Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-15
BASEBALL NOTES.

Clubs have started to sign up their
PLAYERS for next season. having a much
easier time of 1t than before the III
State League was admitted to organized
bail.
Ed HarroNS has purchased the
Windsor hotel at Toronto and &ill d.
rect the Eastern League team of That
city. He l.; trying to land Joe Kelley
as manager.
Arle Latham. the famous player and
coaclrr. will most likely accept a posi-
ton on the umpire staff of the Ohio
and Pennsylvania League under
Charley Morton.
Fred Doe says that his opening at
Providence will me the banner occasion.
He has booked among other BASEBALL dig
nitarcs 10 be present Mcssls. Hermann.
johnson and Pulliam of the National
Commission.
John Bun dock, the famous old Boston
s, cOnd DaScman. was a visitor at the
Fifth avenue hotel during the minor
league meeting. He wore side Whisk-
ers. slightly grey, and was practically
lost among the new force in baseball.
"Cozy'' Dolan says that Cincinnati is
great city for baseball but the Reds
chances for a better position than they
had last season vanished with the re-
lease of Kelley and Corcoran, and u
make a sure think of it Cincinnati has
asked waivers on Ewing, the Reds best
pitcher.
white Wings Tebeau has finally turn
ed over his Louisville baseball interests
to a newspaper man from Milwaukee and
will make his permanent home in Kansas
City, TO be close to DIR. D. NJ. Shively.
warm rival and president of the Western
!ASSOciation.
Pitcher Philippe of PttsburG will
not coach college pitchers this spring,
after ali. His services with a college
who was negotiating with him were de-
sided until April l. AS the Pirates will
start training at least two weeks be-
lore that date such an engagement was
out of the question.
President John 7. Taylor of the Bos-
ton Americans was in Cleveland. o.,
Monday with Pitcher Cy Young At
terWard it was announced that Young
had agreed to sign a contract for the
coming season. President Taylor stop
ped off at Elkhart, Ind, on his way to
Cleveland and signed Catcher Criger.
He left Monday evening for Syracuse,
N. Y, to confer with other players.
Ono exchange says that Hedges of St.
Louis plays favorites in paying Bobby
Wallace almost twice much money as
Stone. Wallace is a relic of war days,
it must be remembered. and it's almost
impossible to slice great player salary
deeply after he once drew a. high figure.
It's time to change his pasture if it
comes to the necessity of cutting deeply.
Bill Armous says that all talk OF
Higgins or Evers being as good as.
La oie is rot. The former Cleveland
manager says: Larry can get the ball
easie1 and touch out more runners at
second base with one hand than either
Higgins or Evers with two. No other
second baSeman is in LajoieS class for
4 minute. l though | knew all about
ball players, but day after day at
Cleveland | sat on the bench and stared
oren-mouthed at Laioie."
while l still favor a later opening. we
have better outlook from the weather
standpoint fer next spring than the Ma
tional League" says Pres. johnson. las
we will open in ST. Louis, Detroit, Wash
ington and Philadelphia. three Of winch
cites usually enjoy early springs ~rhe
National League will open in Chicago.
Cincinnati, New York and Boston, in
only one of which can good weather be
counted on with any certainty early in
April. The Chicago Nationals will play
hni fv.-% &xr-0
on the west side. according to the pres
ent arrangement. and the White Sex will
open their season in St. Louis. not ra-
turning to Chicago until the West side
team is out of town"