Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-23
traitors, Is $50 pounds. How about his
reach and foot work?

and the result is being eagerly await
ed by their big following.
Nordyke, Nealon, Murch and Ross
man are four new candidates for Irst
| base in the big leagues having fair
chance of landing permanent jobs.
! The New York Americans have two
| good crossfre artists in Hoss ana
Ne wton, but the former would be bet
ter off with more control to his side
arm delivery.
| Pitcher Elmer MOffitt, who was re-
| ported sold to Pittsburg. has agreed L"
terms with Manager Grant, and viii!
| t,in the South Bend Central League
| team April l.
! Jack Neuer the sonthpaW, who did
good work for the Wilkes Barre team
| last season, has been signed again by
the club. He had been holding off for
q better salary.
| 1T Is a pleasure to have a man like
Corcoran work for YOU" says Hanlon.
"It is a positive delight TO work for
a man like Hanlon." says Corcoran. Is
there a blarney stone In Texas?
Jack Doyle is to manage the Des
| Moines club this year. New York,
| Chicago, Brooklyn, Baltimore, WASH
| ington, Cleveland and Columbus are
| sen of the cities in which the peri
patetic Jack has played.
| Murch, the new first baseman of the
| Boston Americans, is said to be a head
taller than any man playing ball. If
he is n head taller than young Knight
he has missed his calling. He ought
| to star with Il side show.
| The st. Louis Americans have pass
cd up brown as a color and are seek
| ing substitute for the hOodoO name
Of Browns Hoodoo name? Are
Comiskey, Latham, Carruthers, Tip
| O'Neill, Yank Robinson and Tommy
Mccarthy and their diamond deeds SO
soon forgotten?
Ralph Glaze, the Dartmouth recruit
Of the Boston Americans. pitched one
| inning against the Mercer College
team in Macon the other day and was
bGtted all over the pasture. He had
a lame arm, however. In the same
game Jimmy Collins made single.
two doubles and triple.
Even il Mathewson's illness does in
capacitate him for a time. McGraw
will not be without an anchor to wind
ward. There is only one Mathewson,
but McGinrity, Ames, Wiltse and Tay-
lor make a quartet that a good many
teams would swap their pitching staff
for and besides there are Ferguson
and Elliott in reserve.
At the reorganization of the Wilkes
Barre. New York State League team,
A. j. Lynch was elected president;
nj rod
Goernger, secretary, and w. Lawson
Reid, treasurer. The new officers will
also form the executive committee and
the direction of the club during the
coming season will be in their hands.
Billy McGee, formerly jor league
ana last season pitcher with Buffalo
Eastern League Club. is certain now
to sign with Jack SharrottS Wilkes
Barre Club of the New York state
League. Mr(ite wanted n five months
contract while the league season is
shorter than that. SharrOtt will then
have three former Worcester players
with him in Henry Lynch, Frank
Doran and McGce.
An Indian named Nefeau is prac-
ticing with the Pittsburgs. lie is to
play with the Little Rock team this
year, but is expected to become Il
Pirate some day. His abilities are
described thus: He can pitch, catch,
play first or the out1ield, while at bat
he is sure To prove u terror to oppos-
ing pitchers, and he can run like a
deer" Why not bring him into major
league company right now, if he can
do all that?
, Say what club owners WILL the
game of baseball as played in the
major leagues will not be what it
ought 10 b.. until the foul strike rule
is abolished declared Jimmy Collins.
THE patrons Of the game want more
batting. as the club owners we'll know,
but they do not do anything to help
matters. They point to the attendance
, and say the game never was more
prosperous. That is true enough so
far as it goes, but there will come a
time when something will have to be
done. | think the players are entitled
, to some consideration. My experience
s that a large majority Of the men
who play the game are diSgusted with
the present conditions. Looking at il
from a scientific standpoint | maintain
, that the game has been hurt"
Manager Chance has decided upon
2 a novel diet for his men. He believes
it to he just as important to accuston
them to the grub they will have tc
face around the circuit as TO train
them for games and has adopted the
following food program: Monday
Cincinnati day-WienerwurSts, SChnit-
zels, s;iucrisraut. kalter aufschnitt llnd
iimburger; Tuesday. Boston day
, Baked beans. brown bread. Goldfish anc
| New England boiled dinner; WedneS.
, day, New York day-Bue points. pate
& de fois gras. harveyized crackers
;. frCmage dc camembert. demi tasse
p cigarettes; Thursday. BROOKLYN day
, Fasting: Friday, PittsburgI day
Smoked ham. smoked halibut, smoked
| leef. Stogie smoke; Saturday, Phila-
delphia day-Filet d'oeuvre, quaker
oats, capon SQUAD; Sunday, st. Louis
!: day-Illinois Riccr perch, red hots witt
I. mustard or horseradish, caviar pret-
: Zels and hops-Chicago Record-Her-
I'D. For home consumption the men,
!. Will be: pork chops, spareribs bacon