Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-13
BASEBALL NOTES.

Cornelius Danaher holds his New
Haven franchise ut $4,000, but has
been unable to find 4 purchaser at that
price.
a prominent lumber dealer in Column
bus will donate 60-foot pole. from
which the American Association pen
nant will be flung.
Pitcher Jake" Weimer says that two
weeks are ample to enable him to get
into condition. 1t takes some pitchers
Il good part Of d season to get into
trim.
We'll" said Uncle Bill Conant to Man
ager Tcnney the other day. "you cant
finish more than one notch worse than
you did last season. no matter what hap
pens
The alumni game which Brown will
play on Commencement day will be
against Il team to be secured by Foot
ball Coach Robinson and will be chOs-
en- from such players as Dave" Fultz,
Dunn, BILLY" Lauder, Allan Wheeler
"Daf' GammOns, Doc" Sexton, "AF'
Rodman, j. d. Jones. Babe" Phillips,
mike" Lynch and "Tommie" Brady.
The first shutout game of the season oc-
CURED Friday at Memphis, Tenn, when
McGraw's team played McGanns nine a
Timing game. The score was to o in
favor of McGann's men. The feature oe
the game was n one-handed catch by
Mike Donlin and the centerfielder's bat
ting. Billy Gilbert and Big Matty' are
laid up and were compelled to suspend
training.
Ned HanlOn has announced that he
will carry but five pitchers this sea
son, four to work regularly and one
reserve. He figures that by working
a pitcher twice Il week he will get bet
ter results. Many n baseball crank will
agree with the leader Of the Reds Too
big pitching staff is often as detri-
mental to a team as too small n collec-
ton.
1t will not be in the least surprising
if two new men are found in the ont
field of the Chicago White Sox this
year. 1t has been the general impress
sion that Dan Green has been going
backward and. therefore, another is
Slated to take his place. Jones may try
Huh" Hart, the Everett boy, in the
outfield, while Frank Hemphill may al
SO be assigned All outfield position.
"a quick break helps a lot in the
runs" says Frank Chance. you don't
have to go back then and worry.
There's where Mctiraw has had il easy
for a couple of years. He's been run
ming out in front Get out in front if
you can and then the other fellows
have to do the worrying to catch you.
A Clt 1..n t,,,,t H.,
carry enough good ones now so that a
bad accident or so won't hurt any"
The Cleveland baseball club 1eft horne
Saturday for Atlanta. Ca, where the
team will go into spring practice The
members of the team We're accompanied
by Manager Lajoe. Sec. T. s. Barnard
and one or two others. They arrived in
Atlanta Sunday morning and will remain
there until April l. when they will begin n
series Of exhibition games throughout the
South. The club will open the season at
st. Louis April II. All of the men are
said to be in good condition.
Jack Doyle, the veteran first base
man. has been selected by the Cantil-
Ion brothers. Mike and Joe. to manage
their Des Moines club in the Western
be busy managing the Milwaukee
American Association Club again and
Mike Cantillon. who handled the Des
Moincs club we'll enough to land the
rcnnant last year. will delegate part of
his authority at least to Doyle as play
er manager. Jack was with the Toledo
club part of last season.
Il am glad to be able to say that the
great majority of ball players are fine
Young fellows in whose company no
decent man need be ashamed, and that
their principal fault is not rowdyism.
rot touShness, not a tendency to
booze, but simply and solely the ina
piii'y 20 stand criticism. no matter how
just nor how tactfully administered
says Joe Cummins of Baltimore. ".
ball player will never be an angel any
more than the rest of humanity; but
for t"e most part he is man and
though the word has deteriorated-a
gentleman"