Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-02-10

quarters IN NeWark-his new neld-tcf
the season. He has II men signed.
Lajoie was so much pleased With his
trip to the coast. last season. that D.,
said he would repeat IL next winter If Le
had to walk. @-E'-- -''--
The California season will begin Aprit
and close Dec. :. Every manager viii
deposit $3.50 that he will fulfil ali league
obligations.
Councilman James L. IIassett of Port
land has been reapponted an umpire on
the New England League staff. He gave
almost unqualified satisfaction last sea-
son. rY---
The veteran Joseph Quinn has received
offers from Rochester. Toronto. MIipra,,-
kee and Colorado Springs clubs, and ctli-
will do. IN
Manchester is said to have secured Il
trio of fine players. in Swandcr, an OUT
!lelder, Clark. second baseman, anil
Gilligan. short stop. all OF whom Come
from the North Carolina League.
Rochester lost chance to secure
good manager when it failed to do bust
make dentistry his profession. and is tax
ing course in the Tufts Medical School.
/ Charley Marston, one Of the veteran
managers of New England. well know
from his connection with the WATERBURY,,
Fail River and Worcester clubs has re-
sumed the reins at the we'll known T.,ii
River hosiery. the Wilbur House.
boSton Herald: The ultt.nafum of the
Brush Freednlan- Soden- Robinson quartet
is to fight Spalding to a finish. Then
what will the other four do? Wilt they
desert their president? Unless they do
50. y Is impossible TO see anything but
the death of the present National League.
Pitcher Frank McPartlin. OF HoosicA
rails. who pitched for Rochester, last
year. has sent bis terms for the coming
season to the manager of the. Chicago
team OF the National League. The princi-
pal condition Is that Chicago buy, his re-
lease, Rochester having reserved his ser
vices for 1907. McPartlin played with the
fall season. : =
The popularity of the national game
outside OF the professional arena is shoHu
in the great amount of baseball materfaf
Sc sold to junior clubs and players. Over
UWo pairs of batting gloves had been
july, and OF baseball mittens and CLOVIS
OF Hli kinds a record of 10000 pairs were
sold up to the close of the July campaign
fully 10000 dozens of basebaIis was The
output of the season of 1901
Charles A. Nichols. who for dozen
years has contributed 50 notably to tbs
fame Of the Boston National League ciu!
and will rank In baseball. history as tht.
peer or any pitcher the game has pro-
duced in point OF effective and prolonged
service, said au rcvoir to his Boston
friends. Saturday night. and started ursf.
ward on the early evening train en- root.
for Kansas City, where ne has becorn.
associated with James Manning in owner
snip of the Western League club in fh,,t
city:
Though have been playing ball for q
good many years, | have never suffered
YEAR said Charles Zirnmer ~ en-
throw the first ball in the spring iust a.
naru as ! can, AT. any time during the
nser hurt snse b, have nsye
league e l was with the Cleveland tedfn
u years. and; in u. of the l3 years
eaaght over loC0 games. yet never had
but two broken fingers on my hands and
fessionally." .tt ME- ~ - = -
riting from Point Iona. Cal. under
Before 1 was elected to the prns,deTs.,.
OF The National League i pubIicly an.
nouDced that the best interests of pro{e.-
sional baseball demanded that Nj. Ali-
drew FREEDMEN and his baijcfdi i,ifluc1c.
De entirely eliminated from tht. gaur. i
am stun OF that opinion. and cannot r,s-
deEstand how any man with any base
ball self-respect can longer apologize 10.
or excuse his unfair ,lnreaso.iaf:e AMI
might add. ridiculous basaha NJ acts ,i,,r,
ing ms seYen or eight years urfortunaf,
c c,,,,, Wild our national game. No
cred until the Stockholders or Ana N.Y.
orK cup come TO tho conclusion thai
s "a ~, pIoperiy rights can best be prytecl-
competent official and clecting presi1
lent VINO VIII properly and inteligch1jy
protect their property interests and n1t
rs petty personal baseball spit. as Mr.
fTeedman's baseball record plainly 3ndi-
Gates ss pc has done. When the public real
~ i,, wnaa extraordinary efforts am con-
tinuaiiy Obliged to make to get at tn. eS-
act 1acts in this baseball controversy, as
.viuenced by the correspondence that has
passed between Mr.. Young and myself.
.elatlve TO the publication OF the ofIiciaf
league minutes 1t will understand tEa
pass ana present necessity Of making
pubic so much inside correspondence and
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