Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-09
BASEBALL.
Great Interest In the Ma
tiona| League Meeting.
Col. Oovey Stands by His 10
Men TO a Club Plan.
Asserts That Is Men Enough For
Any Bali Team to Garry.

Boston, Dec S.-Pres. George Is.
Dovey and Fred Tenney left today for
New York 10 attend the annual meet
ing of the National League.
Pres DOvoy has several trades in
view which he hopes to pull off at the
meeting. He will also make a big fight
To have his pet scheme adopted where
by the clubs can reserve only IS men
at the close Of each season
Fred Penney will attend the meeting
a., Il delegate from the Boston club, as
he is one of the stockholders in the or
saniZation and naturally is Interested
il the deals proposed by Pres. Dewey,
ir"indi!l3 the one in which he himself
is likely To figure. Sir Frederick has be-
come rccOnciItd 10 the fact that Boston
win have a new playing manager next
Se2 son
Hugh Nc Bioen WAS much better yes
| tcrday and said he hoped to be in shape
10 start tor Chicago Monday To attend
| the annual meeting of the American
League, which is to he held in that city
Wednesday next. Pres. John |. Taylor
| Sent Mr.. McBreen Il telegram yester-
| day. GATED san Francisco, and saying
| would reach Chicago by Tuesday next
Manager Jim Mcclure will run over
to Chicago from Detroit, and, with
Pres. Taylor, endeavor to pun OFF a
! few deals
! Several American League clubs cS-
| pccially Chicago and st. Louis, would
like Ia secure Robert Unslaub if Bos-
ton should decide to part with the first
| bGsoman.
Hugh Duffy. NJ. j. Regain and several
otne: BOStonians will east their votes
| I ues lay morning and then take an
early train fer the New York meeting
| Tim Murnanc Gays in the sunday
| Globes
Col. George 3. Dewey Of Boston has
stirred up qite 4 hornets nest with
| his suggestion 10 hold The clubs TO Is
| reserved men
| called al the National Loagup head
quarters last week to find the Boston
magnate still thinking out his plan He
was reading an extract from Il Pitts
| burg paper accusing Mr.. Dewey Of
Springine the idea as matter Of
economy. and declaring that Charlie
| Murphy would oppose the measure ia
the limit, as his team won the cham
| piOnship lat season as the result Of
Having sufficient SUBS on hand for all
Emergencies.
| II am Very glad lie writer named the
| Chicago champions" said Dewey, "for
| ind that Mr. Murphy carried just Is
| men last season, and has picked II,
bat six for this season. There was
| limo 4 he
Fraser, Inndgrrn, Pfeister, Overall
keulba"h ana Durbin, pitchers; Chance
Evcrs, Tinker ana Stienfeldt, intield
lShcckard, Slagle and Schultz. Outiield
and HOFFMAN and Howard substitutes
These were the men MIR. Chance had tc
work with last season. and they prov,(
lplenty For q while Taylor was on the
Hist, making eight pitchers, but he was
not missed when Discarded.
| There were players enough notWith.
Istanding that several men We're disabled
lat :inlcS and the chances are that NJ
Murphy will not carry any greater
lnumher next season. More men than
he had would have been a handicap
land no team has ever carried greater
number and pulled off a championship
Il Clubs have sometimes carried two ol
three youngsters on the pay roll Of lit
tie or no account, as they never had {
chance to play, for the first-claSs play
er is not lOafer and wants 10 be IL
the game, thereby making it practical
lily impossible 10 give the youngsters {
ltryOut. Even now the worlds cham
piOnS have the smallest number u
players on their reserve list.
Nov 1 will go further" continued
. Mr. Dewey, land take the champion
Detroit club. There were Schmidt, Ar
cher ana Payne catcherS; Mullen, Don
ovan Eillian, Sewer and WilletS, pitch
ers; Rossman, Schaefer, OLeary ant
. Couehlin infcld: Jones, Crawford anC
, Cobb for the outfield. and Lowe, Down:
and Mcintyre for extra men.
There was no desire by Pittsburg tC
use over Is men last season. The high.
er up III the race, the fewer men USED
was the rule. The more | think Of the
, IS men the better I like it as a business
, proposition, and l can see in it the only
, salvation for more even race in the
National League.
by keeping the number of player:
one club could hold at IS, all would
, have . chance to strengthen up ant
have chance for the big money As
it is now, the stronger clubs are bount
to keep strong. while the less fortunate
clubs will remain weak thereby losins
the benefit Of an interesting race.
| THE great trouble | find in major
; league baseball is the lack Of business
! co-operat ton. It's a case of every mar
| for himself and the old boy take the
hindmost. At least. this is absolutely
, so in the National League There is nc
| disposition to give a weak club a lift
! and yet the whole league is benefited
! when the clubs are evenly matched"
While Col Dovey does not expect t
see the inagnates come 10 his ideas a
once, he has thought the matter ovel
very carefully this winter. and is hon
est in his belief that IS men is the prop
er number to hold on the reserve list
. He is strong friend of the minor
t leagues and their methods of handling
baseball. He has attended their meet
iags ana found out for himself thei
general all-round attitude toward tn
. game and the major leagues, and i
| i we'll satisfied that the minors ar