Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-29

a native Of San Francisco. where MS
father is a we'll known railroad man: L.
is claimed that he has made good from
the start.
Joe Cassidy, shortstop for the Washi -
ton American League baseball ciub, ms
been missing since the close OF the DaSe
ball season. Cassidy wrote to his nome Il.
Chester. Pa. stating that n ne t 1hoe'i and
nothing. has since been heard of him. Ills
mother is Frustrated.
Garry Hermann says he offered FITS.
Basenan Joe NealOn, who was corraleu
hv Pittsburg, $1,000 more than ms pest
offer. and had plenty OF friends In san
Francisco to round up that player FRED
Clarkes eloQuence must have been tell
ing. Meanwhile, Nealon is the pest al
vcrtised ball player of the day and Bar
ney will get his money back on him IN a
jiffy.
At last accounts Frank Selee was iH
Dcnye and, writing from that point. ten
dered his thanks to all who contributed
to the testimonial rendered 10 MN IN Cnl
last September He says he IS improving
and if he continues to mend as ne mas
been will be able to get back into the
game. This will be pleasant news to his
hosts of friends.
The American League race was one OF
far more sweeping and frequent changes
than the National" says the New York
sun A chart of this race looks like a
weather map full of windstorms. NO less
than five teams were first at one tirie or
another-the Athletics. who won the pen
nant the Chicagos. CIeVelands, New
! orlis and Washingtons. First place clubs
were as low as seventh, ana seventh place
clubs as high as first
the Otter River boy who was first base
man of the Augusta (Me.) team when IT
was in the New England League in 1895,
has been most successful since he went
nv hacohn1l unrll will n
with great interest his fight with the ma
tionai commission against going to the
ST Louis Browns. Kelley can be ranked
with such managers as Murray, Jennings.
Dunn, Stallings and Tebeau.
The Boston American League club has
20 names on the official list promulgated:
Armbruster. Barry, Burkett, Clay, Col
Inns, Criser. Dineen. Ferris. John Free
man. jerry Freeman. Gibson, Charles
Graham' A u Gaaam Gedwn'
O'Hricn OF East Boston. Ilmstcd, Owen.
Parent, Peterson. Rising. Setback, Stahl,
tnGland; WINTER, Young. rms hst m
cludes 10 pitchers, six catchers and six
Outfielders.
President Charles w. Murphy of the
Chicago National League club. has re-
ceived a letter from Manager Chance OF
the Cubs. who is passing the winter IN
California, asking if there is any rule in
the National League against playing {,
halfbreed Hawaiian in the National
League. Chance has found 4 very prom
Using young player in the person of John
Kaulas, who originally came from Hawaii
and had been playing along the Califor-
MIA coast, and is said to have all the ear
marks of making a great player.
There seems to be no question at all
that Messrs. Soden and Conant will again
direct the fortunes of the Boston club
of the National League during the season
of 1906, unless the unexpected happens in
the meanwhile, and SOMEONE comes for
ward and takes the club. It is generally
conceded that the terms on which Frank
" Dunn was offered the club We're eX-
tremely reasonable. 1t would now APP
pear however, that Mr.. Dunn is more in
tcrested in a gigantic hippodrOme affair.
which he proposes to launch at 4 capital
ization of S., 600 900, than in baseball.