Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-01-30
BASEBALL NOTES.

President Mike Kelley of Minneapolis
is laid up with the grip.
George Tebeau is looking for 4 man
ager to take charge of his Kansas City
team next season. The detection of Ar
thur Irwin TO the Outlaws has left Tc
beau In the lurCh.
Umpire Jack Kerin list season with the
New England League staff. will i'll all
probability umpire for Harry Taylor i'll
the Eastern League the coming season.
II" also sent his terms to President
O'i'iicn of the Western League. but re-
cevrd no answer frcm him. hcrin will
make good all right wherever ne goes.
He has excellent judgment and can run
a game in most satisfactory fashion.
Boston Herald Barney Drcyfuss. the
prince Of baseball club presidents, says
he will not reduce the salary ofsone of
his players. DreyfuS'S made more money
last season than eyer in his career. and
he intcndS the men who helped make it
for him shall be remembered handsome
ly. Drcyfuss never retains Il man who
does not care to play for him, and does
nto hold onto him in the hope of getting
a big price for him.
New York Herald: Hans Wagner Of
the Pirates is said to be decmating the
game supply up in the vicinity of Go
shen. o.. where he is the guest of Pitcher
Sam Lever of the Pirates. These two
together with Christy Mathewson, Frank
Bowerman. Fred Clarke and Clark Grif-
fifth, are the nimrods of baseball, although
most players indulge in more or less hunt
ing or trap shooting. Griffith dlSdains 10
shoot anything smaller than deer for his
AT n meeting of the new Virginia
League held at Richmond, Va. Jan. Ii.
Newport News was dropped. Petersburg,
never having been admitted. the new
league was permanently formed with
clubs in Norfolk, Richmond. Portsmouth,.
Roanoke and Lynchburg. The Lynch
burg franchise was awarded to Jack
Grim. formerly of Newport News. After
ratfying the action Of the last meeting
in clecting Jake Wells president. treas
urcr ami secretary OF the league, with
power to appoint his deputy, the leagu.
adopted constitution and bylaws. \
guarantee Of $40 a series was agreed
upon. with the privl, Sc of 20 per cent.
and 10 per cent. of the gross to so to the
sinking fund of the league.
St. Louis Sporting News: Players OF
ability are paid so we'll for seven months
work, including the time spent in train
ing. that most OF them save more in the
year than the swell clerks make in T.
months. Then again there is always Il
chance to become a star anG get in tn.
select class composed of Lajoe, McCrOH,
Wagner Wallace. Mathewson. Griffith
Chesbro and others whose income exceeds
s5ONo. Baseball has made Charlie Com
iSkey, Connie Mack. Ed. Haulon and a
host of players of the SOS and '9)S
wealthy. Lawyers, doctors. dentists un-
dertlkers have graduated from tie ranks
and men who made their money in uni
form are doing business IN almost every
city of Importance in the country.
Cleveland Leader: Napoleon Lajoie.
whose four-ysar contract with the Cleve-
lands expired recently, has just resigned
for the coming season for the largest sal
ary, it is said, paid to n player in the
big leagues. The great player will draw
between $500 and Si0.cc9 for covering sec
ond base and managing the Clcvelands
this year, and Is worth every cent of this
amount. according to good baseball
judges. In the National League. Barney
DreyfuSs insists that Hans Wagner is
tn" highest salaried player. as the big
Dutchnian receives more than S1oc1 for his
Mathewson of the New York Nationals
gets close to this sum, while John Me
Graw's salary is said to be at least $1,000
Sporting Life: The Jersey City man
agement is going to shift joe Bean from
short field to second base. 80 Manager
Burnham of the Newark club spe4ks en-
Enthusiastically of next seasons prospects
Il expect to nave a winning team in 1906 -
he says. While l have signed hut Il
few youngsters so far. l expect to have
all of my best men back again =
Catcher Pat McCanley'S suit against the
Rochester club for a SIS fine in 1904
which came up in Newark last week
went against him. He was non-suitsd
- Catcher Edward Lynch and Pitcher
Edward Moriarity have asked the New
ark club fer their release from reserva-
ton. l.ynca wants to play with Little