Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-06-26

Lewiston is talking of re-engaging Gar
rity.
The home team is certainly due to win
Il few games.
Bangor has yet to win a game of ball
on the Augusta grounds this season.
Keep up the record boys.
More than GO per cent. of the players
now in the major league have jumped in
to fast company in the last five years.
There will be Il big crowd at the Au-
susta Driving Park this afternoon. for
the chances are good for a red hot game
of ball.
Charlie Flack. the crack left fielder OF
last seasons Lewistons has joined the
Augustus. He will strengthen our out
field about 40 per cent.
There will be much regret at the resig-
nation of Umpire Bradley. He is an hon
est. capable man and il is to be hoped
that he may be persuaded to remain on
the staff.
of the game their moneys worth.-Brock-
ION Times. Yes, on the home grounds
There is chance for considerable more
ginger away from home.
Manager Clare should have his team Out
every forenoon for a two hours practie
in batting-and this we mean REAL
| practice against the best their pitchers
batting practice amounts to hurran.
There was a large crowd watching the
practice of the home team yesterday af-
| ternoon. and they were rewarded by see
| ing some live earnest work. The boys
appear to be in good condition, and. al
though they have played in hard luck
| the past week they hope to give good
| account of themselves in the home games.
Lewiston Journal Bangor is carrying
| Ned Hayes, Mike McDermott, Weithoff
1 Horner. Mains. Wheeler Braham on its
| salary-roll besides the eight regular men.
| a total of 15. Its par-roll must be over
| one can afford it, We are glad to see
that you appreciate our efforts to get IA
bali team. Perhaps you'd be in better
| than last place, were you willing to spend
some money.
4 When Pawtucket came down to Maine
/ on the last trip Smith left Coughlin. the
4 third baseman. at home with instructions
evidently obeyed instructions for in the
/ first game that he played when the club
reached home he drove out three hits in
! four times at the bat. 1t is generally ad-
! mitted that practice has much to do with
making batsman when he is moi
naturally slugger with the club.
| 1t is weak-kneed. wobble-armed.
paresis- Drained hitting that is losing ball
| games for Lewiston and is not umpires
| or pitching or anything else. For men
like Tim Sheehan. Frank Shea, Ed F'lan-
| go up and make such an nfantile exh-
| bition of shrinking from the plate as they
| have made for two days is enough to
make one sick. Messit doesn't seem to
| seems to have tried to teach him. He hits
| like an old woman and doesn't seem to
| know or care where the ball comes as
| long as he can get in three strikes at it.
| He hits at anything that goes above his
! shoulder and then looks up into the air
i to see what the dick birds say.-l.ewis-
4 ton Journal. That's the kind of hitting
I the Augusta team appears to have done
l on the last trip.
/ Lewiston Sun: A meeting of the Lewis
ton association was held, Wednesday even
ri.
| at his own request He has been on the
| pay roll all the time. and would have
| been continued as the spare man of the
team but he prefers to be where he can
| play in the game every day. He is a good
player and a fine fellow and has lots of
friends here. Maloney. Of Lewiston,
catcher of the Georgetown. d. c., college
team has been signed as change catcher.
1t was voted to place the team entirely
in the hands of Captain Flannapan. The
| Sun is authorized to say that the Lewis
ton team will stay in the league the sea-
son through. and that there is no founda-
tion to reports TO the contrary. The di-
rectors are all feeling that Lewiston now
has team that can win a good share of
its games and that the players can all
be depended upon to do their part to put
the team in Il good position before the
| season is ut an end.
II is useless to deny that the recent
PortlandLewiston trip was a bitter dis
appointment to the friends of the game
in this city. 1t is useless to lay the loss
|
score shows that they were not batted
specially hard in any of them. The fail
ure of the team to bat is directly respon-
sible for the poor showing made. There
is TO reason for this. There arc
. few better batting teams than our
; own in the New England league, and
certainly the Portland and Lewiston
teams have no license to take fou,
straight games from Augusta. We be-
lieve that there has been on this trip q
lack of aggressive play on the part OF
our team. There has been a lack of that
fighting energy and hustle, which more
than anything else stimulates hard hit
ting and wins games. Now boys let u.
have change. Encourage one another
light your games. Don't permit your
selves to jolly with members of the
opposing team on the field. 1t is a bat
: habit. and destructive of aggressivenes.
!, IN play Go IN and play ball. The peopl,
{ Will stand behind you. Let us see if W.
cant make such a record in the next tel
: days as shall efface the memory of tina
. unhappy Portland and Lewiston trip.