Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-12
BASE BALL NOTES.

/ tin The Tufts pitcher would regret it
| later in life if he did not finish his col
! lege course.
TenIey will PLAY first base and feels
| that lie will CO better than when he
was Will the New York Giants. Tennei
will be the judge. and should IL lind
some other player of more nelp t. TIL
club, he will turn over the UlaYinE end
f the gar,c to the other fellow and
direct the battle from the bench.
According to the latest contract and
release bulletin of the American As
! scci, ,tion, George Edward Wad1ell is
turned back to the st. Louis Ar ericans
by Columbus. which also sends Ray,
a pitcher. to Hartford of the Connect
cut League. indianapolis releases
John HAYDEN to Louisville and Ralph
Glaze to Montreal of the Eastern
League
Sam Frock IS not satisfied with tie
figures that Manager Teney placed in
| his contract, and has hiuted to his
Baltimore friends that Boston must
raise tie amount if they want his SER
vices. When he sent the contract Ten
ney no doubt had in mind that
/ troublesome first inning that Frock is
/ likely to run into Tenney is perfectly
satisfied that Samuel will be on hand
! for thu strawberry festival at Au-
gusta, Ga.
Anthony ]. Mullane, better known
| to the old-tima fans as Tony Null
| lane. is in "A serious condition at
Chica go hospital and is not expected to
| 1.-Two 'Flirt1 Tony Mnllanp
was one of the greatest pitchers in the
National League. After he had outlV-
ed his usefulness on the diamond he
returned to Chicago and Joined the pc
lice force Mullane is suffering from an
atscess on the brain and the opera
ton Tuesday was the third since his
| going to the hospital
Harry Niles, formerly of the Red SoX.
has been released to Toledo by tii2
CLEVELAND Club and has probably ended
/ his major league career. Two years
/ ago he was one Of the gamest ball
players and one of the best utility
men that the league had ever seen.
His work as substitute liz the outtield
and at third and second was little
short of marvellous. He appeared to
thrive. however, on the irregular rou-
tine Ct The utility man to such aneX-
tent that lie was never very sue
cessful regular Niles player in st.
Louis, where he was a star second
baseman then in New York and later
in Boston and finally in Cleveland.
The signed contract of Bill
Sweeney, the Boston National short
stop. was received at the Boston head
quarters Tuesday. Its coming broke
tie n,olrtonv Of rather uneventful
day. Threp-G CHARTERS of the directors
of the cluo took advantage of the
| luT in business to repay the recent
! call If the a rerican League officials.
| Accor iingly MPssrs. Page, Russell ard
N.urEhy, accompanied by Manager
Tenney, sought the Red SoX camp and
made cal upon President John J.
Taylor and Manager -nCNan. The
| National le1gurcrs had long tan
with President Taylor il the latter
private office. after which the entire
group submitted to being photo
yranl,ed. The call did not produce
.ny startling news. and was followed
nv a short but equally unproductlNe
tanning between Taylor Hugh l'uf1N
of the White Sox and the assembled
| scribes.
The steel spike against winch therH
has been a crusade ever since ~ Copp
accidentally spiked Frank Baker OF tHe
| Athletics. season before last, Is by no
means doomed to be relegated from
| baseball Though no less than three
different newly invented spikes. the
use IF which makes injury almost mn
nossihlc, were presented at the recent
meetings of the major leagues III New
Work. none of .hcm received the slight
est consideration from the club owners,
and it can be authoritatlVrly stated
that ne change will be made IN the
rules against the use of the sharp
blades which the players have heeh
wearing for years. While the mashateN
did rot publicly announce TIER Stalu
in favor of the present spike, regard
less OF the danger this device brings u
the players any effort to have less
harmful spike adopted will meet witt
defeat.
The list of stars who have continued
good after changing clubs is short.
Among them are Lou Criger of the
Yankees who failed to show form aft
| ct lie ldu Deeu pun NIoHto ny tI'
Browns from the Red Sox, Cy Young
hasn't lived up to his Boston reputa-
ton as d Nap. Johnny Bates. staI
, with the Boston Nationals. failed II
, show the speed expected of him witt
tie Phillies. Cy Seymour, star witt
Cincinnati. was only fair With the
Giants. Jack kleinow did not come VI
to his New York class with the Rec
Sex last season. On the other hand
the ordinary players who were better
after a change are many. George Mo
riarty did not show real class unit
Detroit got him from New York jim
Delehanty was better Tiger than Ma
, tional. Cy Morgan was hardly fan
: pitcher with the Athletics last season
Joe Lake never pitched as good ball fol
. the Yankees as he did for the Browns
George Mcbride was failure with the
CARDINALS. but is leader with the Ma
tiopais. Others who developed int
high class players Harry Steinfeldt
Jirhmy Sheckard, Jimmy Archer, Ell
beffeld, Jake Stahl and Ira Thomas.
1ittsburg baseball fans who wer
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