Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-26

but his injury is one that Is slow Of
recovery. and it is doubtful il he can
play before Labor day.
Boston Globe: The New England
League will start next season in bet
ter shape than ever. Al meeting to re-
organize will be called early in Octo-
Der.
The Brooklyn ro0ters cannot get
over the loss of Tom Tucker, and now
George Lachance, who took fuckers
place at first, is hooted at until he feels
like quitting the game.
"Tom" DAILY. who was released by
the Brooklyn club in '96. because his
arm was gone, has been secured again
by that club froms Milwaukee. Poor
management has marked the new re-
gime in Brooklyn.
John Clarkson. who Is doing a pros
porous cigar business In Paw City.
Mich. practices pitching nearly every
day and plays with the local team. He
Is reported to have said that his arm
Is as strong as in his palmiest days.
Davis of New York, injured himself
Monday, wrenching his knee while
huily NIS " Tic dlS6Sldlk IOOIm dIteI
the game. He will be unable to
play for week at least. Doyle will
be played at short until Davis returns
to the team.
On the last visit of the western clubs
Pittsburg led for that section with four
victories and eight defeats: Cincinnati IT,
Chicago and Louisville, each 3-5;
Cleveland. 81; st. Louis, 1-8 Balti-
more lead in the East, with 10 victor
les and no 4defeats: Boston, 81: New
York, IL: Philadelphia. 6-3; Washing
ton, 6-5: Brooklyn, 2-6.
Philadelphia Press: The action of
the National League members in the
past few years have tended to widen
instead of lessen the dividing line be-
tween them and the public. The mag
mates are following A course which is
bound to be felt by them when public
sentiment gets chance to assert it.
self. That time will come when the
present ill-starred organization has 10
acknowledge a rival And the appear
ance of that rival in the near future
Is no lotus eaters dream.
Says the st. Louis Globe Democrat:
'Selee's team is at present playing
much faster ball than any OF thfe
League clubs. Its players are batting
and fielding like sure-enOugh cham
pions, never losing a chance to ad-
vance the runner. and records are
playing second fiddle to team work.
Nichols. the Missouri boy, is doing
wonderful work on the rubber, and to
his great twirling are a majority OF the
Bean-eaters' recent victories due. The
Cincinnatis are on the slide and play
ing with but little vim They have
again demonstrated that they are
cutters"
Globe: Duckey Holmes is now a hero.
The league directors are a
weak bunch - When Brush.
Soden and Robinson speak me Jther
maSnates listen. Hamilton,
Tenney, Duffy and Long are the only
Boston players with good base running
records. 1t Is evident from
that farce at Buffalo last Tuesday.
that the Boston players will not exert
themselves in any except champion
ship games. The large at
tendance at the Boston games is the
talk of the league magnates. Boston
was never second when it came to
supporting a clever team.
Regarding the pennant race, Mr..
Watkins says: Boston is on the top.
and if she is beaten out. it will be only
by one club. Cincinnati has taken her
annual slump. but that isn't due to
the much discussed lack of nerve you
hear about. Take the games the Reds
have lost on this trip and you will find
4 hn fNpsft l..
weQlplayed in every department, ex-
cepting of course. the lack of hitting,
which loses the games. Cleveland,
Baltimore and Cincinnati are In the
race to the finish. and New York may
steal march by shooting up the lad
der in September The Giants, like all
seasoned veterans. are strong finish
ers''
The New Haven Register prints the
following piece of tirst-class philoso-
ply: Besides. any one who has
watched the State League games this
year must have seen that the players
are as anxious to win as their sup
porters are to see them win. Errors
will occur, and it is this very thing
that makes the game so delightfully."-
uncertain. It's hard when the home
team makes the most costly errors,
but when the visiting team makes
them and close finish results, or
game is won in the ninth on account
of them. all the home teams misplays
are overlooked. There are no more
honest players in the world than those
now in the State League. and accusa-
tions of laying down" are as unjust
as they are founda tionless.