Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-14
SPORTING ITEMS
BASEBALL.

The man who viii endeavor to fill Joe
CantillOn's shoes next season rs mana
ger of the Brewers is Jack Doyle, who
has been mentioned in connection with
the job for the past three weeks This
fact was decided on Tuesday by Owner
Havenor, although it was all arranged
two weeks ago.
Jack Doyle handled the Des Moincs
team on the field last season while Mike
Cantillon was head of the concern and
Jack had an easy road to travel. Pre-
vious to that he was with the Toledo
team in the association and played first
base for . time, having been released
to Toledo from the major league, where
he had played for many years, having
been with st. Louis, New York and
other clubs.
Barry Mccormick, the Brewers clever
second baseman, was hot after the job
and thought he had a good chance t.
land it, but Owner HavenOr considered
Doyle the better man for the place an,
selected him. Doyle certainly knows tn
game and he should be able to guide tn
team as we'll as any man on the field
and 1t will depend upon himself to max
good as Il manager of men.
Jack will make his headquarters il
Chicago for the present where he ca
confer with Joe Cantillon and get thing
shaped up for the season. He will hav
Joe, Mo-, as Mike Cantillon will proba
bly, have his Minneapolis team train a
Des Moines.
In the opinion of well known Mil
waukee lawyer, w. IL. Watkins, owner
of the indianapolis club, made a seriou
mistake when he voted with the major
ity to expel Mike Kelley, expression
of the Minneapolis club, from the Amer
lean association.
by doing So" said The lawyer, "Mr.
Watkins laid himself wide open in the
event of Kelley bringing suit to recoy,
er his salary for 1907, which he can do
under the terms of his contract. from
Mr.. Watkins or the Minneapolis club
By voting as he did Mr.. Watkins made
it appear that he wanted Kelley ex,
PEELED from the association in order thai
his contract would be null and void
Thus il will be evident that it was a
case of forcing Kelley out for a purpos,
and he will have all the best of it
whereas, had Mr.. Watkins refused to
vote with the majority, he could have
made the claim that it was no fault of
his that Kelley was barred from the as
ISOLATION and unable to fulfill his con-
tract"
American league magnates, according
to President Ban Johnson, will be more
insistent this year in their demands fol
a reduction of the playing schedule OF
the two major leagues. Heretofore the
American league while not favoring the
154-game schedule adopted by the Ma
tionaI league. has made no strenuous
opposition to il. Five of the American
league club are desirious of limiting the
season to 40 games.
Under the terms of the peace com
pact" said President Johnson yesterday.
I'VE have the right to call Il meeting Of
the committee to discuss the matter
This committee consists of three repre-
sentatives from each organization and
it is probable we shall ask for a meet
ing early next year. One thing is GER
tain. and that is if the National league
refuses to curtail the long programme
we shall not agree to any frightening OF
the pOst-seasOn series"
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Connie Mack of the Philadelphia Ath
letics announces that he has released
Outfelder Harry Armbruster to the To
ledO, O., team.
Third Baseman Harry Clark, drafted
by Pittsburg from Milwaukee, is work
ing On a beet sugar farm near Balding,
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