Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-07
BASEBALL NOTES.


increased to $1,000.
1t is said that the contract of Fred
Clarke OF the Pittsburgs for 1897 called for
a stipend of $4,000.
Pitcher Tate Crowley, ful-flcdged az
tOrney, says that baseball has helped
rather than impaired his chances in abe
legal profession
Frank Huclsynan, the giant outfielder,
formerly with Washington and Montreal.
expects to make good at Pittsburg next
spring. lie is a hard hitter.
Now they have It that Joe Kelley IS
to be manager and captain of the Jer-
sey City Club. joe will have no diff
Guilty in passing up the Reds.
Hal Chase led the Broadway SweliS
in batting. and was just below LajOi".
Pretty good for Il boy that has only
, been in the major league for two years.
OF the eight managers who started bus
mess in the Southern League in 1901 Char
ley Frank of New Orleans is the only on"
who is doing business at the old stand.
Fred Clarke's new CONTRACT with the
Pirates does not call for his Laying,
but it calls for Barney Dreyfuss to
pay him $4,000 per in monthly INSTALL
ments.
Barney Dreyfuss says he has not given
a thought to Clarence beaumont as Il
member of the Pittsburg club next season
1t looks very much as il Clarence would
be elsewhere.
Mcintyre, the curly headed Outlielder
| for whom Detroit turned down a $10,-
| 60 offer. is playing with tn" All-Amer-
| lean baseball team in Cul,a. He will
| return to this country shortly.
| Pitcher Kenna of the L ,"isyiiica says
| ne is tired of pitching and is DESTROYS
| of playing in the Outfield. He hit for
1928 last season in five games. his hits
including two doubles and eight triples.
The stockholders of the Altoona Pa,
club Of the Tri-State League have elected
Arthur Irwin manager Irwin will he one
| of the representatives of the club at
| the meeting Of the National Association
| in New York Tuesday.
! The Haverhill club has practically clos
| ed a deal with William Hamilton to man.
| age its team for next season. well as
| - play regularly. Mr.. Hamilton will
represent the Haverhill club at the minor
league meeting in New York
Jack Foster of New York says that
Collins despite all the dubious forecasts
that have been made in regard to his re-
turn to Boston under another manage
ment, might jump in and play better ball
| than he has for the last two years.
Frank McManus. who has been doing
| stunts behind the bat for Buffalo for
| the past Two or three seasons, has been
transferred to the Jersey City club. Jack
Ryan has been signed by the Bisons
management to help out McAllister
behind the bat.
| Tom Brown. who played centerfield
and captained the old Washington team
under the Wagner regime and who saw
service as an umpire in the 1ri-State
| League last season. is being mentioned
as Il member of President Johnson
staff this coming season.
Lefty" Davis. who was turned L. Sc
| by Clark Griffith in 1904. made "a
doubles. II triples and home runs last
season. besides stealing AZ bases. He
made this record in the American AS
ISOLATION. and next spring Ned Handon
will give him trial at Cincinnati.
President Murphy of the Cuba, has an
nounced that he is angling for a new
| southpaw. Naturally, he refuses to tell
the name Of the twirler wanted to boil
ster up the Cuba's pitching department.
but it is expected the name of the new
''phcnom'' will he known before jan
| uary ].
Any one that gets an idea into his
head that he can Danish Sunday bas,-
ball in the American Association should
| not forget that prevention of the sport
on the first day of the week would de-
prive thousands of good Americans of
wholesome recreation.-St. Paul Pion-
eer Press.
The big league will begin to sign up
| the players after the new year. with very
| few cuts in sight, for it has dawned on
baseball managers that when tho time
| comes to cut a players salary. that's the
time to pass the player up to some other
| club or in trade to the minors
Tho st. Louis Americans may lose
Fred Glade; their star right handler. He
| is to be married this week. and it is
said that he has promised his bride
l.
Glade has saved $4,000 out of the big
salary he has drawn at St. Louis for
three seasons.
'They can talk all they want about
| their outfielders. but Fielder Jones
suits me about as weh as anybody I
| ever saw" said Umpire Tommy" Con-
molly the other day. He is strong in
all departments of the game. He can
field. he can throw and he has SPLEEN
did Judgment
I've never seen a ball player who
didn't think he could beat them" re-
| marks the old war horse, Frank Ban
croft, speaking of the ponies. 1.-The
ball-tossers get their money by the
sweat of their brows in the summer time
| and the bookies get it from them with
| out sweating at all
Hanlon felt very much disappointed
at his inability to secure Outfielder
Clymer. of Pittsburg. The Cincinnati
manager had talk with Andy Coakley
last week. and that player said he felt
confident he would report all right in the
spring. and be able to do good work for