Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-26
BASEBALL,
6. J. Stah| Of Washington
| Becomes a Benedict.
Boston, Am., Gives $4,000 and
OImsted for Outfie|der Clay.
Pointers Picked Up About the Major
and Minor Leagues.

Bobby Lowe has signed to manage
the Newcastle Club of the .. & L.
League next season.
Pres. Taylor paid $4,000 for the release
of Outtielder Clay. and threw in Pitch
er Olmsted for good measure.
At the last convention in Chicago the
National Association adopted a rule
which imposes a fine of $3.50 on any
club giving a ball player advance
money.
The Fall River favorites, Messrs.
Shay and Burke. will. it is said, en-
deavCr 10 drive New England baseball
out of New Bedford this season and
run Independent ball.
Jesse Burkett says that Hugh Duffy
does a pantomimic act, taking off Fred
Clarke. the PittsburS manager. making
a baseball deal. that would throw
Clarke himself into commissions.
Pres. Hedges of the st. Louis Browns
is trying to get Walter Randall to play
frs. base. Randall is the St. Louis boy
who was captain of the Harvard team
last year. He is now attending the
Harvard Law school. where he will re-
main until he takes his degree in
June.
They tell me that the "Giants'" colt
battery, Ferguson and Fitzgerald are
| strapping boys, both siX-footors.
| George Tebeau is so confident that
| Ferguson will make good as a pitcher
| that he has evidently told McGraw
| that he will not cost a cent if he is
| not good enough TO keep
Tommy Connolly. the American
League umpire. and Fred Lake We're
visitors at the Boston American head
quarters Wednesday. Connolly has a
younger brother whom he would like
| TO place on the staff of umpireS in
some minor league. Tommy says the
lad gave great satisfaction as the
arbitrator" of the F-itchburg- Leomin-
ster series last fall.
! The Pittsburg ball club has secured
Pitcher Elmer Motfit of the South Bend,
Ind. team i'll the Central League. He
is touted as being the best pitcher in
| the league. and so confident is the
South Bend management that Moffit
| will make good, he has been turned
over to PittsbUrg with the understand
ing that if he makes good $500 is the
price, if he don't make good, nothing
is to be paid.
| Pres. joan I. Taylor of the Boston
| American League team arrived in Bos-
ton from the South Wednesday looking
the picture of health and contentment.
At Il meeting of the club directors
Wednesday Hugh McBrcen was elect
cd treasurer of the club. MI TAYLOR
talked about next seasons prospects
and said that he had put everything
| up to Manager Collins and that he had
perfect faith i'll his manager making
good.
Catcher Necdham of the Boston Ma
tionais and Eddie Lee. n weli-known
| Altoona. Penn. baseball player. have
| obtained 4 controlling interest in the
| StcubcnVillC, o.. team. In authorization
Of entering the new Pennsylvania Ohio
| West Virginia League Needham and
Lee arc getting together a strong bunch
of players. If Necdham can land the
! StcuhenviIle franchise at next Satur-
days meeting of the p, o. and w. Va.
| League he will quit Boston. Steuben-
vile is the home of Needham. and he
practically made the town famous by
his basketball playing some years ago.
| Bob Dunbar says: Following Con-
| nic Macks example. Jake Stahl, the
| manager of the Washington club has
gone to a High school for an infieIdcr.
He has signed Fred Mcrklc. third
b1scman on the Toledo High school
nine. The lad batted so hard and dis
played such remarkable fielding abili-
| ty that a number of colleges were af-
| ter him, but Stahl's inducements were
more attractive. In all my experience
IN baseball | do not remember another
30" Knight who made good with the
Athletics last year. fresh from a High
school. 1t will be an extraordinary
| thing if Stahl has discovered another
sChoolboy wonder.
Garland j. Stahl captain and man
aS"r of the Washington American
League baseball team, and Miss Jean
| Mahan of Chicago were married at the
winter home Of the bride at 357 Grant
street. Pasadena. Wednesday. The GER
| emony was performed by Rev. Mr..
| I-arlpart of the First Methodist church.
"A large number of the winter colony
friends of Miss Mahan, attended. Mr.
| and Mrs. Stahl became acquainted soy
cral years ago when the young man
was student in University of Illinois.
of which Mrs. Stahl is a graduate
Mr.. and Mrs. Stah will make a tour
of the West and South. after which
| they intend TO visit MI StahI's parents
IN Eikhart. Ind. before going to their
home 1T Washington.