Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-17
DAILY KENNEBEC JOURNAL. THURSDAY JANUARY 1907.

Is SeIIleu lIIdt SdNCUeT MING Nj eSoJ
will be permitted to get away from st.
Louis but it is not settled whether New
York or Cincinnati will obtain his ser.
vices.
A Davenport. IA. report is that Catcher
Tom Walsh of the Cubs will retire per-
manently from baseball, as he has be-
come associated in business with his IA
Their. who is a railroad contractor.
Philadelphia Press: II this Bill
Sweeney who goes from California TO
the Cubs next season is as gifted as
lie has been reported to be he is too
fast for any except the Superhuman
League.
" Y. Sun: The New York Americans
Will nave the advantage Of finishing at
home the coming season. That being
the case. if they come as close to finish
ing first as they did last season it will
be / fact accomplished this season.
Griffith is expecting great results
from Delehanty during the coming
campaign. The youngster came for
ward with rapid strides and toward
the end of last season was playing the
sun field better than the veterans OF
the American League.
Tommy Corcoran, the infielder bought
from Cincinnati, is the only real kennel
keeper in the National League. corcoran
makes a specially of breeding hunting
hounds. He usually keeps IA OF thes
loD-eared dogs at his home all the time.
Tommy is great Nimrod.
Several of the National League clubs.
it is said. are very anxious to get Joe
Yeager. the utility man of the High
landers. Joe proved the best man Crit
filth had on his stan in a pinch last year.
and he may use him regularly during the
coming campaign.
The Atlanta Baseball Club is al
ready at work on the new park prepar-
atory to giving the New York Ameri-
cans 4 place to practice. Griffith
thinks we'll of Atlanta as a training
ground on account of it's high altitude
and the good water. The climate there
is very temperate.
Big Ed Walsh pitched his first game
for pay four years ago in Wilkes Barre.
He received $45 a month that season,
coming out of the mines to play ball.
He shut Scranton out in his first game
and his catcher was Frank Burke now
with the New York Nationals, who
could not hold Walsh's speed. From
Wilkes Barre Walsh went to Meriden,
thence to Newark and thence to the
White Sox.
Malachai Kittredge, who has taken
up the management of the Montreal
Club, insists that the catcher is the
keynote to a successful baseball game.
When a catcher working his head and
arm every minute Kittrdedge says he
cannot be expected to hit very strong.
Kit insists that a good catcher wheth-
er he can hit or not, can win more ball
games than any other man on the nine.
The entire question of base running or
the prevention of base running, accord
ing to Kit, rests with the catcher.
New York World: The sale of Billy
Gilbert to Newark makes the second base
problem a little more simple for McGraw,
but still he has Strang. Shay and Mullen
to contend with. McGraw has not decid-
ed who will hold down the keystone sack
for the Giants. but will make it 4 COM
petitive examination. The man showing
the best form in spring practice will start
off at the sack. Developments may
change this before the end of the sea-
son. The loss of Gilbert will be kcenly
felt by New York fans. as the little fellow
was very popular. The falling Off in his
hitting is responsible largely for his sale
to q minor league club. AS a fielder no
one has anything on Gilbert. 1t Is; rather
remarkable. however. that all the clubs
waived claim on Billy as there are many
ma Tor league clubs would find it hard to
get a better man.