Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-03
Bali Nelae.


In eight out of the last 10 games La
joie of the Phillies has made two or
| more hits in each.
Radford has been released by Hart
ford but has been playing few games
with that club since his release. The
club let him go simply because he re-
fused to play ball on Sundays.
Young Edgar took Kelleys place be-
| hind the bat in the seventh. The Port
| lands stole four bases on Kelley and one
on Edgar The visitors did not steal q
base on Nichols.-Portland Argus.
Brockton Enterprise: Breckenridge
says he doesn't think he'll accept the
| nearly up to the figure at which he plays
ball, and he says Independent base ball
will suit him better this summer.
Brockton Times: what pretty hair"
sung out a bleacherite when Connolly's
hat flew off The crowd smiled for Tom
my could find use for restorer. "You
wouldn't have as much II You were in
| this business reported Connolly, and he
| scored.
| How long does man retain the flower
/ of youth in base ball? 1t was Young
! Edgar" four years ago, when he was
catching on Portland's New England
League team. This year, he might prop
/ II he sticks to the game '.old man Ed
gar"
Rockland Star: burlington, the young
| catcher on the Bates college team would
| make good change catcher for Maine
league team. He is son OF Col. N. 8.
burlington of Bowdoinham messenger to
| the Executive Council. and inherits all
his fathers diamond ability, for years
ago the popular colonel was a star in col
lege base ball.
Home Rum breckenridge has an offer
from Reading and may go there. Read
| ing is weak in the Atlantic league and
very anxious to strengthen. Reading is
getting a lot of Eastern leaguers, Hern-
don, released by Rochester; Gallagher
and Delaney of Syracuse. and has Dor
rowed Pat Meaney of Scranton. Both
Providence and Rochester want Meaney.
Portland Press: Judging by the at
tendance yesterday Bangor doesn't ap-
preciate Chris Toole's endeavor to pro-
vide the city with. base ball" You're
wrong. Nobody knew that there would
be or could be a game at the hour of
which games are usually called. Play
wasn't commenced until 3.45 and the
crowd consisted of the cranks who had
seen the clubs start for the park. A
game like yesterdays isn't good one
to Judge" attendance from.
Hartford Comm Globe: Dohertys
catch Of that foul ball back of third base
in Wednesdays game was the most won
derful catch seen in this city for many
day. Umpire Cline. who has officiated In
that capacity for a number of years, said
that it was the greatest catch of his long
experience, and would probably not hap
pen again in a lifetime. With an almost
perfect fielding average. and with an av-
erage with the stick away over 400. it is
hot fha rra y,GS va vn-iIA vx-ft ,,
delight over our auburn haired third
baseman from the City of Elms. l. his
present pace is kept up throughout the
season Mike Doherty will hold down the
corner cushion for a major league club in
SO.
umpire and he was all right-as freak
illustrating the vagaries of the human
mind-if he brought it with him. AS
great an authority as Hon. Ned Hayes
was forced to acquaint said Gillis with
the fact that to his mind (Gillis) was
the rottenest umpire he had ever seen
in his SO years experience. Now rot
ten isn't a choice expression for the
drawing room. but how expressive on
the ball field! If ellis has a written ex
cuse with him for living and posing as
an umpire the public would be glad to
have it posted on the grand stand.
Waterville Mail: How proudly the
citizens of Augusta strut today. For
the first time since the city entered the
base ball arena it's team holds first
place. 1t is something to be the seat
of the State government, the honor of
being the shire town of the country is
not to be lightly regarded, and there is
90, CT in looking hack
over the 100 years of honorable history
that lie between the Incorporation of
the town and the present summer; but
all these things fade into inconse-
quential insignificance by the side of
the weightier consideration of having
base ball team with a percentage of
1000. Happy Augusta! Her triumph
may be short-lived but it is real and
precious while it lasts.
Lewiston Sun: The ball cranks were
happy last night when they read on The
Sun bulletin board that Garrity's pets
had defeated the Portland ball team by a
score of II to 3. They have nearly all
been in despair during the past week OF
wet weather. for they hated to be de-
prived so long of the pleasure of wal
Looping that aggregation of 'puffed-up.
would-be ball tossers' from the Forest
city. They were sorry to be deprived of
the great pleasure of seeing the aforesaid
Walloping occur on the Lewiston grounds
in the morning, but they really were con-
tent when they heard the result of the
afternoon game. This is the first time
that Portland has had her colors lowered
this season. and it took the Lewiston
team to do it, and it is hoped that the
Argus man will hereafter take stock in
what The Sun has to say about Brother
Woodbury's team. Besides few lessons
in etiquette they need a few lessons in
the art of playing base ball.
The players of the Taunton base ball
club members are greatly agitated over
their failures to receive their salaries.
Tuesday and Wednesday, they started
an investigation which resulted in a
failure to find President Richards Of
the club or any trace of the funds ~
the corporation, amounting, it is
claimed, to several thousand dollars.
Manager Irwin, when he learned these
facts. at once held consultation with
James r. Smith, proprietor Of the Hotel