Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-05-28

Rivcrs Pawtmcn.t mat az wnd Portland
iappear the strongest.
Friday, Lajpie had strike called on
him and then offered at two that he
missed. He then turned around and
swore at Cunningham in Rhode Island
French. The poor umpire!-New Bed
ford Journal
Boston Herald: Fred Doe was on
the South end grounds. Tuesday. and
he had cOnfab with the manager.
After the way his pitchers were
trounced by the Fall Rivers in his own
burg. Monday. he discovered that he
needed pitcher.
New Bedford Iournal If Doe opens his
Of that city exciaim with one voice,
| Hear him Kick. Put him out OF the
game" McDermott can kick. howl and
and they viii say. .'fom is a great cap
tain" Doe kicks for what belongs to him
and will continue to do so when some of
i his critics are no more
Tom OBrien's playing has been stead
| lily falling off during the past three years
He was. a star indeed when with Woon-
socket four years ago but time Is show,
he has especially lost his eye for the ball.
Portland Express. We had been labor
ing under the delusion that O'Brien was
1
IL you say not of course not
! Pawtucket Times: Portland papers and
| Manager Leonard are again urging the
appointment of Hassett as umpire. Don't
men for that position Mr.. Hassett is the
most. Last season he openly threatened
to get square" with Pawtuckets man
ager for some grudge. and when he came
to Pawtucket he fulfilled his threat.
True. he may not have amy oid scores to
settle this year but a man like that is
not tit to referee a dog fight.
| Argus: Murnane announces that
! Hassett won't be appointed New
England League umpire, this season.
We understand the movement to have
him placed on the staff was none of
his own doing. Hassett would have to
throw up good job in order to become
an autocrat OF the diamond for a few
| brief months, and he would not be SO
unwise as to do that.
The real battle in the New England
| league is now about 10 begin. With the
| four strong clubs of this section playing
| together a definite line can be drawn
| TO the strength OF the teams. In the
meantime Bangor will be having a long
drawn out picnic with the weak Maine
clubs and should keep right along side OF
| the band wagon. Providence Telegram.
Considering that the weak Maine teams
took majority of the games with the
| strong" clubs Of the west the above Is
rich Besides what n picnic Bangor Is
having.-Lewiston sun.
| Wonder if Mike McDermott finds any
| difference between the Eastern and
| New England leagues? McDermott
was a little god in the New England
League with his champion team, ana
carried out several high handed
| games. He is now wallowing around
in the scum at the bottom of the East
| ern League. He is in the company of
men who won't take any of his funny
business. -Providence Telegram
Bangor Whig wanted-some one with
an infallible divining rod to inform the
! dear public what in four blanks is the
matter with the Bangors. Ii the desired
party. well recommended. will apply to
any one of the thousands of base ball en-
with open arms and he presented a gilt
chariot. 1t really passeth comprehension.
The Bangor team is on the slide sure
'noush and it does seem as though the
bottom must be reached by this time
Tail-enders in a lea que are something like
| the northerlv end OF a mule-rather dam
gerous To fool with So the Eangors found
yesterday when the Lcwlstons played tag
with us to the tune of u to 2.
Bangor Whi Ean MSanager Long appea red
| calves and looks well on the field but with
| all due respect 10 aim We think he h..i
better remain on The bench and let some
| enc with Il good. strong voice get out and
put some life into the game. We lack
| snap as a general thing. Gree III Il while
Ned Hayes. Sharrott. Henry ard Bobby
| Moore get a-going well and they ought
| to he on deck all the time. They are the
/ best coachers and should be on the lines
whenever it is possible. We like the in
terest Manager Long takes TO get into
uniform and 90 out to coach but he hasc' t
the voice. while some others have. Put
out the good howlers. Mr.. Manager.
There is a world of truth in the fol-
lowing. from the New Bedford stand
ard. concerning such persistent nag
| Eng Of the umpire as was shown at
Fall River, Saturday: "A man cannot
do good work if some one is nagging
him the whole time. and it might be
well for the ball players for once in
their lives to accept an umpire's de-
cisions without a kick. just to see if
there is any virtue in letting him
alone. Cunny made enemies for him
self in both cities, yet / believe he was
honest in all he did. But it was so
musty that everybody found fault
1t is easy to stand the iags from New
Bedford. but the sober followers of the
New Bedford club are the wheeliest crowd
that ever sat in a grand stand. Half of
Them don't know the pitcher from t the
/ al
management has been to a great expense
in fitting it up-nit. When the
! New Bedfords get in their cage on the
side of the diamond at the home grounds
and q spectator gets front view of them,
! he has to think for few minutes before
he can disahuse his mind that he Is not
in the animal tent at the circus.
New Bedford plays its best game in print.
! The New Bedforis will have
| their suits painted instead of washed: it
easier and ii will hold them together.-Fali
River Herald And. may Heaven forgive
them, the Massachusetts complain of the
spirit shown by the Maine papers toward
our sister cities.
Waterville Mail: They're telling a
good story at the expense of the Maine
State college base ball management
Last week the M. C. team went on
Massachusetts trip. Before starting
the manager had it all figured out that
! the team was to play six games. Not
being willing to work Bass and the
other regular pitchers in so many
games. the manager took pains to Sc
cure Newcnham, the pitcher of the Co
burn Classical institute team with an
agreement to pay him $40 for his serv-
| ices. When the Maine base ball men
reached Massachusetts it was dis
covered what the Orono manager
| thought he had made were mostly in
his own mind One mistake was mixed
up with another and as a result of il