Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-28
able to report.


Grifflth says that q rule sbortstnps
have Il better chance to get men WIN
are trying to pilfer second than the se,-
ond haseman. as the former has the pI,v
in front of him.
Outfelder Rothgeb. the University Or
Illinois player who started last season
with Washington and wound ID VIII,
Baltimore, has just signed with the Chi
cago Nationals.
Dutch Meier former captain of ;he
Princeton team. stands the best chance
| Of becoming utility infielder on the Pitts
burg team. He has been doing some
, good stunts at Hot Springs.
Dave Brain is one of the Boston IoId
outs. He is in training at Hot Springs w
his own expense and says he will uns
play for the minor league salary offered
him by Tenrey.
If it werc not for Grady ara Rccklrv
it would bn hard to recognize the 81
Louis National League team this year.
The nine looks as if it had been through
a patent renovator
Coakley and the Athletics have come
to smoke the pipe of peace once more
and Pitcher Coaklcy, who has been in
Florida. is on his way to Montgomery
i'll the best Of condition.
Jake Stahl is in correspondence with
Paddy Duff, the catcher who went South
with the Yankees last season. Kittrcdse
is coaching college team and~ has de-
clined to report before April |.
Pitcher Mcfarland of the St Louis Na-
nix I,l
season to too strenuous spring training.
McFarland says he believes the teams "a
South too soon. About two weeks train
ing before the season opens is All they
need he declares.
When Johnny McGraw first PLAYED rrn-
fcssional ball with a team in New York
state lie was released after Il few DAYS
being told that he was Il nice kid but too
light. He secured another job. and at the
end of the season had Is offers.
Jack Doyle is to manage the Des
MoineS club this year. New York. Chi
caso. Brooklyn. Baltimore. Washing
ton, Cleveland and Columbus are some
of the cities in which the peripatctic
Jack has played.
Pitcher Scanlon StcadfastIy refuses tn
ioin the Brooklyn team. though his salary
was raised. He claims the boost is not
all that was promised him. His detection
will hurt. as he was the best twrlcr on
the DodEer team last season
A despatch states that Toledo is base
ball crazy. At the end of the season
Toledo will still be baseball crazy. hut
for different reasons than those which
now threaten the sanity of the Maumee
fans
The Brooklyn club did not allow Char
ley Malay to roam at large without at
tachnS strong string 10 him. If Malay
does well at Columbus he will revert to
the Brooklyn club next fall.
Henry Pattec. the Jersey City player
who was drafted by Brooklyn. is coach
ing the Tufts College nine He says thr
salary offered him by Ebbctts is loss
than he received at Jersey city, and
b" refuses to report to Donovan.
Jimmy McAIeer of the st. Louis.
Browns, Is not certain that he will have
a captain this season. In any ncSotia-
tons with the umpire Bobby Wallace
will represent the team. If q captain is
appointed Wallace will be the man.
otto WlIl'dIi1S signed with the Altoona
club of the Tri-Statc League and tl,..
next DAY he got an offer from Washing
ton He Immediately repudiated the
outlaw" contract and will join the Ma
tionals. Nothing like carrying out !;
strong bluff.
President Joseph d. O'Brien. Of tie
American Baseball Association has is
sued call for an adjourned meeting
Of the association to meet at the Grand
Pacific Hotel, Chicago. this af-
ternoon. The playing schedule as
agreed upon by the committee, will he
presented for ratification.
Sockalexis. the first of the Indian
ballplayers, was Penobscot, frcm
Maine. He was kingpin player, too.
but the tIrewater bested him. At last
reports. he was back with the tribe.
working as ferryman. Pinnancc. who
had d brief career with the AthIetics
was Chippewa. Bruce. who is now in
the american Association, is an Iro-