Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-11
less valuable players than Uncle Ad
among the Chicago Colts.

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among the Chicago Colts.
Chicago paper recently had occasion
~ loot IN the definition OF umpire. "
saws: worcester gives IL thus. VI,
pire--A suspected criminal, an open ~ ~
my -of society; a MAJ. ai :,sas,,i WIZ has
no right to live And Chambers Elcs-
copaedia Is even more severe. uinpii.
An outlaw a notorious ropu .,, ~
victed assassin. Had further sea '..,a
l,aen made there would have been iouhu
la the INTERNATIONAL: 'umpire.itaiiah.
b,igand: derivation from umpl. EXIT .l.
nation after each decision, ana ira
G4atin-ragel In natural sequence OPP
efes; Lally Sheridan. taggraVatsa 49, s.l''.,,
SO home-umpire). Definition: usarpers
Of hereditary and alien rights, mostly tiie
latter. Diamond sharps me Verp ~
lynch was derived from one oil the spe-
cies''
Washington Post: 'sIsutler got an at,
tack of the wheels and was silly ana
wheely for week, but the noise IN ms =
e,lpola resulted in winning us game
remarked Shortiielder Johnson OF the
Colonies. 81 was captain OF the August,
team in the New England League, ana
rutler was in our outiield. we Were
playing the Fail River team. In the last
inning We had three on the bases the
score was tie and Butler came to the
hat. Now, Butler, old man, yelled !
f-0m the coach line use your noodle.
.gust use your head and Well WIN the
ran1a Butler got it into his head that
/ meant he should sidetraek the ball Win
/ Il brain department The next bal ttlitt
vas pitched was stalled off by Butler
l9odle al sdetracked the sphere with
IS head and was dead TO the world for
IN hour OF course this usage of the
roodle by Butler gave us the game, as !.
forced the winning run across the plate.
In the eighth inning of Mondays
game at Boston, Collins made the most
sensational play ever made on the
south End grounds. Two men were
IN the bases when Ely put up foul
nv directly back of third base. Collins
lent after it very fast He hit the
low fence in front of the bleachers and
for a second balanced like pole across
it. his legs and hands extended. When
the ball hit his hands il carried him
down q shade on the other side. but he
was soon on his feet and tossed the ball
into the field. When the spectators
realized that Collins had caught the
bali the cheers were like the thunder of
the mighty waters on a rockbound
coast.-Roston Traveller. Wen. we
guess our Butman duplicated the catch
in Wednesdays game in this city.
The Commercial predicted that the
fiew England League would be in dis
tsess by Memorial day We were just
one day too early, that's ALA meeting
"a to be held in Taunton to see If some
thing cannct be done to keep that club
8 live and the game going.-Bangor
commercial. If all your predictions
result as in the Taunton ease the Nov
| England League viii be stronger than
ever Popular interest is what IS
wanted in base ball and there is lots or
that in ton.-Pawtucket Post
Strange as ii may seem, Taunton mas
better backing than Bangor ever had
land is drawing more people to the
tarnes with a tail cnder at that.-EoS-
ION Glohe. Better backing. Ell? Pos
sbly you are better acquainted in
| Taunton than Bangor, hence your
error.
Portland Express: yes. sir" said
| Ralph Miller in an entertaining talk tht
| other afternoon, "the story Is strictly
| ;fue that George Yeager now with Bos-
ION, was a member of Coxey's band Of
| bummers that tramped across the eouil-
| Try from Ohio to. Washington. feagef
| @as one of those VINO had nothing TO do.
| and he gladly accepted the glorious OBJ
| ortunity Of crossing part Of the CONT
| rent He could play bail and Thought
| that he could secure a place with some
team when the occasion offered, WI T,
| yes that IS all so. piped in little JAKE
DIESEL. land when the Commonwealth
arrived at Washington. Yeager told an
! official when asked his vocation that he
| was A hall player. one day the official
! allowed the fellow out of jail with the
promise that the keep Off the grass rule
| would lie obeyed. Yeager got out ON az
omen lot showed his worth with the bat
+, ana ball. and was ordered to get. lie
| lid so and scampered up. here IN New
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