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Newspaper
Chicago Eagle
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1914
Page
2
In a Cleveland recap Ivan Olson calls Walter Johnson the Naps’ toughest foe and recalls a Washington game last June where Johnson nearly hit Olson with a beaning. Olson survived, then collected two singles, finishing the season batting .400 against Johnson while Johnson struck out 39 Naps.
Charles Green Williams, longtime Chicago club secretary treasurer since 1898, comes from a baseball family with a mother who served as official scorer for a decade. The piece notes Williams’s Cubs era, his fighting-stock lineage, and lists a long schedule of upcoming games across cities from May to October.
The schedule lists matches at Park North Clark and Addison Streets with dates from April 23 to October 8. Opponents include Kansas City Baltimore Pittsburgh Buffalo Brooklyn St. Louis Indianapolis and Buffalo again across multiple double headers and extended series.
The article outlines three major rule changes affecting both Federal league and organized baseball. Key items include stricter coaching rulings at third base, allowing coaching shout to batters, and play continuation if an umpire is hit. Balk rules tighten with any foot on or behind the pitch plate. It also notes that home runs require touching all bases and how field actions affect outs and bases. Terre Haute Central league franchise sold to a stock company with Webb Beggs president and Thomas Jackson secretary. Manager Larry Quinlan retained to run playing end. 27 players training. club viewed as strong first division prospect.
Connie Mack, born December 23, 1862 in East Brookfield Massachusetts, celebrates his fifty first year in baseball. He began as a catcher in 1884 and rose to manager in 1894. His leadership of Pittsburgh Philadelphia Milwaukee and finally the Athletics produced pennants world titles and lasting respect as the game’s master mind.
The opening and closing dates show most leagues begin around April 14 and end near Labor Day. Notable schedules cover National and American Leagues, Federal, International, regional associations, and Canadian circuits with varied start dates from March 31 to May 8 and endings through late September.
Manager Frank Chance of the Yankees will be without Russell Ford this year. Ford once regarded as a premier Yankee pitcher has faded and will depart to the Federal league. Chance was not pleased with Ford last season and a salary cut in 1914 was possible.
The Pacific league opens its season on March 1 and runs until October 25, staging 216 games. The piece notes players chase coast salaries and endure demanding schedules, with stars drawn west but questions raised about longevity and performance into the next season.
Baseball writers note that small players can excel beyond expectations as infielders. Mentions include Maranville Evers Tinker Maisel Foster Huggins OLeary Colns and others, who compensate for size with speed and agility. Arthur Shafer’s retirement prompts praise from Chief Meyers for Shafer’s quality as a ball player and his replacement options.
Labor dominates the expense of building a Tobin bronze 75-foot waterline defense sloop. Bronze can be bought for 6000 dollars to plate the hull. A cup shop ranges from 75000 to 120000 dollars depending on the building plant.
The Southern Michigan league faces a shortage of bench managers this season with the arrival of Topsy Hartsel and Ed Smith adding to the number of playing leaders. Hartsel will bat in Toledo and Smith will manage South Bend, joining other onfield managers like McKernan Battle Creek Holmes Saginaw Jenkins Bay City Wagner Kalamazoo Cristal Adrian Meyers Jackson Burke Flint Morrissey Lansing from the bench.
Frank Newhouse of Denver, a veteran umpire in multiple leagues, has been signed to hold the indicator this season in the Union association.
Manager Stallings calls Evers a great asset to the Braves. Evers credits Rabbit Maranville as one of the best short fielders in the business. Maranville says the Braves will finish higher than last season. Sioux City buys first sacker Jimmy Kane from Omaha club.
President George Tebeau of the Kansas City club clarifies that he did not claim a $70,000 salary list last year. He warns that rising salaries could reach $70,000 for an AAA team, a level no Association club can sustain, noting Association payrolls average about $40,000 annually and many cities cannot bear even that much.
Jake Daubert of the Brooklyn Superbas, premier first baseman in the National League, remains optimistic that his team will compete for the pennant from the outset.
The Reds sign a contract to train in Alexandria again in 1915 and 1916. Alexandria residents promise better facilities and support for the team.
Frank O Rourke, previously acquired from the Boston Nationals by the Buffalo Bisons, has been released to the Wilkes Barre club of the New York State league. The move follows last year’s acquisition by the Bisons from Boston.
Tom Wilson joins the Giants on a trial basis after leaving Galveston Texas League. He is not the veteran Arthur Wilson who has joined the Federals.
The piece surveys Democratic regulars favoring a German American for county board president and notes B F Weber would lack German support. It covers appellate court aspirants James McInerney and James Long, school board upheaval in Chicago, sheriff and treasurer speculation, and a push for a one year mayoral term to curb graft and payroll abuses.
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