Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-05-06

the weakest teams In the league. Port
land Express. or course coming from
such a source. this estimate must be ac-
cepted AZ absolutely correct. But we
must admit that we have had an idea all
along that Augusta and Lewiston would
be hot enough for us.-Bangor Com
mercial.
Manager Frank ]. Leonard of the
Portland Base Ball Club, has sold the
release Of Catcher Daniel J. Mahoney
to the Scranton team of the Eastern
League. The price is not stated. Ma
honey played with Portland for three
prior to last season. and when he was
released by Washington in the summer
of 1895, he accepted Portland's terms.
Then he failed to appear but this sea-
son his name was placed on the clubs
reservation list.
Brockton Times: For the visitors Bean.
though he made a couple of errors, field
ed well, and Pickett made a corking one
the seventh. Juggling the bah as he
stumbled on the embankment, but freeZ-
ing TO II. He hit well. He was credited
with a lucky single In the second, the
ball just betting out of reach of Wise and
Stevick. and cracked out three-bagger
in the fifth. scoring Doherty. Doherty
played a good game at third, and partic-
]ed we m ao.oe opray pay d b"er fir,v ,eaugh! aIi
up to the fifth when he hit two men. and
In the third he allowed Willis to get TO
third on a wild throw to first. Regan
came in in the sixth and was hit for two
singles. double and a home run.
Augusta started Off lively. Pickett
died out TO third. Beane knocked one to
same direction, Butler hit to the pitcher
NJ. Kelley got his base on balls. The
bases were full but J. kelley's hit was
fapsared RrorI and n sem to first BY Lang
hot one from Willis. Stevick went Oh
balls Nadeau followed suit. but was out
AZ second through foolish base running.
banged the ball hard in their half of the
fourth, and took the lead, making three
runs on Stackhouse's tumble of Beane's
and Il two-bagger by NJ. Kelley. Brock
ton added two more TO their score on
singles by Buelow and Magea and Beane's
rumble or Wills hit. In the fifth Au-
base on balls and scoring on Pickett's
triple TO left.
Manager Herrngton writes of Mon
days game at Pawtucket as follows:
1t was very hard game to lose. Luck
was against us from start to finish, our
boys playing magnifcently Seven of
the Pawtuckets' runs were made with
two men out, after the Pawtuckets
added a man on first and one on see
ond in the 10th inning. ] took McDer-
mott out and put Regan in. The first
man up flied out to first, the next hit
over first base, scoring one man. Regain
then gave three more bases on balls
and forced in run. Dick then caught
runner mapping at third. and on the
very next ball pitched caught another
on second base. 1t was a beautiful
throw and the man was plainly out
but Umpire Kelley did not give it,
Regan closed the inning by striking out
the next man up. We could not score
in our half of the 10th and SO were
forced to lose one of the hardest fought
games that will be played in the New
England League this season. The
grounds here are very small. Pickett
and Kelley We're badly handicapped by
the fences. l don't know what to think
# the pitchers. Lack of control seems
10 be the worst fault with them. and
TWO or three of them are certainly eff
'ective if they can only get command
" the ball. McDermott made very
favorable impression and pitched a
good game. | have hopes that he will
prove a winner. On our grounds we
would have won the game easily. Pick
tt batted hard as usual. having q
lome run and two singles. The boys
ire playing faster ball every day. and
While it is discouraging to lose SO many
;ames in succession. ! am confident
hat as soon as our pitchers get into
orm we shall be able to win our share
f the victories"