Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-27

''''' "il ltdNe 49,
few days for Florida. where ne VII
rlay baseball next month.
st. Paul had six regular pitche'5
TINS season IN Coy, Morgan. l'ucliai'"h'
Parhins. SiicGlc and pruitt.
Lirlisa! Of Detroit wants his fci''
Tho D"'"' ii club owners propose l" sen
i!i.l To -. Paul or Baltimore.
ToH cor'oran had :. talk with Me-
GREW in New York lie says he rHp'c'S
:" play III his i"rmc:' ;:l.;"c At SNORT.
III" Cleveland Plain Dealer man say
the in"k" VII" St2rt"d the story 'i''.
bradley i, al i'll should take 4 look az
l.i,n ,hcS,. DAYS
cleveland is cind that Jack Knight
til" .o-y.;sl-nll wonder. Viii hc w
regular lizard stacker on the A'hlctlt
outfit next season.
"i'c;v" Cassidy has applied Tor II
place as: umpire on Puliiam's stall I"
s1v:' ii" would no; umpire i'll the Fast
crn League for Il fortune.
It's funny. but it's true, the poorest
player in the league usually BECOMES
Il $4,000 beauty IL his managers eye
wien til" boss tries to sell or trade
him.
Manager Joe Bean of the Jersey Guys
says that he has the matcrlal Tor y
strong team next season and VIII n'ru
b,lt Il few more players To complete ms
ro@tn ~.
Montreal still continues t" gather Ii!
the playcr$ This time Arthur Brown.
drafted by Detroit from Newark. mas
been turned over to Frank Farrclla
annex.
Joe Cantillon is of the opinion that
the American Association magnateS
made il serious mistake when they v"t-
Ell Mike Kelley out of their orSanlza-
ton. 4IA
Jake Stahl once made an offer of
$4,000 for four years to Skillcn, Inc
Dartmouth pitcher and captain. Skill
lon is at present in Chicago for the
holidays.
President Drcyfuss Of the Pittsburs
club denies the report that Hclnit
Pcltz has been solo to Louisville. PETIT
is in demand, several clubs having
made bids for him.
Ryrncs. ~ no was with the Philad"l-
phia American League club last year.
but did very litalc catching, will be
transferred to another organization
next summer.
Tho worlds championship emblcins
|'wcre sent ont from the office of the
National Commission by express last
Friday to the various members of the
Champion White SoX.
Ja-k Dunn. who has closer to manage
tn" Baltimore club. is 80 years of age
and opened as a pitcher for the Bing-
hamton club in 1895, the club winning
the New York State League pcnnant.
George Tcbcau is likely to leave
Louisville for good and make his per-
nancnt hcmc in Kansas City. He has
found that too many baseball irons in
he fire are a burden too cumbersome
to carry.
Pitcher Pittingcr. the Adonis Of the
PhiliicS. las managerial aspirations.
He wants his release, so that he can
take charge Of the York (PaD club and
lie an outlaw. 1t is doubtful if Pitt
will get away from Billy Murray next
year.
batichio. the with tn" Boston team, di-
latinS on the number of Italians in
Chicago. and the attraction "Bs,tty''
would be ut thc West Side park. !;,"lcn
promptly told him that there was
nothing doing.
Old Bob Woods has, signed with Tor
onto. lie was with Detroit III the
American League Il few years ago
and is tn" only man that ever fell in
he rain barrel near the Grandstand of
the baseball park during the early
regime of the Wasncrs.
Manager McGraw of the Giants ha-
offered Joe Mct;innity in exchange Ior
Pitcher Buster Brown or the Cardinals
The st. Louis people are holding out
for q $1,000 cash bonus. such as they
received in the Shannon McrtcS tran
Saction last season.
New Orleans Will get plenty of base
bail next spring. with biC-Ieaguc teams
playing throughout almost the entire
lnnnth Of March. The series of five
ganl"S between the Athletics and tn.
New York Giants should draw big
crowds.
Comm" Mack expects Jcck COMBS
the hero of tn" 24-inning struggle last
September to be hi" pitching mainst ~
next ACCOMPLISHMENTS Star
F0omhS WAS the Maine pitcher on the
Athletic staff from the time he sign
Cd until the end of the season of 1906
Frank Dclchanty, who played left
field for the New York Americans last
year. IS recovering rapidly from an OBJ
Grafton performed last week for an
pcndcitiS. Delehanty says that he cx-
poets to be in better condition than
ever before when he reports the Grif-
fifth in the spring.
catcher Park Wilson, one Of the New
York Giants. has been deposcd as man.
| agcr of the San Francisco club and vii
be succeeded by Danny Long. kid
M"hi"r. coast favorite. will captain
the team. Long for years represented
Hanl"n. Griffith and Mack on the coast
IN tn" selection of promising players.
TIL" Philadelphia National I.cacl,
CLUB has signed Jacklitsch the catcher
who was formerly with the BROOKLYN
team. ana u pitcher by the name ol
Naucr. The latter is Il lcft-hander
and did some good work for tho Penn
*ylvanih club last year. Doom. Tho
auburn-halrcd beauty, has signed Il
eaten 1r:iin with tho IDIil.JnI,,J,;,,