Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-29

and first baseman of the Tufts College
team, is practicing law in San Fran
cisco.
Outiield"r Shannon Of the New York
Nationals was taken i'll in Cincinnati
ana Was compelled to go back TO New
York.
Jesse Tannehill was the last pitcher
TO beat the White Sox. before they
dropped TWO games to Washington sat
urday.
Tie New York Nationals have secur-
ed Second Easenan Mullen OF the Bal
Ignores WHO has seen service with the
Athletics and the WaShingtons.
President Jesse Burkett OF the W"r-
coster club has released Jesse Bufkett
the player. jesse. however. will still
play few more games with WOrceS-
ter.
Carl ROth2eb, the former Chicago
National League ball player. has be-
come athletic director of the Colorado
Agricultural College at Fort Collins,
Col.
Fred Crolius has been placed on the
ineligible list for taking advance mon
ey from Toronto and then jumping 10
the Lancaster Club of the outlaw
League.
Louis Crockett, Z pitcher of the Ruf-
fa!o baseball club. has been sold to the
New York American Club. He will not
leave Buffalo until the end of the Ea ST
err League season.
Tho aor,,,
Club announced Monday that it has
signed Pitchers Kicker and Holmes OF
the Augusta Club of the Southern
Leaglf.- The new players will report
next week.
FrantZ, the Kansas City first base
man, had % putoutS and five assists
one day last Weela and Il putouts in
another game, all without an error.
F'rantZ is a younger brother Of q. q.
t'rantZ. the old Harvard first baseman
ana coach.
The Philadelphia papers claim that
Billy Murray. the Jersey City manager.
has favorably considered a proposition
to manage the Phillies next season.
Murray claims that he has signed ~
papers to that effect, which is not
strange. as he never signs contract.
Charles &. Gill, the midShipman
whom Admiral Sands has just recon-
mended for medal for glllantry n
saving the life of his clasSlnate, Claude
A. Jones, played Shortstop on the Ann
apolis nine last spring He is Il brother
of Austin Gill, who rowed on the Har-
ward four-oared crew a year ago.
Washington, in taking the double
hoo, H.,
robbed Fielder Jones' outfit Of the rac-
ord for consecutive wins in the bir
league. With - consecutive yictori.j
a win in The first game Saturday Woul.,
have given Chicago Il tie for the rec
ord. and win in both would have es-
,abliShed new one.
The most rema,kab BE thing about the.
winning streak OF the Chicago White
SoX is the fact that ISbell leads in bat
ting. with an average of 20, while the
team stands last in batting among the
teams Of the American League stolen
bases have been The important factor
with the winning of the games for the
SpX this year.
Pitcher Cy Barger of the Lancaster
Penn. Tristate League club has jump
"a to the New York Americans. Bal.--
er was missing Mnniay and it became
known that Catcher Jim Mcclure Was
there last week ANA signed the star
tWirler to $1,000 contract for next sea
son, besides giving him Il big bonus
for Joining the Highlanders at once
1t was announced Tuesday at Woon-
socket, X. l., that the WoonSocket
Gymnasium baseball team will make a
determined effort 10 get Il New England
League franchise next season. PreS-
dent Patrick j. kearns went to Fail
River to see if he could get the Lowell
team of that league to play ont the
WoonSOckctS for the rest of their home
dates. He did not succeed. but FAN
River and Manchester will proba bly,
play double header a week from Sat
urday at WOonsocket
David Lajoie, brother of Napoleon
La joie, manager nf the Cleveland club
and the American Leagues sta. play
en- has been released by the Battle
Creek calender of the Southern AIichi-
gan Class q League, and has left fo-
his home in Massachusetts. The play
er is but Is years DID, and, while a clcV-
er fielder. was unable to make a hi in
the three games in which he was trie J
ont. Like his famous brother. thu
younger Lajoie is q second basemen
There is a marked facial resemblance
between the two.
Arthur Stringer the author is an en-
thuSiaStc farmer, and has 4 tine fruit