Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-30
EASTERN LEAGUE.
Base Ball Notes.

Baltimore has nine more games to play
with Brooklyn.
Louisville leads Boston in batting in the
series between the two clubs.
President Young has gone on fishing
trip to favorite haunt at Belgrade. Me.
Cleveland has won % games out of 81
from Washington, St. Louis and Louis
vile.
The Buffalo Enquirer styles Kuntsch of
Syracuse the Won der Abe OF the Eastern
League.
the last series drew $4,000 paying people
in this city on five playing days.
P. ]. Cray of West Quincy who has
done considerable umpiring in the New
England League, is umpiring in the East
ern League.
Lave Cross is the only one of the st.
Louis who has batted for more than 900.
Tom Tucker has hit for about .27O, which
is very good
Short Stop Klopf of the Richmond club
threw a ball at Manager Denny Long OF
the Read ding club at a game in Richmond,
and was fined SO by Manager Wells.
The Brooklyn club has been retired
three times with but one hit this season.
once with no hits, once with two hits.
twice with three hits and four times with
four hits.
pre. Warner. did the best >umpiring he
has seen this season in judging the base
decisions. his activity and promptitude
being especially noteworthy. Warner
formerly pitched with Gus weighing for
the Charleston club in the Southern
League.
Danny Friend has had an erratic career
| with the Columbus club. He was sus.
| pended by Manager Lotus. reinstated
| and put into a game, and had to be taken
out on account of wildness. Then he
drowned his sorrows and was again sus-
pended. repepted and was again taken
| into the fold.
Pitcher Hughes of Baltimore. has twice
retired teams without u hit (Boston and
Washington. twice with two hits (Bos-
ton and Washington, and once with
three hits (St. A9uis). and twice with four
hits cleveland and Pittsburg). This is a
great record for a young man in his first
season in the league. and is probably
without u parallel
1t was due to the energetic efforts OF
Manager Murray of the Providence club
| that Cassidy was reinstated pending a
| hearing by the board of arbitration. Cas-
sidy has clear case. He refused to &C.
cept the offer to play on the cooperative
plan with the Newark players when Man.
ager Burns gave up the ghost. He. was
| therefore at liberty to go where he
pleased, and did so Yet President Young
q wholly ex-parte claim of the Newark
club. s 49,
WOlvertOn. the Columbus third base
man. who has been secured by Chicago
played bali with the Kenyon College nine
| in 1895. which is near his home in Mt
| Vernon, o. The attention of Manager
| LOTUS was called to this rising player
| who was signed for the 1895 Columbus
Western League team. and filled the pO-
sitions OF catcher and pitcher. with bat
| ting average only few points short OF
400. In 1897 he played with the Dubuque
team. and after pitching a few games he
| finished the season as third baseman
Manager LOTUS secured Wolverton at the
| beginning of this season In exchange fol
reieas ed players at Dubuque. and his
work at third base has been the sensation
! Of the western League His batting mari
/; has been above the $50 mark during the
entire season. sgssfs