Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-05-20


authorities as President Murnane and
Manager Leonard. AS the Express as re-
peatedly declared, Augusta secures the
Broclton had a great claim to Coyle.-.
| Indeed! And we have along thought that.
We mad documentary proof that both
way, Portlands vote in the Coyie matter
was cast for Augusta. eh?
Pitcher Newell will go to Oakland to
visit an uncle during the absence of
the team in Portland and Lewiston.
III Manager Harrington should need
MIN in the latter city he will telegraph
Tor him. Newell's arm is getting into
fine shape. and with a few days rest
after the hard game against Fall
Klver. he will be in the pink OF condi-
ton to go through the season.
Manager Harrington and his men
VIII. leave today for Portland. They
VIII play in that city today and tomor-
row and in Lewiston Friday and Satur-
day. Returning they will open at the
Driving park Monday with the Port
lands. They will play the same team
mere again Tuesday. Wednesday and
Thursday they will play Lewiston
Friday. May 20, they will play Bangor
here. Saturday they go to Bangor and
play both forenoon and afternoon
games. Monday. June I, they will
again play Bangor at the Augusta
Driving park after which they will go
West not returning until June H.
Pitchers McDermott and Conroy have
been released. Both are promising
men. but the club had more pitchers
| than it could afford to carry. Good
judges who have watched Conroy's
work say he has all the clements of II
winner, an easy delivery, fine speed
anG excellent curves. He is also a man
of clean habits. He should have no
difficulty in securing good place
There are teams in the New England
Lea que. today. carrying men who can
not begin To pitch with him: but for
he Coylc decision the Augusta club
would have been glad to have carried
him through the season He is GER
tainly most promising man.
Augusta is in that callow age OF base
ball when every close decision of an
umpire against the home team is the
signal of riot. Umpire Kelley has re-
signed because of it. Umpires declare.
in general, that it is very hard to suit
Augusta unless everything comes to
them. a few years more and that feel
ing will die natural death. We had it
bad here few years APPREHENSION
journal.
That seems to size up the situation
pretty well. AS a general rule, of
course, there are exceptions. the more a
crowd or person kicks about an UNI
pirc. the less they know about the
game. Augusta people will be more
reasonable when they know more
Portland Press.
We admit that the roast given uFm-
pire Kelley was pretty severe; but his
poor work afforded ample occasion for
ii.
And right here we rise to remark that
Bradley is a. big failure. His judg-
inert on balls and strikes is luminously
conspicuous by its absence. his base
decisions are as erratic and queer as
could well be imagined from one who
Is supposed to know something. and he
has no control of the players and
dce3n seem to have much interest
anyway in trying to do his duty and
earn his salary.-Bangor Whig.
Bradley umpired four games here last
week, only one of which was won by
the home team. For all that we are
frank to say that better umpiring was
never seen in this city. His work was
gitcdGed. In all the games both teams
werc satisfied with him. In the tie
game of last Monday Manager Smith Of
the Pawtuckets paid him the high COM
plimcnt of saying that he never saw
faircr or cleaner umpiring on a ball
field. His judgment on balls and
strikes was frst-class, and while most
of his base decisions chanccd to be
against the home team. we must do
him the justice to say that they were
very fair. Any umpire who does good
work will be appreciated in this city
whether the home team wins or loses
For that reason Bradley and Connolly
have always been prime favorites here
Manager Marston of the Fall Rivers.
is gentleman whom it is always a
pleasure to meet. There is no ADLER
base ball general in the league, and he
has with him an exceptionally clean
aggregation of players. 1t is always a
pleasure to see this strong team work,
and they are great favorites in this
city. Manager Marston has n great
field captain in Tom McDcrmott. Wei
not full stronger than they were last
season. The Journal had very pleas
ant call, yesterday. from Manager
Marston and Captain McDermott. Mr. |
Marston spoke very kindly of the home
team. He said: You have lively
team, and no club in the league has
any license to take games from you. /
think you will make the best of them
hustle before the season closes. Your
infeld is as fast as any in the league |
The work of Bean in Fall River was
specially fine. He covered the ground |
almost from third to second base, and !
ate up Il number of hits for our men |
He is a Wonderful little player" Mana
ger Marston also expressed his salts |
faction at the manner in which the |
Gayle dispute was settled. He will
play. this afternoon. with Brockton.
and, with Klobedanz in the box, should |
como pretty near winning
AI.-l