Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-09
BASEBALL NOTES.

| has chicken farm near MS nome ia
Pittsburg and raises fancy fowls both
for profit and pleasure.
The Brooklyn Club contains nine
graduates of the Southern League.
namely Rucker, Erwin. Smith, Stark,
Hummel. Downs, Wheat, Daubert and
Northen.
Billy Murray says that in two years
everybody viii be saying that Jack
Barry, the Athletics shortstop, is the
best man in the business covering
that position.
William j. KLEIN of Lakewood, n.
J.. signed three-year contract as q
National League umpire, Wednesday
| KLEIN has officiated as umpire in the
senior organization seven years.
Doc White, the White Sox southpaw.
is coaching the twirlers of the Central
High school of Washington d. c. He
will instruct them until Jimmie Gala
hans squad starts for the South.
Fans who insist on calling Jimmie
Callahan the Come Back Kid
! should take a look at the work Of the
I nlavers of the Chicago City League
| and see il he really deserves the come
back title.
! Eddie Cicotte of the Red Sox claims
that the Athletics will greatly miss
| Harry Davis. next season, The advice
of the veteran first sacker was a
great aid to the Youngsters Of the
worlds champions.
| Walter Johnson says that the Boston
| American team is the hardest hitting
team in the league and the most diff
| fieuit for him to beat. He says that
the Highlanders and the ST. Louis
! clubs are the easiest.
| Jess Tannehill has signed To play
with South Bend, Ind. He will cover
! an outfield position. Although Tame
hills arm has gone back on him, his
ability to hit should keep him in the
game for number of years.
President Frank J. Navin of the
Tigers has purchased j II. Kerk,
shortstop for the Providence team.
Berkl played short for Albany in the
South Atlantic League. This winter
] he has been in Los Angeles.
On account of his law studies, W.
Clark. who pitched for the Pennsylva-
MIA Varsity nine. last year, Will be
unable to play, this season. Roy
Thomas. the coach, however. has a
good staff in Inlay, Marshall, Barr
/ aad Tidd.
Charlie Doom is showing himself to
be very wise manager He has sign
ed practically all his best men for
three years Alexander Paskett, Lo-
bert and Knabe are few of those
who have been induced to sign for the
long period.
| Outfelder John Castle, formerly of
the Phillies and last season manager
of the SteubenvilIe Club. in the ILL
fated P & O. League has been APP
pointed coach of the baseball and foot
ball team at Borden, On. j. Military
Academy.
Ham Hyatt. king of pinch hitters
has been taken on again by Fred
Clarke. Hyatt was turned over to
Kansas City last year and developed
into a fine first saclzer. His stick work
should add greatly to Pittsburg's
chance for the pennant.
/ Manager Dobbs of the Montgomery
Club of the Southern League annoufle-
ed, Wednesday, that he had secured
First Baseman Harold Danzg, last
season with the Sacramento Club of
the Pacific Coast League. from the
Boston Americans.
Home Run Frank Schultz last week
made it known that he was going to
start training two weeks ahead of the
other Chicago players. He will go to
West Baden about the middle of
February and stay there until the
Cubs start for ew orleans.
Pitcher McIntire. on whom President
Charles Murphy of the Cubs was re-
ported to have asked waivers a few
days ago, has sent his signed contract
for next season to headquarters. Nc
Intire has been spending the winter
at FL Paso, where he said he had al
ready pitched several games,
Bill Cunningham, formerly of the
New England League and now with
Washington, has been passing the
winter quietly at his home in Science
tady. He is attending a gymnasium,
where he takes light exercise, and
also takes long walks in all kinds of
weather. He hopes to report in good
condition.
Because he could not realize his am
bition to become a big league ball
player. John c. Eicherly. 30 years old,
turned on the gas, Wednesday night.
in his apartment at York. Penn, and
took his life. Eicherly had played ball
with a number of the smaller leagues
land grew disappointed because he
lcould not get in faster company.
TO George Mullin, the Detroit Tigers
pitcher. belongs the honors of tossing
the first baseball this year. Mullin. n
Hot Springs regular, arrived Tuesday
at Hot Springs. Wednesday morning,
he was up bright and early and after
his bath went out on the lawn in front
of his hotel and engaged in a game of
lcateh with Jack Tighe, manager of the
Louisville Club.
The 1912 season of the Connecticut
Baseball League will open April IS and
the schedule viii call for 1870 games.
This action was taken at meeting OF
the directors. Wednesday, at New
Haven. The Waterbury team was
transferred to Holyoke, Mass, leaving
} Waterbury without representation in
the league for at least a year Sunday