Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-21
DAYS DOINGS In THE WORLD OF SPORTS.

Closkey and Catcher Crist of the Phila-
delphia National League club. to pull
the Clamdigsers up in the race.
Jorko Haliigan is back in the game
for Jersey City after a months absence
Merritt is now playing second base.
with Grant replacing Wood at third
base.
IT'S said that President John T..
Brush of New York would like Pitcher
Kellum of indianapolis. That pitcher
has twice tried major league ccm-
rany.
AS a result of further tampering by
Lancaster with Altizer the Washington
club 10 said to have signed that player
to a three-year contract at $500 per
month.
Catcher John Killing is said to have
secured an option on the Kansas city
Club for next season. He expects to re-
tire from big league baseball after this
season.
J. Bently Seymouth, the 1905 batting
champion of the National League. goes
back to New York, the Cincinnati club
having sold him outright to the New
York club.
Outfielder Browne Of New York Is
Just recovering from bad case of
blood poisoning in one of his hands.
which at one time threatened amputa-
ton of his arm.
Catcher Eddie Mcfarland has refused
to ioin the Chicago White Sox after a
long conference with Manager Jones
on the matter. No reason is given for
his second refusal.
Arthur Hoelsyoetter has developed in
to valuable utility man. He has been
used nearly every place on the st.
Louis team but catcher and first base.
and he does it well.
Ex-Captain Arson, at present city
clerk of Chicago. has imbibed the taste
for public Office and is now making
red-hot canvass for nomination for
sheriff of Cook county.
Catcher Lou Criger. OF Boston. de-
clares that he will be able to play ball
by August 1-provided the Boston ctup
pays him the $500 bonus he claims 1t
owes him since last fall.
Outfielder Charles Malay has been
fined and suspended by the Newark
club. The player refused to report
when ordered to do SO last week, ana
thus incurred the punishment.
Providence is experiencing the bene-
fetal effects of it's new players. The
big Ieaguers have bolstered up the
Grays, and the other members or the
team are playing better as result
The st. Louis club has traded Out
fielder Bill Shannon and ShOrtstop
Danny Shay (now with the Stockton,
cal. club to the New York club for
Outlielder Mertes and Catcher Mar
shall.
The New York club released Pitcher
Frank Hahn at his request. lie m
tends to go into business and to give
up baseball. He has pitched but little
this season. winning three games and
losing one. -.
Iumley says the only condition on
which he would go to the Tri-State
would be for Williamsport to guarantee
him $4,000 year for four years. and
nut the entire $4,000 in bank to his
order in advance.
a college pitcher won his first major
league game by shutting out his op-
ponents, as did Coombs. who joined the
Athletics from Colby and white-washed
Washington on his trial trip.
Frank Jude. the Reds new Indian
outfielder, is already making his plans
for the days after the baseball sun mas
passed beyond the western hills. jude
has the Carlisle fever in his active
brain and says he believes he Will re-
turn tn the old school this fall and be-
gin postgraduate course.
Able wager. of the Brooklyn Eagles
now coufesses that the Brooklyn cum
got all the small end of that deal by
which Sheckard went to Chicago ana
Pitcher Briggs, Mccarthy and Mal"nev
were allotted to Brooklyn. BRIGGS ram
cd to report, Mccarthy was released
and wager says that Maloney IS a
frost