Promising candidates to fill up
the vacant berths are McCagg, the
giant captain of last year's freshman
X. tX V J Sno(er hooks tvir
X1 lk TRWELLEO BUT A FOOT
SSSa V. ) AlNIO A. HALF HE. IS
CONTRACTS ARE
SENT OUT TO 25
BY SPRINGFIELD
ee tssKT Bee
tWT0 vTHE Ar-F-CHfAf
(w V RlOfti
peciJioM Tool)
When the war broke out Gene Tun
niey of Greenwich "Village was anx
ious to fight. He waited to get to the
front, so he "told it to the marines,"
and was therefore one of the "first to
fight." Gene was a genuine soldier
during the war. He "got to the front"
both as a soldier and as a 'patriot. He
was in the thick of the fight. Now
Geno is back at his old Job, ring fight
ing, and as in the world war h seems
destined to "get to the front" in the
strife of arerdc conffict Tunney, un
der the management of the astute
Billy Roche, has all the "ear-marks"
of the coming heavyweight cham-pson.
He has engaged in some half-dozen
Although practically a new-comer
amongst the heavies Tunney boxes
with the experience of a veteran.
Under the tutelage of Jack Denning,
a leading midd'pw.ight a few years
ago. Gene has mastered the knack of
ring the Greenwich Village terror was
a bookkeeper with a New York com
mercial house. Tunney views his
change from the sedentary to the
strenuous with humorous philosophy.
'Bookkeeping." mused Gene, "is all
Springfield, Feb. 18. Contracts for
25 players on the Springfield Base
ball club have been sent out by
President "William E. Carey for the
1920 campaign. Thirteen of them
are for pitchers, three for outfielders,
eight for Inflelders and one catcher.
