Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-30
BASEBALL NOTES.

Manager Chance has so many ball
players with him that he has hard
time calling them by their names.
George Mcbride has played FOR four
consecutive seasons with Washington,
ana il, all that time has missed only
three games.
The Buffalo team is working hard To
get Russell Blaekburne, the White Sex
infielGer, fer whom Comiskey paid a
wad of wealth. two years ago.
Pop" Arson batted for 300 or bet
Ter for % seasons of baseball and Dan
Brouthers comes next, Dan exceeding
800 for Is campaigns.
Red Kilifer will play left field
for Minneapolis, this season, displae-
! ing Outfielder Cravath Dave Altizer
will remain at shortstop.
1t costs about $4,000 to equip ma
| jor league baseball team with bats.
! balls, uniforms and the various other
accessories for playing the game.
Kitty Bransfield is in fine shape
| this spring and is playing first base
at Louisville as we'll as managing the
team.
Maps. this year. who hit for better
than 300 in 1911. jackson tops the
list with .40S. the average of the sew
en- men being 1885.
Fuller ". Thompson, who was ex-
pected TO join the Braves writes that
he has given up baseball at least for
awhile and will go into business. He Is
in California.
Swormstedt, who has signed with
New Bedford, has had quite career
in the New England League. He was
with Lynn, went from that club To
Fail River then TO Haverhill for Il
brief stay and then 10 Worcester. He
now goes TO New Bedford Where
next?
Ed Greminger, the old Boston Ma
tional third haseman, who took Jimmy
Collins place back in 1901, is building a
team of young ball players at Mont
gomery. Ala.
Charlie Girard. who pitched for
Hayerhill and Lynn. last season. will
be with the Denver Grizzlies, this
year. II Charlie would use his head he |
would be very successful pitcher
Washington sent scout to sign
Pitcher Moran of Washington and !
Lee University. but Jennings beat |
them To il and Moran landed with De
troit
Tub" Spencer, who was sold by
Philadelphia TO Louisville, has been
indefinitely suspended owing to the
fact that he showed no inclination to
get into condition. The uniform was
taken away from the Maynard one,
last Saturday.
Although Jesse Burlzett of the Wor-
cester New England League team his
signed more than 80 players, he will
have only 20 of them report when he
calls out his former, champions for
spring practice
President" now goes double for
Charley Somers, who started the Red
Sox team in Boston. Besides being
president of the Cleveland American
League team, Somers also is the To-
ledo clubs president.
John H. O'Brien, who has managed
the Fall River team in the New England
Baseball League for the past six years,
was again selected, Friday, to fill that II
position. The Fall River team enters II
the field, this year. under entirely new II
ownership.
Germany Shafer of Washington is II
now working in the outfield. He has II
played about everywhere in big II
league organization, but there is no
chance for him ever to become reg
ular outfielder while he remains IN 4
major league company.
The Cleveland players speak highly Il
of Johnston, the New Orleans outfield-
er who made five hits in 10 times at Il
the bat in the Pelieans series against
the Maps
The Chinese baseball team of Homo
lulu, all the players of which are of
unmixed Oriental blood, but claim
American citizenship by reason of
Hawaiian birth, arrived at san Fran
cisco, Thursday, on the liner Lurlne |
for six-months' tour of this country |
It is said that Mike Donlin's arm is
hetter, this year, than for many u |
season. He has been doing some great |
throwing from the Pirate right gar |
aen, and the other day after a sharp |
hit into his territory he retired the !
batter al nrSt base.
Nap Rucker of Brooklyn weighed 212
pounds When he reported to Dahlen,
out after seige of tonsilitis he went
down to 1856. He says that he never
telt better and that one weeks prac-
ice VIII put him into shape.
Deacon" Philippe, who was the
Pirates mainstay in that memorable
post-season series between Pittsburgh
and the Red Sox in 1903, is the man
ager OF the Pittsburgh Allegheny Club
IN the United States League.
Shortstop Bush of the Tigers is
holding out in earnest, and while Jen-
nlngs has been trying to find some
good shortstop among his recruits he
mas not been successful TO date. Bush
insists that he will not play baseball
at all unless he receives the contract
he desires.
Theo. Breitenstein isn't pitching
much ball these days, but has done
very we'll as an umpire in New Or
| leans. He umpired the re cent series
between the Pelicans and the Cleve-
| land American Leaguers.
Capt. Harry Lord of the White SoS