After Pennington left Portland last
and recovered from his Ill-
he finished out the season Willi
the Farmers of Brooklyn. Penning
ton first cawsed a sensation as a
pitcher while the mainstay on the
mound for Public School 152, which
won the pennant in the Public School
League of Brooklyn several years
ago. Upon being graduated he con
tinued his spectacular work with
Commercial High School. He pitched
in the Prospect Park League with
good results, and in 1914 he was taken
on the spring training trip to Augus
ta, Ga., with the Brooklyn Superbas
and given a trial.
He was farmed out to Lawrence,
then in the New England League and
spent 1915 and- 1916 with the same
cteb, Brooklyn, because of a surplus
of pitching material, eventually re
leased it3 claim to the Brooklyn pro
duct. He was drafted by the St.
Louis Browns in 1916 and spent 1917
with Newark in the International
League. In 1918 he was with Mobile
of the Southern , Association and last
year with Portland, Ore. Penning
ton is short of stature and chubby.
He has all the stuff on the ball that
goes to make a big league pitcher,
but his size seems to be against him.
Maine last autumn
open season on moose ,
and . it is the opinion
Persons, Commissioner
had Its first
in five years,
of Willis E.
