Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-06-25

Manager Glare and the other members
of the Augusta bali team arrived on the
Pullman, this morning, from Lewiston
The Lewiston Base Ball Association
elected Edward Flanagan manager.
Wednesday evening.
Portland Express: When it comes
TO hitting. base-running and fielding.
Johnson of Augusta is the peer of the
second basenen of this league.
Biddeford Record: Maine ball teams
seem to stand about the same chance
in the New England league that
Names candidate did at the ST. Louis
convention.
Brockton Times: Stevick. who
played second for US and took Hanni-
vans place at short in Pawtucket
while he was out of the game. will be
given 4 trial at third.
The Bangor Commercial says:
There are several old ladies now
playing ball for us who must either
brace up or have their names proposed
for admission to some other sewing
circle"
New Bedford Journal: The follow
ing item from the Brockton Enterprise
takes the prize for sarcasm. and Man
ager Durham of the Brocktons. must
feel it: Durham ought to be proud
of the team he got up at Augusta last
year. They are playing fine ball"
Pawtucket Times: Augusta has
record that will undoubtedly stand for
1896. winning three games in success
sion by one run, two in twelve innings.
Augusta has won II games by one run
four being from Brockton, and three
from New Bedford, and has lost five
by one run.
The undisguised opinion of the ball
Cranks these days is that the Portland
club has about as much chance for the
penrant as Chinese mandarin has of
becoming president of the United
States.-Sunday Telegram.
Well, what does Portland want any
Way-the earth?
Lewiston Sun: After seeing the
game Mains pitched here Monday, The
Sun is more firmly convinced than
ever that he can give Stivetts. Dolan
and Sullivan cards and spades and
beat them at that. If Boston had
given him half a show he would have
demonstrated his worth
Bangor Commercial: 1t isn't safe 10
puff the umpire. This will apply to all
newspapers but more pertinently to af
ternoon journals. While a nice sweet
notice of the car of the. game is rolling
off the press you may be down at the
ball field saying all the unkind things of
the car which your mind is capable of
generatins The Lewiston papers of
Charlie Brady. Tuesday they declared
that Brady ''trew our boys down" You
see, You never can tell when the umpire
is going to be attacked by alteration of
the mind or croolledness of the eye.
Portland Argus: Schmidt of New
Bedford. has a national reputation
owing to his peculiar ways Doe has
evidently met his match in this fellow.
In Portland Tuesday he told Count
frederigo that he was running this
business" when the captain told Burke
to come up under the bat. This
brought to mind his remark to his
catcher of several seasons ago. The
said catcher persisted in giving signs
which Schmidt as persistently refused
to take. Finally Schmidt walked up to
the backstop and said: See here
young man. you are the receiver and l
am the deceiver; now play ball"
Pawtucket Post: Two new men
have been engaged by Manager Burn
| ham. James F. Conklin, an outfielder,
who comes from Brooklyn. Conkln
has played with a number of semi
, professional teams in that vicinity,
! among them being the Staten Island
| Athletic club. Olympics of Paterson. n
; j.. Brooklyn Athletic Club. Hudsons of
Brooklyn. and others He stands )
feet 10la inches. and weighs 100 pounds.
Conklin is recommended by Pitcher
! korwan and Butler the Augusta
. catcher. The other new man Is Mike
Sullivan, who has played with the
4 Torrington. Conn, team While, on
the spring trip Manager Burnham was
spoken to regarding this player in very
, favorable terms by Catcher Dan Ma
honey of Washington. Sullivan is said
: by John Henry of Hartford to be a
] hne all-round man and great hitter
having an average over the 400 mark