Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-08-04

| 1t VIII be an Old-tlme contest. today.
| The boys have had their batting
| clothes on of late.
| The Fail Rivers, Augustus and Port
lands have each played six errorless
games. and the Pawtuckets and
Brocktons five each.
knorr of the Providence team has
not been released as reported and can
not pitch for Pawtucket till he can
show clear release
"rrilby" Sharp has received an offer
to join the Youngstown. ohio club.
which is being managed by Sheble,
who was a New Bedford pitcher earlier
in the season.
There is every reason to believe that
Pitcher Clare will greatly strengthen
the home team. Either he or Newell
Will do the pitching for the home team,
this afternoon.
The boys have been playing a game
of late that deserves hearty support,
| Let everyone who wants to see the
| continuance Of New England League
| ban in the Kenncbec valley he at the
game. this afternoon
New Bedford Journal: Give Lajoie
| that high inshoot. Put it under his
| neck where he can't swing on it and he
| is easy enough. He has not fattened
Up his batting average a great deal in
the last TWO New Bedford games.
| Pawtucllet Post: No doubt it is
very funny to guy a player or umpire
| who gets hit by the ball but half the
men who do it would think they We're
dead if a foul hit them even on the
| shoulders There are no iron bah play
erS.
| y large crew of men We're at work
| upon the bah grounds yesterday
afternoon. putting them into shape
| after the circus. and by night no one
would have suspected that the great
| Barnum & Bailey combination had
ever passed that way.
PaWtucllet Post: Harry Davis showed
up in his old-time form against Cincin-
| natl, yesterday. He was three times at
the bat scored three runs, hit the bail
| for a double single and a sacrifice
hit: and he accepted IA fielding chances
without an error. But he wasn't fast
enough for the Giants.
| There was a meeting of the stock
holders of the local ball association at
| Portland. last evening. Tuesday the
| officers will be elected. The following
list of directors was chosen last night:
| William n. Taylor. Howard G. Smith,
! Thomas w. Taylor Frank +. Winship
and Philip +. Shirley.
New Bedford Mercury: Harry Ste
vens was given his release by Manager
| Marston, Thursday night. Poor work
| I,.f l,+. L..
signed and will report Immediately
and a pitcher named Dunn, from Chel-
! sea. will be given d trial. If the
| changes are not satisfactory, Manager
| Marston will Immediately look up
other tWrlers for Fail Rivers lead is
| rot a long one and he means to take
no chances on losing the pennant.
| PaWtucket Times: Billy Nash has
| seen Waldron play and has made the
PaWtucket club an offer for him. For
Wally's sake it is to be hoped that the
deal can be consummated though the
home patrons would be very sorry to
have him go. A more quiet. unobtru-
siVe player it would be hard to find
| ana he always plays the game for all
there is in it. Probably Nash is in
hopes of making another hitter and run
eetter like Burkett and Hamilton. He
| certainly is a good batter and run get
ter and should be able to hold his own
in any league.
Brockton Times: They don't forget
heir dislikes in New Bedford as this
I.incident told in the Standard will
show. Another incident of the eXhi-
bition which should not be omitted was
that of calling down some fan" on the
west bleachers. who happened to spy
Ezra Lincoln ON the PaWtuckets bench
commenced to guy him unmerciful1y |
! This individual did not hesitate to
bring in the name Of Mrs. Lincoln. ana
Connolly had to order the Individual to
1esist from that line of guying, other
wise he should ask the management
| to remove him from the field. The fell |
low stopped and the band played on.
Brockton Times: We have discov-
cred that with a sure lead against us,
the Fall Rivers are only common. ev-
eryday players, and subjects for de-
feat. The hurrahs. the irresistible
rounds of applause We're never more
general than yesterday afternoon. and
the plaudts should linger long in the
ears of the boys You couldn't get a |
crank to move off that subject. last
night, and a three volume book |
couldn't contain the various versions |
Of how we did it. The stories differed. |
however only in the method of recit-
ing them The plot, the beginning and |
the end was Nick Wise's run and the |
two others that came in on the same |
| hit.
The PaWtucket Times saws: II |
would be difficult to tell where to be |
sin to strengthen the present Paw |
tucket team, and yet it seems some |
days as if there was no head or tail to |
their playing. Each man is strong in |
! his position. and all seem to work to-
Sether we'll, except that they go up in |
| the air once in while. The one great |
| fault is that they are not making as |
| strong finishes as they did in the be-
| ginning of the season. 1t NAV be that |
| the hard luck has discouraged the men
50 that they have not the heart to |
| work. II this is SO. it would be better
! to reassure the men than to give them
. calling down.
| Let the public now stand bv the
| team. Show the liberal gentlemen of
! TINS city that their actions are apnre-