Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-21
Baseball Notes.

Bernard ]. Cassidy is new player
secured by Springfield. lie played with
Lowell three terms.
Mike Mccormick, with 1lOlyoke last
season, is to be retained by the Brook
Ign team. He pleased Hanlon in prac-
tice
Pitcher Cy Miller has reported in
at NIatteawan, n. Y, the home of many
players.
H.. "onnors, who is wanted in Spring.
fit is said to have signed with Mon
treal. Several teams have had hard
luck in trying to get Connors.
Steamer Flanagan says he had rath-
cr play with Springfield than any team
in the league. He said the same thing
for Meriden when he was with that
team.
Tommy Dowd has signed with New
Orleans. Dowd has certainly right to
be cfassed with the old-timers for he
broke into baseball about the same time
that Adrian c. Arson did.
';-eminger, the last year Boston Ma
tional third baseman, is putting up a
strong game for Detroit, and his work
shows Improvement. In four games he
has gathered in all that came his way,
and made eight hits.
Heinie Emil Batch will return to
Holyoke. President Prindiville of Hoi-
yoke went to Brooklyn and made ar
engagements for the return of the fleet
and hard-hitting outfielder. Batch will
not report for few days, as his child
died Friday and his brother-inlaw
recently died.
Minneapolis Journal: Manager Wat
kins. writing to The Journal from
Champaign, says that the weather
there has been SO cold that it is i'm
pos: ible to form an intelligent estimate
of q strength of the millcrs. Wat
kins consequently refrains from maxi
ing any forecasts. He IS satisfied,
however, that the team will give good
account of itself when u chance is
offered to warm up. The lineup will be
nearly as the team is playing now.
Watkins says the men are in fairly
good condition, and will be in as good
shape to start the season Wednesday
as any club in the association.
Dayton, Ohio. Herald: Pitcher GehrinG.
of Utica n. Y. has done the Bonnet
Magic Vanishing Act and failed to land
here as per schedule. Spartz has not
given up hope of seeing the twirlcr. but
expects him to float in some time today.
Hawkins. the Toledo catcher. also failed
to make connection and has surrounded
himself with wall of dismal silence.
The Dayton moguls telegraphed him this
morning, but have not received a re-
sponse. Fred Ullrich will be advertised
for with lost, strayed or stolen notice.
Nothing has been heard from him since
he returned duly signed contract and
Lander thinks that he has given the Gem
City the trapped glance.
1.-The trouble with young ballplaycrs
breaking into the big leagues. and with
pitchers especially. is their anxiety to do
too much at the start If they do not
win their frs. game or two they are apt
to lose heart, and a pitcher who is not
game cannot hope to succeed" says Joel
Warner. There is a vast difference in
the style of play in the major
leagues and in the minor leagues
The players in the big leagues are sea
ly. They execute plays in an easy, grace
full manner that is revelation to most OF
the new men, and the latter, unless the,
are cool and rervy. fight the ball in trying
to duplicate the same plays. and general
~ with disastrous results"
Marion, Ind, Chronicle: Clarence Jess
up, who was signed again this year as
one of the catchers on the Marion base
ball team, has been released. His papers
telling him that he was no longer ii mem
her of the Marion team were given him
Z April 10. The reason for the release o:
j. sup was because of the luminosity
| r'9ted because of his playing as captain
~, soaltender of the Richmond polo
t ~ While a member of that team, he
played the game as he saw it, but not as
| many Marion fans liked. He played
rough and at times used dirty tactics that
did not appeal to the Marion people as
good clean work. For this reason he was
released. Many of the polo fans are base
Ia IL fans and thov u,Iiafl,- oSEaa !,