Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-03-03
Sporting Gossip OF the Day
BASEBALL NOTES.

| about having Daily day since he
made the home run that made King
! George sit up and take notice of the
ways of baseball, and President Lam
min says that he will talk it up with
Manager Comiskey to have Daily day
| on May % when the White Sox are in
Boston on their first trip.
George Johnson, catcher, who trav-
| elled in the Maine-New Brunswick
League last season, has signed up with
Lewiston. The signed contract of
William ]. stuart, a finger with the
Brockton outfit last year, has also
been sent in.
To make sure that nothing but base
ball will be played in his new ball
park at San Francisco, Cal Ewing has
had a clause to that effect inserted
| in his lease. On the old grounds on
Valencia street Britt and Cans fought
and so did Ketchel and Thomas. so
many requests have been made for
permits to pull off fights in the ball
grounds in that town that Cal is head
ing them all off by having it forbid
den in the lease.
Two battery men, one of them with
the nine last year, and the other
Leonard, secretary to Joseph Burns,
owner of the Lewiston team of the
New England League. The men are
! George Johnson and William Stewart,
catcher and pitcher. No manager has
been signed as yet but Secretary Tim
is of the idea that man will be
| landed, Tuesday of this week, when
the New England League will meet
at Boston to act on the schedule.
Johnson is a catcher who worked in
| the Maine New Brunswick League,
last year. William ]. Stewart. the
! pitcher, was with Brockton, last sea-
son, and his work was good enough
to make him sought for this year.
Lewiston has but slight hopes of
landing Fred Parent for manager.
Manager Jack Dunn has placed high
| figure on Parents services and it is
too much for Lewiston to meet. Lew
iston is willing to pay Parent as much
salary as he is now receiving from
Baltimore, but 1t is on the purchase
of him where Lewiston finds itself
| up against it.
Fred Lake will have clear field in
Fitchburg this year, as far as opposi-
ton teams are concerned, as Thomas
Sellers, who managed the Independents
several years and will have them in
! the field again this season, will ar
range his games after the New Eng
| land League schedule is completed, so
that there will be no conflicting dates.
Sellers and Lake will be hand-in- hand,
and it looks as though Lakes New
England League outfit would be a fix
ture in Fitchburg if the team plays
good enough baseball to finish in the
first division, also if the schedule ar
ranges for games Wednesdays and
| Saturdays.
Nick Altrock is to give most Of his
attention to Jack Bentley during the
training season. Manager Griffith is
convinced Bentley will make good
pitcher If he can be taught the art
! of working from the rubber, for he
has ability. ''If we can develop Bent
ley, he will be sure to be one of our
winning pitchers this season." remarks
| Griffith. Il never saw a youngster
with more stuff, and what gives him
an excellent chance is the fact that he
has more on the ball when he does
not wind up than at any other time.
pitcher who can put a lot on the
| ball without winding up is the fellow
who pitches effectively when there are
men on the bases, and Bentley can
do that to perfection"
| Connie Mack refuses to stand for
public subscription fer Rube Waddell
He and Ben Shibe will pay Rubes
bills. Waddell is now in Texas battl-
ing with consumption.
Manager Griffith of Washington re-
fuses to allow his players to tut on
boxing gloves at the training camp
He is also opposed to basketball as
| training exercise
Bill Carrigan admits that Joe Wood
was counted on to win 30 games for
the Red Sox. Well, if so, the Boston
club might as well say good by" to
any pennant this year.
Although there has been no word
from those on the inside, camp follow
| ers at Marlin, Tex, believe that Tim
Jordan known in his first baseing days
with Brooklyn as the home-run king,
will be a regular on the Giants squad
this season. Jordan is under contract
with Toronto, of the International
League, and last season he was with
Buffalo. Toronto will train at Marlin
that be saw to 1t that Jordan report
ed with the first of McGraw's crew
and he has participated in the regular
workouts.
Hal Chase is still at his home in San
jose, Cal, not having Joined the Chi
cago American team at Paso Robles.
but he says he intends to play with
the hite Sox. Chase says he hopes to
put up the best game of his life in an
effort to show that his release from
New York was not justified.
During the baseball practice last
week, Jack Barry, the shortfielder of
Connie Mack's million dollar troupe,
forgot in his JOY at being able to ham
die a ball again, that he was within
the confines of narrow cage, and in
dashing over to get a fast bounding
| ball ran full tilt into the side of the
cage. He was badly shaken up, skin
ming his forehead over his eye, and
bruising the top of the thumb on his
throwing hand. This will end his con-
ditioning stunt until the Athletics
training quarters are reached, as he