Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-19
BASEBALL NOTES.

| ORSGORkI WVuEos
| Fred Mcrtlc has lived down his
| reputation of 1908 and it helped him
| in no small degree that John McGraw
stuck to him in spite of his "bloomer
| in that memorable Chicago New York
game of Sept. % Of that year.
| Hugh Jennings has sold pitcher
David Skeels to Spokane. Skecls Is an
Indian who was purchased by the Tig-
| ers from Regina Of the Northwestern
League With tailend club he won
10 and lost Il games. He has been
turned back for Development.
! Wyatt Lee, who broke into the
| American League way back in 1900
may be an old timer as pitchers come
and 20, but nevertheless he is able to
pitch mighty good ball even now. He
| practically led the Eastern League
fingers last year with % victories and
| 10 defeats.
| We may see the Japanese College
| ball players in Boston this spring. The
| University of Keio, through the mcdi-
UNI of the baseball management of the
University OF Wisconsin. has asked
for n game with Harvard. and the Har-
| ward management has given them an
option on the date of May a. which is
open.
Pitcher jenkins. who was drafted by
the New York Nationals from the
Pekin Club of the Illinois Missouri
League, signed his contract with the
New York Giants Tuesday. Jenkins
was the leading twirler in the Illinois,
| Missouri League last season, winning
LIS cut of SO games. He pitched a
no-hit game against Canton on May 10.
| After chartering the yacht Florence
w, for fishing and deep-sea sport
among the Florida keys, Ban Johnson,
president of the American League and
! Charles Conliskey, owner of the Chi
cago Americans, sailed away Tuesday
| from Tampa, Fla, 10 de Cuba Prcsi-
dent johnson said he intended to make
a study Of the baseball conditions in
| Cuba.
John McGraw allowed his utility
man, Arthur Shafer. to go to Nippon
| to teach Japanese students how to
| play baseball. and now Japan will send
an emissary to Marlin, Tex, to watch
the Giants play during spring practice.
Togo S. Hamanato of Toxic has asked
for the privilege of training with the
New Yorks and Little Mac" has
granted the request and promised the
japanese all the inside information.
John ]. Barry. better known as
Jack Barry, the shortstop of the
Philadelphia Athletes, and Miss Mar
garet +. McDonouSh of Worcester
We're married at Worcester Tuesday
| in the Sacred Heart church by the
| Rev. Father Bernard :. Conaty. George
| Daley Of Boston was best man. and
the bride was attended by her sister,
Miss Sadie McDonough Mr.. and Mrs.
| Barry left after the ceremony for At
lantic City, y. J., where their honey
moon will be spent.
| The blank contract idea said TO have
been evolved by Barney Dreyfuss of
! the Pittsburg National. came in for
official cogniZance Tuesday by Presi-
dent Murphy of the Cubs. Harry Nc
| Intyre the pitcher arrived in Chicago
and announced that he was ready to
sign up for the season of 1911. Sec
rotary Thomas of the Cubs produced
the paper and Mcintyre signed it. Aft
err Murphy inserted the figures for
next season, Mcintyre took look at
| them. remarking, Tn. more than sat
| isfied."
| First Baseman Tenant of San
| Francisco has the honor of making
more hits than any other batter in the
country last year. IL was thought that
Nap Lajoie of the clevelands, with his
221 safeties, led organized baseball, but
| the Pacific coast lea guer had it on
| Lajoie by four hits. Tenant, however,
played 223 games. while Lajoie played
only 159 Laioie's average was 1884,
while Tenant hit but 20 The far
| WeSterner included SO two ba ggers
five three-sackers end eight home runs
among his record breaking number of
231. He scored ONLY 70 runs.
| Two more of Manager Hugh Duffy's
young hopefuls were signed up for the
1911 squad Tuesday in the persons of
+. j. Heinrichs, pitcher from Brandon,
| Manitoba, and T. Bowser, ambitious
outhelder originally claimed by Flint,
Men Heinrichs is Il big fellow and is
said TO possess worlds of speed, be-
sides being good hitter and fielder
| BoWser played in a few games on the
Sox diamond last fall. using the right
field as medium for his talents. AL
though he failed to shine. hope is ex-
pressed that another season among
older players viii develop good ma
terial. as he is young.
President Russell and Vice President
Page. constituting tho executive COM
nittee and. Manager Tenneyt sbf the
Boston Nationals decided on irnova-
tons in the uniform question at a con-
ference Tuesday. The Boston Nation