Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-05
WORLD OF SPORTS
Baseball Notes

Smith ana Webster. two New Hamp-
shire men. and both former baseball
stars at Holderness, are putting up d
fine game in the outfield for Trinity.
Jesse Tannehill Will wear Mime
apolis uniform this wear, the Ola bos
ton lad having decided that orgailiZeo
ball is better than the independent
garlc.
The New York Highlanders may car
~ FOR catchers. Lou Crlger, lld SWeeh-
ey and Jack Kleinow and Mitchell are
al with the squad and very likely 10
STAY until after the season opens.
Johnny Rates has found his batting
a,.. a,r;v In one of the Phillies' games
AGAINST baltimore he had two three
baggers to his credit out OF three times
at bat.
Charley DOOM has decided to carry
10 pitchers with the Phillies. McQuii-
len. Moore. Morcn, Erwing and FoXen
are certain to stay. The rest of the
regulars will make the team before the
season opens.
Bert Josslyn, who a few years ago
was Il star pitcher at New Bedford.
later playing with the Red Sox, has
retired from baseball and is now in
the grocery business at Pittstield. Me
Manager McGraw of the New York
Giants has traded Outtielders Herzos
and Collins to the Boston team of the
National League. for Outfielder Beck
er News Of the trade came Monday
from Norfolk. where the Giants arc
playing.
Against college pitchers Ray Collins
was ore of the best batsmen i'll the
amateur game when he was with Yer
mont. He will probably pitch for the
Red ScX against Harvard April L,
and it would not be surprising to see
him perform we'll in both departments.
Wood. the pitcher. secured by the
Boston Red Sox from Kansas City. has
been pitching mastery ball against
the Cincinnati Reds Woods speed is
said to be terrific and il the statements
of the Boston and Cincinnati players
are to be believed, he is going 10 prove
a sensation this year. Chick Brandon
knows Wood very we'll and Chick says
he is one of the best in the business.
the scores made by the big league
ball teams i'll the South are in them
selves of no significance whatever as
an indication Of what may he expected
when the big leaguerS get into the
remnant race. 1T is the form shown i'll
the games the promise or lack of it for
future games, and of course the prac-
tice that counts. A poor Southern rec
ord. likely as not, will be followed by Il
swift clip when the real race begins,
i'm
season brings the team up to the start
ing line on edge Again, a good South
ern record doesn't point TO big things
in the championship race.
The report from San Francisco that
Chester Waite, a member of the Chi
cago White SoX Yannigans, was a vic
tim of smallpox was given black eye
when President Comiskey received d
telegram from that player asking for
instructions as to where he shall join
the team. Waite has been in u hospital
at san Francisco several days. but is
fully recovered now and will come on
20 Chicago to await the arrival of his
team mates. "Waitc was taken to the
hospital several lays before the club
left Frisco" said President CCmiSkey
had smallpox. "The nhysicians at the
hospital said Waite had some sort of
fever at first. but later decided that it
was a simple case of chckenpOX."
The Harvard Red SoX game at the
Huntington avenue grounds April II
will revive the old time custom of hay
ing at least one match game between
the men in crimson and a Boston pro-
fcSSional club. The custom died out i'll
the stress of u reform wave. when il
was held that the very sight of q pro-
fessionaI might Contamnate the minds
Of youthful amateurs. Harvard played
several close games with the old BoS-
ton Nationals. and will make the April
II game with the Boston Americans ii
real contest, Hicks. the hockey cap
tain and star pitcher. will be groomed
tor this game, although he will prCba
bly, not tie asked to go the distance, as
It will be Harvard's first public cxhi-
bition, and there are other twirlerS also
in line for a chance to work against
the PROFESSIONALS.
The New York Tribune says. Byron
| Bancroft Johnson. president of the
| American League, has met a foemau
worthy of his steel in Thomas J,
Lynch. the new president of the Ma -
tional League. The first real clash
| came over the Killing case. in which
| they failed TO agree. Mr. johnson
made a statement which. If nothing
else. was decidedly premature, that
might we'll have brought on q wordy
war. He said in substance that he did
not care to criticiSe President Lynch
| unfavorably but in his opinion the
executive of the National League had
| made mistake In reply to this left
handed pat on the back, Mr. Lynch re-
piled simply: II am quite willing to
stake my reputation on the findings in
the King case" OF the two. the posi-
ton assumed by Mr.. Lynch was far
more forcble and far more dignified.