Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-23
Cy Young and Jesse Tan
nehiII Affix Signatures,
Cleveland Buys Charlie Kick
man Of Chicago Americans.
Red Sex Claims tc Nave Some Mar.
vsis In rs Recruits.

EGr:ni., Doe. "2.-1h ne !len"d contracts
for 1875 81 ~ Tu:.n:s ard Jesse Tame
hin were received yesterday by Hugh
McInecn d the Boston Americans.
Tie i.and old man among tire box
arti5.s :..nii.d his contract 1roln l'aloi,
o., w!rrr l,r il l.nssiir: tho winter on
his itfu. Wi.h q contract Wa Il letter
in :. nph he '.aih h. never f"!t better
sine Ia, bn"an playing baseball. and
that ~ would H. ready for the real
burno .a Wil-n til" irnc came.
I,s." Tam hili il Easing most Of
his time th:; winter in Newport, Ky,
and "r'iCs that his arm has improved
Vnit,l' rfuily unl"r q new tre@ t.nent.
J"e:c H. anxious to show his aprrc.'ia
tlnn "f the literal treatment tAat has
been accorded him by the Boston man
agc:Ecnt.
This will be "Cy" Young's 18Th
straight year in the business Is n pro
fcssunal bah player, always doing the
bulk Of the pitching with the different
clubs in which ne has played IN Cleve
land. st Louis and Boston. Judging
from the way Il" finished last season he
is good for many years To come.
ralrehil has done very little for the
local team during the last two years
O"inF "a q veal, arm. His great knowl-
edge of the art Of pitching, however,
makes him q valuable man TO have
around, and the Boston club has taken
Il chance that Tannchill's arm will
come around for some effective work
next season. Manager Mcclure was cs-
pecialy anxious to give Tannchill am
other chance to work in the box.
Tie American League headquarters
are rife nowadays with stories of the
prowcss Of the new recruits who are
to he tried ont ut the beginning Of the
season. ana there is also a great deal
Of looking forward to the trip and the
training session in the South Nearly
ever one who comes in from outside
Of Boston has a good word for Jack
Thonev. the new OUtfielder, and if all
the prcphrSieS about him come true
he shuuid nrnve one of the Rel SoX's
hieRf st drawing cards during the COM
ing season. At all events, if the new
men work together as well as they
have in the minor leagues. the team will
nc 4 first division bunch, to say the
least
Jacl, Tnry Of the Red SOx outfield
squad was a visitor at the headquarters
Of the club Yesterday and passed the
afternoon with Hugh NIcBreen. HOcy
will 20 South. where he plays on the
Ormond Beach team during the winter.
HOCy went to q famous bOneSCtter in
Youngstown. O.. during the latter part
Of the season and says that his shoulder
wac entirely cured in the short session
that n" had there. lIney says that his
throwing arm is better now than it has
been aU any time Sincr he left Holy
Cross. lie lays his trouble with his
shoulder TO IN injury received in {;
elias, football game in which he " IS
hurt blocking q punt. TIL" doctor whom
he saw in Youngstown seemed t. strike
The trouble right off and twisted Il stray
tendon into place in less Jhan no time
With Hocy on the OrmOnd Beach
team will be several major leagu" stars
Mig Clark of cleveland and Johnny
Butlcr If Brooklyn are to do the back
stop work. Dusty Rhodes was slated
10 pItcn for the team. but as he has re-
Gently been appointed to a good position
under the city government at Cleveland
he is not likely to go. ApplegatC Of the
Eastern League will do pert Of the box
work, however, and Whitney of the Tri-
state League, Corcoran of Montreal,
Turner of Cleveland and Jim Dclahan-
~ are to hold down the infleld posi-
with him Flick of Cleveland and De
Croft of TRY, if the present plans 80
through