Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-20
BASE BALL NOTES.

| Herman Long styles Boston's left-hand-
\ er "Cobblestones."
| The Philadelphia grounds have the big
gest seating capacity of any in the coun-
try-20O 900.
Herald: BILLY" Long writes that
everything is all right in Augusta, and
that he will have a strong team there.
President Young says that in all prob
| AFFINITY no further attempts toward COM
promise in the Rusie case will be made.
Manager Bacon of Belfast, has COM
| menced ito sign his team. 1t is likely that
Ped Webster of Portland, may be men,
Der OF the Belfasts.
Lajoie didn't do thing in the game
against Syracuse last Tuesday-tive hits.
| six times at bat. Wheeler pitched, and
held Syracuse down to eight hits.
| Herald: Selee says that if his new
| catcher maintains the pace in which he
has started. he will catch in many a game
| for the Boston team this summer.
The Boston papers state that Charles
| Brady has signed with John Irwin's Taun-
ton team. If this is true it will leave a
Vacancy on the State league STAFF of UNI
Ipires.-Portland Press.
The Brockton Times Is little rough on
our old friend. Patsy Rollins: 1t says:
AS between Rollins and Shea, give us
Shea every time. How would Patsy do
| for John Twins "bloaters?'
President Young of the National Base
Ball League. has made the following APP
pointments of umpires to serve during the
coming season: Lynch. Hurst, Emslie.
Sheridan, Mcdonald. McDermott and
To-day.
Bangor Commercial: There are growls
all around the New England circuit like
this one in the Pawtucket Post: Taunton
and Newport are strangely silent on base
ball matters. Come. even II you are new
in the business, do not be afraid to say
| something.
W. H. Hadley of Waltham, a member of
last winters Portland polo team. is an
| applicant for a position on the Maine
League staff of umpires. Hadley has had
considerable baseball experience and has
umpired many semi-professional games
| about Massachusetts.
Cincinnati Enquirer: Sockalex.s, the
Indian with the Clevekands never saw
the wild West. To all intents and pur-
poses he is a down-east Yankee. and Is
a very fluent, agreeable talker the char
| acteristic reticence of his race being en-
tirely Obliterated in his case.
On the day of the debut of the Spring.
fields, Friday, Bob Moore played Sec
ond in good shape. and George Moore
played third. in the afternoon game
Pickett played left. in the morning, and
cracked out a double. "Old" Dan
| Brouthers was on first for the team, and
| duncan caught III DOtH games.
Catcher Myers and Pitcher Forrest of
Manager McQuirk's Portland team, have
jumped the team. Both are strong men
and played with Mr.. McQuirk last season.
President Woodbury. will endeavor to
have the men blacklisted. Toledo has
been trying to get Myers and Mr.. Wood
bury supposes he has gone to that city.
Mr.. Young and a number of the base
ball players in Washington. Saturday.
called on President Mckinley at the
White House and extended to him for
himself and any of his friends whom he
might invite the use of private box
which has been especially built for the
purpose on the Washington club grounds.
The one player on the visiting team that
every one hereabouts Is anxious to see is
Lajoie the young Fall River player who
| went to Philadelphia last fall and made
a fine record as batsman.. He will cover
first base for the visitors, and the betting
is even that he lines one over the fence
for a home run.-Boston Globe, April 10.
Well you've seen Lajoie. Ell?
Boston Herald: Umpire Connolly was
in the city, Saturday, to get his accoutre-
River where he will umpire exhibition
games for a week, and then to Newport
i for week. He attended the Pawtucket-
Harvard game Wednesday, and spoke
highly of Gilbert the short-stop of the
Pawtuckets, who covered a great deal of
territory.
Boston Herald: 1t strikes one that 97
will not make such a bad showing COM
pared with past seasons in the new ma
terial brought forward: Stahl, Kobe
danz, Yeager, O'Brien, Nops, Coogan,
Lajoie, Gillen, Geier, Ashe, Swain. Lewis
Butler. Denzer, Callahan, Connors, Dam
man, Richie, Pappalau, Sockalexis. Ma
gee Wrigley, Leahy. Fifield, Brandt
Johnson. Norton, Kimble.
According to the New Bedford Stand
/; ard, the local team will be stronger in
1.-THE outfield than that of last season, show
an improvement at first and second bases,
and be better at the bat. Next Wednes-
j day will be a gala day in that city. There
| will be a band concert on the grounds,
and members of the city government, city
officials, prominent clergymen and other
we'll known citizens will attend the game.
IL Detroit Free Press: A Cleveland min
, lister recently preached against the pro-
fessional ball player. He denounced the
opponents of Americas greatest game as
tramps and loafers The wife of one of
the Cleveland players, over a borrowed
, signature of lone of the Gang" has
taken occasion to reply to the reverend
gentleman. Her letter has caught the
town, and the minister will probably
: | take q vacation.
II Bangor Commercial: The Belfast direc-
tors and ]. Louis Bacon have reached an
agreement, and Mr.. Bacon will at once
assume control of base ball down there.
He is likely to give Belfast as much fun
in the base ball line as She ever had in
t her life and We have no fear about the
game being we'll supported. The Belfast
ers are full of good, warm sporting blood
as We have learned from past experience.
and we look forward with pleasure to
meeting them on the diamond this season.
The Dartmouth Medical College will
send out stronger base ball team this
year than ever before. The positions will
. be covered as follows: Capt. Chesley
formerly on the Bates nine or Foss
catcher; Black of Nashua's team in the
New England Association in 1894. pitcher;
. iuxbury, the old varsity first baseman,
and Paine, for first base; Robinson, on