Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-09-17


said to be big and husky
Goodwin has wen and lost nine games
for the Millers His wsk has been of
an erratic character, but A. a. critics
declare that as soon as ne master: his
control he will develop INTO a good gun
ner.
In his 1S games hc has walked 1f iDcn
and hit 10 batsmcn, which SNOW; that
Goodwin ia . bit rocky. lie has lfcld the.
hits down to au atverIe;" of six to- Il =; M"
Edmundeon is about - years old ard
has led the Texas League f"r tn" last
four years. hut his amkwardn"s, 1ud lack
of quick thinking hav" kept him out of
fast company. MCAlesr had him in tn.
spring of 190I
Talking of th" arsluo,iy trJ, in fir Vest
that the New York TIclilnnd"r,: mu,t
make and his pcnnant clarc.;. clark
Griffith said:
II don't know how well W. arr . ing
to make ont on the trip Our team is
not in its best form. and. nc t...ilT.,. il is
some what harder t" win away frIm u 'nc
than il is oIIr own lot. W. will ,,r, tn.
hest we can, and that will br pretty
good
N GooI deal Will depend "n ia, work
of the pitchers. Orth * in first lass
SHAPE and viii h' worked regularly: tnrs-
bro s in fair form and We will look for
good work from Doyle the new man.
''Ore Of the drawbacks on the trip will
b'' the absence Of Klein0w from Iut,lt-
lar duty. "" IS suffering from IN attack
Of rh"umatisn. and it is q question
whether or not h" viii get IL thc riur
again during the season. with urir best
catcher out we will b. weakened. but Nc
Guire and Thomas will do their share
''Delchanty is III with malaIi"l foyer
and M"rarty will play left field until
Del gets back in the game. Mori.rtv is
"a good ball player ard will make Il "lr
able substitute for DclchHnty. LaHnrt"
will probably remain at third unless his
batting takes slump. Whatever hap
pens, wen do the best we can. and the
fans ran dc:,cnd on us to mako g hii; 10y
to regain the leadership. .ht"~"tn'r 7
think the chances of the American
Ieag,ie pennant coming to New York ar.
pretty good. And if the pcnnant comes
here there is n chance that tho world *
championshipSfoe will follow it,
1t is said that Lynn wants to get into
the Eastern League Tho mon behind
baseball in Lynn must evidently wash to
drop a lot of money. Lynn. without
doubt. is the best ball city in the New
England League. when Lynn gets into
the Eastern League and finds the saIa-
ries about twice as high as the New Eng
land and travelling expenses more than
70 times much as at present and II"
more people attending the game. thcn
Lynn will wish she were back in tive
good old New England aEain.-r"rtl,nd
Advertiser.
Dissensions and icalousies that liay"
disorEanizcd the Detroit club Of tn
American League are to bc dealt with
stcrnly by Pres. johnson unless Tho dis
cord is Strengthened ont Immediately. Of
fetal notice Of the clubs troubles with
certain rccalcitrart players has been ON
Veycd to the leagues chief executive" and
lie is planning some drastic action that
will bring these players back to their
senses I'm hurry. unless they return to
their allegiance At once and fuliill their
contracts in every particular.
Fines and suspensions will bc 'l"aIt ont
il necessary and if found insufficient TO
Quell the disturbances more severe meas
uros will be adopted.
The story of the troubles in the De
troit club was gone over Saturday hy
Pres. johnson. who had been appealed to
once before this season to help straightcu
ont the tangle
s ACertair of the players leaders among |
them being Bill Donovan. Red" Doua-
hue and Jack Warner. were jealous of |
Manager Armour. and, it is said. w"r" |
looking for a turn of events that would |
hnd them in that officials position. and |
the result was that when it was official
II announced that Hugh Jennings was to
manage the Tigers next season these
players practically revolted, becoming in
nHerent and unmanageable it is charged. |
u The Detroit club is N a taa fluddlc.
and unless those players raighten them
selves cut in a hurry I'll take the situa-
Qbn In hand. There will be something do
ing soon." said Pres Johnson Saturday.
SsThe Boston Americans left Philadelrhia
at $50 Saturday night for Detroit. Catch
ef Peterson, who was l.t on the head
saturday afternoon. was about the hotel
to bid the boys goodby end to get his
effects He will remain at his home and
cut out baseball for the remainder of the
season.
Fred Parent went along to Detroit but
will return East as soon as the club can
secure someone to play second.
Chadbourne of Worcester will Join the
team at Detroit today. making the :our-
ney with Joe Harris, who will return for
work.
Second Baseman Wagner of the New
ark club has been drafted and Manager !
Burnham has been requested to let hin. |
foin Boston as soon as possible.