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News of the Week Among the Ball Players.
At the meeting of tho Western association in Des Moines last
week Sioux City and Rock Island were turned down. The circuit
will 1)0 made- up of tho following cities: Lincoln, Omaha, Des Moines,
St. Joe, Peoria, Jacksonville, Quincy and Rockford. The best piece
of work was done in ousting Dave Rowo from Ike presidency and
electing W. W. Kent of Jacksonville to tako his place. The base
ball fans can thank Mr. T. J. Hickoy for knocking Rowe out. There
are some people who think tho association made a mistake in drop
ping Sioux City as the history of Sioux City will show that that
city has never been a quitter in base wall. Iu drawing the uniforms
Lincoln drew a grey suit with white trimmings; as no city has grey
with black trimmings it is probable that Lincoln will change to
black trimmings.
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Archie Cole was in the city Sunday and is looking better than ho
ever did and ho says he never felt so well. Archie expressed him
self as being highly pleased with tho team signed so far. Ho con
siders our pitchers very strong and thinks that Clem Kimerer is a
comer. Archie is working in a cigar store in Hastings.
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St Joe will bo managed by Harry Gatewood who managed Beat
rice in 1892.
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Joe Cantillion is out of a job as is also Con Strothers.
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Mr. Ebright is in Chicago and he may sign a few more players.
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The guarantee system which was adopted will bo a good thing for
Lincoln.
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Sol Oppenheimer will furnish tho score cards in most of thu cities
in tho association.
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Notwithstanding the fact that Sioux City was turned down by
both western leaguo and association they are going to have a park
in the center of the town. They are expecting a break in the west
ern league and if it takes place Omaha will try and get into it; in that
case Sioux City thinks she could get the Omaha franchise in tho
western association.
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The Southern baseball league was reorganized yesterlay, with
New Orleans, Montgomery, Atlanta, Chattanooga, Memphis, Little
Rock. Nashville and Evansville, Ind., in the membership. The
salary limit was tixed at 1,000. Each club will be required to put
up 81,000 8 a guaranty that it will play the season through.
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At a conference between Manager Buckenberger, of tho St. Louis
Browns, and President Kerr, of the Pittsburg club, the latter agreed
to trado pitcher "Red" Ehret and a wad of money for pitcher
Hawley. The papers were siirned immediately. Hawley's ill feel
ing toward Von der Ahe is the reason given for the deal. Ehret
once pitched for Lincoln.
Manager Brackett, of Quincy, has signed several good players
among them are Sam Laroque, Danny Bolan, Farrell, of Lowell,
Mas.; Keener, of Scranton, Pa.; Jas. McCormick and JackReighton.
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It is probablo that the Lincoln team will take a southern trip
before the season opens and play in the following cities: St. Joseph
Kansas City, St. Louis and Cincinnati. Kid Speer is coaxing Mr.
Hickoy to take tho club to Pittsburg, but it is hardly probable that
they wiJl got that far away from home. It would bo a good adver
tisement for the city to send a winning team over the eastern
circuit.
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Fernando is quite disappointed on account of tho association
dropping Rock Island. This is the city where Freddie got the title
of Count Fernando.
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Manager Ebright returned Wodnesday from a trip to Chicago and
the east.
HER LITTbE JOKE.
"You never bring any live game home, John, it always is dead."
"Why, hovf foolish you talk, Mary. I have to kill it to get it, and
whoever heard of a sportsman bringing home anything but dead
game?" '"-..
"Well, it's auSight, John, but I guess my friends would be greatly
surprised if they knev that I had married a dead game sport."'
A LOVE SONG.
My love is fair, is passing fair
With shadowy, melting, deep blue eyes,
And wealth of burnished red-gold hair
Where prisoned sunlight glows and dies.
Her voice like silvery peal o' bells
Rings sweetly on my ravished ear.
And when 'tis hushed there faintly dwells
A music that my heart can hear.
My love, my queen is passing fair.
And for one kiss the world I'd brave;
There's naught too great for me to dare
To win her love and be her slave.
My love is fair. To be a tlower
Within her fragrant sunlit hair
I'd bo content to live one hour
And die to make her life more fair.
My love is fair did I but feel
That she no longer cared for me
No thought could cause mo woe or weal.
My brain, my heart but stone would be.
William Reed Dunkoy.
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