Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-20
Base Ball Notes.

Herman DOescher of the league staff
of umpires, says he has no aspirations
to serve as umpire. next season.
It is said that Jimmy McAleer. the
Cleveland outfielder. is to be traded to
Chicago. McAleer said he would never
again play in Cleveland.
The st. Louis club has had u man
ayers since 1880. and the likelihood is
that several more names will be on the
list before next season closes.
Last Wednesday, Robert G. Allen oi
the Boston club of last. season signed
contract to play short stop for the
indianapolis club Of the Western
League. He will also manage and cap
tain the club.
The Pacific coast base ballists play
their last game. today. Each player
received about $3.50 above expenses.
What with their salaries and the Tenn
pie cup and excursion money, Collins
and Stahl have made a nice thing OUT
OF base ball, this season.
Charles Byrne. president of the Brook
lyn Base Ball Club. is lying at his home
in New York city. in Il very critical con
dition. and while the attending physi-
of death, they have but little hope of his
recovery A complication of diseases has
set in and during the past two days the
patient has been unconscious most of the
time.
Charles Fl. Zuber says in the Cincin-
natl Times-Star THE bean shooter at
tack that is being made on the hunt hit
by a sllirmiShng party of writers, headed
by J. Earle Wagner of the Washington
club. will be barren of results, for there
is too much common sense among the
magnates to ever put a check to the pro
gress of the game. and. by abOlishing the
bunt hit put base ball back 10 years.
Hugh Jennings of the Baltimores says
of the young Sacramento pitcher signed
by the Balti,nores: Manager Hanlon has
secured "A phenomenal pitcher in Hughes.
In the game we played at Sacramento a
| number of puZZling curves were intro
duced by new lind which we Were UNI
ab!ed to connect with In my judgment
! he lacks speed, but | think him suffil lent
| ly clever to enter the National League.
! Tom Brown says: "Rusie is the sec
| ond best pitcher the game has eve,
seen ! rank Charlie Eadbourne as the
| first and best pitcher in the games
! history and Rusie the second. Nichols
Of Boston is one CT the most consisten;
twi1Iers | ever batted against, but his
success is due to his fine physical con
| d!tion rather than to rare skill"
President Nick Young has received
80 applications for positions on tht
staff of umpires, and still they. cCne
He will limit his staff to IS men. anJ
| four he has already chosen-LynCh
Emslie Hurst and O'Day. Mr.. Ioune
feels sure that the double umpire sys-
tom will give him great relief from tbs
trials he has suffered in past seasons
from that source.
Mr. Watson says in the New York Mai
and Express: "As for the idea of having
the league donate money by subscription
or otherwise to the successful club. 1her'
| is nothing that can be advanced in faVo
of such an idea. The men are paid t.
play the best ball they are capable of do
ing. and that should settle the whole bust
ness of remunera ton. VI the winners ar
to get a bonus. let it be the gift of thu
club proprietors, who reap the benefit o
the mems work in INCREASED gate receipts
To make clubs not able to pay expense
contribute to Il general fund is out of tn
question.
Boston Herald: Now that the New Bed
ford club has secured Mr.. James f. Cana
van for the season of 1898. every club o
the New England League except Paw
tucket has secured its manager. But tw
clubs will retain the same managers as il
iS97-Manager Burnham in Brockton am
Manager Finn in Newport. Manage
Smith goes from Pawtuckct to Fal
River. Mr. j. w. Burns will try his for
tunes in Taunton. The Pawtucket PEG
pie have several good men in view. an
their choice will doubtless be announce
by the time the league meets in this cit
in January. From what has already bee
done by the clubs it can be seen that tin
clubs will be stronger in '9S than the
were last season. Being Il New Bedfor
boy and known to almost everybody i
that city. Jimmy Caravan ought t
give the sport a great boom in that city
r and he will doubtless have team tina
will will be able to cope with the strong
est talent pitted against him. Manage
John Smith is already laying wires in Fla
River to get back the pennant that clu
held for four consecutive seasons. TIL
rivalry between Fall River and New Bee
ford, with Caravan on one side and Snit
on the other. promises to assume its ole
= time phase, when the feeling was a
: fever heat all the time and immens
: crowds turned out to see the games