Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-07-29

New Bedford Mercury: Heard at
the game What do you call that big
center fielder on the Fall Rivers?"
''Lah-joy. "Oh, yes, you mean Lazh-
wah."
Fate Sharp has received an offer
10 Join the Youngstown, Ohio, Club.
which is being managed by Sheible.
who was New Bedford pitcher earlier
in the season
A dispatch from Portland says: A
meeting for the purpose of organizing
the new base ball association will be
held in this city, Thursday evening
Augusta and Lewiston are both after
the services of eX-Captain Henry f..
slater as manager and first baseman
Second baseman Frank Musser has
been Internationally released and can
be addressed a Portland
Lewiston Sun: This is what the
Portland correspondent of the Brock
ton Times sends to that paper in his
account of the game there. Thursday:
"A happy man was Walter Burnham
before he left for the special League
meeting in Lewiston He certainly has
fine club of players and Portanders
express the hope that Walter will keep
that second place away from Bangor. ;"
We will wager a big red apple that the
Portland Express man sent that to the
Times.
The New Bedford Mercury voices its
delight in this vein: ON the side. il
might be we'll to inform Manager
Marston that while the boom is on it
would be policy To sell Lajoie for what
he viii bring. If the man VINO buys
him was not present Saturday. the
outficldcr might bring $500 But to
to one who attended the game and saw
the priceless jewel push huge lunches
of air towards Moynahan nine times
he would he robbing himself if he paid
over $500 for Lazy"
New Bedford journal: The state
ment in Il Boston paper that the local
players We're waiting for two months
salary is incorrect. Not even a month
is due any player. Moynahan
has found Lajoie's Weakness A close
high inShoot ball, where he can't get
his weight on the bat is the one pitch
ers want to throw up for Lajoie. But
get it close or you will weep.
We have all the pitchers we want.
What are needed now are few vic
tories and large attendance.
An item which originated in the
Rockland Opinion. several weeks ago.
to the effect that O'Connor. catcher of
the Thomastons, had joined the Ban
gor club. is now going the round of tho
papers in New England League cities.
There is no truth in the report and il
is decidedly stale at this stage Of thu
game. O'Connor came to Bangor to gel
Il trial. but we have catchers enough
and general players enough. SO that i.
was not given to him and he is still ~
Thomaston. The Bangor club is MOI
likely to be changed again, this sea
son.-Bangor Commercial.
Lewiston Journal For the sake Of
harmony wouldn't it be well To let hin.
(Bradyl have Well-earned vacation
or send him to Europe to study curvea
from the river Meander. or to give
else to restore the sweetness of this
base ball air of the summer Maine. W.
ask it with due humility and difiidence
as we ask for every base ball boon
nowadays, for the Spirit of Chastise-
IIitilt SIT fltI uONH by Inc An
droscogGin and her lash has Kissed
over us and our spirits are bowed, ana
if Job were here we'd go out CON
tentedly and sit by him on a heap Of
clinkers and mediate.
The franchise of the Portland New Eng
land League team has been turned over
to Director Ed Murphy and he will con
duct the affairs of that body for the re
mainder of the season. Many here will
remember Murphy when he captained the
ball team in this town about 10 years ago
Pitching, in those days. was of the turn
back to-and -run-and-thr persuasion
and Murphy being ut the receiving end
was. by virtue of his size. forced TO min
gle himself with mother earth many a
time. Thoughts of Murphy by our base
ballists Of has-beenism bring back to|
memory the games played with the
"Lockwoods" of Waterville, the "Cusl-
noes Of Augusta, and that star aggre-
cation of ball players from Skowhegan
In those days Murphy was manager. cap
tain, umpire and drug clerk combined
and it must have been this combination
chat helped the boys to win fair amount
of their games. Mr.. Murphy has friends
here who wish him success in all his Ven
tures.-F&irfeld Journal.