Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 105, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1914 — BASEBALL NOTES [ARTICLE]

BASEBALL NOTES

Manager Dooln says he's going to carry four catchers this season besides "himself." Get it? Catcher Cady remarks that he has refused * |12,500 a year from the Feds. These ball players turn down Fed offers most nonchalantly until

President James Gilmore’s salary as chief of the Federal league is' >15,000. • • • Grover Gilmore, a star of the Denver club, has signed to play with the Kansas City Feds. • • • \r President Hermann of the Reds has ordered a pew canvas cover for the diamond at Redland field. • • • (Van Olson of the Naps should be awarded a medal. He declares the Feds did not make him an offer.

Since being elevated tp the captaincy, Sherwood Magep now takes three lumps of sugar In his Java instead of two. Jimmy Sheckard is going to be a playing-manager. His ability to draw passes will be a great help to his team • • • Roy Corhan, the former Sox, who was struck by a bean ball by Russell Ford, Is playing a fast game for the Seals.