Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-31
Bali Notes.

Al Newark, n. j., Sunday, A. Roth-
fuss was struck by ball thrown wllu,
and had his jaw fractured.
Bowdoin has fine fielding team TINS
wear: but there appears to be room Tor
some good solid batting practice.
Globe: They call him Col. W. II.
Long now, down in Maine. Billy is an
right. and can handle ball team with
the best of them.
Globe. Manager Finn of the New
port club is the champion long distance
letter writer of the base ball business.
Mr. Firms productions are usually
spiced with quotations from Lire
Among the Glover Boys
Brockton Enterprise: 1t has been
suggested to Mr. Finn that Managers
Burnham and Marston don't monkey
with umpires on the field, and they
we're conversant with base ball while
Finn was devoting his attention TO
sprint races.
Globe: In speaking of Manager Finn $
removal from the grounds by Umpire
Kelley, for cheap talk, the Brockton
Times remarks: Good for Kelley. No
manager should make remark OF that
kind. His Kick should be made in the
proper quarters.
Augusta put up an even. good game
an through-not brilliant, but good, hon
est ball paying.-Rockland OPINION.
That's the kind. neishDor. We've haa
surfeit of brilliancy the past two seasons.
and good. honest ball playing OF the
..get there variety is kind that we are
in a position to fully appreciate
Nearly every team in the Maine League
has one or more players who have at
some time played bah on the Augustus
Bangor has Flack and Newell. belfast.
Webster, Regain and Dilworth; Lewiston,
honey-still we have good men enough
with us to prevent any of the games
here from being a procession
Pitcher Bass has been released to
Rockland. He is good man. but Man
ager Long has more pitchers on his
list than he was able to carry. He be-
lieves, too, that he has a very promis-
ing twirler in Kerwin who is rounding
into fine form, and who has the speed
and curves of a winner.
Schrecongost is a dead ringer for
Sockalexis. Schrec. is a great player
and is booked for the big league by the
fans. -Rockland Star. Yes, the big
league will call him back in the fall. as
Manager Burnham would like the
voungster for the Brockton team of
that big league. Ahem.-Boston Globe.
Rats, Ahem!
Camden Herald: Wednesday. the Au-
eustas came to Rockland, saw the town
and conquered the Lime Rock agsrega-
ton of bail tossers to the tune of ID to y
Black was in the box for Rockland and
ha in p1v wild giving
eight bases on balls and hitting three
men Gildea of last years Rockland
team. pitched for Augusta. and although
hit hard played steady game ana pre-
vented the home team from getting ahead
after the first inning.
Portland Argus: We'll, well. will Won
ders ever cease? Here is Sir Frederick
Doe. first lord of the polo admiralty, and
the one-time base bah hero of New Bed
ford, to be tried in the pitchers box by
the Fall Rivers--in which city the
bleacherites in days gone by would fam
exercise cannibalistic practices on his
anatomy. Surely the cycles of time
bring forth strange results. 1t is all too
true. for is not the Lewiston Journal al
luding to the once famous catcher. Dan
Mahoney, the ex-Portlander and eX-Na-
tional League catcher, as gold brick?
Brockton Times: Shortstop Mackenzie
has been released. But he is not out of
an engagement and that fact will be well
come news to every base ball fan in this
city. Mackenzie will play short for the
Bangor team of the Maine State League.
That Mac will make it a go in Bangor is
not doubted by any lover of the game in
this city. His poor work here Is explained
by the fact that he was nervous while his
position was in doubt and Gochnaur sat
on the bench watching him. Before
Hickey came and Gochnaur played Sec
ond. he and Mackenzie put up good ball.
When Hickey was placed on second as
fixture. Gochnaur and Mackenzie knew
it was hot race between them for short.
Both got so nervous over it that neither
could play the position little bit.
Mike Doherty is putting up a great
game at third base for the Hartford
team. Here is what the correspondent
of Sporting Life in that city says of
him: Doherty is playing third base in
q manner that has never been equaled
by any man who has been seen playing
the position in this city, and he is by
a larging margin leading the team with
the stick. There has hardly been a
game during the past two weeks but
what he has ripped off from one to
three hits. Jack Thornton says it is
a cakewalk to receive those accurate,
swift throws of Doherty's as he don't
have to move for them.