Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-05-02

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be allowed to play until his case has been
settled by the directors of the New Eng
land League, which will be as soon as
Brockton puts in evidence.
Boston Globe: The New Englan.d!
under the national agreement. Newport
also has paid for protection. and can re-
serve players just the same as the other
clubs of this league.
Fall River has decided to make next
Monday pennant day. when the new fiar
will be broken to the breeze amid the
strains of music from brass band. Man
ager Marston is making all the prepare,
lions. and the president and secretary OF
the League will be present.
The umpires of the New England
League met at Secretary Morses once
in Boston. Thursday, and received In
and Kelly this league has one OF the
strongest umpire STATS in the base bal
business, and one that Will play no Ia
voriteS.
President Dalton and Manager Marston
OF the Fall River Club saw the Bost4i,
Marston said he would rather have ms
own champion than the league team 10
summer as they played E. nearly has, as w aa.
lighted with Joe Harrington's work.
I'VE would be perfectly happy so far as
base ball goes. if Lewiston should wiz
three games while away. Two games
would be cause for congratulatloh an"
one game for content Not a game-Jus
what we expected. You can't phase uH
this trip.--Lewston Journal. Same mere
brother.
Scranton has offered 5000 for the re
lease of short stop Steere. and Ports
month. Va. 5000 for the release o.
Delaney. This makes s1400 that has
thus far been offered Manager DOC
for the release of players this season.
Second baseman Corbett of lastyears
Portland team, is trying to eaten OF
with Rockland. If he succeeds in dong
so he says he would like to take Catch
or Terrien there with him. These tive
would certainly make great team
for Rockland.
Lachance. who is doing such grea'
work at first base for Brooklyn. used
to be with Portland, he and Klobedanz
forming the Dutch" battery. He was
a good catcher but apt to sulk wher
the game was going wrong. He never
goes behind the bat now.
Manager Doe of New Bedford, re
ceived Wednesday, a telegram iron
Tom Mccarthy of the Brooklyns offer
ing $1,000 for the release OF Sharp
Birmingham and Braun. These meH
are probably wanted by some western
league club. Whether or not the Offer
will be accepted is not yet known.
Portland Press: Klobedanzs work
agnst Boston ought to give the big
pitchers stock boom. All Things
considered he has been the best pitcher
in the league the past two years, but
his yearnings, if he had any. in the d.
rcction of the big league, have received
the worst kind of frost.
Connie Murphy has Joined New Bed
ford but it is understood that the thun-
dercloud still overspreads his counte-
nance and his eye exhibits steely gilt
ter which bodies no good to the man
who may have the hardihoOd to antag-
onize him. Woe be unto the man who
runs up against Connie until Doe fixes
that little salary matter satisfactorily.
Bangor Commercials: So Lewiston ex-
poets to win both games with Fall
River at the outset. Nothing would
please us more than to hear that the
Garritonians had succeeded in this en-
deavor but we fear they are setting
the place little hot. Especially do
we feel impressed with this by this
thought when we consider the score
of Wednesdays Boston-Fall River
game.
Bangor Commercial: Geo. Henry has
,s1 70, tot <bn
Bangor club on Friday in Pawtucket
and noncompliance with this order
will probably cause a deficit in the
smiling left fielder's treasury Henry
will play with Bangor this season, If
he plays anywhere and the sooner he
joins us and engages in the good work,
the pleasanter everything will be-
Henry has a great many friends in
Bangor.
THE umpire of a base ball game has
a hard time and no mistake, said Pres
ident Nick Young of the National
league recently. "Magnates. mana
gers. players. rooters and all who follow
base ball will sit down in the quiet of
their homes and resolve to enforce the
rules against unnecessary kicking at
the umpire. There is something in the
game that deadens good resolutions SO
far as the umpire is concerned, for as
soon rs the first ball Of the contest
starts toward the plate the umpire be-
comes the common enemy Of everybody
present. Why I have seen gentlemen
i occupying high public offices under the
| government jump up in the grand stand
and shout to certain home players to
smash the umpire in the jaw and will
pay your fine After the game was
over, il some one had tried to convince
that gentleman that he had made such
remark he would have Indignantly
| denied It,"