Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-29
Base Ball Notes.

Pitcher Gallagher is studying law in
q Newport law office
Captain Duffy is hot to have the Boston
club secure Pitcher Taylor from St.
Louis.
The New England League meeting
will take place Wednesday, Jan. r. in
Boston.
Arthur Irwin advances the claim that
he was the very first player to wear an
infielder's glove.
Ed Hanlon still has faith in Berry Wall
Maui, and will take another chance with
Berry next year.
Pittsburg is reported as having sold
Second Baseman Asa Stewart to Kansas
CITY This cuts out John O'Brien.
Jake" Weihl of the Norfolks Is again
in New Bedford for the winter. Jake"
played remarkably fine ball last sea-
son.
1t is generally believed in Boston that
1897 was klobedanZ's best year. and that
he will not be more than ordinarily effect
i've in 1895.
Now that Fred Doe Is to be IA Ma
tional League umpire. there will be a
scramble for the position of manager
of the New Bedford club
Denny Mahoney thinks the Boston
club could do worse than engage Wilfred
CarSey. Surely there are worse pitchers
in the business than the cx-Philadelphian.
Third Baseman Bert Meyers of Milwau-
kee, Is likely to be transferred to Kan
sas City. Jimmy Manning says he has
had enough of experimenting with young
blood
Jimmy" Manning is feeling very hap
py thai he succeeded i'm securing Out
fielder Slagle Young Slagle is one of the
crack outfeders and hitters of the West
ern country.
The headquarters Of the Boston club
will be at i02 Atlantic avenue. beginning
Dec. /. For 81 years President Soden has
been located at ll6 Water street His
business has increased To such an extent
that more commodious quarters are
necessary, and he is to have a fine pri-
vate Office where he can be consulted by
all desiring TO confer with him on base
ball or other matters.
With Bean a member of the Brooklyn
league team. with Doherty and Johnson
leading respectively the third and second
basemen of the Atlantic League, and
with Mike Kelley captain Of the cham
pion Newports and the leading first base
man of the New England League. Au-
gusta people are Just beginning to realize
what fast iniield We had IN this city
during the season of 1896.
Umpire Connolly of the New Eng
best wishes of hosts of friends in his
change of base to the National. Tom
knowns the game thoroughly. his habits
are of the best. and there is no reason
why he should not prove as successful
as any umpire in the big organization.
pink Hawley who is wintering as
usual at Beaver Dam. Wis. has recently
purchased little trotter. and takes great
pleasure in driving daily and he also
spends some time in bowling. Both Haw-
ley and Elmer Smith have expressed
themselves as pleased with their trans
fer to Cincinnati. This will be Smiths
second term with Cincinnati. having
served that club as pitcher before he be-
came an outfielder.
1t is not at all unlikely that New Eng
land will contribute four members of tho
league corps of umpires in Tom Lynch
Carpenter. Connolly and Doe. Carpenter
viii surely be on the staff his work
was extremely satisfactory to Mr.. Young
last season. The league president has
been after Connolly for two seasons past
and that young man will surely accept
Fred Doe ought to make a first-class UNI
pire This is evidenced by the work he
did in the New England League. last sea-
son.
Manager Finn of the Newport club. is
new in base ball compared with most
managers. but in his only season in the
game he landed a team that was credit
to the city it represented. As some of his
valuable timber has been taken from him
this year. he is on the lookout for play
ers who will take the places of the de-
parting ones. and has secured NJ. +.
Hickey formerly of Brockton. to play
shortstop. Hickey is fine fielder and a
hard hitter, and if he takes care of him
self will be power in the team. Another
accession is Jim Mccormick. the third
baseman, veteran in his position and
we'll known through his connection with
the Lewiston and Quincy, Ill., clubs. For
the outfeld he has added Hill of AthOl.
Il fast fielding and hard-hitting outfielder.
Another accession is Western left
handed pitcher. AS now made up. New
port will have Rollins and Nelson, catch
ers: Gallagher. Foley. Hawley and the
new left-hander pitchers; Kelley, Mills;
Mccormick and Hickey. infielders. and
Pickett Gilbert and HILL outtielders.
Grant is still on the team. and may be
made the subject of deal by which he
will go to Taunton.
The last issue of the Sporting Life
contains the official fielding averages
of the Atlantic League for the season
of 1897. From them we find that our
own Mike Doherty led the third base
men of that league. and AL Johnson
the second baSemen. Doherty played
with the Hartford team and Johnson,
who was for a considerable part of
the season a member of the Louisville
club of the National League, finished
in the Atlantic League as a member
of the Paterson club. Both he and
Doherty have been reserved by then
respective teams for the season of 1893
We always thought that the Augusta
team of the New England League for
the season of 1896 was very fast COM
bination of ball tossers, and events
have seemed to confirm that Judgment.
With good pitchers it would have stood
much higher in the race
Foot Gall Games.