Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-09-07

ran River h;tH not been s,ispcpd..,
the Hsw England League. desn,ta rom
ports to the contrary. A telsrra,,a gu re-
President Nick Young to Afanaras from
,on, S.,a,urdhy, Indicates that Fan srs- s,sa
~ stiil In good standing. m. OIL. Hivcr
the Fall River club are much ,nashers Of
The action Of the New York clnh +, s at
ing Its claim for Pitcher Stan,i;sa press-
aIy. rieedmhns claim was Drac,,asai sai-
liiis: Ihat Fan River should pay "a ,'Iay Iuay
5Glndish ON New York's reserve ,,ss ..cep
young twlrlcr was signed by tha ~ Ihe
last year. and In June Marston s'a.ts "ants
permission to play him. Fail Eiya, ufed
10 Pay Standish's y salary OF s2fG + WA. was
S,andIsh pitched In half dozen s,nt1 ~ar1
ana In game I'm New Bedfoyd neames.
small bone in his leg He has nos yhe ,,He
since. Marston paid the hospita, 'naysu n,u
ana notified New York of Staudish, uiis
jury. Freedman demanded ata,'i.nm N
SALARY, and sent his claim to the natsas
noaro; Mar Inc latter body ruled In favor ),
New YORK, and on Aug. H. Standtsh -, M
released by the Giants. The rlai,a, vas
VOWED amounts 10 $i33. and 20 pr.s. !. IN
= club Ike Fall River, that has ha.,,' y On
ing great deal of money. and ~ : IDS IDS
wn.h ,his meant that Standish was n Ic -
hepf on the Giants reserve list AZ tba w "
pcnse of Fall River, is considered - sx TX.
business on the part of TIN. wcalth,' 'n,ai
York team. The claim is stiIl un,,.id ssw
Marston Is awaiting a letter from i,la ana
g. 80 -. o'ils, "nich was sent. Saturd.v
otandlSh recently wrote Marstun ~.
would be in condition TO play. nov, me hr
son Fan River has put up a ca,,;ss,
check Tor s1D which is Marston,s 49,.
that his club viii win IN series os aser az
games with Newport. The series vii, Iss hs
been posted. aus aiso
Boston Herald; This week will see a..
close OF the season with Western eIni.. me
Boston, Cincinnati playing two a. N
here on Monday. and St Louis pla VIM, h,,,','s ~
" ednesday. Thursday and Friday T,aa !"
.,ay BENG an open date. PhiladeIphls
New YORK and brooklyn will foiox CO.,
pleting the season of 1891 in This III.
Philadelphia plays its first game sa,'.ys.
day. While the B0stons are enya.ed ~.
Cincinnati, ST. Louis and Philadenbi.ah
the champions will play Pit,sbury. louis
vile and Chicago. and New York Win hs,
tie with ST. Louis. Pittsburg and pra"t
iyn The campaign this year has hear
the most desperately fought of anv ~.
record, and promises to be extrera,,
close ana the interest well Sustained u
the very last. The champions are in en-
shape, and with fewer games away f,nns l',e
nome than their rivals their chances fas
first place must be admitted Ia he so,no ~
what more assuring Both the chamninns
and the Rostons have PLAYED the ulrct;ass
kind Of ball in the face of coutin,Ied ,nis
haps- at times their teams being badIv
crtppIed The Baitimores have suferat
especially in this respect and AT ono t,,na
Doth their crack catchers Robinson and
'iaike. were In the hospital and their
pitching force used up Jennings has
been out of the game a great deal Joa
Quinn has stepped bravely intn ,bs
breach left by the absence Of Jennings
ANA McGraw. and the game he has PLAYED
has been wonderful Not only has he
heided masnificcntiy, but his batting has
been decided factor in the success an
the club Manager Hanlon deserves ali
the credit possible for carving Quinn
and the Investment has paid him manv
ioid. Washington has played remarkably
strong bail of late. and has closed Tho
gap that separated il from the clubs i'm
mediateiy ahead of IL. The new men s4
cured prove To be n decided addition 10
the team, and the rearrangement OF the
lniitld has been an Improvement upon MS
predecessor. The New England
season viii close ON Saturday next. The
race for first place has been as well CON
tested as in the National League. New
port and Brockton have been near each
other the whole season. and the resul1
VIII depend upon the games OF this week
Br9ckton will have four games away
during the week and -four games on It's
own grounds. Newport is scheduled 10
play three games at home and three
away. New Bedford has PLAYED very fine
ball of late. and instead of being a tail
ender, bids fair to finish with at least
one club behind it, Fall River has not
Kept UP the squirt it made several weeks
ago. Pawtucket has held its own and
Willhnish third. The farming sys-
tenn has ruined the Eastern League sea-
son 1t is admitted that the Springfield
club is the only one that has conformed
10 the rules of the league. That club has
put up very clever article of ball this
year. The race is a very close one be-
tween Toronto. Syracuse and Buffalo and
the canadian team stands fine chance
Of winning an international champion
ship, the FIRST one in a decade The team
Is strong ono. and ii is generally admit
ted that it is the best in the circuit