Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-03-21
BASEBALL NOTES.

Baseball comes high. The Detroit
Club rolled up bill of $1136 for rooms
and food covering a stay of just one
week at Gulfport, Miss, an average
of nearly $40 a man, It is easy to fig
ure how such bill might properly be
contracted with a la carte service,
for ball players possess notorious APP
petites, but under the American plan,
81 a day per man would seem to be
sufficient.
Preliminary plans are being made
for the organization of the st. Croix
Baseball League This will be circuit
to include Calais, Woodland, Eastport
and ST. Stephen, n. 3. The teams will
be made UP of local or limited num-
Der Of semi-professional players with
a strict salary limit. Several years ago
there was great rivalry between these
towns in baseball and it is believed
that with local or partly local teams
such rivalry may be revived. st. Steph-
en- has already started to organize
club and o. s. Whitlock, Howard Nc
Adams and G. Maxwell are the pro-
meters.
There is $4,000 in the treasury of
the Chicago Clubs. not a cent of last
years profits having been touched
outfielder chappell of the White
Sox has poisoned foot, caused by the
rubbing of his shoe. He has been in
the hospital and will not be out again
for more than week.
The new Federal League stands in
St. Louis will be ready for the open
ing On April Is. This plant, however,
is the only one of the league that will
be completed when the Feds season
starts.
ice Birmingham of the Maps has is
sued an ediet stating that he will fine
any pitcher $50 for working out In the
infield and laCing the ball over to hrst
base. He's had enough lame wings
and other casualties already.
Larry Mclean of the Giants never
was In better trim for early season
work. according to the dispatches from
tho New York camp in Texas. McGraw
will work him alternately with Mey-
ers this season, he says. Bob Bescher
is able 10 walk on his lame ankle, but
it win be at least 10 days before he
will be able to take any chances.
Former Pres. John NJ. Ward of the
Braves started in to practice with his
Brooklyn Federals, but gave up the
sport because of a lame back.
Pitcher Hedgepeth, on whom Clark
Griffith has a string. although the
youngster has been sent to Atlanta this
spring, has written othe "Old Fax
stating that reports that he will go to
the Federals is incorrect, but that he
will play anywhere Griffith wants him
to play Hedgepeth is rated very
primising material by the Washington
leader.
The Baltimore orioles have made
good start this spring, and Manager
Dunn expects to outclass his Federal
opponents. The team had little trouble
in beating the Phillies twice early this
week.
Burlington. VT, News: The Univer-
sity of Vermont baseball team will
leave Monday noon for the annual
southern trip. Twelve men are includ-
ed in the squad to go to the South to
meet the college teams and get into
condition for the long schedule to
come. Coach George Winters Tuesday
cut down thesquad for the second time
from % to Is men and the nal cut
will not he made until Saturday night.
-Four of the Red Sox are Just a lit
tie removed from the tip-top trim.
They are Heinie Wagner. whose usual
~ late spring start has been made
more tardy than ever because of
slight attack of malaria; George VIII
son. who has a sore back; George
Foster and Fred Coumbe, whose pitch
ing arm is little sore. But in no case
is the trouble serious, and Carrigan
deems himself extremely lucky in the
matter of injuries.
Louis Pieper is sure of but two vet
eran pitchers Ito date fer his Law
renee Club. Louis still entertains hopes
of getting Joe Swetonic back, though
this pitcher Is on the roster of the
indianapolis Feds. Other pitchers sign
ed up by Lawrence are Harry Thomp-
son, q ft-handed sem-pro of New
Jersey, Edward Smith Of Bridgton,
Me-, and John Tilman of Bridgeport
Conn Behind the bat Pieper has as
chief dependable "Bowlegs" Calvin of
last years team and Baxter.
While coaching the baseball squad of
the University of Florida, Pat Fla
herty. manager of the Lynn New Eng
land league club is not forgetting to
keep an eagle eye out for likely talent
that will warrant tryout on his own
team this spring. Good evidence of his
watchfulness in this direction came to
the attention of President Eugene 3.
Fraser Tuesday when the mail brought
him from Manager Flaherty contract
for the coming season signed by Louis
Tenney, the star bacSstop of the Uni
versity OF Florida team. Tenney is 20
years old, stands feet, 10 inches and
weighs In the neighborhood Of ITS
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