The Portland daily press., 1896-04-20

score OF 10 to l 3. 1t was the first game
the Blues have played this season and
They are to play the South Portlands
Fast Day morning at South Portland. ..
Baseball Notes.
= In the Spring the baseball player
Feels his head expand in size,
Feels he's bigger than the mayor,
Wants fifty dollar rise;
Also in the Spring each ball town
Claims the tiag-is sure of it,
Gives each other team a call-down;
Each will win, we don't think-nltl
Bangor News.
George Wheeler the star pitcher of last
) ears Bangor club was in the city yes
terday between trains, on his way toBos-
ton, where he expects to join Manager
Long. Wheeler says that he has enUirely
recovered from his illness, though it
pulled % pounds of flesh off from him in
a few weeks. He is highly pleased with
the team Long has got together and says
that Bangor will have a particularly
fast batting and running team. He Is a
little in doubt apparently, about the
pitching talent, and that same distrust
isn't confined to him altogether Wheeler
told the writer that he had been out
practioing the past few days, with the
Lewistons and thinks we'll of most of
Garrity's young men. "They are strong
in pitchers up there" he said, land that
helps good deal'' Wheeler went
through to Lawrence Sunday noon, and
remained there over night calling on old
friends. If he has, as he says, fully re-
coverad from his sickness, it will be
fortunate indeed for Bangor, but to tell
the truth the boy DOESN'T look it.
The Lewiston journal has been making
some mathematical computation and
figures up that the New York and New
Haven games Melted Manager Leonard
about $40 per game at the gate. Manager
Clarity, it adds, didn't see the use Of
it. You should know, brother, that Mr..
Leonard wasn't sent out to New York for
the purpose of bringing home chest of
gold, but to get the team hmbered up
for the seasons work. 1t struck the
Portland directors that this could be bet
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real teams than by Knocking up flies to
the Bateses' for instance
Of the new men who have reported at
Lewiston, Fielder Lippert seems to have
succeeded better than other one man in
capturing the hearts of the spindle CITY
cranks.
Coyle says he will go home to his pa If
he is obliged to play with Augusta this
season. Coyle had better keep silent.
Manager Burnhann is aware that the
question of Coyle's right to play in
Brockton is yet unsettled and SO should
be little guarded in his remarks. The
Coyle matter has hung fire long enough
and should be decided at once.-Pawtuck-
ct Post. A decision should be given, and
if it's properly made, there isn't any
question but Coyle will remain with US;
ahem. -Brockton Times.
"Ahem" in the above paragraph is evil
IDENTIFY synonymous with init"
Augusta still foolishly claims that it
has claim on Coyle despite the an
nouncement last week that Manager
Burnham had satisfactorily" explained
the matter in this city.
If Bangor has captured Yale Murphy,
as reported, it is safe to say that larger
salary is to be paid him than the club
for the champion Springfield team, who
We're negotiating with him.-Brookton
Times.
The baseball enthusiasts at Augusta
are highly elated over the fact that Hon.
P. y. Vickery will be president of the
Kennebeo Valley Baseball association this
season. Bangor News
With all the talk about Augusta being
a small city, ball Fteam there support
ed by such men as Mr.. Vickery is much
better than a team in Lowell or Woroes-
ter with the kind of backing the game
has had in those cities the past few years.
Augusta or Bangor even, wouldn't make
a respecta BILE ward in either of these
places, but they have men who are will
ing to pay for ball team.
Says the Boston Globe of Mains part
in Saturdays game: Willie Mains was
called ID to stop the slaughter, and did
excellent work with his orossfre.. Had
Umpire Lynch given him fair deal not
a run would have been scored after the
fourth inning.
New Bedford Journal: Manager Doe
has no kick coming from the amount of
money be made in the Pine Tree State.
and indeed last summer he made the
statement that he made money up there.
But then, you know, there is only one
Doe and only one wild west show, and
the Maine cranks will give up their coin
to take in the performance when Doe and
his band are due. ~ ''Fatz" Sharp
says he likes Maine and that the botels
up that way are good as can be found in
the country.
Dilworth is all ready to join the Au-
gusta club on Monday for the early sea-
son practice.
Tim Shinnick, the old New England
league second baseman, has been re-
leased by Toronto.
Treasurer Murphy has received a letter
within day or two from Killeen asking
him to send him ticket to Portland.
The matter will be allowed to wait until
Manager Leonard arrives home. Killeen
was ordered to report here but asked the
privilege of going to New York as he
wanted to be with Ahearn and he was
told he might. Neither he or his protege
has shown uD however and so far as is