Winnipeg Free Press

Wednesday, April 12, 1911

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 12, 1911, Winnipeg, Manitoba Otto a free Winnipeg wednesday april big baseball leagues open season today w Call of bleachers echoes through big league cities major. Clubs will open season s play the teams will Start the claim to be stronger and a hot fight is expected for both pennants. Chicago. 111., april weeks o preliminary training followed by a Millier of exhibition games which hardly served to test the real Mettle of the sixteen teams comprising the to major baseball leagues the players of. arc travelling to Day bound for Happy halting grounds where to begins the championship pen rant races of 1911. the eight cities which have been selected for the opening games in the major leagues baseball season to Row Only one is reasonably sure of. Lair weather received to i _ probabilities Boston alone is looking Day. Toru Ard to a . With this thu option conditions Are reported As unsettled. I the Detroit fans Are most in fear ers that Cincinnati will fun ish one two. Three in the race this year. Every reserved seat has been sold for the opening struggle with the Pittsburg team and in anticipation of a record breaking attendance workmen were Busy yesterday erecting Cir Cus sea is in the Outfield. The Cincinnati team is far from be ing in perfect condition. Since ithe arrival of tie team from its Southern training quarters at hot Springs ark., two weeks ago. It has encountered Only one Day of fair weather. As a result seven men have been reported on the Hospital list suffering from colds and the grip. Notwithstanding this. Man Ager Griffith believes that his regulars her. According to messages we round into form in time to pre to night predicting the local sent his strongest line up on opening brows in poor condition. St. Louis mo., april is in for the opening of the major me Iron Iaus Are m baseball season to Morrow of showers for the opening to Morrow. Eague baseball season Cincinnati and Chicago also look for Light showers and there Are Possi a Hen the local american league team with Cleveland with the hot riflemen s sundries we carry a full line of the above including sight paints cleaning implements oils Field cases Etc. Also Jlee in Flold and Boss match Rilles. The Hingston Smith arms co., limited. 488 main St Winnipeg. Will hold Down the Outfield positions. King and Archer will compose the receiving staff. It is probable Reulbach will oppose St Louis in the opening game with King behind the Bat. Much is expected of the Chicago american icarus club this season. Manager Duffy ha.9 the material for a team of veterans or youngsters which Ever May prove Best. The team will open the season with the following probable lineup Mcconnell second base Yordt third base Zeider shortstop Dougherty left Field Calla Han Centre Jill Tyre. Right Jones first Sullivan Oxon it Tjosvoll it inv ilium Clear skies is discounted by pre have placed almost daily on heir own team after e is for the most part have not j the americans. such a Radical nature As in ing been under an option is still previous cars. The Chicago cd by r. L. Hedges. It is generally champions of the National Lea admitted that the americans arc not sue the world s Champion Phila in condition. Many new players Are team the american league j on Tho team and the. Regular lineup Art practically standing Pat with last has not been chosen season ? line up. The shifting of j Jullin will open for tigers. Ginger Beaumont from the Cuba to Detroit Mich. April Toifl minors is about the Only notable change among the Veteran players who contested for the world s Pennant last Catcher and Walsh Pitcher. Two pennants for new York. New York april two pen Nants for new York is the cry of Row York s arms of baseball Enthus expect the two local nines to capture the coveted ban nera in both the National and Amerl a can leagues this season. Hence there is keen interest in the opening wednesday when a line can be had on the new York in their clash with the Philadelphia club the Brooklyn club will make but next saturday on the new York nationals grounds but will not play the opening game on their own Dia mond until next the new York team of the american league does not show on the Hilltop until april 20. When they play Washington. The giants have a 1, a Fine conditioning Down in Texas and manager fall. Till of the sixteen clubs have the Days of idleness at Indianapolis and Cincinnati caused by bad Wea ther. Resulted in several of the Veter ans taking on mesh. Manager Jennings says that the squad left Monroe la., be been trying out new players. This a j Camp in such splendid Oik of the elements that enters into Ittu training Camp. Dainty How these novices Are go condition. Ing to pan dirt. A Lucky Firidl among p the new material May add greatly to Jungton baseball club of the american league will inaugurate the sea Sori of 1911 wednesday with the Boston team a a its opponent. N new steel and Concrete Low deck stands have replaced the ancient wooden stands and accommodations for persons will be available when the time for the game is at hand. Eventually when the new. Plant is at a Cost approximating expects hot race in american association by Thos. M. Chov Langton. Live Chat on sport Toledo. O., april i May be lacking in originality nevertheless i venture predict that the american association of 1911, which opens wednesday will be the Best Ever enjoyed by this league both from a playing and financial standpoint. The article Ball played by the various team of the organization last season was of a High Quality yet the race was a one this year it will have a capacity of Thot excellence set last year 000. Thomas c. Noyes. Pc Dent of the Washington club declared today that the work of reconstruction had been unusually Gratifying president Noyes and manager James Mcaleer Are. Convinced that the club has been strengthened by these play ers. Probably a thousand greeted the players upon their return from the training Camp at Atlanta. Disappointment was expressed that Walter Joinson was not among the arrivals and some enthusiasts expressed the opinion that Johnson will join the team before the season is Well along. .Risty Mathewson is the Only mail should be maintained while the Strug Gle for the Pennant promises to be far tighter. In 1910 the Minneapolis Clu o a oved to be stronger than the other clubs of the circuit but 1911 finds no such inequality As All the weaker clubs have strengthened materially during the off season and will enter the race much improved in All departments of the game. As far As i can see now there Are no weak Sisters in the american association Thomas m. Chevington. President of american association. Who receives More than sg.500, and. The Ling Indian Pitcher Coombs who won wasnin3ton sustained heavy less the three games he pitched in the by the destruction of its stand world s championship series t he trusty Plank and Krause Are in shape for the opening of the season bit it is expected that the Indian will open the season against the new yorkers. Much is expected of the Philadelphia nationals this year by reason of the by fire in addition to the Cost of erection of new stands. These were cited As reasons Why some of the baseball ele ment regarded Johnson s position As unreasonable. Pittsburg looks Strong. Addition of several Lively players a Pittsburg april will through the Cincinnati Deai. I open the season on wednesday at Cin thinks he has the right , with the same line up As it a Init nation Cor u winning Tsakiri and did. In. The opening game with St. that he expects it to a one Louis last year except in one instance of the teams that will fight it out i Hunter will guard the initial Corn Rall for the1 world s Champion Philadelphia nationals open next ship. The season at new York. Bio crowd to see raids open. Cincinnati Ohio april 11. In Case fair weather heralds the National bus Ebah season in this City there is hardly a doubt but t hat league Park receive More Pati Naffe than on in Previou-8 opening. Baseball is at while of it. Ear ago Sharpe took care tonight it is assured that the batting order for the first same will be Byrne Leach Clarke Wagner Miller Hunter Wilson Gibson Jam Nitz. It is almost certain that Cair Mitz will pitch the game although lie held and Adams Are said to have been ,.___, of under consideration by Captain Clarke fever Here caused possibly Cam n its Julie opening game uru Urh the Many predictions that have emanated from leading baseball writ you will find Many suggestions for easter in men s wearing apparel fancy Lisle. Sik from.25c. Per pair to Nej Liger shirts or with out collars in the latest colors and patterns extra Ood value to ave have selection of Grade ready to Wear cloth ins in the City to show you we solicit an White Manahan Ltd. You Maix St. Sole fur 20th Century Brand clothing. Lacrosse. C01iixg Back in Carman. Carman Man., april a meet ing held last night a Lacrosse club was organized for the season to be called the Una Fern Lacrosse club. The follow ing officers were elected Patron Hon. R. P. Roblin president. F. J. Butcher vice president f. W. Humphries Secretary. Roland North treasurer Stan Ley Cochrane Robert Allan Captain ground committee messes. North Batty and Mccurl Loarl. It is expected that Lacrosse will Boom in Southern Mani Toba this summer. Though the write up in the press on monday in regard to the baseball situation in Winnipeg woke up the directors to a certain extent they have not signed a manager yet and things Are somewhat at a stand still. President Blackburn says that he has a Man in View who has a team at his disposal and is ready to bring them Here As soon As requested so that he is not worrying Over not Hay ing a first class aggregation. It is not expected that a manager will be signed before saturday and that will just give him a Little Over two weeks to get a winning aggregation together truly not a very promising Job for the Best Hustler in the game. The maroons Wylli Likely report for training next week if there Are any players to report. When a club is a purely Canadian club it deserves a big following and the fortunes of the beavers who Are playing senior football this summer will be watched with More interest than any other club. It is nothing More or less than a juvenile eleven As the boys were taught the game at the Winnipeg colegate and stuck together when the Days of learning were Over they Are therefore made of the right stuff from which winning team ii Are made. The oldest player on this eleven is 22, the youngest 18, and they average 19 be years for the team. The beavers will undoubtedly have Many supporters for having won the Junter championship of the Manitoba foot Ball association in 190s, they have climbing the ladder of since. In 1909 they went up to the intermediate and though they won oui in their division they lost the final to the celtics but again won the Junior last year the beavers won the intermediate Winnipeg and District league and for the third year in Suc cession the Junior championship of the province. Not become the senior champions at the first time of asking but they will make bid for the honors nevertheless. Winnipeg has a Strong acquisition to its athletic strength in the person of Harold Nutting of Ottawa who has a reputation As a five mile runner As a Miler and especially at the Quarter distance. He has travelled the mile in and covered the Quarter in 51. At the swimming game he is also a postmaster being Only second to Gordon Johnstone the Canadian Champion who is also of Ottawa. Nut Ting has made the Hundred Yards in the aquatics game in 68 seconds which Jas considered fast time. In addition to these qualifications Nutting has played on the second team of the Ottawa football team is a player of pro Mise on the Cliffside hockey team Cormer inter provincial Amateur Cham pions is a paddler and also an oars Man. Last season the capitals of Tawa offered him the position of Centre fielder at Lacrosse but he was too strongly wedded to the Amateur game to turn professional. He will Likely join one of the local Amateur clubs As he will be Here for some time and As he is still a youngster he should be Able to add to the prestige of the colors of the club in which he takes membership. Since Frank and Lester Patrick sprang their sensation about the pro posed new hockey league on the Paci fic coast there has1 been a great Deal of comment concerning such. It is generally agreed that the time is about Ripe for the introduction of ice hockey on a Large scale in Vancouver but there Are Many who doubt the Wisi Lom of the scheme to include Nelson add Monton and Calgary in the big circuit. Some Are inclined to believe that the league will materialize and prove a huge Success while others calculate that the Patrick Syndicate is enjoying a Beautiful dream which can never be realized. The Only scheme that might Foi easter a frock coat is As Indi Spens. Able for easter As is a White Tig with a full dress suit. Fit Reform frock Coats assure you four things style perfect fit. Imported fabrics reasonable prices. Fit Reform frock Coats have an elegance and courtly Grace that show their High character at a glance. Superb English worsted Trou Sers to Complete the suit. Burns company next Manitoba Hall. To. Pay would be to form a league Corn deed of Vancouver and new West inter with one rink Between the two cities while Seattle and Portland would prove a profitable proposition. In hockey matters it is always inter Esting to read what Ottawa has to say and an official of the hockey club says a. League is absolutely out of the question. Consider it sensibly and you cannot reach any other possible conclusion. In the first place it wow Cost for a Good artificial ice Arena. Take the Laurier Avenue rink for instance Why that building alone without the property mind you Cost Ted Dey exactly ?4 it would Cost at least for an artificial ice Plant. I secured the figures Lor the Ottawa club when we were looking into the matter last year and am con sequently in a position to know. They intend to build four rinks one each at Vancouver Nelson Calgary and Edmonton. It would take Over half a million dollars to get the scheme going. Vancouver undoubtedly prove a. Success but the other towns Are fax j too Distant to be considered just travelling expenses would be enor Mous for Nelson is 600 Miles from Vancouver and Edmonton As far again noblemen in Eracli of the past three seasons and won them All. The p Pittsburg club has not opened at Home since 1003, when it was beaten by Cleveland 7 to 2. While Cincinnati has been trying to play exhibition games at Home in cold weather Pittsburg has been coming from the South by gradual stages and Good weather has apparently followed them. It is asserted Here that if Pittsburg players Shiv the Speed they have uncovered at hot Springs and in the exhibition games they will put up a Pennant winning article of. Baseball. Reulbach is Chance s Choice. Chicago april 11. Better to play championship baseball than j they have been since the Soring of the Chicago team champions of tie National league will open the sea son Here wednesday with the St. Louis club. Manager Chance believes Tho cubs will again win the Pennant race but in the same breath names new Yolk As the most formidable contender. Although Pitcher Overall a lost to the club manager Chance is pinning his Faith to Llord Cai Brown the three Ling ered Pitcher who has meant so much to the club in winning four pen Nants in the last five years. Reulbach and Pflster Veteran pitchers Are Gro in at top Speed and a Hance expects much of them while Cole Foxen Ritchie Toney and Weaver give prom ii of holding up their own end of the work. Six new players have been added to the club this season and probably four of them will be retained. They Are Shean and Doyle Utility players Saier a promising first baseman and bail an outfielder. In the infield Chance Evers and tinker will appear again while Sheckard Hofman. And Schulte the spots of the Leopard prejudices Are something like the spots on a Are hard things to Remote. For instance some men believe the Earth is Flat although every ship that Gates to sea proves it to be round. Again a few men still believe in the imported Cigar although every Davis noblemen proves the alleged superiority to be a exploded theory. The noblemen Cigar is equal to High Grade imported brands because it is made from choicest Havana Leaf by skilled cuban workmen. For obvious reasons a fresh egg would taste the same in Cuba As in Canada for equally powerful reasons the Davis Noble Hen Cigar and the High Grade imported smoke taste and Are the same yet the noblemen costs half the Price or. 2 for 25c. Noblemen sir., 2-for-.-qu.rur. S. Davis sons Ltd., Montreal pan Etela 10o straight. Main the feb Imus Concha Fina 3 2sc. Perfection Cigar. Remarkable crowds at cup tie games spectators at 71 figures. The aggregate attendance and Gate receipts of the four rounds and Semi finals of the English football cup which have been decided have reached remarkable figures compared with those for the corresponding of period last year. Seventy one zanies have been played and people have paid for admission. Although last year six More matches were played this sea. Son s attendance shows an increase of and the Gate receipts an in crease of the figures for were attend Ance receipts the following Are the totals for the individual rounds this season and also last year the number of games being Given in parentheses 1911. Attendance receipts first round 37 second round 20 round 8 fourth round 4 semifinals 2 1910. Makes offer to directors of Winnipeg baseball cd is 1 colonel Thompson and president Blackburn meet and former Stilt his willingness to finance share profits if with shareholders this year and will take in next he can pop Anson As manager i will have a live team. Negotiations were opened yesterday i Sion of the season if there were Between president Blackburn and colonel w. A. Thompson show Man promoter financier and Speculator whereby the latter May take Over the Winnipeg club if the Deal which is now pending materializes. The two held a conference yesterday afternoon and after considering several propositions an agreement was reached which looked pretty favourable to both. It was not closed however As or. Black Burn will Confer with the directory of the club however As the situation now stands it is up to or. Blackburn find the of erectors whether the club changes hands for this year and the fans Given Chance to support a. Good fast Ball team As if colonel Thompson is sin Cere in his actions he will put a club in. Hire which will be second to none in the West if he secures the control of the club. At tire meeting several propositions were put Forward by both men and it took some time before something de finite was reached. . Blackburn wanted for the franchise and offered to turn Over the full rights including bag and baggage of the club but this did not suit the colonel who thought baseball was not promising enough in Western Canada league to place so much Money in it. He pointed out that it was his intention to secure a for Winnipeg in the american association within a year or so As he could not see Liny Money in a club playing in an All Canadian league. What is offered. Finally colonel Thompson offered to take the lease of the club for this year finance the team and at the Conlu profits that the directors of the a leg club would share alike with in he is to have an option of into the Stock next year Al Dong that he succeeded in Getty Sis organization into the american elation. This looked feasible to the Wlms Peg president and or. Thompson or. Blackburn s office with the u standing that he would be Given finite reply to Day. Colonel Bill Saye that if Winnipeg club that he will the fans the Best class of Bah they have Ever witnessed in Thia of the country. He claims that be get pop the famous Chic player who in his Day was one of Best All round players who Ever a Bat to manage them and contends that the Veteran bring a team Here from Chicago would be Amble to make a fight for Pennant. As noted in Thompson claims that he can backing of his personal Freo Murphy ban Johnson come Frey Kann and several other famous Ball men to help him to get american association and he a he would have International Ball Winnipeg within a year. The colonel also asserts that he Al secure plenty of Good Ball p through the Aid of his Friend men who would be obtained a which would keep the club salary limit. He says Hies sections with the Winnipeg club woe not interfere with his big show in costs that he was interested on account of his enthusiasm for my Ball and also because he Tehhua baseball will prove a Payi Toj Tion in this City if f 91 first round f.43 second round 19 third round 9 fourth round 4 Semi finals 2 attendance receipts 14.1s9 of the figures of the finalists new Castle s six games have attracted an aggregate attendance of and tha receipts from the Gates amount to which shows an average of about for each match. Brad Ford City have played five games which have been attended by spectators who paid which shows an average of about can you of shirts in the City. The Commonwealth 296 longboat to meet Marathon pros runs in Utica on Good Friday and then goes to Boston for race with Cameron. Toronto april c. Lang boat and his manager. Sol Mintz. Will leave to Morrow to visit the United s tates on an extended tour in an Effort to Rake in some of the Loose change that is floating around. The aborigine s first race will be in Utica on Good Friday when he will run against a relay of runners in a 15-mile Gallop. From there he will drop Down to Boston to meet Fred l. C Meron of Amherst x.s., Winner of last year s Boston Marathon about april 25. At and distance Cameron this will be the first time these two famous a marathoners have met. Cameron is a crack at any Dis Tance and will give str. Long boat a Tuttle for tire Money. At present longboat is in the Best of the Best since he entered the game. He the taking a arc of himself and Kjong like a House on fire. Only recently he offered Jim Corkery and Jimmie Georje a 5 minute Handicap Over the Ward Mara Thon course. Longboat has been train in faithfully on the roads along with Corkery and Mccork k. Despite the fact that Lias beaten him twice thin season in i on venal tiny it must be re memo that Sli Rubb is a great Fetty. Showed it when he trimmed St and Ljungstrom and men of fare in recent races. I if the Winner of this year s he Breaks Long boat s record a 2.24.24 4-5 for Tho Twenty live to made in 1907, Mintz will Over the course again for a. Record. A bucket exp hats All Good hat sell them the with a Arena rink tonight to roller skating Phon. Garry make your own Cical ;