Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-28

has been very encouraging. With the
strongest team that New Bedford ever
had there is no reason why the attend
e should not continue good. and
this weeks receipts should be large
enough to make up more than the de
licit now existing in the associations
treasury.-New Bedford Mercury.
A sad accident befell Breckinridge.
the hea%vy-hitting first baseman of the
Brockton's in the forenoon game at
Bangor. Wednesday. A fast inshoot
ball struck him on the left side of the
nose badly shattering the bones. He
vas etherized and the bones set; but
the accident will probably put him out
of the game for the rest of the season.
His place will be filled by Wise.
Brockton Enterprise: When Mike
McDermott was on his way to his
coach at New Bedford the air around
him was blue from explosive words,
and Umpire Hunt. who rode to the
hotel with the Dangers. was h re-
cipient of more cheap talk from the
Bangor ladies" than he has been
forced to stand for many moons.. Hunt
ought to have known better than To
ride with McDermott or any crowd h.
runs after they've lost a game. The
umpire in that ease always has to
catch it.
The Portland Express is bound to
have these matters set right, 1t says:
The statement that the Lewiston club
squared all accounts before disbandine
is erroneous. The league dues have not
get been paid to the officials of the
league. The Would-be base ball writer
of the Express a rest assured that
any bills which the LeWist0ns owe, if
not already paid, will be. The Express
base ballist had better look after its
w lame arm than to be criticising
others. Maybe he can brow some
light upon the subject why the ball
players of the Portland team only re-
ceived % per cent of their salary
Lewiston Sun.
Fred X. owen says in the Portland
Sunday Times: 1t will seem rather odd
but the spectacle with which we shall
be furnished next week. that of Mas
~sachusetts clubs, coming down into
this State, going past the two largest
cities thereof. where the game has be
come a memory and finding foemen
worthy of their steel in two inconspic-
uous towns farther east. From a base
ball standpoint we ought to be
ashamed of it. but there doesn't seem
much help for it. Next year | trust
that We shall have a New England
league arranged on business princi-
pies. with an iron-clad limit and short
season and that Portland and Lewis
ton, as Well rs Bangor and Augusta
VIII be represented.
While the disarmament of the cluf
and failure to complete the season the
Portland franchise in the New Eng
land League is forfeited. and it will be
at the disposal of the league as it is
constituted when the season is regular
ly terminated. The situation is pro.
pltious for the organization of an as
ISOLATION composed of gentlemen who
can each make a small contribution tc
Il general fund-the more subscribers
the better. 1t does seem as though
nifty lovers of the sport can be found
who would be willing to put in s2l
apiece or one hundred who would eacf
subscribe $40. When a fund of 500,
tostart the season, by placing the man.
aSement in h hands of a competent
person we believe the holders of The
stock would find it dividend paving
we base our opinion on the fact tina
interest In the sport is greater nov
tfian IN " or '93 when with a matte,
OF sol or 500 to start in with the game
PAD It's way. And We understand tina
such again was the case in "a with les:
regard to expenses than was show,
the TWO preceding seasons.-Portlan,
Argus.