Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-10
Baseball Notes.

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Hi" Ladd will play left field for New
London.
John Camel. lust released by by Ne"
York. has been signed by Louisville.
New Bedford will have a ball ground,
and NAV try for a New England League
franchise.
The Connecticut League Clubs are
bonded in $500 each. The season will be
gin May and end on Sept IL.
Capt Jeffrey of the Williams base ball
team has called out the candidates foH
the field positions, and the squad has been
Increased to 40 men.
Detroit now has under contract five
men who formerly played in either Brook-
Ign or New York They are as follows;
Mercer, Gleason, Holmes, leager anu
Casey.
Young players who are good can al,
WAYS be made better says Selee, and
for this reason if they show any ability
they will be given the call over the Ola
players"
Frank Selee tried two New England
bows as catchers in '98-"kitty' Brans-
field Of Worcester. and Harry Bemls
After they had been released they were
in minor league company until last sea-
son. when Bransfield caught on AT PITS
burg. and now Bcmis will be tried by
Cleveland.
1t was Rogers who was chiefly responSi-
BILE for the original split between the i've
leagues, says the chicago lrlDuflt- HE
ill-advised threats against johnson be
cause the expansionStS did not call OF
him the first time they visited Philade;
phia started the breach. which has wild.
ened until 1t has pretty nearly croWde-
Rogers and his associates off the base
ball map.
1t is the tricks that will be turned by
the American League star performers
which will make life a burden for tn
umpireS in the American circuit, TINS yea
AAVll TVrIa &c 10
ing conditions IN umpire will not get on,
easy game during the entire season.
passing glance at the makeup OF SOM
of the teams in the American circuit II
sufficient to test the nerve of the braves
umpire.
Some Keelerisms from the Brooklyn
Eagle: .'You can't tell anything about {
ball team until you get it working. Yoi
never know what a ball player can d'
until you work with him. On the othe
hand you can tell batter before you SCI
his average. wise pitcher will wor
twice as hard If he knows there is
team of hustlers behind him. Hanlol
says a pitcher can do what he pleases af
ter a game. While he is pitching, h
must work.
II am In favor of the foul-strike rul
because | think it is good thing for tn
game" says Jimmy Ryan. II played un
der the rule. last year, in the Wester'
League. and there is one feature Of !
that appeals to me strongly. and that /
it gives the batter determination to g.
after the ball. Unless batter keep
watching the ball closely he will fin
that he has two strikes called on hin
before he knows It. The foul-strike rul
makes young players as eager to go ar
ter the first ball as the last"
George Tebeau is quoted as follows
Things could not be brighter. We ar
in a splendid circuit, which is compac
and well managed We have team tina
is the equal of half the teams of tn
4 nd hat g
teams in the National League. We ar
to have a new park that will be moderl
and commodiOus. and every comfort tn
patrons desire Is assured. will hav'
The players report about April l, and az
ter taking them to West Baden Spring!
TO boil out will bring them home an,
play exhibition games with the Ameri
can and National League teams.
Judge shackelford Miller. Saturday, a
Louisville, KY. sustained the demurrer o
George Tebeau, who holds the Louisville
franchise in the American Base Ball AS
sociation to the petition of property own
tumky streets, asking for an injunctio
10 prevent Tebeau from establishing
base BAH park in that neighhorhood
Judge Miller holds that base ball in itsel
is not n nuisance, and the property own
crs' only recouse Is suit for damages .
n criminal prosecution II they conside
they have suffered any harm. Tebea'
will now be able to proceed with his plan
for the season.
Should any, American League club dc
sire, to keep more than Is men the NUM-
Der allowed. last season, 1t will probably
he given the permission ito do so. n
action was taken at the Detroit meetin
concerning a limit for players and Presi
den johnson. when interrogated, Satur
day. said: Il presume the old rule wi
hold. this year. although, he added IN
increase in prices may do away with tn
limit for players" 1t Is considered un
wise for the American League to set u
a limit of Is men, and then be compellc
10 give the extra players. all of the high
time during the coming season the owner
will doubtless find use for nearly all o
the men they now have. Washington an
Detroit now have 10 men each. Chicag,
and Cleveland Is each, St Louis. Balti
more and Boston II each, and Philadel
phia 16.
Jimmy Calvin. one of the most famou
pitchers and players of the old days
died. Friday. at his home IN fittspurs
Of the famous products of Kerry Patch
St. Louis, on which Billy Joyce. Jacr
O'Connor and many others have gone
forth to win diamond laurels. In 1877
Calvin was purchased from Buffalo BY
the Pittsburg National League Club, ans
played there three years. He went bach
to the then famous Buffalo organization
and played for the four following sea
sons going to Pittsburg again in 1895
He was released to St Louis the follow
ing year but his career in fast company
was at an end He performed for time
with the Eastern League and afterward
was appointed a National League umpire
but lasted only short time. He start
ed saloon in Allegheny, Pa. but, not
being a man of business tendencies. he
made failure of the project. He then
became a foreman for Pittsburg con-
tractor and later a bartender.
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