Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-21
Baseball Notes.

Ban Johnson has made terms with UNI
pire Sheridan.
Pitcher Cuppy will pitch for and cap
tain a team at Elkhart, Ind, this year.
The New England Leagues schedule
meeting takes place Thursday, March y.
The Baltimore club has expelled Mike
Donln for an assault upon Miss Fields,
chorus girl
Catcher Douglass has signed with the
Phillies and will play first until Jennings
reports for duty.
The Cincinnati club has signed Harry
J. Black, an outfielder who played left
field for the Reading Pa, team, last sea
son.
Harry Vaughn, the veteran catcher, has
signed to play first for Peoria. Phil
Ehret. his former catcher, will play with
Memphis.
Umpire Gaffney may be with the Amer
lean League. on account of the hold-up
If Sheridan and CantilOn for more mon
cy than President Johnson cares to pay.
Cleveland has five pitchers six feet tall
Wright, from Dayton. eft. Bin; Vas
binder from Marion. Ind, eft. lin; Lund-
boom. eft. lin; Moore, GIFT; Joss, from
Toledo, eft. lin.
Borthold j. Husting is the name of tn"
new pitcher of the Boston American
League club. He is a graduate of the
University of Wisconsin, and has played
professionally in Milwaukee three sea
sons.
Says Frank Hough in the Philadelphia
Inquirer: The Baltimore club officials
have undoubtedly weakened their team
by expellinE Donlin, but they have
strengthened it in the respect and good
will Of their tOwnspeople."
Michael Donlin, a former member of
the Baltimore baseball club, Wednesday.
at Baltimore, pleaded guilty to two in
dictments charging him with assaultinS
Il young woman, and was sentenced to SIX
months in Jail and fined $3.50.
Three men own the Philadelphia Ma
tional League club-John |. Rogers. 100
shares; y. J. Reach, 50 shares, and Ed
ward T Crafty Il shares. The ground
of the ball club is owned by Rogers, 70
per cent. and Reach, p per cent.
1t is announced that Mr. Killilea and
c. W. Somers of Cleveland, are now the
sole owners Of the Boston club and fran
chiSe, the former having purchased the
stock held by the mysterious Milwaukee
hacker of the American League. whom
Killilea has represented in public.
Henry Killiea, now the owner of most
of the stock in the Boston club, called
on President Johnson, Saturday, and the
two talked for couple of hours con-
corning the team at the hub. 1t was de-
Cided to spend over 5000 in improvements
aud = new entrance, and when this Is
completed the grounds will have cost
about So 900 and will be about the finest
in the circuit
SAYS Frank Robson of Cleveland: g!
think you will soon see the present dis
pute amicably settled and the National
League playing an eight-club schedule.
Notwithstanding various rumorS to the
contrary which have been floating about,
! believe with Mr.. SomerS of the Boston
club that the ideal situation would BE-
two eight-club leagues working in har-
mony with q post-season championship
series"
The Chicago Inter-Ocean is tuthority
for the statement that Catcher Jim Nc
CURE has determined to play with De
troit. He is quoted as saying: This
American League looks good to me, and
| would rather play ball in Detroit than
in any other town in the country. Han
Ion is all right, but | am satisfied that
the brooklyn club has no valid claim on
my services, for the simple reason that
the conditions in the contract | signed
last fall have not been carried out
Thomas T.. Burns. manager of the Jer-
sey City baseball club, was found dead
in bed, Wednesday,. at the home of L. i.
Powers. president of the Eastern League,
ut New York. n physician who was call
ed said that death was due to heart dis
ease. Burns came to New York from
Springfield, Wednesday. in order to be in
closer touch with his team. He complain
ed of being ill and at the invitation of
where he remained. At night he said he
felt better than he had for some time.
President Ban Johnson denies that he
has received a declaration of war from
iloIti't oEtl. tHc IlstiliScI " tle ANeW
York club of the National League. 1t
was reported that Fogcl had sent him a
telegram saying that since the American
League had grabbed Dummy" Taylor OF
the New York club. he would go after
some of the best players in the American
League. He was reported to have said,
further. that some of the foremost pitch
crs in the leagie had wanted to come L.
the New York club for Il long time. "Fo-
gel never sent such telegram to me.
says johnson. II received one from him
in which he asked me If II Were true Tay-
Tor had signed with Cleveland l did not
answer 1t, but forwarded Ii to kifoYie
of the Cleveland club. and advised him
to send the answer back to New York.
| do not know whether Taylor is signed
or not | know that the Cleveland club
wanted him. The matter was brought up
at the Detroit meeting.