Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-22
Baseball Notes.

President Strobel of the Toledo team
says he has lost money for the last four
or five seasons.
Jake Beckley is in demand. And no
wonder. Eagle Eye can still play base
ball. He isn't perfection, but where is
the non-defective ball player?
The action of the National League
strengthens the control of the managers
over their players. and will enable them
to enforce the contracts to the letter.
The American League has secured UNI
pire w b. Carpenter for next season. He
oftsciated in the Southern League, last
season. He umpired in the State league,
two years ago.
McGraw refused to go into details about
his Brooklyn deal for Dehen, except that
he traded Cronin and Babb for the vet
Gran. 1t is understood, however. that ne
paid in addition about $4,000 in cash. This
move should aid New York.
In previous years many star players
have been 10th to go practice trips with
the clubs. but now they must go or re-
main away at heavy expense. There is
no salary attached to the practice games.
but expenses are paid, as owners are tired
of having their star players out of condi-
ton.
Fan Johnson publicly declared himself
in Chicago, in the presence of George Te-
beau, that he would allow the Western
League players to go where they pleased
unless their full seasons pay was forth
coming. Say what you will, there never
was an act committed that gave league
so black an eye as the actlon Oh sexton
/ closing the season.
| Pittsburg is not to have the use of Joe
CorbettS anglearm after all. The
Smoketown fans had figured Joe as good
as signed. but Jim Morley. owner OF the
Los Angeles club, saw all that Pittsburg
offered. and Joe stays on the coast. Last
season. Morley paid Corbett $500 month
! for pitching one game week. and it took
Joe nearly half the season TO get ms sal
airy apuendage down to a condition Wnere
he could get a ball over score board to
say nothing of the plate. AT the present
time he is getting them there IN ms gu
time Orole form, and Morley declares ne
lis worth everything offered. When asked
a few DAYS ago lust what Corbett would
cost him during the next season, Morley
declined to name the contract price put
"reckoned it would be about $hW per
curve
New Bedford Mercury: The Cleveland
and Washington league teams nave peen
trying out a new pitcher in secret, and IL
is reported that Manager Doe intends to
study it during his present trlp. oolile e ol
his friends here want him to sign one ior
the preliminary season. 1t is a machlne
built somewhat like a Calling gun. and
Ioperated by compressed ar 1t IS capaDie
of pitching all kinds of balls with which
the professional ball player is familiar,
with the cunning and precision OF the
most expert pitcher ever seen at profess
sional league game. One of the princi-
pal advantages Of the new pneumatic
pitcher is that it never gets tired. never
gets a glass arm. and never varies in the
quality of its pitching Just so long as
certain pressure of air is maintained and
somebody is there to load the machine
with basebals and pull the trigger. the
pneumatic pitcher will shoot "outdrops;
incurves," 'outcurves. ana Stralgnt
balls for hours at time. The value OF a
pitcher capable of doing this Tor teams
during practice will be readily under
stood