Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-04-29

| viii open the league season. Friday.
When Secretly Morse was In the South
with the Bostons. his residence in Boston
was burglarized and property worth 500
was stolen.
John W. Shaffer. released by Port
| land to Bangor, has been also released
by the latter club. Manager Long not
Having any room for him.
1t is reported that Ruse is to be trad
| ed 10 Baltimore and that New York will
receive in exchange the twirlers Nc
Mahon and Hemmng, and money con-
federation
Nothing has been heard from o Rourke
very lately. Manager Leonard THINKS
that possibly after the weather becomes
warmer he will conclude TO get into the
| game Portland Press.
A small sized check for the first month
would be of much value in impressing
upon that young player the value Of
early training.
| II IS said TO he a fact that Freedman of
the New Yorks. viii not even permit
President p. T. Powers OF the Eastern
League TO the polo grounds without pay
ing the price. Powers was at one time
manager of the New York team in days
| when IL was generally considered u we'll
managed team.
The national board, TO which Rusie ap-
pealed. has decided that il has no iuris-
idiction IN his ease. the board OF directors
being the ones TO act. John r Brush
must have weakened. az ii was given out
by his friends that he intended TO have
the national board. OF which he is mem
Der. decide in kusie's favor.
Pawtucieet Times: How ii would please
the crauks of this city to see Harry
| Davis back here again. He Is put on the
bench by New York and as he said be
fore he left. that he would never be
| farmcd out, he may yet be seen in
Pawtucket uniform What a strong hit
ting aggregation that would make.
Lewiston Sun: The directors of the
| Lewiston Association met. Monday. and
transacted some business connected with
the details of the league opening. one OF
the most important things done was to
determine on more stringent rules at the
gate. Heretofore many people have Ell
loyed the privileges of the field with no
good reason for it. These privileges are
to be cut of. ana hereafter no one will
he admitted to the grounds without a
ticket of some kind.
New Bedford journal; The regular
league season will open in this city. Fri
day when the Portlands VIII run NJ
against Does wild west Previous to the
game parade viii be made through the
principal streets. when the performers of
the wild west and the bear hunters of
| Maine VIII be driven about headed by
the Musical Exchange band. If fl is Dos
tsbIe there Will be Deadwood coach or
TWO in line. while Manager Leonard may
have a string of bears. At the grounds
the ring circus may be seen for the usual
fee. All up for the opening game and
make it Il successful one.
Big Chief Deadly. who obtained his
release from the Dangers to join the
Montgomerys in the Southern League. is
playing great ball for that team The
Southern papers devote lots of space each
day to him. and say that they never saw
Ia player in the Southern League like him.
He stole second and third base in one
game trick that they never saw done
There before. Last Saturday. in the game
with the Birminghams he was six times
lat the bat. made three runs. four hits,
lone three-hagger. and had three put outs
in center field with no errors. Dick Cor
man. who used 10 play third base on the
Bangors, is playing the same position on
the Montgomerys and is taking every
thing that comes his way.
Broekton Enterprise: Mr. Ira May
lives north of the ball grounds and has
garden He AYERS that ii is injured by
people going into it to get foul balls sent
lover the fence. Yesterday he had No
trespassipg' signs up. and kept the balls
that came into his yard He got five yes
terday. and evidently has struck upon a
wealth-prodncins industry. President
Keith made him an offer of a dollar Il
lday TOR his trouble. but Mr.. May wanted
500 for the season. The crowd in the
left field bleachers stood up and looked
over the fence and guyed Mr.. May I'M
mercifully Two of his fowl flew into thu
ball field and young man took them
but after keeping them awhile went out
OF the grounds and probably returned
them.
Manager Doe had made a find in young
Nolan of South Boston. He is "A strapping
fellow and goes at the ball with his bat
if he meant business Ii has just leaked
tout how Manager Doe became impressed
with Nolan Last Thursday. when the
South Bostons played in this city, Doe
was running in from third. and the South
Boston lad stood squarely on the plate
and wouldn't bulge until Doe and he
came in collision. Instead of becoming
mad over the block. Manager Doe gazed
on the young fellow with admiration and
Immediately made up his mind to give
him chance to play professionally.
Dolan drives a milk wagon in South Bos-
ton. and has all the grit that make the
lSouth Bostonians famous. He will come
to this city. Wednesday. and may take
his turn behind the bat.
The Cuban Giants attempted to work Il
new combination play in Portland that
came very near being successful. The
iPortlands had a man on first and aman
ION third. or course IL was the play of the
man on first to steal second. Frye. the
first baseman. made no effort to hinder
the runner from taking a big lead off
first. while White. the second baseman
was playing half way over to first. there
by making the excited base runner be-
lleve that nobody cared whether he stole
second or not. lAt a preconcerted signal
the catcher would make two or three
feints to throw to first to catch the run
ner mapping. but the runner. seeing the
first baseman away back of his base
would feel secure to take more OF a lead
towards second. Now comes the coup
The catcher lines the ball TO first and
the second baseman covers that base
while the shortstop covers second so the
runner is caught between two fires.
Bangor letter in Sporting Life: Their
IS. or rather there was. a nuisance at the
Bangor bail park. which l hope will be
remedied this season. 1t was allowing a
lot of people who had no connection with
the press go into the press box. 1t is not
only Il fact that they had no business
there that makes me kick. but that they
were continually insulting the players
ana on several occasions the umpire All
of these insults We're laid TO the scorers;
and newspaper men in the box by the
players. The history in the souvenir pro-
grammc was all right except one thing
and that was that it attributed a part OF
the success of the team last year to
Manager Sharrott. That's wrong rs any
one who knowns anything about the his
tory OF the game in Bangor will admit
~ is fact. sadly remembered, that when
the management was taken from Shar-
rott. in June, '95. the team was on the
toboggan and going down at IA speed
which would make the Flying Yankee
sick
Portland, always hospitable, provided
entertainment for the visiting Cuban
Chants. Two of them were iuyita1 70 a,