The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-10
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C1tyS.
Manager Long of the Dangers is get
ting together a strong team, much 70
the disgust and to the envy OF several OF
his Maine rivals. Boston Herald
y Nobody is Disguised and nobody Is
envious of Longs team, least ways not In
Portland. They've got a neat little team
in Bangor and we hope they'll do well.
The Brooktons have cancelled their
New York anne.
Detroit will have lady ticket seller
this year.
With Selects woman message OPP
orator and the female ticket agents in
Detroit the new woman bids fair to
figure quite conspicuously with the ma
tional game this season.
Bangor is ready to buy Roach's release
from Pillsbury providing he wants to
come to that city.
What does the Bangor News mean by
is: "Booze" and baseball will not
mix this year with managers any more
than it will with players, and the mag
mates are determined to see that tenn
peranoe prevails among their employees.
and baseball law" says Manager Burn
ham, eve shall get Pitcher Coyle. But
if they decide the question On sympathy,
1t may be different" If the question is
decided on the principles Of fair dealing
and not on a mere technical bubble in
base ball law Augusta will get Coyle, so
there you are. If the latter city has lost
it's claim upon the man it was by sharp
practice on the part of certain people
who are not averse to that sort of thing.
TRULY and Donohue of the Chicago
team had a row in the billiard room at
Galveston, Tex, the other night. DON
ohue smashed TRULY In The face and
TRULY punched Dopohue. Then friends
separated the players and peace was de-
olared. Donohue will be remembered as
an old New England Lacquer, being with
the Lewistons a part of one season, and
later with frank Leonard's Dovers.
Birmingham will play first base for
New Bedford again this season.
Fall River has certainly lost great
catcher in Patsy Rollins; but we
shouldn't be at all surprised if the cranks
| were just as enthusia site over Rupert
| before the close of the season. -Brookton
Times.
| The fact that some of the Massaehu
setts papers are not saying great deal
about baseball, needn't be taken as an
| indication that the southern division of
the New England league won't be ready
to receive the contingent from the North
when the season opens. 1t will be no.
getting out in the field and doing some
practising every day. 1t is really to be
hoped however, that the reception won't
be quite as warm as it was last year.
Some of the papers are inclined to make
fun of Umpire Cray, who is candidate
for reapEointment in the league this
year. OF course there have been better
umpires in the league, but there have
been worse ones. Cray's chief fault was
his fondness for engaging in oonversa-
ton with the bleaohers.
Manager Harrington writes that he
will start for Augusta April 10. Inf1elder
James Kelly will accompany him.
John Stafford tells the Lewiston Sun
that Mattress, Garrity's new shortstop, is
all right. There have been grave doubts
in the minds of Androsooggin people
about this man, and perhaps this will re-
assure them, that is until the season
opens.
Manager Clarity is in Lewiston.
An official of the Fall River club writes
a friend in this city that if Augusta gets
square deal in the Coyle matter, that
player will go to Kennebec city.
Lampe, the left handed pitcher who
was presented by Philadelphia to New
York walked out of President Friedman 4
office in high rage the other day because
he and friedman couldn't agree on {
salary. Later he went back aud found
that Friedman wasn't disposed to un
bend, and in the meantime, as one paper
expressed it, had lost seven tons of in
dependence. Lampe is man who ha.
been kept in the National league by the
peculiar booming process, which ISM
confined to him. There are dozen pitchers
in the New England league who outclas,
him
Stackhouse who did good work a
Blockton's third sack last summer. ha
signed with the Carlisle Pa, team.
Colby will probably play at August'
Fast Day with Manager Harrington
club.
The Bangor Commercial says there is
general speculation as to whether Boston
will drop Yerriok or Mains. Hasn't /
occurred to anybody that, after all, per
haps these .two New England Lacquer
! will be fixtures and the man to b,
dropped will be one of the old timers2
, Kennebec Journal: A telegram from
New York, Saturday, confirmed thu re
port that Butler left week ago to play
on the indianapolis team. The Kennebe
management promptly wired protests tt
i. Manager Watkins of the indianapolis
team and to President Young of TIN
National leauge, and if the nationa
agreement means anything Butler will
|, be re quired to report to the Kennebec
l before the opening of the league season.