Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-15
BASEBALL NOTES.

st. Louis Cardinals, with 81 men or
dcred to report, went South minus 1G
of the players.
Sioux City has signed Outfielder
Hugh Tate. who played Il few games
with Washington last summer.
Billy Hallman, the former Philadel-
phia fnfielder. has signed to manage
Savannah of the South Atlantic
League.
John 7. Taylor of the Boston Amer
icans, writes from Gibraltar that he
had Il tough passage. So did his team
last season.
"a captain has too much RESPONSE
bility on his shoulders to do himself
justice in playing his own individual
game" says Lave Cross.
Charlie DOOM of the Phillies. is the
first big Lacquer to go on the hospital
list. He split ., finger at practice in
Savannah the other day.
DR.. Powers Of the Athletics, has
bought a home in Philadelphia and has
started to build UP a practice which
VIII enable him to quit baseball in
few wears.
Jlth SSlltIludl W Ill Dt GS5iSlitu tHC
opening umpiring task at Bennett park.
Detroit, this year. Rather Significant
for the Patti Of the diamond announc-
ed his retirement there last fall.
Jack Heydon. who recently applied for
and was denied reinstatement by the nd
tonal commission. has signed with the
Washington club Of the new Pennsylva
mia. Ohio and West Virginia outlaw
league.
Tho players Of both New York teams
are outspoken in favor of a spring Sc
ries next year. They want to pick up
some easy money and there seems to
be no good reason why their wishes
should not be gratified.
Euttc, Mont. the home OF Mary McI.anc
and the place where Jack Munroc became
famous, will have league baseball this
years at 50 cents admission. Butte is 50
far from the other big towns that tho 70
cents is necessary to pay the bills.
Now it is said that Comislley has ar
| ranged to get Callahan. allowing the play
or to retain his interest in his scmi-pro
fessional team and to attend to its af-
fairs while the SoX are ut homo. Divided
efforts are of little value in baseball.
Several of the trades and sales framed
up by the Cincinnati club since Manager
IIanlon has taken hold have not that
soft look they used to have when Kelley
and Hermann tried to strengthen the
team. Tho Cincinnati sucker" game is
probably ended.
Tate Cromley has sent his sealed con-
tract to Watkins. aud despite a midwin
ter announcement that he might retro
from the game, will be seen with the
IIoosers another season. Cromloy will
coach the Wabash baseball team and get
irto condition carly.
Now that the season is approaching.
it behoves the young man of baseball
ambition to weigh carefully whether it
is better to stay at home and get SIS
Il week in the machine shop and $15
more fer playing Saturdays and sun
days or join out with a bush league
and take bite at an aggregate salary
limit Of 5000 Il month.
Paul Champ Of Paris. in Les Suorts
Maderncs. of that city. tells about the
great American gam" of baseball, but
somebody must have been kidding him
about the ball, for he speaks of it as
being made of wood and leather. About
the only wood that enters into out ma
tional game is found in the heads of
some of the playcrs-and the bats.
Manager Pat Donovan Of the Brook
lyn baseball club was made happy Sun
day on his arrival in New York City
by receiving the signed contracts of
Outfieiders Billy Maloncy and Jack
Mccarthy. Catcher Lou Ritter and
Pitcher Elmer Stricklett. the original
exponent of the spit ball" The Brook
lyn team is now complete with the eX-
Ception of the pitching department.
DR.. Eilly Scanlon and Briggs are the
only holdouts about whom Donovan is
any way anxious.
Ed Priestar of Richmond. Mich has
signed contract to play with the Buff
falo club managed by George 7. Stall
ings. PricstaD will leave for Macon,
Ga. March Is to join the Bisons This
is the first venture of the promising
young catcher of the Richmond club
into professional ranks and he may find
the pace pretty fast. but if he contin-
ues to improve as rapidly as he did last
season before many years he will be
counted among the best catchers in the |
country. He is splendid backstop, a |
strong and accurate thrower to bases
and very fair hitter. and the training
ne viii get under Stallings ought to |
rourd oft the rough corners in his |
work.