Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-20

Tebeau appears to have won a complete
victory over the league-or rather Presi
dent Robinson has won it for him.
Manager Selee has not yet arrived
home from Chicago. He stopped over t
see Bobby Lowe at his home in New
castle. Pa.
Michael F. Meagher. the candidate foi
the common council in Ward :. Boston
Is the well-known ball player. who al on.
time played in Bangor.
Pittsburgers are highly pleased witt
the trade of Stencil for. Brodie and Don.
nelly. claiming that the team is better
OFF in both batting and fielding as 8
whole
Manager McGunnigle is enthusiastic
over Pitcher McGee. whom he bought re-
Gently from Broekton. McGunnige in.
tends TO have Butler from Augusta catch
McGee.
During the recent meeting of the league
in Chicago President Freedman and
the corridors OF the hotel The former
turned his head. and passed his former
second baseman unnoticed.
Jimmy. Manning. owner of the Kansas
CITY club. is visiting his mother In Fall
River Hereafter ne will look after the
business interests of the team only He
has signed John Carney of Salem to play
first base and act as captain.
The Brockton club has signed W. r.
Kreg to take the place of First Baseman
breckenridge. kreig played. last season.
with the Western Association team of
Rockford. Ill. He was captain Of the
Rockfords.. and led the Western Asso-
citation in batting. last season. In 119
games he made III runs and 2331 hits. His
batting average was AZ.
AT the meeting of the Western league
in Chicago last week, new franchises
were granted all round, and Grand Rap
four years membership The league also
elected Ban Johnson president for four
years. thus following the example set by
the big league in electing President
Young for that term of years.
Manager Marston of ran fsive.. says
he could have had Catcher Rollins back
for Sl60. but he did not want him. Mr..
Marston always has a happy faculty of
He never wants anybody that he canno;
get. Anybody who knows anything about
base ball knows that Rollins is as far
ahead OF Rupert and Wiley in ability as
Shea is ahead of the catcher of ,he Mur-
ply Balsams of Portland.
The Rockland Courier-Gazette sums Up
the situation in the New England League
thus The New England Base Ball Asso-
citation is trying to foster a state league
on ''us feliers" in Maine. Lewiston and
Portland may be allowed within IL: folds
but 1t is almost dead certainty that
Bangor and Augusta will he left urts de
the breastworks Bangor won The pen
nant. last season. and didn't get it. all
though her supporters We're dead game
untll the last. Inc Augusta team was tnt
only one that kept within the salary
limit. Portland was a failure because Of
poor management at times and the play
ers were used more as advertising dis
tributers than they were in ball games
while in Lewiston the supporters were
game but lost too many games by a SIN
gle run. On the whole. however. the
Maine teams played as god bail as the
Massachusetts teams. and during the
whole of the season no city could brag
much in the way of attendance. Last
season was bad one from a financial
standpoint in every league outside the
National League and this was no: from a
lack of interest but from a lack of money
to pay the admittance fee. As Tor i,
State league We have always had grave
doubts as to its paying. Ther, would be
the same rivalry for the pennant. in the
mad rush for which would come the hir-
ing of expensive players. Thsre Is the
expense of travelling. together with 81
hundred and one other expenses. And if
next summer should happen to be any,
thing like last summer there would have
to be stormy and cold weather to be
taken into account. We should like to
see the experiment tried. however and
We would pull off our coats and work
until the perspration ran in streams
from our Byronic brow. The Lewiston
ournal says that "a Maine league will 20
if the New England does not. OF course
the promoters of a Static league are fig
uring on Rockland. but we have had lots
of rare sport out of the cj9nty league
games. No matter what our views are
we viii abide by the will of the majorit.'.