Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-04-07
BASEBALL NOTES.

President Crowley Of the Providence
baseball club of the Eastern League
Wednesday sold Pitcher Crum to the
Worcester club of the New England
League The price paid for Crum is said
to be 5000.
Sid Mercer. who has had a chance to
size up Collins, the new Boston Ma
tional outfielder, says the youngster is
tightening fast in the field, but at the
bat is not strong except in his ability
to beat out bunts and infield hits.
Bill Clarke has taken his Albany
team of the New York State League to
will train them at the same time he
coaches the Tigers. Princeton ought to
benefit by this scheme.
"Sinser" ball, as professional ball play
ers term it, is the hardest ball to field,
according to the vets, who ought to
know. This ball Just clears the infielders
and comes at the outfielder with the
speed of a cannon ball. The outtielders
come in on a hard run and nine times
out of 10 they miss it.
The middle of May has been set as
llit lllIIt WllCH odlCIlcI Larry MCLSdl
Of the Reds will be permitted to catch
the first game of the season. He will
be kept out of the game entirely until
at least the first of that month, it is
learned, and will then be given two
weeks to get into shape for the first
game. Meanwhile, the backstop work
is to be performed by Clarke, who is
doing very well as youngster.
Manager Lakes efforts to rid the
Doves of deadwood in its makeup is
bearing fruit. He sold Pitcher Forest
T. Moore Tuesday to the Chattanooga
team of the Southern League. Moore
was bought by Boston last year from
st. Louis Cardinals. In the game
Tuesday against the Chattanooga team
he pitched the last four innings and
allowed one hit.
President Dovey Of the Boston Nation
ais Tuesday sold Forest More a pitcher
to the Chattanooga Southern League club
for a cash consideration. More was pur-
chased at the waiver price from the St
Louis Nationals last August. He will re-
main in Chattanooga. President Andrews
liked More's work in the box so well
Tuesday that he hunted up Pres Dovey
and put the deal through.
William A. Roland the Brockton High
baseball captain. aided by Dr. Frank j.
McCabe of North Easton, the old Dart
mouth star backstop. as coach, hopes to
produce an aggregation that can meet and
defeat the fastest Greater Boston school
teams The first workout of the season
was held Tuesday and As candidates ap-
peared
Hal Chase has discovered new
form of delayed steal. 1t is a part of
the squeeze play. With men on first
ana second bases, the player on the
flrst bag makes a dash for second. The
occupant OF the second station holds
his bag until the catcher pegs the ball
to the middle sack, when he hikes it
for third base. The play goes through
nihe times out of ten, and the man on
first usually reaches second. The
squeeze play follows.
f1sh stories from the Pttsburg baseball
training camp relate that Hans Wagner
IS the poorest fisherman. On a iaurt no
river In the mountains near Hot Springs.
Ark-' the Flying Dutchman was cuslu-
dlan OF the minnows and worms but 1t is
sworn by all the other % members of the
angling party that the three fine bass
WHICH tfe famous shortstop brought back
10 TOWN. We're all bought of small boy
LOT quarter. Honus had boasted of his
aoiii'y as fisherman. but really did not
Sc. even bite. Others had good catches
PRESIDENT Dreyfuss has been forced to
oecilhe an Invitation to have the Pirates
s.op OH at Paducah Ky. to play an ex-
hipltioh game Mr.. Dreyfuss is former
reSideht of Paducah, where, some years
ago he enjoyed considerable local celebri-
as pail player. Every year this in
Vi'a.lon comes, the citizens offering to
slaiio all expense and permit the Pirates;
10 take the entire gate receipts It will
oe impossible. however. to play there this
year. so 1t has been arranged by the
faducahans to come en- masse to Mem
PMS to witness the games there next
week