Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-20
BASEBALL NOTES.


| The Toronto Garrison Indoor Base
| ball League has Il clubs on its rolls this
season.
Tom Doran. once with the Boston
Anne rcanS, * in Detroit and intends To
play winter ball in Miami Fla
Ira Swanson. the big pitcher drafted by
| Providence from Fail River. had 10 vic
| tories and 10 defeats last season
| Catcher Schmidt. who did very clever
| work with Detroit last season. will ac
company the pitchers of that club to the
| Hot Springs in the spring.
| Shortstop Turner's knee has been both
| er!ns him some since the season closed.
but it is expected it will be all right if he
gives it an entire rest.
| George b. Dewey. the controlling genius
of the Boston National League team. is
expected to arrive in the city the las.
of this week or the first of next.
There is talk of Independent move
ments' on the Pacific coast. with Lucas
| and Morley as prime movers. talifor-
mans do not relish the pillagng of their
ranks by the majors.
The New York Globe says that Matty
!
to knock New York out of the pennant
| last season than any one player. And he
| is a Staten Islander.
Billy Dyer with Harrisburg last sea-
| son. is slated for a try with Cincinnati
| next season. The Cincinnati :nfield as
now indicated will be made mp of Camel,
Higgins. Lobert and Mowery.
1t cost the New York State League
| clubs SSl0f for transportation last season
| and $l3,0J6 for hotel expenses. and this
| is one of % professional baseball organ
| izations operating under the national
agreement.
| The FAN River club is heavily hit in the
| less of I;owcock, who is booked to go to
California. and Pitcher Swanson, who
will be with Providence. The latter club
went after the pitcher just after Fall
River had landed him.
Marlin Springs. Tex. will he a great
rendc zvous of the ball clubs in the spring.
will each put in week there IN thu
early part Of March, and Cincinnati will
stay there three weeks.
Mike Lynch pitched in but j. games
last season. McCiinnity worked in most.
10. ana WIS closely IolioN'u ny Young
"cy'' Young Of Boston with f., Sparks
of the Phillies with 4. and Willis. Wei
m,.r and Stricklct with II.
Tom Hughes. who has s".n service with
the Baltimore. Boston. New York and
Washington teams in the American
League. promises to I've real good and
pitch winning bali for Joe Cantillon. The
latter says he will secure his rcinstatc
mcnt.
Dutfielder GanIcy Of the Pittsburgs has
seen a lot of experience in baseball.
Lowell boy, he began to play with Tom
Rc:llcy in Meriden in 1895, and since then
has played in Prockton, Albany Science
tady. Marion, Columbus. Milwaukee. p"s
Moinrs and Oakland. Cal 1t cost Pitts
burg 5000 to secure him.
The Buffalo Times cheerfully takes
Issue with President Pat Powers about
Montreal and says it is dead city 50
far as baseball is concerned. ard al
ways will be. If Syracuse is so anxious
to replace Montreal, why do they not
buy the franchise. If the city is such a
dead one. it ought to be had cheap.
otto Williams, who has seen service
with the Chicago Nationals and Wash
instons. says that Jim McAleer has mad"
no mistake in taking Outfielder Emil
Frisk and Pitcher Morgan back to the
St Louis Browns. Morgan formerly
pitched for the Fall River club 1t is
surprising how many pitchers rh'l RIVER
has lost ny purchase or drait-MorGan,
Harris, Swanson and Carrick.
I.ajoie tells this one about Walker. the
tall pitcher who was onrc with tn" club.
zone day in Philadephit the LETT hind
wheel Of Jimmy Hayes old yellow bus
camc off when we were on the way To TN"
game, and the axle cam" Gown IN the
street with bump. Walker hoped out
grabbed the axle, and, lifting 1t up, held
it until the wheel was put Rack on again
Flick. Bernhard, Joss and ] were in that
corner of the bus. and Walker must have
lifted close to a thousand pounds.
II is President Johnson who controls
the ,!estinios Of his league. says this
New York Evening Journal. His advice
is invariably sought and always acted
on whenever complications arise in any
club, and Ban has never failed to ad-
lust affairs Satisfactorily The Ameri-
can League is. in consequence, a unit.
1t has never since its organization been
torn by internal discussions Such as
has frequently occurred in the parent
body There is team work in the Amer
lean League. Every club owner works
for the general interest of the league.
not to "hog'' things for individual pros
perity or ggrandiZement at the ex-
pense of a fellow-owner or club. This is
one secret Of the popularity and sue
cess of the American League. And to
President Ban Johnson nearly the
whole credit for such a satisfactory
state of affairs is due.
In answer to the assertion of Jimmy
Callahan that baseball is a trust. Harry
Edwards of Cleveland replies that it is
4 necessary trust. Without some iron
clad agreement between the hundreds of
professional clubs throughout the coun-
;, he and .r,.ithQi,t "a