Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-04-04
BASE BALL VOTES.

Jim IIu=hy has been rclcaacd by the
St. I.oIis Browns.
Col. Dreyfi:sG SAYS he has no intention
OF letting Rubc Wadd.ii so to Boston.
Manager Mack has signed outneldcr
Seybold OF last years indianapolis team.
Yalc's schedule includes games with
BowdIin. oct. lc; Bate. Oct. =. at New
Haven.
Bob Allen has declined an offer 10 man
aGe the Columbus team Of the Western
Association
From the result % Tuesdays canvass az
Yaic II is stated that the nov grand
stand for Yale baseball field Is practically
assured. and that & WIN probably bc
erected by the middle of May.
Charles W. Cancel of Boston. q catcher
on the Boston league team Tor several
seasons, took charge % the candidates tor
the Williams College team. tuesday, II
will remain unui the end Of the season.
Comiskcy uncovered sIrpriSc III Pitcn-
or Eevoy. whom he signed some tirlc agl
but kept dark. Hc Is ciant from the
lumber regions uf Wisconsin. who looks
as II he could throw a bail through Il
folr-inch plank
team viii be coached ~ ". +. Fitzmau-
rice. a wcll-kloWn player Of past ycarS II.
the New England and Eastern Leagues
The college squad WAS called out. TueS-
,iav and the material seemed abundant.
But fow bast BAN enthusiasts bravcd the
blizzard To attend the baseball meeting
| in city han. Portland. Wednesday night.
| Capt. IN. Nash uf Boston. VINO viii
| probably manage the Portland team. WAS
present ana has received assurances Of
| support. Another me- ting will br hello
| later.
Chief thinner strongly denies the re-
| ports Of TIE impending disruption OF The
| players union. He says everything has
| been paid up. the majority of the mem
bers are satisfied with The work done and
! there is considerable balance IN ttle
| treasury. although there has been only
one assessment on the payers.
Umpire Gaffncy speaking about the rev
| rules ~ nc National League. said: No
un 1."c III Uu-to-,!a;c 70 far aS these new
rules dta concerned. | wish Inc rules
Comrri'te.' wouid answer these questions:
What Oh an umpire do Il catcher re
| fuses to play up behind the bat: VIII
the rule regarding tne foul MS d9 ava
second strike or second bal! - declared
a strike?"
The Lewiston team may not play on the
college grounds in that city after al y
number Of Auburn people ate interested
in having a tract O. land in that city.
known locally as the clay bank converted
into an athletic field and Mr.. Doe is CON
sidering a proposition to nave the NsW
England League games played there. The
field in question is right in the heart OF
| the city. being just across nc bridge
from Lewiston. ard handy 70 the shoe
| shops. II would be an ideal place for
hall field. and its location would mean
good many extra dollars during The sea
son to have the game played there.
The regular spring meeting OF the East
ern League was held at Now York, We'd
nesdav In q straight session lasting
seven hours the macnatcs adopted play
ing schedule for the coming season. n'aoe
changes in the playing rules ana transact
ed other business. Those present "heli
President Powers called the meeting |"
order were James 7 Shearon, =; g. Nlcn-
olson and Charles l.. Dooley of Montreal;
Edward c. Barrow of Toronto: James
Franklin of Buffalo: George Swceney OF
Rochester: Frank j. Leonard OF syrieis
q. =. Crcssey, W. II. Draper and W. J;
Murray Of Providence: + u. Hmriev %
Worcester. and Charles Soby and Wm-
Shindle of Hartford. The playing sche"-
ule adopted consists of l2s games. INC
season will open. Thursday. April ., with
Montreal al Buffalo. Toronto at Roches-
ter: Hartford at Providence. ard syracuse
at Worcester For ,nc .rst .iiilc ~, ~ ~ M
cult will open in the West. In past Ecar.
the Wcstcrners haSc come into tEe E-iSt
first.
Pittsburg Despatch;, Bobby Lowe u
sppaking OF the war between the rival
cllbs in Boston. said that in his opinioi.
the public there would not support NV"
teams and in order for the Nailoniu
I,uclIc TO successfully compete with th'
American League il will be nee ssary I"
reduce the general admission - = cents
tho same as the American. tic mas r.
knowledge that such rrducuoH III ',' n'
only gave it us his individual opinion as
seven old rIavcrs and the strength OF
This seasons team will depend TO some
extent on the form display GO by the nc"
acquisitions. Lowe says the NaNHiia,
I eanI,c club owners could have avoided
the trcable in signing PLAYERS if the
league had agreed TO The demands o, tr
ball players at the meeting ~ N"W holn
last December. PLAYERS understood o.,
what thoy considered reliable authority
that they were to have their s9'aries re
duccd. and many of them joined the riNa,
league. This boosted the figures al
\ round and he believes that the Ameri-
can League is stronger than the Nations,
League people suspect and is III the held
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