Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-26
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Detter as DATING average TINS season.
ers." he continues and will add Just
the strength we need to beat Baltimore
!. T. Musser. the spEightIy young IN
fielder OF last seasons Portlands, will be
is a hard, conscientious player. who
should do well In the State OF perennial
tomice-seekers.
Hanlon has given Up the Idea Of SELF
Is an absolute necessity, and 1t would be
hard to find a better one than Quinn.
Joe Is as lively as g z-year.-oM this
ing kept on the bench.
John Irwin has secured for. Taunton,
Burke, stanhope. Mahonsy mot Dam,
base; Handiboe. with Petersburg last
season, second base; Butman OF Thcm-
New M ssaora ss at Td Sase
Ottmer of Brooklyn. and Nolan of South
Boston, outfiesders.
.Rockland Star: PhiAp Jason OF Thu
w. H. Long of the Augusta ball team 10
play the coming season.. All Rockland
people are acquainted with Jas0n's record
fine exhibitions in this city. He is to play
short stop and the CONTRACT calls for good
money money ~ Jason y an excellent elasr and
player. He win leave for Augusta April
Lewiston Sun: Now that polo has
and make It t. the sreat s success Dss that poe
has proven-fnancially. The Maine State
league Is weli started and has everything
win + e q t IS @
season seas ali Z through the Stafe. Lewiston
sa Gentle pqx WIN sns s as
she leads the baseball men into the arena.
Rockland Opinion: The Lewiston Jour-
nal says: One of the really pleasant
contest will be the disappearance from
the trains OF certain lopd-mOutaaed. pro-
fame and obscene players who have been
as Ctngalese monkeys" But that is not
all. They will soon be replaced by the re-
fined and scholarly gentlemen who will
tercourse with them win make travelling
one sweet and happy dream.
The Chicagos lost their first game Of the
season at Hot Springs last Monday to
Western League. The game was close
and exciting throughout, and was not
won until the last half Of the ninth in
the Minneapolis team made the circuit of
the bases after lining out one which was
Just out Of Jimmy Ryan's reach. Dog
brought from Louisville. was the star
performer of the day. batting out three
IS and s,d making az sensational
erett's bat in the fourth inning.
Biddeford Journal: A movement has
been talked up little around town
base ps ieasns Of Ra
deford, kennebunk and Sanford. It Is
argued that club could be organized at
httle expense in each III these towns and
a series of games arranged which would
furnish some sport and at the same time
tend to increase business generally a lit
tie during the summer. One of the men
who proposed the scheme said today that
If Portland does not enter the league this
year. an effort may be made to have a
bination of teams and enter the series for
play.
Bath Enterprise: With the opening of
spring come the thoughts of base ball.
league in this city are already looking
about among our ball tossers to pick out
team that win be able. and put up as
State. The battery will probably be
Morse and Winslow. As both are good
sfart With have Morse excellent tS
twirler and has excellent control of the
sphere and a Quick delivery. Winslow Is
New England. having caught with the
Brown University nine against the Bos-
ton league team In series of games sew,
Brown are also good twirlers and viii
probably play in the box part of the
time; In McPhee and Neagle the team
while the bases and outiield can be well
filled by local players.
Boston Globe: william Long. the old
bangor manager, Is in Boston, preparing
He will return east next Saturday and
start in the following week to raise the
necessary wind for the Augusta team.
The old manager feels confident that the
game will be go in the Maine State
League this season, with the small salary
limit and the short season. II expect to
to take hold unless succeeded in getting
that amount subscribed. l am sure Au-
gusta will come out ahead of the game
PIE there ea are sek saend de
for the last two years" AS Billy Long
Is considered one Of the very best mama
in good luck to have him in charge OF
the game this season. Mr.. Long speaks
in the highest terms of Pres. woodbury.,
who has taken to base ball hike an old
timer. .nslf. ~
Catcher "Bilr' Schriver. who viii play
this season with the Cincinnati team, has
been credited with having caught a base
1hrown rom about the oP Sse Ss Wash
when he was in that city as a member of
the Chicago team. In q recent interview
not catch a bali thrown from nth the wash
ington monument. did not say that
did; In fact. | did not try to catch the
the clerks in the Arlinsson Sotei we're enc
day. talkin- about the feat. Some one
made a bet that there was not a. ban
ball thrown from such q height well
enough to- get his hands under It. An
son took the bet and selected me to at
tempt the feat. r was no trick at all.
nat mo-, no trouble Su In judging the ball:
didn't try to catch T., IN bet 80 to IS
If the watchman win give tbs
permission 70 try r. a fellow can't
an eye on the watchman at the same
time. Any time can get q bet and be
s given ha1 r., dozen trials with no inter.
that can make the catch. / never had
how bie np T thew 1 90 or the cn 1Sn carr
the sky. rarely fail to get under them.
only missed three foul files all Of last
$ Tossed ON the Foaming RilleSvs
You may never. have been, but II you
cross the Atlantic, no matter how smooth
the watery expanSe, without sea sickness