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basebaGSports of all sorts boxing JFELSCH SIGNS SOX CONTRACT AL DEMAREE SATISFIED By-Mark Shields Happy Fefech has signed a con tract . to play centerfield f or, the ISVMteSOK. A short paragraph, but there is knore real4aseball news in it of in terest to fiie fans than in columns 6f political hogwash about, a strike, fche action of ibe national commis jsfon and the defers of the magnates. For Fefech Is a balptayer, a fellow Who does his work on the diamond, teams his money and enjoys his labor. He is of a ty which, were (there more Hfce him, -would make ithe game a better .spectacle for all jeoncerned. Hap is a great player, though he fed not xeeeiv znoch. headline no Stice, and iaSed to get as much print led praise as some of his fellows in 0.916. He te not spectacular, which anay aceoont for the fact that what he did twk taken as a matter of coarse, whfla 'Columns of praise were ' gpSLed diboat- John Collins and other neldexa.' Defensively Fefech was beter than the men on. either side of him in the Sox garden. Ih Mb peculiar shuf fling gait he cango a tremendous distance backward after fly balls, and comes toward the infield with equal speed. He has an accurate and powerful arm, which was dead ly to many basenmners who dared Bs strength. Joe Jackson drew the TdnnriitR nf the fans by the way he a to stana m leu lieiu ana buuoi, fall to Buck Weaver at third in but in actual combat, with aemy trying tor an extra. Dase, jgelsca was usually there with the throw that led to an out. At the bat he swings freely and )neets the ball solidly. His drives travel with tremendous force on. a line, and many of them register ex tra bases. Felsh is a youngster. He has a long career before him, and experi ence will make him one of the best outfielders that ever wore a South Side uniform. And with all his prowess he is a natural, unassuming fellow, who does everything there is to do in a ball game to the best of Instability. He doesn't curry favor with any one. He is out there to play ball and not to get his name written into a black head. Evidence is piling up that the base ball strike of the Players' Fraternity will not cripple the major leagues. Ar Demaree, Cub pitcher, who called the players' meeting here at the be hest of Dave Fultz, says he is. satis fied with the terms offered by Pres. Weeghman. Demaree cannot sign yet, because of an agreement with Fultz, but he intimates that he will be on hand when the training special leaves for California. That is the same as say ing he will sign a paper ere then, for Weeghman has given it out cold that only signed players will be tak- ' en west President Comiskey of the Sox has experienced no trouble in signing his players. Faber, Russell, Terry, Mc Mullen and a few others are still un signed, but all will come in within a few days. None are dissatisfied. v Matters are looking up on the North Side also. Larry Doyle has a contract for this year, and Art Wil son is reported to have his signed contract in the mails. Negotiations are now on with Leslie Mann which will satisfy that player, and bringiiim within the fold. The St, Louis Browns report a majority of regulars signed, among them George Sisler. The Red Sox, also, have nothing to worry about, as Babe Ruth, one of the players who attended a recent frat meeting, has ji22Si2jS SSsSSSSSESBStmkSttBB