Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-23

| coach of the Yale team he will join Ia
| joic's Disappointments. instead OF pnr-
chasing a New England League club.
Pitcher Tom Fisher will resume his
old position AS the chief twirler for
Shreveport, La. Of the Southern Base
ball League. He led the pitchers nf the
Sou; hcrn League last season and his
friends expect him 10 repeat his record
this year.
There is no denying Manager Lajoi"'s
anxiety regarding his pitching Staff. 70
Addie JOSS he is looking with as much
confidence as Muggsy McGraw IS TO the
mighty MatheWson. Dusty RhnaGeS also
is counted on 10 he in form for the open
ing Of the season.
The illness + Manager Ned Ifanlon
may caus" him 10 go elsewhere than
Texas next year 10 train the Cincinnati
Reds. Ball players find Texas a poor
stat" for early spring work. The
change of climate is too severe and
malaria develops in the men.
Schaefer. O'Leary. ana Lowe, tn"
Gear barn bandits" of the Detroit club.
tried To hold up the Tiger owners for
lock. and, of course. they got the worst
oc it, They then surrendered and are
nov training with the team At Augusta
Ga.
'There is NJ cause for uncaGineSS as
10 the condition Of Mathewson,' said
John r. Brush recently. He will be
ell right by tho time the pennant sea-
SOP opens, from what | hear from the
training camp. He has Vet tn get into
condition, but there is nearly q month
ifor that"
Mike Donlin and BILLY Gilbert wired
their acceptance of contracts calling
for 5000 and $500 n month. respectively,
to jump the Giants and play with the
WilliamSport team III the Tri-State
League. Some one. however. convinced
them of their folly in contemplating
such a move, and they changed their
minds.
Eddie Hahn and Pat Dougherty are
having hot contest for the left field
position on the Highlanders. Both are
good batters. but Neither is IL firSt-class
fielder. Dougherty is more valuable
than Hahn as Il run-getter. Conroy
will succeed Dave Fultz in center field.
right garden.
William Evans, Ban Johnson's latest
acquisition to the American League
umpire staff. has received more free ad-
vertiSing than any man who ever broke
into the game. All of which is Il gool
indication that he will last about as
long as the minor leagn- phennm., who
annually go 10 the head OF the class ana
then get sent back.
The state University Of Iowa viii
probably be the only member of the
Western conference which will have
q Thanksgiving day game on the
schedule. whether the rules adopted by
the recent meeting of the conference
are adopted or not. The negotiations
for Il game with ST. Louis University
had been completed before the move
ment for reform had reached a point
where any change seemed possible.
Mrs. Lou Criger. wife Of Boston's
famous catcher. declares that the re-
ports of her husbands condition sent
out from Hot Springs. where he is re-
cuperating, are greatly exaggerated,
and that in fact he has had only one
severe attack Of the ncuralgic pain in
She. as well as Criger's old pitcher,
Mig" Cuppy, thinks there is no doubt
that Criger will be in form by the time
the season opens.
Coach Warner. assisted by Hugh
Jennings, has picked the Cornell base
ball team for the Southern trip as fol-
lows: Captain. Welch; catchers. TIM
stad. Deshon. Lovejoy. Bradley and NJ.
J. Brown: first base. Rraman: second
base. f.. s. Brown: third base. Heat
man: shortstop. Champaign: right field.
Hollands and center field. Bigeow
The team will leave Friday for Nash
vile to play its first game with Wander
bilt University March rs.
Maxwell. the hard-hitting outGcldnr,
who played two seasons in York. Pa,
with the strong York team, is spendin,.
the winter in that city. Maxwell has had
several offers from state league clubs.
He has not fully decided whore nc will
play during the coming season. but in all
probability VIII go to the Southern
League. Maxwell is one of the hest left
fielders in the business. having had expe-
League teams. He hits around the 800
mark and is around $50 with his fielding
average. "Maggie," as he is commonly
called, has been taking the best Of care
of himself during the winter and will in
all probability show up well during the
coming season.
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