Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-22


plays while the New .s York 81. Nationals .a,i
cans &c. Such is baseball.
Princeton has elected Sammy Reid, 'O6,
as captain of the nine for 1906 He has
been on the team three years and has NIL
| ed three pOsitionS-catcher. third base
and shortstop He is a little fellow, but
a good hitter and thrOwer.
Much bat music in the big leagues St.
Louis got = hits. Monday, New York lS.
70; hughes .Nis The deadly spit ball
seems to be losing its virtue.
Mike Finn has been delegated to the
| grand stand by the Toledo club. while
Pres. Ed. Gibbs has gone to the bench.
| Finn Is one of The best minor league man.
ayers in the business and should have no
| trouble in securing Il good berth.
The National League has Is men in the
900 list in batting. while the American
League has only nine. 'Si' Seymour
leads the Nationals with .&4. and Eddy
Mcfarland of the Chicago White Stock
i 49, is first |" the America" League VII"
| The New York Americans are trying to
get Billy Lush from Cleveland. At pres
ent the outtielder is coaching the Yale
| team. with whom ne will remain until
July l. Lush also is bidding for the New
Haven franchise in the Connecticut
League.
A story is circulating in the East to the
|
real Eastern League club is anxious to
secure the services of Jimmy Casey, third
| baScman of the Colts. He is wanted to
manage the Canadians, who are last in
the pennant race.
| George Davis of the Chicago White
Stockings. is the champion run-getter Of
runs to his credit. 81 Seymour Of the
Cincinnati Reds. and Mike Donlin Of the
| New York Giants. are tied for second
| place with "A each.
President Whitelock of the Connecticut
League. has raised the suspension on
Terry Rogers, formerly captain OF the
New Haven team. and has RENTED the
fine OF so. Rogers has been released from
the New Haven tenn. An Injunction pro
ceeding brought aga inst President White
lock by Rogers has been Withdrawn.
Harry Smith, for two years the star
catcher of the Fittsburg National League
team, has procured his release at his own
request and will rest his bad arm by
playing this season. in the lndtrendent
Protective Association with one of the
leading teams. Smith has received offers
from three of the teams, but has not yet
lsigncd.
Arthur Devlin Of the Giants, is far and
according to records. He has Il stolen
bases to his credit. and the next best man
has only u. George Browne VINO is a
much faster runner than Devlm. has
lstolen nine bases. Dcvlin. however, has
played i'll nearly 20 games more than
Browne.
"Cy 1oungs luck puzzles me. this year,
said George Davis. the veteran of the
White Sox. who is playing more like a
colt every day. 4 never saw him pitch
better than he did in that 10 game in Chi
cago He certainly had everything he
ever had. Things must be breaking bad
ly for him. or else your boys are not bat
ing any to help him out.
| Jack ChesbrO emphatically denies that
his spitball arm is gone. He says he
caught cold pitching in n drenrhing rain
against the Washington club in New York
l;,rial fever. He is with the Highlanderss
again. after n rest of three weeks. and
lis gradually warming his arm to the work
he expects to do in a short while.
Michael Finn, manager of the Toledo
American Association baseball team. was
discharged, Thursday, by the hoard 81
directors Of the club. The board agreed
on a settlement price less than Finn
contract calls for :,nd he refused to take
ii. Finn was then discharged. He say $
he will make n legal fight to compel the
board to stand by the contract Finn is
charged with incOmpetency.
| One noticeable feature about Waddell's
work. this year Is the way he spares him
self. says the Philadelphia North Amer.
tanning every batsman who faces him.
Now he goes along easily, using little
speed till he gets in 4 hole. and being
content to let the men back q him DO
still there. and when a crisis comes the
mighty southpaw sends them up SO fast
that the enemy can hardly see them.
Cincinnati Enquirer: Catcher Charley
Street was returned to the Rcd ranks
with thanks upon the arrival of the BoS-
tons, yesterday morning. The customary
Boston policy is not To- spend cent that
will keep MIN ont OF the game for few
days longer. it looked wise to the Boston
moguls to let the Red management pay
his salary from now on. although he was
injured in the service of the Boston club.
Street will be retained for, The present.
and will get Il chance to show what he
can do in Red uniform as soon as his
hand is healed
New York Globe: Club" Hart. the
Georgetown catcher, who forsook the
college diamond To join the Chicago White
Sox last week. is but one of the many
players who have laid the foundation for
"a professional baseball career in that in
stitution: Among the Georgetown men
Iplaying in the big leagues today are DR.
MH't nisnsr % B ihf Mao"sy OF % the
Lew Drill of the Detroit team, and
Second Baseman Charley Moran Of tn.
st. Louis Browns, Bob Hewitt. who
once pitched for the New York Giants,
lis another Georgetown man. He has re-
Tired from baseball and is now practicing
law in the West with Drill as his partner
There is still another PLAYER at George
in the big leagues: His name is Morgan
and he Is an infielder.
There are nine playing managers and
seven plain captains in the two big
leagues. Five of the playing managers
are in the American and four in the Ma
tional. Here is list Of the playing man
sitions they play: American League
Fielder Jones. White Sox, center field
La joie. Cleveland. second base; Stahl'
| Washington, first base; Griffith New
FORK. pitcher; Collins. Boston. third base
National League-Burke. St Louis. third
base; Kelley Cincinnati. LETT field:
Clarke. Pittsburg. left field; Tennev Pos
ton. first base. Those who are lust main
| everyday captains. working under henrh
managers. are: American League-Cough-
| Inuis. shortstop; Lave Cross. phiI,dei.
phia. third base. National League
Chance. Chicago first base: McGann.
| mia. second base; Sheckard RrnnLivr
left field. Jones. Clarke. Kelley ana