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o in eter-t tottazhereivesnedndsemutyutsirt.reedhenelinaprt.11Uii«ieaasMAJOR LEAGURERSIMAY PLAY WHITESOX THIS SEASONMANAGERS AFTER SEVERALEXHIBITION GAMES FORWEEK DAYS.AD(SLINEUP READY FORCAIRO GAME SUNDAYChances for Centralia baseball fansW and that shell from ville ed h near Ttin SgirlFlantheiiIng,take of \ Tlnew in t alon charseeing major league players rn action against the White Sox on the local diamond this summer are considered a surety by the White Sox association. Negotiations foF exhibition games with the Chicago White Sox. Pittsburg Pirates and the Indianapolis and St.Louis Federal league teams are nowbeing carried on. rtli I Word was received by an officerof I this morning that the Cincinnati Redscould play an exhibition game here May 11. The date will not be accept- | was ed. however, on account of the earli* imm ness of the season, the team not be- Vert. . ing in shape yet. tieI That local fans will turn out strong autlifor any big league exhibition gamesI with the Centralia White Sox is with- ter ter out doubt, as this city is up with the and ,rt rest of its size when it comes to en- f|Ha to thusiasm in the major league sort. | wit? Teani Lined I p For Sunday.is-1 With all the players signed up, the I j*’*® ity Whitt Sox will journey to Cairo Sun-I 1day liornmg for'a warm-up game with | theith I tiie K. 1. T. league team of that city.The lineup for the games si as follows:Alex Reese, first baseman. Reese of Icomes back after playing a good game the with the Sox last year. The local fans chil predict a good record for this dougnty retui , player. leavI Andy Dudley.. captain and second I C(nt baseman. Dudley comes from the Mee IB* lleviile Maroons, where he held whi down this important plate three sea- djsc er sons. His record speaks well for the . standard of the Sox lineup. thejOrin Brown, shortstop. Orin is ,ne I there with the goods In this position, I il-1 having proved his ability on the heldlast year. His work last season was «®nthe feature of the games. That he is Ha. better this season has already been the demonstrated in the tryouts. warCharles McGreavy, third base. Me- [chil Greavy comes from the fast Central .City squad which put up a strong game J a _ I against the Sox last season. He is ex-peeted to show up strong on this cor- J |j0yrielitf-IBSner. I wit'-t-1 William Kleysteuber, left field. WOJI Bill” calls for no boosting, his work [, on the field last year speaking for it-d-1 self. It is a sure thing he will be *there with the goods.Arch Chappie, center field. Chap-1 uia pie was the star of the Odin team last year, both in hitting and tieldlng. The JS. association thinks it has a lind in this1 man.VHUly Humes, pitcher and right field. Humes is known to all Centra--1 iu fans,'being one of the old scouts. from this territory. He comes back to L ln 1 his home town after a year with the '.Burlington, la., team,Jt l.es Wasem, catcher. Wasem pulled,e I down all the hot ones and others be- «‘ra hind the home plate last season. He tro conies to the team in good condition | deiafter a w orkout on the Miliken Uni- j raie-1 versity team. i pol»n J H. M. Betts, pitcher. Betts comes pla j after a season with Cincinnati and , Terre Houte. His ability iu the box wt is known and a strong man has been Lja( secured in his signing up. t0Waiter Snyder, catcher. Coming from Hoyleton, where he played be-1 ^ bind the bat in fine style. Snyder looks good to the local fans.Thomas, Sligar and Umshler, all lo- ‘T cal boys, will hold down the bench SU this season. All are promising players th« who will get a chance to show what an is in them before the season is over. ca:Guy Martin, well known to all Cen- 'tralia fans, will act as umpire at mi -r I Cairo Sunday. He is expected to hold thlt; o. I this position for the entire season, be- d0 ing an experienced baseball man. j)a With this strong lineup the home su fans expect tile Sox to make a strong ,ia showing this season in Southern llli- yy. .nois city team circles. Chances are 5 j their's to duplicate the record for Lmu. IsFe-
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Centralia Evening Sentinel
Centralia, Illinois, US
Fri, May 01, 1914
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