Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-17
BASEBALL NOTES.

topeka has signed a third baseman
named katz. Watchsthe fur fly wren
ne gets busy
Charley Doom of the Philadelphia team
saws there will be no holdouts on his
team. Yet he has not signed either Hans
Iobert or Otto Knabe, besides other play
erS.
Charlie Babb who handled the Mem
phis team for the past several seasons
has signed contract to manage the
Norfolk team in the Virginia League dur
ing the coming season. Babb has left
Memphis to take up his new duties.
Pitcher Dixie Walker of the Wash
ington team is going to Hot Springs
soon for his health, because he IS
anxious to improve upon his SHOW
ing last season-which was by no
means poor.
The Red Sox are going to travel IN
the best style they can when they make
their California. training trip the COM
ing spring. All the Eastern members
of the team will go to Chicago on the
goth century train and the big Red Sox
special will start from Chicago.
The Boston Nationals could be
strengthened materially with the play
ers that are holding down the benches
of other National League teams, but
nobody is offering to help out Messrs.
Russell and Tenney. The Boston COM
munity of interest business doesn't go
very far in baseball.
Connie Mack has signed coming star
:n Pitcher Collamore of the New Eng
land League. according to Jesse Burkett,
the former big Lacquer. who is now at
the head of the Worcester club. Mack
seems sweet on college pitchers. Harry
Martin, the Tufts College man. is said
TO be another coming star and Connie
has him safely hooked.
After an hours conference between
John W. McCue Of the Brockton base
ball club and Frank Connaughton, last
year in charge of the Waterbury cham
pions of the Connecticut League. the lat
fers signature to contract for the sea-
son Of 1911 was secured. He is to take
entire charge Of the local club on the
playing field.
Hal Chase thinks so well of Ham
ilton, the infielder of San Jose, Calf,
who has been the property of the New
York Highlanders for more than a
year but was too bashful to report
last spring, that he says he will kid
nap the youngster to bring him East
with him, if he still continues to ne
shy.
President Robson of the st. Louis Car
dinals has made noble promise to the
Mound City fans. He says that If Roger
YBresnahan's men finish in the first d.
vision of the National League race this
year he will build modern plant, with
huge concrete grandstand for the accom-
snodation of the rooters Robson states
that he stands ready to spend 100000 in
this direction. st. Louis fans, however,
are unkind enough TO advise Robson
that this sum expended for a first-class
hall team would be more welcome than
new baseball arena.
No veteran ball player ever surpass-
ed Mike Kelly in giving helping hand
to a young bali player just breaking
into the game. Joe Kelley has often
related how Mike. when catching,
surprised him by tipping him that he
had signaled for straight one" that
ne might get a hit. Joe at first could
not believe that 'Kel" was on the
1Ektts Dul always lOoh VIC cue dltSi
that. Patsy Donovan, in confederation,
says that Kelly often gave him
similar tip. OF course, this was done
when Mixes team had the game in
hand.
Bill Carrigan is running his Smoke
shop in Lewiston and gives no promise
of getting into the game. Bill is the
rest catcher the Red Sox have had since
lou Crigers best days. and he can outbat
any OF the subs being talked of as
permanent fixtures. Should he persist in
his refusal to accept terms. the catching
department looks weaker than any club
in the league. Tommy Madden may de-
velop into a great catcher, but upon the
work he has delivered in the few games
he has caught ball. he wouldn't displace
Bill in hundred years.
Garry Herrnanns proposition for a
four trip schedule for each major
league is causing lot OF discussion.
Tire plan from a financial standpoint
might help lot in giving the West
ern clubs larger number of Sunday
games. Whether or not the increase
IN number of miles to be travelled and
the: shortening OF the stay of each
Team In the various cities would
.heio the game IN another question.
1h5p st1pyM the question deserves to
.1ere s6uae eog1l stien With q l54-
- -sehoaal5 u Soaf -fr1p plan will
Tic Il necessary to play three two
Gnme and one three-game series.
There are many arguments in favor OF
sthe scheme. but II would seem to be