Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-21
BASEBALL NOTES.
Fine Him a Hundred!

New York PreSsD
When was young and III my pIiihe
| sturg the ball at about 81,
But now I'm old and on the Iritts'
The best can do is lit.
When I was young had great wing
They died at the plate as a regular thilS'
Eut now I'm old and getting gray,
I've signed next year with Pe-or-l-a.
The umpres always treated me fine,
Tim Hurst was Il very good friend OF
When / was benched I'D ask him for
.That'ii cost you ten.'' was his favorite
bon mot.
played the bag and worked in the field.
Took them off the bat without mask or
And many of my raps nave tied the
II you don't believe this ask Johnny Nc
Graw.
The st. Louis Nationals have SO men
on hand.
Frank J. Leonard of Lynn, chairman
OF the schedule committee of the New
England League, has arranged his
dates for more than One-half the sea-
son, and hopes to have the schedule
in shape in a few days.
Notices for reporting to make the
spring training trip were Monday sent
to every member of the st. Louis
American League team. Pres. Hedges
instructing his men 10 reach St. Louis
not later than noon on March l. The
squad will depart for Texas. March l..
The games arranged between the
Boston and Philadelphia American
League clubs in Chattanooga late in
March may be called off. as Pres. Ban
johnson says that games of this kind
before the regular season are a viola
tion of the American League cOnstitu-
ton.
Secretary Nahon of the New York
that First Baseman John Camel had pur-
chased his release from that organization
for $1,000 Camel has been negotiating this
deal for some months. so that he could
play for his own club at Grand Rapids,
Mich.
CriGer was down in the business dis
trict of Elkhart. Ind. Monday two
miles from his home. looking rcasona-
bly, well. though very thin. He says he
will start for Hot Springs Tuesday or
Wednesday and will await word from
Capt. Collins, who. he thinks, may join
him there.
Jesse Burkett of Worcester has rcceiv-
ed his official release from the Boston
Americans, and will not have to 20 South.
as was at first expected. Thus he will be
able to devote all his time to the Wor-
cester club, which he purchased jointly
with Captain Jimmy Collins of the Bos-
ton Americans.
The schedule committee of the Eastern
League met Saturday at Buffalo. TIL"
schedule prepared by President Harry l..
Taylor was revised and will be submit
ted at the league meeting to be called
in about three weeks. The season will
open in the latter part of April and 10
games will be played.
1t is reported at Baltimore that Pitchers
Fred BurcheIl and Del Mason OF the Bal
timOre Eastern League club have signed
to play with the Johnstown team of the
Tri-State League. Mason came to Balti
moro in 1901 from the Washington club,
which secured from from the New York
League. Both players were dissatisfied
with the salaries offered them for next
season.
Manager Hugh Duffy of the Phila-
dclphia CLUB will leave Boston WedneS-
day for Philadelphia tn line up his ball
players for Il three weeks trip to Sa-
vannah, Ga. Capt. Duffy will send Kid
Gleason and IL string of pitchers south
q week ahead of the regulars. The two
Quaker teams will meet about April I.
for n series of seven games. and Duffy
is game enough to pick his bunch as
the winner.
The candidates for the Yale fresh
man baseball team began training
Monday. "Rilly' Lush. the profession
al trainer. and Capt. Frank O'Bricn of
the Varsity team took charge of the
youngsters. They were to work in the
cage on battery work. Lush and
O'Brien will handle the freshmen until
the Varsity men start to work. when
II is expected that Foster Rockwell. the
Varsity quarterback. will take charge
Of them for the rest of the season.
over ~ freshmen reported.
I'm my opinion. the ideal baseball
team says Manager Lajoic. was tho
old Baltimore team when IIanlon had
McGraw. Jennings. Kelley. RcitZ. Kccler
and other stars playing for him. That
gang played such fast ball that they had
most teams beaten before a ball WAS
pitched. or all the shortStops | hav.
ever seen l think Hughe Jennings was
the star How he could cover ground
about his position; how he put the bail
on the runner. and how he could hold the
runner close TO second instead of allow
ing him 10 secure a long lead. Lots of
persons do not like Johnnie McGraw nor
his methods. but I want to tell YOU that
l always found him one of the incest fell
lows imaginable. He plays to win ~,
the field. and there are no points of the
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