Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-23
BASEBALL men
VARY ACTIVITIES
while IN TRAINING

Chicago, March 22.-(AP)-The old
adage that all work and no play
makes Jack a dull boy applies to
baseball as well as any other line of
endeavor. At any rate the boys in
the spring training camps are get
ting little taste Of fishing, golf and
other pastimes as we'll as intensive
drill on the diamond.
The Boston Braves took Sunday
off at st. Petersburg, Fla. fishing and
swatting the golf ball instead OF
borsehide. Out on the West Coast
Pilot McKechnie of the Pittsburg
Pirates thought up another interest
ing scheme of entertainment. De-
claring that his team had worked
hard ever since arriving in camp and
that recreation would do them good,
he declared holiday today and
planned to take his men to the ranch
of a friend near Paso Robes, Calf,
where a jack-rabbit hunt and bar
becue were scheduled. But the
Pirates started the day with the
memory of a double defeat at the
hands of the Mission Bears at San
Francisco Sunday still in mind.
While some exceptionally favorable
reports were coming out of some OF
the camps, a bit of pesimIsm Is be-
ing registered at few. Connie
Mack has been viewing the work of
the Philadelphia Athletics at Fort
Myers. Fla, with gloomy eye and
released the observation that "the
Athletics look as bad as when they
dropped II games in a row last year.
They must wake up" -..l...4..
Hold-outs also are giving a little
L. H.,
and Harper of the Phillies are still
up of talent, holding out for more
salary, but Manager Fletcher says
he is making plans for the season
without them.
Another seeker for a heavier sti-
pend is Bill Terry of the Giants, who
wired his desires to Sarasota from
Memphis. Otherwise the daily rec
ord of preseason baseball endeavor
was mixture of more or less rou-
tine news.
Meanwhile and Fournier are show
ing the Brooklyn outfit how to hit
the ball at Clearwater. Optimistic re-
ports of the development of the New
York Yankees We're given out at st.
Petersburg by Jack Doyle, Cubs
scout. He says the New Workers.
are licking better than ever before.
While the Boston Braves were
idling Sunday in pleasurable fash
ion, their fellow townsmen, the Red
Sox, were taking the measure of the
Pelicans at New Orleans, 8 to o.
mainly as result of eLndgren's
speed pitching.
w. Johnson and Reuther were
scheduled to pitch today for the first
time against Cincinnati at Tampa
Cincinnati will oppose them with
Mays and Donohue. The Reds also
took a day off Sunday at st. Peters
burg, the last. holiday, until they
reach home April s. RiXey and Bres-
, sler, the last Reds to sign, planned tC
join the team today.
O'FarrelPs single in the fifth in
| ring drove in the only score of the
game yesterday at San Antonio, Tex.
which the st. Louis Cardinals won
l to 0. Rhem and Keen pitched SUI
! perb'v TO rthe Cards. The Browns
idled yesterday Tarpon Springs, Fla.
but started solid week of exhibition
. games today against Brooklyn. Dixie
Davis will work on the mound.
Records so far show that Cleveland
players have made a poor showing
against pitchers for Cincinnati, the
Giants, and Brooklyn. Higher quail
| ity of pitching is needed or the In.
| d; n, have not had enough batting
| Fl actice, sport writer's have observed
| at Lakeland.
Eained out at Fort Worth, Tex.
| where they were to have played ar
exhibition game the Chicago White
| iSoX were back at their Shreveport
La, camp today, ready for further
drill.
The Chicago Cubs will loaf today
! but tomorrow they are scheduled t.
! battle a San Francisco team. They
! have a six game schedule with teams
| in the Golden Gate vicinity.