Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-04-03
Sporting Gossip OF the Day
BASEBALL NOTES

eral League in the court proceedings
at Detroit to restrain William j. KILL
fer, Jr., formerly catcher of the Phil
adelphia Nationals, from playing base
ball with any other than the Chicago
Federals, announced Tuesday that the
hearing in Grand Rapids on the in
junction petition had been postponed
from April 8, to Saturday, April 4.
The Federal League attorneys are in
conference there preparatory to the
opening of the hearing.
Ed Goeckei was added to the Federal
League staff of umpres Tuesday by
President Gilmore. making nine arbi-
traitors. r. B. Ward, president of the
Brooklyn Federals, is expected in Chi
cago tomorrow to settle with President
Weeghman of the local club the dis
posal of Tom Seaton.
statistician with the Giants has
figured that McGraw's scrub team has
made almost three times as many hits
in a week as the regulars. For in
stance, Mike Dolin, keeping up his
worlds tour batting, has hit for nearly
7oO at the Giants various Texas
champs.
owner Roach of the Lowell club has
got the 1914 New England league pen
nant won already. Not only that; he
says that in few weeks the Spalding
park team will be able to take the
measure of any class p aggregation in
the country. That's what he told
Lowell Sun man, anyway.
II had my chance. and a good one it
was. Many of the boys may have bet
ter one ahead of them than / had. II
they will leave the booze alone, they
won't have any trouble. l am not very
good preacher, but tell them for me to
keep away from booze and cigarettes. =
From a letter written by Waddell last
February, to be read at boys club at
McKeesport, Penn.
Coach Purinton has cut the Fresh
man baseball candidates to the follow
ing, who will try with the upper class
men for places on the Varsity nine:
Winslow, Sesal, Riley, Mills, MacCor-
mick, Mcdonald, Murray, Davis, Col
Inns, Butler, Bober and Boisneau the
Freshmen to survive the knife WELD
ed by Coach Purington. The following
upper classmen are now trying out
for the team Captain Kempton J.
Coady, IA, Stinson, IA. Lindquist, IA,
Talbot, Is. Cobb. IA, Marston, 16,
Lord, 16. all veterans from last years
team and Hutchinson, '16, OConnell,
'16, Thurston, rs, Moulton, Is, Moore,
Is, Fuller, Is, Rawson, IA, Witham,
Is, Drake, Is. members ON the squad
last year and who played on the sec
ond team.
When Lewiston's new ball park is COM
pleted and Burns pennant contenders trot
out on the field for the initial game. the
name, Lewiston Athletic Park will be
visible on the gateway OF the grounds
This decision was reached at an import
ant meeting of the joint standing COM
mittee on athletic fields and Fairgrounds
held Monday afternoon. 1t is believed
that work on the new grounds can be
started the latter part of this week or
the first of next.
Bill Jones who Is receiving a trial at
| the hands of the Montreal club and who
! was with Fall River for a short while
| last season, had a sore arm when he
was with the Boston Nationals. He has
recently visited Bonesetter Reese and he
is now said to have as strong whip
| as he ever had.-Exchange Wilies many
friends will be glad that he is now in
| condition to perform the wonders that
ne has promised so many years.-Port-
| land Press.
The Lynn, Lowell Portland and Wor-
cester clubs appear to be favorite resorts
| of young players who are eager to break
| into the New England league from semi
pro, or amateur ranks. F'laherty, Gray,
| Duffy and Burkett are generally recog-
nized as being managers of wisdom and
discretion. who will give recruits val
liable seasoning. Fred Lake is not far
| behind either. in number of applications
received from these aspirants.- Lynn
| Item.
When the Cubs played at Nashville
the other day Bull Williams, who
took a punch at Heine Zimmerman of
! the Chicago club when the Cubs were
playing at Nashville last spring, um-
PRED the game. Williams and thinner
man didn't speak to each other, but
| the fans joshed both men whenever
they were anywhere near each other.
Eight Federal league clubs are con-
fident of finishing lone -two-three,"
thereby having an edge on the two
| major organizations with their fore
| ordained weak sisters of the second di-
| vision 1t may be difficult to pick the
| winner among the outlaws, but it is
just as big a guess selecting the cellar
champions.
Old Walter johnson doesn't require
any very strenuous spring training to
bring him around into form. AS a
matter of fact when the speed king
arrives at the camp he finds it only
! necessary to lob a few easy ones over
! the pan and he's ready for q mid
season game. His manner of spending
! the winter in the open on mis- farm
keeps him almost at all times in per-
| feet form. And one Of the particularly
| interesting things about Walter is that
| he has never been known to have a
| sore or lame arm in his whole career.
! Seldom is a tanning bee complete
without q Frank Chance story. Any
player who ever worked under Chance
will have a number of good yarns in
which Chance figures prominently. A
recent story of Frank and his whim-
! steal moods has to do with the open
/ ing OF the season last year. The Yanks
lad started the season in Washington.
where, with rain and bum luck, they
We're able to win but one game of the
| series. Their next stop was Boston