Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-25
Base Ball Notes.


| the last Eastern trip.
| securing Arthur Irwin to manage Wash
1 ingtOn in so. 4si
The Cincinnati players were brimmine
over with confidence when they left Bos-
| ton, Monday night.
! Louisville and Pittsburg have made
more sacrifice hits than any of the other
| league teams. Then comes Boston and
| Baltimore.
Globe: Nick Young has decided to take
one more fall out of the deep-sea fish of
| Maine. President Soden will guide the
| old-timer. stifs
Buck Ewing said on leaving Boston.
| that Monday was the first time in three
years that Cincinnati had won with
Nichols in the box.
Globe: When the Brooklyn management
allowed Tucker and Anderson to go ii
weakened the team % per cent and lost
the club from $4,000 to M5,0O0
Baltimore leads in batting. Boston sec
Ond. Chicago third. Philadelphia fourth
Cleveland leads in fielding. Boston second.
Cincinnati third, Baltimore fourth.
SO far this year Boston has made 5O4
extra bases on long hits. This record is
bettered by New York. with $40, Phila-
delphia with 54l, and by Cincinnati with
536.
In 81 games Billy Hamilton has stolen
Al bases, and leads the league for per-
centage per game. Delehanty has stolen
46 in 90 games, and Donovan IS in 80
games.
The base ball outlook at Ottawa is any
thing but bright. The club has not been
paying. and the management has not
made enough money to pay the players.
1t is not at all likely that Ottawa will be
in the league next year.
ingtOn led the league in long hits. He
had q doubles, 10 triples and seven home
, runs. with a total of 100 extra bases. La
jOie of Philadelphia was second, with 49,
and Jimmie Collins was third, with 81
Harry Pullman. Jim Hart and Earl
Wagner believe that the. Beaneaters will
repeat by winning another pennant
prove the only stumbling block in the
path of the champions says Mr.
Wagner.
Washington Times: Freedman is the
Svengali of the push and the magnates
dance to the music of his lutte. They
weep with delight when Andy gives them
a smile and they tremble with fear at his
frown.' Uncle Nick. who is the Little
Billee of the combination, has string
tied to Ed Hanlon's $1,000
Globe: Charley Marston, the Fall River
landlord who managed base ball in that
city for a couple of seasons. was at the
Cincinnati games, Monday. Mr.. Marston
was in the Maine woods when the New
England League was strang1ed out of ex-
istence. 1T was a finely planned scheme.
and the men who were in the deaf should
be well marked for the guidance of future
organizers of New England base ball."
was Marston's comment
Cincinnati Enquirer: 1t is strange that
the Reds should make such "mess of
things" right in the GO row, as they have
been doing every season for the past
three years. For three years they have
played grand ball up to the so mark Be-
tween their Goth and 10Th victory every.
season for three years they have had all
manner of bad fortune. 1t was hoped
they would reach the 20 mark this year,
If not in the lead, at least within striking
distance of it,
Here's a conundrum for the fans who
find it too much trouble to think: If the
Reds have shown the yellow. what color
did Boston display at Louisville and what
is the tint of the Cleveland performances?
Cincinnati Post. Such poser could
only emanate from a Cincinnati brain.
The Cincis fell at home before Boston and
New York. while the Bostpns lost away
from hOme-an occurrence not at all un-
common. None OF the leaders has fallen
at home. as has Cincinnati. So, now
Herald. A
Boston Journal: The reconsideration Of
the Holmes case by the board of direc-
tors is not optional. but obligatory. They
have made great blunder, and the
power and good sense of the three mem
bers Of the national board. who met here
yesterday, compels the reconsideration of
the case. Holmes will doubtless be dis
ciplined that players may learn that they
cannot use discourteous language on a
ball field with impunfty, but the measure