Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-07-02

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Let every one play BALI.
There will be a crowd at the park, this
Afternoon.
| Pitcher Horner appears to have be-
come "reminiscences.
| Augusta New Bedford and Pawtucket
have yet to be shut out.
| Boston Herald: Pitcher Weeks has
| struck out % men in IL games.
Your and, Joe Bean. your and. You
| are playing championship ball.
Go in, this afternoon. boys. and make
1t three straight. You can do it.
The Brocktons are not allowed to play
Sunday ball as Mr.. Keith objects.
| Charlie Flack's fine work at the bat
and in the field has materially strength
| ened the team
Conner hit the ball hard, yesterday.
but was unfortunate D sending it where
the outtlelders could fVhch it.
| The batting order, as now made up.
seems to balance nicely, and is undqubt-
eddy the best possible combination.
| Pickett is himself again. playing his
| field with his old-time dash and bril-
liancy. and hitting the ball hard and
often.
Nick Wise. the Brockton right fielder.
sprained his left thumb fooling with
Nadeau Sunday night, and was sent
home.
People who miss the games. this week,
the season. Manager Clare's men are
playing great ball.
iston, Saturday. by an ex-ball player
WHOM he had befriended. The ungrateful
thief took it while Fitz was asleep.
| kilfedder of Portland, would make a
lstrong man at short for Rockland, and
would be Il decided improvement on
Mann in all departments OF the game.
There have been few games played in
the New England League where pitcher
has held the opposing team down to four
hits, us Weekes did the Portlands, yes
lterday.
Lewiston Journal Lewiston should
strongly object to playing any more
lgames with Bangor with Brady umpiring.
We know when we have had enough OF
IBradyism.
| Manager Marston of Fall River found
his spring trip to Washington one of the
most profitable he ever undertook, for
thereby he landed Geier, who is a power
in his team.
That Bangor dropped two successive
lgames to the tail-enders in succession.
Wow, II is to be hoped that the genial
Mr. McDermott was thoughtful enough
to buy Il return ticket for Scranton when
he could get it at IL reduction.
Shea's coaching troubled Umpire Hunt
Saturday and he was ordered to the
bench. He went, saying as he did so:
of his comments was ''rrow dc ball over
de fence. | would ii l had it,
Fail River Herald: The par value of a
home run on the local grounds has in
creased. Frank Burr now supplies a box
of cigars to the lucky batters. Hi Ladd
has packed away his meerschuam ana
says that he viii smoke cigars in the fu-
Iture. =
From Life: Il knew it wouldn't do for
you to take Dick to ball games,
| why not?
His prayer last night was: Forgive
us our errors. remember our assists,
htin tn fhe hnu nj to nd holm hos
who have to slide"
Ex-Manager Garritys base ball article
in the last issue of the Portland Sunday
Telegram, predicting that the New ENG
bow-wows, appears TO have stirred up. a
deal of righteous indignation in the
!. various cities of the circuit.
Lewiston Sun: Pitcher Yerrick, who
was recently released by the Boston club
to Wilkesbarre, is fast making an en-
viaple name for himself with that club.
In game last Thursday he held the Buff
falo team down to two hits besides max
ing three hits, with a total of five him
lself
Most of the close decisions went to
Portland. yesterday but the home crowd
knows that Bradley is fair and honest
and gives things just as he sees them.
As a result they took few exceptions. to
his rulings. Bradley is certainly first,
lclass umpire and is justly popular i'll all
the cities Of the circuit.
J Lewiston Journal: Capt. Flanagan
will pleasantly surprise any person whom
he meets by his manner, his address and
his language. He knows what to say and
how to say it and his manner on the
ball field is dignified and courteous. He
has been known as hard fighter and a
proper So is Capt. Slater. No man can
be more obnoxious than he. We don t
. know that Mr.. Flanagan will last. He
two hard things to tackle. He has begun
the right way and no one here will make
a snap judgment on him in. advance ana
condemn him offhand. we hope that i the re
, didn't-well, why, then of course Mr..
Flanagan would have to go whether we
liked him or not.
Umpire Tom Lynch says: There's just
one point I'D like to impress--an umpire
is the hardest worked man in the game.
barring, possibly, the pitchers. The play
ers. come in and sit on the bench while
waiting their turn at the bat. The UNI
pire can't sit down--he has to be right
there on his feet, with his voice in action
all the time. No wonder ne gets tired
and his eyes get full of dust and perspi-
lration and mistakes come thick and fast.
Look at it in a mathematical way as
we'll In an average game an umpire
will have TO decide on perhaps 200 or more
balls and strikes--no wonder that he gets
a few OF them too far in or out to suit
the batter or pitcher, as the case may pc.
He will have about % decisions to make
on first. and perhaps as many more
around the other bases. Say, that he has
in ALL go decisions to make. IL he IS
wrong in three of the $50 decisions the
crowd will roast him savagely. Yet how
many ball players will accept $50 chances
! and make only three errors?'
For several weeks it has been
rumored that several of the Atlantic
league clubs were on the verge of dis
. banding. 1t transpired today that
) within two weeks three of the clubs
probably will be shifted. The most
important change will be that of the
Metropolitan club. When the league