellow ought to be a neargreat pitcher, and it looks as If he is going to slide back to the bum stage because of hog fatness and lack of condition. With the best trainer In the business, he cannot keep in condition. They have a' corking prospect in "Lefty" Williams, and the chances are that the Salt Lake pick-up will
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et a steady job left-handlngr for the There is danger of Jim Scott slipping. He has the best fast curve in the league »and atten-tion to business in a strict sense would help. The White Sox are .suffering from side lines and at this stage of the game it would seem that the owners who hire ball players are in position to insist that they either play ball or attend to their side lines entirely.
The strength of the New' York pitching staff will be something at a surprise. We have been so accustomed tjphearlng the Macedonian cry fVlfej tne Yankees that when we find the??
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Plank Still Great Hearer. St. Louis does not snow. great strength, chiefly because there aff. some experiments on It. CJinndt give Eddie Plarik full credit for wbiiV he did last year and must dimiotiat him a bit from his Athletic form. H* still is a great pitcher, despite his st|ffc, Dave Davenport is above average, 4na' I expect Jones to make a grand pltohef of Weilman. The best..prospect ad&uii' to be McCabe, who wae &• surprise in the post-season series laat fall.
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Cleveland holds up well because df1 the individual strength of Morton, Who. is one of the best youngsters In yeaarg, The remainder of the staff is but little 'v' above average, excepting" Coumbe, fll has immense promise. Fohl, who wif extremely successful in the minor* ,Jn regard to handling and developing, pitcher St may succeed in bring the staff up considerably, now that he at least full nominal control.
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strongest young recruits shown by fctly clut), and that what they have needed is punch, not pitchers, It la all a revelation. Caldwell ought to !b« 6t the greatest pitchera of all tithe and he is about due to show what is in",him. Fisher is good. Wat»Ji this fellow Piercy. The Yank pl|J&ar« have not had strong catching tpSnelp them out and there seems small chancft that there will be much improvement is that direction. Alexander Improved last season. We find the great strength to the pitching staff ever, to be Nick Cullop. This fellow is a great pitcher and a steady work* er. His showing In the Feds last year' was .near what he can do, and even agalrist better batting I expect hiia to hold- his end.
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Philadelphia looks pretty bad. Wyc-A koff Is a corking pitcher, and Breskler ought to be. Mack has a postgraduate bunch of collegians aiid? bushers besides the remnants of lwt year's bargain counter. It is a, h£fd year to break in youngsters tail-end team and six of the atron|f-( est clubs the league ever had. Pet-- 'C,' haps Mack will succeed. He deservtifct it anyhow.
Tomorrow we touch the final V|fa|tev» points—managers—and will study the'ri-A leaders and conditions in the Na' tional league.
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