Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-05-15

President Mnrnane prOn0unces Weekes
one of the best pitchers In the New ENG
land league.
Catcher Donovan of Portland. struck
out II times in six games. He appears
to be of no earthly use at the bat.
Umpire Hunt says that outside OF
pitchers. the New England League Is
just as fast as the Eastern League.
his pitchers until they get into conditlon
to play good ball. which, with the
weather rapidly growing warmer should
not he long.
Pitcher Yerrick of the Boston club
and of last years Portlands. has been
secured by Manager Chapman for his
Wilkesbarre team.
To accommodate the patrons of the game
from Gardiner and Hallowell VINO desire
10 take the dummy. the gate at the back
lock. and will be taken charge of and
opened hy one of the employees of the
ground about three quarters of an hour
before the close of each game.
Local patrons of the game will please
observed by this mornings issue of the
Journal that the Augustus are not the
only good bali team that occasionally
gets beaten by a big score. The Pitts
burgs beat the Bnstons, yesterday, 20
to L.
Walter Burnham has the right in the
Cayle imbrogiio and deserves none of
the cheap censure which he ana his
team are constantly receiving.
land Express The right of the matter
seems to have fully appreciated by the
national board of control and the
directors of the New England League.
IN Musscr we have without question
the best second hascman who has been
seen in this league in many a day
Portland Express 1t it possible that
you have forgotten our Robert Moore =?
You know what Robert can do.sian-
Sor Commercial. Ard is II possible
that you've overlooked our Al Johnson
Lewiston Journal: A words to the
patrons of the game' If you want base
bali. you must support 1t in it's Vicissi-
tudes as we'll as In it's triumnhs. The
man who SAYS he VIII never go to see, Il
club play another game inst because il
loses a game or two can't want bali
club in town. The attendance yesterday
WAS probably 400 We are dra wing quite
rs wei as Portland. but we pant 10 do
better: Come up and see the team gather
itself into victory.
Augusta is having tough luck and We
do not understand It. The club has
some exceedingly clever players and
ought to have better success in holding
down the opposing hordes. To have
Walter Eurnham go over and grab a
game by such score as that of yes
terday was sad indeed. Augusta would
have preferred dropping about three To
else.-Bangor Commercial.
brother. We took sweet re
venge, Thursday.
Boston Herald: Kennedy made his
first error at Lewiston. May 12.
Breckenridge had not made an error
to May l.. inclusive. In four
games with Bangor. Brockton made
l3 runs and 80 hits. Fitz-
patrick of Fail River was hit only Is
times. with but one double. in his two
games Umpire Hunt is one of
the cleanest cut umpires that has been
seen here for many seasons. He is as
firm as the rock of Gibralta. Weddige
gave him back talk yesterday. and was
warned twice. He wasn't warned the
third time, but was ordered out of the
Advertiser.
Charles II. Tebeau, the ball player
who was struck on the head by
pitched ball while the Portlands We're
playing practice game in Lawrence
Mass, April 80, and severely injured
arrived at Portland. Thursday. Mr
Tebeau has just left the hospital and
is still very weak. He has lost over %
pounds III the last two weeks. Had
he not been in the best of physical con-
dition. the physician who attended him
said. he would hardly have recovered
the injury. The pitcher who threw the
bah that hit him was SO frightened al
what he had done that he jumped the
town that ni~ht and was not heard
from for severe. da~s