Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-04-21

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which to report, yesterday.
| Manager Harrington says that the New
| Bedfords have secured Il fine left hand
| pitcher in Scheible.
| New Bedford is making a great effort
| to get together team that can do up the
champion Fan Rivers.
| The Bowdoin base ball grounds are In
| beautiful shape, and the conditions for
practice could scarely be better.
| II the weather is fair today. a number
| of Augusta people will probably drop
| down to Brunswick to see the opening
practice game of the Remedies with the
| Bowdoins.
| Pitcher Whiting says that. owing to
| the serious sickness of his brother with
| typhoid fever. it will be impossible for
him to report for few days. but that he
will get all the practice he can. and hopes
| to be in condition TO do good work when
| he joins the team.
| Lewiston Sun: Thomas Messitt the
catcher, arrived Sunday. Messitt is OF
| fine build and looks like II ball player. He
has the reputation of being an excellent
| thrower and backstop. He will make
| many friends here il his work is as good
| as his reputation.
Portland Express; Butler who went to
indianapolis returns to Augusta. lie
writes that he will join the lobbyists be-
fore the season begins. Butler was one of
itut Dtst tdttiSIS III tHt ttd-ut idNt Ntti
and should he keep up his gait will be
destined for faster fields.
| Brockton Times: Steckel Will hardly
| do at third and Manager Burnham has
| IA good man in sight for that position in
| the event OF Stackhousc falling TO report
| promptly. Jim Canavan. says the
| Fall River Herald In his style of playing.
| and particularly in the way he starts for
| a ball and lays for the next one, reminds
| oldtimers of Bob Petit.
The success of New England League
| base ball in Maine has been due to the
fact that all the cities of this State the
| teams are backed by representative busi-
| ness men. and their games patronized by
their best people. The same may now he
| said with equal force of the Western
teams of the circuit. All in ALI the New
| England League was never in such pros
| porous condition as it is today.
| Portland Press: With all the talk
| about Augusta being a small city, a ball
| team there supported by such men Mr.
| Nickery is much better than team In
| Lowell or Worcester with the kind of
| backing the game has had in those cities
| even. wouldn't make respectable ward
| in either of these places, but they have
| men who are willing to back Il BAH team
| Manager William Long of the Bangor
| base bail team, is thinking of organizing
polo league in Maine. next winter. to
| be made up of Bangor. Augusta. Lewis
| ton and Portland. Mr.. Long has had
| years of experience In the polo leagues
as referee. and he thinks that the game
1 ought to go down in Maine Mr. Long
| is surely man of courage. and he may
be able to demonstrate his Judgment, as
! well, who knows?
| Constant Reader-Pickett belongs in
| Roxbury. and last year played with Au-
] gusta of the New England League.
think he has been signed by Portland
| He began his carer with local teams in
| Roxbury. and is considered by shrewd
| observers of talent to be IA sure conner
| Boston Post.
| Pickett has been sought for by almost
every team in the league. and assigned
| to nearly every one by the Boston
papers. but he will remain with the
kennebecs. just the same.
Coyle says he will so to home to his pa
| if he is obliged to play with Augusta this
| season. Coylc had better keep silent,
| Manager Burnham is aware that the
| question of Coyle's right to play in
| Brockton is yet unsettled and should
| he Il little guarded in his remarks. The
Coylc r,atter has hung fire long enough
| and should he decided at once.-paw-
| tucket Post. decision should be given,
and if it's properly made. there isn't any
question but Coyle will remain with us,
ahem.-R Rrockton Times.
"Ahem" in the above paragraph is evi-
IDENTIFY synonymous with Init. it."-Portland
Press.
Il sec Mike Meagher is to play with a
local team in Boston. this year" says
| Fred X. owen in the Portland Press.
| Though given trial by dozen differ
ent teams. Mike seems to have spent his
| energies at the same time Woonsocket
did in 1892 when that city sported the
| Champs of the New England League.
| of which Meagher was a member and
| which hasn't sported even a back lot
team since. Billy Long was another
player who hasn't been able to play ball
| since he helped win that pennant. though
| he developed into successful umpire
| and trust will prove an equally success
full manager. Not all that WoonsOcket
| team turned out failures. Joe Harring-
| ton. Buster Burrill and Hi Ladd have
| been playing great ball every year since,
| and Tom OBrien is a pretty good sort
| of "A first baseman. though not what he
| was then.