Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-03
Bail Notes.

1t is said that New YORK VIII mike al
least $4,000 this season.
Silver King says that he Is through
with base ball for good.
Schriver and Holiday have been or
dercd to join the Cincinnatis.
Philadelphia has secured Becker. q left
handed pitcher. from Montreal.
Grady of ST. Louis had to go home OF,
account of a sore arm. Douglass is TAX
ing his place.
| Grandpa Morse of Scranton who was
| with Lewiston last season. has gone home
sick and will pitch no more this season
CoIlopy of New Bedford. fills the bill as
completely as any third baseman, all de-
| partments of the game taken into con-
sideration.
Pittsburg drew S04S to three games al
Philadelphia. In 1895, $3.50 people saw
| their games, a difference OF Il ,5S2, or 1923.
in cold, hard cash.
The Eastern League is warm in spots
Some of the New England teams could
give good battle to some of the clubs in
| the larger organization
| Ted Sullivan is booking a Southern and
| California tour for Baltimore and a
picked team after the season. Frank Sc
lee is spoken of as the Baltimores' man.
| ager.
Think of the game that grand veteran,
| Samuel Washington Wise, is playing He
| has been tower of strength to the Buff
| IL
batting strongly.
Hemming says no amount of salary
| could induce him to pitch any more this
| season, as he is convinced that if he gives
| his arm "A complete rest he will be as good
| as ever for 1898.
Brockton Times: The boys are conf
dent of holding first position by Saturday
| and are determined to spare no effort to
| attain that result. Their PLAYING will be
watched during this week as it never was
| before.
Springfield Union: The New York Sun
and the Boston Herald have joined hands
| in effort to stop rowdyism among the
| spectators, we'll as on the diamond in
| National League cities. More power to
| their quilts.
| Paul Radford is putting up great ball
| for Hartford, this year. Radford always
| has been one of the best utility men in
the country, and his many admirers who
remember the part he played to bring the
pennant to Boston in 1883 will be glad to
know that he is still up to date and right
| in the game every day.
If Cincinnati has the infieid it boasts of
having-the best in the Countrywide club
would not, today be fighting to hold third
place Taking the field and the bat and
the bases together, Cincinnati is not to
be compared with the Boston or Balti-
| more infields. and not a few would prefer
the Cleveland quartet.
Cincinnati Post: Don't any of you
| players attempt to strike one of the Bal
timore players, no matter what kind OF
| names they may call YOU" said Buck be-
| fore the game, yesterday. III you as
sault one OF them, no matter il he as
saults you first, they are liable to put
you in Jail and throw the key away"
Boston Herald: One reason the financial
results of this season We're not all that
could be expected was that the clubs
were not fully organized until the season
was well under way. 1t took Taunton,
IN,,tI
to get teams together capable of making
a respectable stand. They Will not be
caught that way again.
Fall River Herald: Capt McManus of
the Fall River team is confined to his
room with a severe case of poisoning
presumably contracted from some poison
| Gus weed in the outfield. where he has
| played this week. His cheeks are so bad
~ swollen as to interfere with the use of
his eyes. and he will probably be kept in
a dim light for some days.
Boston Globe: Arthur Irwin, manager
| of the Toronto club. was in Boston, yes
| terday. He says that he is the sole owner
| of the Toronto franchise. having bought
| out George Wagner several months ago.
| If Mr.. Irwin is telling the truth. j. Earl
| Wagner of the Washington club has been
| iollying the newspaper boys about his in
| terest in the Toronto club. as Irwin says
| he never had a cent invested in that club.
| Joe Campbell writes: THE accusation
OF a certain base ball writer that the
| Pittsburg team actually and with malice
| aforethought threw a game to the Boston
| team. is one of the foulest and most un-
| Just Iibels ever hurled at the good name
of base ball Hc that strives to fitch from
base ball its good name is no friend of
| the game and the allegation that the last
game in Boston with the Pirates was
| thrown to Boston will be swallowed with
many heroic injections of salt by the pub
| Lc."
Uncle Arson is getting on swmmngly
| as q comedian and d wit, remarked Earl
| Wagner. IN that pugilstic matinee at
| the polo grounds, last Saturday uncle
| objected to one of Bob Emslie's rulings
| and Scrappy Joyce dealt himself a hand
| IN the argument. Say, Arson, your sta
| bic of FLIES is becoming real rude lately
| Tor 400 percentcrs You're playing dirty
| ball lately, amt you? Coming from so
high an authority on dirty bah as you !
| guess there must be something in it, was
| uncies reply.
Umpire Manassau might have paid with
| his life Tor an unpopular decision Sunday
| afternoon, at the Columbus Milwaukee
| ball game in Columbus but for the
promptness of Detective Steube. The Off
eel. hustled him off the grounds and
| rushed him TO a street car, which he held
| against the enraged crowd while the mo-
| tofman got under way. The umpire was
followed by bowling crowd. but the
| officer managed to get him to a hotel in
| safety. and then guarded his door for
| several hours until danger had passed.
| Messrs. Reach and Rogers could scarce
| ~ make any offer to Ed Hanlon that
| could induce him to leave Baltimore
| short of an interest in their club. HanIon
| mas easily cleared $4,000 for his share of
| the Baltimore club since he joined it in
| 1899. and he will make a pretty penny this
| season. He has very pretty home in
| Baltimore. and what is best of all, he has
| entire control of his club. something no
| manager has ever had in Philadelphia.
| ifanlon says that with three changes in
| Tie Philadelphia club it would be a win
| nor. providing the other men played ball
| pringle writes in the Pittsburg Dis
| patch The pennant race is certainly a
| .i'eat one now. In the most sudden and
| unexpected manner the Batimores have
| Jumped to first place. They have reached
dat point by the very best kind of play
| ing. for had they not played as a cham
pon team can play they would not have
been where they are. They are first by
| merit as far as they are concerned. and
| even though we may not desire to see
| them there, we must give them the great
| est credit for their brave work. By all
| means. they are playing great ball. and
| they have braced up in a way that has
surprised almost everybody.
New York Sun: Manager Ewing of the
| Cincinnatis. talked very sensiby when
| asked for an opinion on the umpire ques-
ton and rowdy ball playing. AN league