Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-10-25

Manager Scieo says that in Davis the New
Yorks have signed n second Mike Kelly1
have been tie after the first Baltimore
game, and at least two more games would
have been necessary to decide the issue.
As 1t was but little more than S. 000 was
realized at Baltimore where II close contest
would have been worth at least Sl5, 900.
And the Clevelands by winning three sue
cessive games on their own ground abso
lutcly Knocked the bottom out of gate re-
ceipts Mt Baltimore.
There are a few shortsighted critics who
deploro the highly partisan feeling be-
tween the two teams and their respective
following which led to some rough con-
duct ON the part of few spectators In each
city / believe few inoffensiye missiles
were hurled at tho visiting players of each
team, out Of which elimination and re-
elimination were manufactured. That,
however, shows the great interest which
the American people take in the national
game. So long as such leaven is found to
keep the mass of rooters seething, tho in
torest will not die out or fall fiat and soggy.
Farmerboy Young. who has on several
occasions furnished an inspired subject for
my pen. was the hero Of this series. He
pitched in three of the five games and won
tho trio. Cuppy won and lost game. II
temperance apostles want another good
example In their business, let them take
up Pitcher Cy Young. whose only dissipa-
ton, they say, is to ride through the
streets of Cleveland on bicycle with his
baby strapped on before him.
During the recent international athletic
contests at Manhattan field, in New York,
between English and American teams, re-
greet was freely expressed that tho two
countries could not meet upon pretty equal
terms on the baseball field. If 5000 peo-
pie went to see tho athletic continental
contests. what multitude would gather
TO SEQ contest between u representative
nine of England and one of Americal Why,
10000 spectators have many times during
tho past summer filed the stands of the
various National league grounds in New
York, Brooklyn, Boston, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Pittsburg, Cincinnati and Chi
cago. No other sport in the world, devoid
of betting privileges, would attract 90 per
cent of tho daily attendance which was be-
slowed on the National league clubs from
the latter part of April till the LIST of Oc-
tobcr. Athletics and football will do for
u few days or II few weeks, but neither
could ever be made to support teams which
cost $75, 900 year to maintain
1t is not likely that we shall soon sec
England and America contending on the
baseball diamond. Tho English take to
our national game very grudgingly. The
latest reports sent out from London are
that baseball has taken great stride in
that country this year, but is still very
crude. Even the third class scmiprofcs-
sional team which went over there from
Boston several months ago had no trouble
in defeating every English nine they met.
What q farce it would then be to match
one Of our crack professional mines against
the best nine which could be picked from
the English ranks. cannot understand
why n country so proficient in cricket can
not develop good ball players. The late
Harry Wright insisted once in my presencs
that good cricket player ought to be I
good baseball player and pointed to hi
brother George as an example. He wa
too modest TO include himself But an
convinced that a man who once become
cnamored of cricket, in q thousand in
stances out Of q thousand and one, VII
never succeed as baseball player. WI
somebody explain whys can't. 1t
merely u deduction which ! have mad
from observation.
Speaking at good ball players remind
me that there IL great demand for the'
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