Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-14
Baseball Notes.

Connie Mack has released Pitcher Fair
banks to the Providence team.
Washington is certain to have goo,
ball team this year-at Georgetown Uni
verSity.
The Detroit club has turned pitchc,
Kane over to Rochester and the playc,
has agreed to the transfer
shorty Fuller for many wears q great
shortstop on the New York Giants, is ,;v.
ing of consumption at his home in Cincin
natl. -.
Fourteen years ago Burkett McAleor
and O'Connor played together Now tn,
trio are connected with the same cIul
again.
Most all of the bali teams Of the maio,
leagues came out of the South with pIay.
err; badly battered trying to butt win, Or
out ahead of time.
excellent form for the New Works. The
Deacon U"t''H'' ' ~. in. SAT !, T.
come to life earlier this Year.
The new Ian player IS a very deicat c
plant. lie is planted in the fall. goes Ia
seed in the winter is ,lcvelopcd in IN,
spring, and gets rotten in the summer.
Tho mechanical pitcher has been re
leased by Manager McGraw Fans no
more want to see a machine in the box
than they do FIRE engines make their runs
without the Galloping Stceds.
McGraw has an extra inhcldcr in the
person of Arthur DcVlin the Newark re-
cruit. and whose home is in Washington.
but it is not probable that any American
League club can land the man.
The Chicago White Sox still have a
Jones playing center field, notwithStand-
ing Fielder Jones is in Washington. How
ever Fielder never batted near the bot
tom of the list. where the new Jones does.
The ball season officially opens Thurs
day. This is the day when tn" Office boy
will lose Il srandparent or have some
pressing duties to perform at home. but
he will be johnny -thc-spct when the
gates open.
Wyatt Lee will receive 500 more for
playing with Pittshurg than he was asked
to accept with the Senators. If the cham
nions again carry or the bnn'i ,I
wad in the worlds series.
"Burney' Winslow. captain of the Yale
nine, is working hard with his men, with
the one grand idea of defeating Princeton
this year Last years defeat WAS Il hard
blow to Winslow and he eagerly bcsought
Il reelection as captain that he might
wipe out the disgrace"
While La oie is said to he il t.rst class
condition and batting like a tc.'t it will
lie a toss up this year as to whether II,
or some other slugger leads the American
I.eague batters. Laioie is much over
weight, and is unable to take off his sur
plus avoirdupois. while Willie keClcr and
Sam Crawford are in iirst-class condi 'pl
and out after the honOrS.
Among the Washington boys who will
enter the professional ranks this season
is William Rapp, the catcher, who las;
year WAS rated as one of the hest anna
tcur hall players in the city. Rapp was
the catcher for the commissioners team
during the past two years. and this ycal
goes with Malachi l<ittridgcS Worcester
club in the Connecticut Lcague. There
is hardly any doubt in the minds of the
followers of amateur ball thai Isapp will
make good and give good account Of
himself
President Ehbcts of the Brooklyn T., n
bail Club announces that the Brnou ~
team will play Sunday games at Wash
ington Park, beginning next Sunday. Til.
radical departure. Mr.. EhbctS said. wa
decided upon at a mo- ting of the Board
of Directors. Monday. u which tho Situa-
ton was gone over t,..roUghly. "OthcI
clubs are playing Suhu.v ball II. H- under
our NOSES Mr.. Ebhct., said las. aight.
and there is no reason why We Ould
not dWo so. AT any rate we have resolved
to make the attempt
Manager IIanlon of tho SuperbaS. VIII"
has returned from the South with hi:
.,...I, stu, McnuaY, ne mad heard from
First Baseman Dillon, Pitcher Garvin,
Third BaScman Strang and Outicldci
Dohbs, and that all four men now are III
thciI way to Brooklyn to join the team
From this statement il is inferred that
Manager Morley of Los Angeles has given
up his fight to retain Dillon, the National
Commission having decided the player
belongs to the brooklyn Club until his
case is heard again.