Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-19
SPORTING NEWS
BASEBALL.

President Holland has started a move
ment at Dubuque, Ia, by which other
interests will finance the Three | team of
that city. Danville sent word that the
franchise would be taken Immediately ii
desired.
Harry O'Hagan, for several years first
baseman of the Newark team, has signed
with the Waterbury team in the Con-
necticut league He will succeed La
chance. another ex-Eastern Lacquer, at
the initial bag.
The South Bend club has loaned Catch
er Johnson to Dayton, until Manager
Richardson can find a new man. South
Bend signed Welsh, an outtielder, from
Ohio, and Mclaughlin, who was in the
Western association last year. The lat
ter is a third baseman.
Jack Kennedy, the tosser who,
after ching released by Louisville.
married a Toledo girl, is having a siren
uous time of it in the baseball business.
Kennedy went to Youngstown, and was
released. Then he went to Akron, and
Thursday was turned loose by that club.
Billy Smith, manager of the Newcastle
club, has signed Kennedy.
1t now seems more than probable that
there will be a new team in the Eastern
league next season. Just what town will
be fortunate enough to obtain the fran
chise is uncertain, although Richmond
and Syracuse and others would be
pleased to have the honor. If any
changes are made Montreal is the town
to be dropped. The lacrosse city
doesn't take to baseball very readily
Buffalo News.
Dugdale thought surely he had bagged
Johnson. the wonderful pitcher of Weis-
er, Idaho, who was grabbed by Cliff
Blankenship for the Washington, D. c.,
club. He wired a friend of his to sign
johnson, and the man replied that it
was all fixed. Spokane offered the boy
1925 per month, but Dug raised that
along came Cliff Blankenship with a
fat bank roll and a dazzling picture of
life in the big league and the boy
jumped. The chances are that he is
not yet ready for big league company,
for he is but 10 years old and has never
had any professional eXperience.-Seattle
Times.
Manager John J. McCloskey may be
a shrewd baseball man, but he didn't
exhibit any of his native acumen when
he suffered frst-class ball players like
Bob Ganley, Otis Clymer, Jim Delehanty,
Harry Gessler and Homer Smoot to
escape his clutches, says the st. Louis
Star.
Had Robinson's astute lieutenant re-
fused to waive these heavy stickers could
not have gotten out Of the National
league, but would have become the prop
erty of the st. Louis club. With three
slashing 300 hitters like Gessler, Gan
ley, Clymer and Delehanty in the out
field the Cardinals would be vastly i'm
proved club. Yet the shrewd Mr.. Nc
Closkey has peacefully folded his hands
without a protest while these really high
class ball players were being railroaded
out of the National league.
Manager Lajoie of the Clevelands is
out of the game Indefinitely. In the
ninth inning of the first game last week
at Cleveland he was spiked by Unglaub
Of the Boston club, the latter's spikes
penetrating Lajoie's shoe and cutting
deep cash in his foot. Lajoie at once re
moved the shoe and with his stocking
completely saturated with blood made
his way to the dressing room, where the
wound was dressed. He then played III
the second game and played brilliantly.
Lajoie was attended by Dr. Cas-
tie. who said the arteries had been sew
cred, and it would be dangerous for La
| joie to play for some time. AS he and
| Flick are the only Clevelanders who are
batting strong, it can be seen the Cleve-
| land club has been severely crippled.
Pete O'Brien will take Lajoie's place ut
| second