Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-04-16
BASEBALL NOTES.


not good enough for Jennings he's not
good enough for MIN.
Harold Mccormick, manager of the
Chattanooga tTenn.) team. received
his former teammates in grand style
the other day He fed them as Giants
ought to be fed and as a result they
felt sleepy during the first part of the
game.
President Lannin and Manager Car
rigan of the Boston Americans say
never again on spring training trips
through Indiana and Ohio. The Their
mometer has registered below the
freezing point much of the time the
team has been in Dayton
Sympathize with the Athletics. They
are in a bad fix and Dame Fortune
refuses TO smile on them. tale of
woe from Ira Thomas ought to bring
tears to the eyes of Athletic admir-
ers. ira chants that the Mackmen
have no youngsters likely to show the
earmarks of stars. With other aggre-
cations possessing youthful shining
lights, the Athletics have been left
with the same "old" outfit, namely,
Home Run Baker. Collins, Barry, Ben
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and hasbeens. Poor Connie,
They tell several interesting stories
about the mighty Walter Johnson
when ne broke into major league COM
pany. One is the first journey made
in sleeper. The porter, clad in
snow white coat, came around as the
trained neared its destination, to brush
off his coat and earn his quarter. No,
sir. said Johnson, putting up a pro-
testing hand, my father shaved me
the morning / left home
Old Eagle Eye Jake Beckley when
he was playing first base for Cincin-
natl long, long While ago, used to
come across with many funny stunts.
One of these was when he tried to
work the hidden ball trick on a run
ner. In this specific instance he didn't
put the ball under his arm and pre-
tend he had thrown it. While the run
ner's hack was turned he hid the ball
under one corner of the base. His
opponent, noting Beekley stretch his
arms and lamping the fact ball was
nowhere in sight. took a long lead off
first. Immediately Jake sank on his
knees and started fumbling under the
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ner beat it for second, arriving there
safely by means of magnificent
slide. Even then Jake hadn't found
the ball. He had forgotten under what
corner he had placed it and he was as
angry as wet hen.
One of the hardest breaks that can
happen to the young ball player of to-
day is to be drafted by team like
the Athletics, made up of men still in
their prime and used to playing to-
gether Accident and death are the
only breaks that can give recruits
something to look forward to in the
way of a permanent position. Connie
Mack this year carried South big
bunch of Yannigans and scarcely five
of them will be retained. Reasons:
There's be no place for them after
May Is, when cutting down season ar
rives At that date the club must be
down to 25 players. There are 20 reg
ular berths accounted for when all the
regulars with the Athletics are cared
for Jack Coombs is coming back in
July, leaving only four places to be
filled. AS it happens none of the Ath-
letic youngsters appears to have
aroused the slightest enthusiasm
among the Philadelphia leaders.
For years Charles Ebbetts has beer
trying to put Brooklyn back on the
map by means of the Superbas. JUS
as he was in a fair way of succeed
ing along comes Mccoy and steals al
the thunder. AS long as a middle
weight champion resides in the bor-
oueh it makes little difference wheth-
er Seaton reports or Jake Daubert
takes a batting slump.
HY Jasper a White SoX recruit
pitcher, carries a bar of soap in his
pocket to make the ball slippery. II
looks as though the "soapbalP' might
take the place of the spitball.
That tower of sagaeity. the Boston
Transcript, notes that of the twelve
cities regarded as big enough for re-
gional banks only six have attained
to the dignity of major league base
ball team. Well, that's two banks for
each big league team, and some folks
think the profits of one team will fill
two banks.
ICY" Marshall, the Phillie pitching
recruit who has distinguished him
self by the showing he has recently
made in the spring series, carries a
punch in his arm as well as twirling
ability. The punch got loose Monday
in the poolroom of the Phillies' club
house at Philadelphia and made bee
line for the right eye of Sherwood
Magee, star outfielder, slugger and
captain of the cohorts under the wing
of f1ery-haired Charlie Doom. Magee
saw visions and sent telepathic
message to George Chip, conveying his
sympathy 1t was a belated message
but it certainly came from the heart
Magee knew how Chip must have felt
when AL Mccoy landed his sleeper.
The trouble occurred Monday morning
when Magee ordered Marshall on the
field The pitcher didn't like his cap
tain's manner and said so. Doom
declared later that Magee was in the
right and that he would uphold him.
but when the local fans heard of the
fight they began to rehearse other
rows in which Magee had been a fac
tor and for the most part sided with
Marshall.
They all start even, says the New
York World, but it's a different prop
osition doping out where they'll finish
The most satisfactory method is to
write the names of the clubs on slips