Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-05-22
New Bedford is climbing.

New Bedford is climbing.
J. Kelley made 20 safe hits in the first
l6 games.
Joe Bean and Mike Kelleyare still keep
ing up their good batting.
If the boys will gather in two games
this trip they will be doing very well.
Every ball team has its off days. No
club can possibly win all the time. There
are others.
Captain Doherty doesn't often make a
wild throw. but when he does it is sure TO
be Il costly one.
Dilworth has won two games. lost two
and tied one. 1t was not his fault, how
ever, that he did not win them all.
BROOKLYN beat Pittsburg, Wednesday %
to s. That is worse than the 90 to game
with Brockton in this city last week.
our boys are certainly fielding very
far from their mark when seven men are
permitted to get their basis on errors.
The boys batted hard enough Wednes-
day to have won two games if they had
only hraceu up and done Il little better
fielding.
Lewiston Sun: 1t is rumored that one
of the Lewiston base ball directors now
carries a rabbit ) foot i'll his pocket to
every game.
Williams Of Lewiston seems amply able
to ill Mains shoes, and many who have
seen his work of late think he is the bet
ter pitcher of the two.
Messitt the Lewiston catcher is I'M
able to catch for Il few days on account
OF an injury, and will he replaced by Nc
Manus. who was with Augusta and Rock
land, last year.
Mike McDcrmott. who piloted cham
pion team for three years, has found out
how different it is with the Scrantons.
who We're the tailendcrs of the Eastern
League. yesterday.
Portland Press: Centre Fielder Conner
WAS obliged to retire from yesterdays
game in the ninth inning. being run into
by Right Fielder Kelley. He will be able
to play today however
Klobedanz and McKenna We're up
against each other Wednesday and the
latter had all the best of it. holding the
champions down to six hits. The Fan
Rivers won by superior fielding.
Bangor Commercials; Augusta is feel
The Capital City young men lost no more
games in the first series at home than the
Bangors. from whom everybody expected
so much.
one inning in the game with Pawtucket
Wednesday -almost as bad, considering
the fact that veteran pitchers were in the
boz. the II runs that PawtHcket Sc
cured from Manager Herrngton's men in
the second game in this city.
On the Maine trip Fall River won 3
games and lost ): Pawtucket won ) and
BroclSton won 8 and lost 4; Bangor won
:. and lost 3: Augusta won and lost s.:
Portland won and lost ;; Lewiston won
ana lOSl y. MdlHc CLUBS, ID
games, opponents. H.
Capt Slater of the Portlands holds the
first base record of the country in a nine
inning game for '96 Last Saturday, in
and one assist and no errors. scored
three runs and made single. "A double
| and a triple In the next game he ac-
cepted Is chances. In IA games he had
Portland Express Joe Conner of Au-
gusta. is the perfect fact smile of his
famous brother Roger when standing at
oa stke so ea.
| of the noted ax-Giant. who is now trying
his hand at managing st. Louis. +"
He is dangerous batsman for any
pitcher. but his lethary is painful to be-
same hard loser but is as popular as ever
| in this city.
Portland Advertiser: An Advertiser re.
porter me. Manager Harrington. last
nHd said hf he any ana Ts am yi peas Sc f %h
my visit. with the exception. of course.
Of our losing. Your grounds are finely
afe o Is ar enough rd into The sub
/ the bay was chilly, yesterday. but it must
be nice in the torrid days of July and Au-
gust gust. tomorrow forenoon ,hd Qodayl, | am
and especially want to see where Tom
Reed was born A glance at the mana
ger $ coat showed that he wore Reed
button. Mr.. Harrington is from Sharon
Pa. and resembles Manager Leonard in
looks. He is fine gentleman to meet
and he has the loyalty and respect of ali
his players.
Portland Press: We can't always ex-
pect a third baseman to kindly line tn.
4 ball into the bleachers, while we circl,
the base at an ambing gait. and that is
what Mr.. Doherty' did yesterday. OF
course we might have won anyway 70,
there were other errOrsan Dilly's curves
weren't as troublesome as we have seen