Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-02-18
BASE BALL NOTES.

HidSts nave telt an along that Bath is not
interested enough in base ball TO make II
possible to join the State league and pay
running expenses. so no application for
q franchise WAS entered. Now there Is
| local players from Bath. Brunswick
Freeport. Richmond and Lisbon Falls
As each team could put good amhteur
team into such an organization and as
the expense would not he very great we
do not see why such "A league would not
prove good thing.
Portland Sunday Times: 1t has been
settled. as has already been announced
that Billy Long will have charge of III.
Augusta club. and the popular Cambriig GO
| lad has been assured the support and 60.
operation OF the lovers of the game i'm the
Capital city One of the best friends the
game has ever had there and one of its
most liberal supporters writes Secreta ~
Clarity that he shall contribute more to
base ball this year than he has ever be-
fore; though he cannot give as much time
TO the affairs of the club. The Augusta
people have every confidence in Long
and he is sure to merit it.
Portland Times: And. by the way our
compact circuit friends don't seem to
flourish as well as / hoped they might
| The muddle in New Bedford is Straight
enine out satisfactorily to all appear
anees. but the sixth city is not so easy to
lind. The people who tried to wake
Taunton up didn't meet with hattering
success. and the suggestions which have
been made to Lowell. Lawrence and those
other grand base ball cities have met
with a cecided frost. There is a plan
now. 4 believe. for the other clubs to
club up and force team on poor old
dead and gone Taunton but somehow
that doesn meet with an enthusiastic
response from the other associations.
would be too had. wouldn't it. if this com
pact circuit should become so very COM
pact that it would be bounded by a
couple of newspaper Offices in Boston.
Portland Sunday Times: 1t is Secre-
tary, Garritys idea that the league should
apply for protection in class & of the ma
tional agreement. which would put us on
equal footing with the New England
league as far as protection is concerned.
Within few days he has received let
ter from President Young. of the ma
tional league. saying that the Maine
league would be admitted to class c II
tect the six clubs under this class and
the sum received for drafted PLAYERS is
SEC. The fee for admission to class d
is $50. $50 less than under c, or a little
for drafted players is $3.50 and it gives
beside the New England clubs. the per-
eentage of drafting from u.s. 1t would
certainly seem as though the extra eight
dollars would be well invested. as even
one drafted player would make up the
difference and twice over.
Rockland Courier-Gaze;te: Tie Maine
State Base Ball league is now an assured
TACT ana matters are progressins\ swim
mingly. 1t is now an assured fact that
Rockland will ue one of the six clubs that
will make up the circuit. Under whose
management. however 1t is not vet set
tied. but it is quite safe to say that the
present association can be counted out.
WHAT the gentlemen will do. who are in
terested. is not vet known, but they will
give a decision in d few days. One Of the
chief troubles in this city is. that it is
hard to find any gentleman interested in
the game who has the necessary time to
devote to the management of team. M
J. Clarity. however, the secretary and
treasurer of the league stands ready to
take hold OF the team in this city. lust as
soon as he receives assurances that he
Will not interfere with local people: and
better man. or as good II man even.
would be hard to find. Fred X. owen in
the Portland Sunday Times. says of Mr..
Clarity: Mr.. Clarity has been CON
nected with base ball as IA manager for
half a dozen years or more, and has been
so successful that he has been frequently
mentioned in connection with a position
in the big league. Indeed. it is sail. that
his boyish looking countenance was all
that stood between him and one of the
most enviable positions. from a base bal,
But besides being a thoroughly competent
man. Mr.. Clarity possesses another
qualification which commends him to the
position, and that Is the. fact that every
base ball man in Maine has the utmost
confidence In his squareness and honesty.
During all the years that Mr.. Clarity has
been connected with the game. the writer
never heard the suggestion even made
that he ever let the interests of himself
or club influence him to a course that
was not square and honorable to the let
ter This is remarkable from the fact
that charges of unfairness are frequent
~ made in professional sport. and often.
too. fairly. There is considerable talk
regarding the schedule. In our opinion 1t
and wind up on Labor day. 1t may work
all right. as Secretary Clarity suggests.
to begin May 20 and continue through to
Labor day. This would make a season
long enough in our humble opinion.
Down this way the people do not get
thoroughly aroused over base ball untill
tho sun has got pretty high in the
heavens. If Clarity takes the team here
he will probably put JACK Leighton in to
manage it. Leighton sffned the team
that all but won the pelnant for Lewis
ton in 1893, and the twb years he was
there the city was represented by the
strongest team it ever had. He would be
sure to succeed In this city should we be
fortunate enough to secure his services.
1t has been figured out that An average
of 300 would pay the expenses.
providing the salary limit be kept down
to the amount agreed upon, $500. The
next meeting of the STATE league will be
held about the middle of March. when ar
Will be completed. he cir
cities mentioned in our last issue.
West Sullivan's stone cutters are
cutting Washington cprbing at eight
cents per foot less thauItwo years ago.