Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-03-14
BASEBALL.
The Outlook Is Promising for
the Coming Season.
Some Of the New Corners in the Bic
Leagues.
What the Lineup Looks Like in the
Various Teams.

A number Of deals We're made last
week and the personnel of every club il
the American League is practically
complete. Detroit had Il hard fight to
patch up the weak spots in it's team.
but three players We're added to the
roster, and these will fill the gaps that
We're Il source OF great weakness last
year. Manager Harrow looked in all
directions for Il third baseman. and ut
last vas rewarded by securing Grem-
niger. Of the Boston Nationals. This
big fellow is not Il first-class man, but
he Will, no doubt. play the base better
than YeaSer did last season. The ac-
QUESTION of Clyde Robinson. the dimn-
utive inGelder. who was with the Sena =
tors last season, may help the Tigers
considerably. Robinson started well
with the Washington club, but he fell
into the ruck with the others. He was
chased from one position to another,
and finally landed i'll the outfield. where
he should never have been sent. There
is ball-playing in that lad and Detroit
may get it out of him. Detroit should
, finish in the first division, provided
! the players meet with no accidents and
are in good physical condition. The
probable lineup. after the wedding
out process is applied. will be: Pitch
ers-Donovan, Mulln, Kitson, Ferry
| STREET. killian and Stovall, the latter
recently acquired in exchange for Biily
| Lush. who will be with Clevelan nd
| first base, Carr; second base, Burns or
! Robinson: Thoitstop. OLeary: third
base. Greminger: out!ieldeis. CraW :
ford. Barrett AID Hofmann. the latter
secured from Wilmington.
| There will be some changes in the
Chicago infield. but the outer garden
| VIII likely contain the same faces that
decorated J. lis; year. Ii Dorailue i4Il
the bill at second base and Clark plays
+ as well at third as he did at the close
OF last season, Callahan may return IL
the pitching staff. but in the event of
, the failure of one of this pair, Gala =
: han viii fill in until Il man is found
VINO has major league ability. George
: Davis Will don the SUanGleS once mere
and occupy his old l;atch-shortSton
/ Tannehlil. who WAS not Il success in
| 1903. will be reserved for utility nfr
poses or given to another c,ub. 1t has
been stated that he is slated for The
| Senators. but there is no place for hin,
with Moran and Cassidy bidding for
the position. The White SoX will have
all of last years good pitchers. and
that team will be much stronger on
account of a better infield
the St Louis Browns are having sono
difficulty in signing the hest two pitchers.
Sudhof and Powell. but they will fan in
" n Inf 1.Nt,s-
| pieces last year when it struck n LAT
ting slump. which hung on to the end of
the season. Mccormick. who was one of
the f'eSt third baSemen. was 'bcnchnd be
cause he lost his batting eve. and :, Try1e
youngster. Hill. tried at the cornrr
| reward the end Of the year Hill showed
SO much Improvement that he became a
nXture. and great things are expected Of
MN this year. Second base has caused
| the management no end of trouble. for
with Padden disabled, the club ran
through the season without finding 4 good
man to take his place. Mccormick c"ulJ
, tcid the position. hut his batting was 81
| light that McAieer experimental with
| others. hoping to develop a good hitter
| DE M"ntreville and Harry Gleason have
been engaged for second base and if Pad
den returns in good condition there VII,
he three men TO pick from. Tom Jones is
to take John AndersCn's place at first.
and Swander was good enough in the faw
! games he played to justify the cluh in ra .
tanning him for the outfield. where Wnid-
| rick and BurEett will again cavnrt. 81
| Louis expects to finish among the first
| four clubs and with n return 10 tho for
mer batting form, those stars should turn
the trick. '"' II
| Cleveland has picked up some minor
leaguers, among them some PROMISING
pitchers: but the Forest City team VIZ
strong in Slahmen last year. and IN, oI,lnr
players will lac depended upon TO do tba
most WORK: Sheay will be seen at the
short field instead of Gochnaur and Rili,
Lush will fill one of the outiicld nositiorS
The team will be practically the Same ~
last year. with these two exceptions.
| The New York club was a disappofn;
! ment in the first year Of its exiStenc,. IL,
the league. for the outfcd did not nliI.
pected. Eeeler did not recover from, IN
jurieS received while in California win
! the transforming players last winter mn
| til late in the season. Dave FuItz's in
jured knee kent him out Of the game
most of the season. and Lefty Davis vas
complete failure while Mcfarland his
substitute. ranked only as a mino~
! leagIer The pitchers failed tn bring as
| good results as We're expected. and the
catchers were an ordinary lot Andersen
has been engaged to play to the outfield
and Jim Mcclure Will assist I3eviIIe no
| hind the bat Tannehill. who cannot pitrb
at his best on the New York grounds
has been traded for Hughes. The changes
made on the team probably Will nor maxi
| it much stronger but with Keeler ana
F'ultz in form again, the Iighlanders Will
not be trailerS.
| The champion Bostons have added ona
or two names to the roster. but when All
| hands have been tried, it is expected that
| the team of 1908 Will fight the battle of
| 1901 Unglaub is a new man. and NAV
| be given a trial at first base, and Tame