Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-08

| Saturday. The 100 attendances At Z
/ cents each mike SD. which about clear
expenses ana makes the patrons gure M
good bali. m
The, many friends " Mr. Nathan Puls-
fer the popular cx- Bates athlete Win III
pleased tp learn that hiS injured arm
much improved. and for that reason HI
P4dt,lnS average in the New England
League is fatt@niug. He is one n rha
best heiders in the league.
Brockton Enterprise: If Boston rean,
fee!s a hankeIius after Mike Hickey. r.
had better 20 to The big league Hes
PifhtE g9oo nQugh. TOO, il he viii only
take care u himself. A more naturil
ana graceful BAN player doesn't live, n6r
z more Tree ana clever batsman
Worcester Telegram: Sharrott AZ
waiter Eas no equal in the league. III
always waits for bases Oh balls. ana
curiously enough. gets them Four tinnas
Yesterday afternoon. he CHANGED Ii IL
thr irst man M in the inning. and each
time ne got his base. three times an h9Iis
and one by being hit.
p. +. Doyle. second baseman Of III.
Houston club in the Texas League. which
disbanded few days ago. has been en-
gagged by Manager Leonard to PLAY SD.
ond base on the Worcester team Ha
played under Manager Leonard III lib
augusta Southern League ana III ths
Taunton New England League team. la4t
another strong inielder
Ed Hanlon, in discussing Tebaau,s u
urtment, says: Pat feels like a gool
many of us of fellows-that the y0nnr
fellows are 10 the front now. He's right
III a way. but l have, watched the CIeYe.
land club for years, and whenever he
leaves the. diamond the club goes bsrk
Fat may not be able to play great hail
gay n ana day out, but in the long run
team-H ~
Manager Burns Of Chicago, signed
ncw pitcher, sunday, and he Went East
with The lean. His name Is Roach NJ "A
~ years Old, ana Is said to be a 'corker"
Suuthern League. For two weeks h.
Wtched every day, winning every game
nut ms arm gave out and he came Nortn
toach throws fast and slow ball win
the same movement of the arm and has
4 score of curves. Klobedanz did not az
pear AZ the grounds, Sunday. and mis- cjn-
tract with the club was declared forfeit
ed LanSe and Griffith were noticeable
absentecs from the base ball car. They
expect 70 be in condition after a sojourn
III West baden TN resume work on lie re-
turn ot their fellows. ,
Brockton Enterprise: Manager Waiter
thurman Of the BrGckton base bah team
can appreciate Joke even when ii is on y
himself y few days ago well-knOwh
cilZSn purchased a season ticket of him,
20 help along the club. and Mr.. BurnhaI.,
agreed to mail the ticket to the purchaser
at once. Later in the day he filled 1t out,
enclosed an envelope and addressed il 10
meath the name. Next he wrote a letter
and slipped both envelopes into his
pocket. Then Mr.. Burnham went to
Manchester with his team and prOmpuy
forgot all about the letters He was on
the train when 1t occurred to him thar
ne mad neglected TO post them, and ne
made haste to mail them on the train.
Since arriving home from that particular
trip he has carefully made out another
ticket and delivered ii in person to the
purchaser. The first one is floating abou-
y ra= Nlf1.- yi,apa trbi
The postal clerks are endeavoring to de-
eide what city was intended.
Cleveland Leader: If any one imagines
that the Cleveland base ball public i
weeping great glObules of penitential
ears because the alleged Cleveland base
,al jclub have become wanderers for good
md all. let that notion he dispelled az
'nce- There Is no weeping. In fact. the
base ball public here has long since ceased
10 think of the team of insists which
vas anchored in this part temporarily as
| home team. II is true that some of the
ans Tor while devoted themselves
ssiduously TO learning to distinguish the
lew faces on the team. but the aspect Of
he organization has been 50 thoroughly
hanged so many times that ii would
rave been hard to keep track Of it had i
emained at Cleveland. While il has been
the people have forgotten ait
bout base BAH as Cpnnec. ed with the eX-
Browns, and the public hopes that it will
rot be compelled 10 relearn the tedious
essen of recognizing the base bah faces
4 quinn wandering NillieS.
Speaking of the last deal by the Brook
YIN cub. the New York Sun has this 10
ay: "ln making this deal the Brooklyn
hub has turned its back upon the policy
declared earlier in the season. Abel,
'on der Horst and Hanlon declared when
he championship season opened that they
would not take Il player away from tine
saltimores under any circumstances:
hat, even though they owned both teams.
hey would keep them intact and sepa-
ate, so that the cry against syndicate
all could not apply to them The ex-
mple set by Robson. who owns the s,
.ouis and Cleveland teams. was tod
DO much Of Il temptation. il would APP
ear Robson has been shifting his play
rs back and forth with no regard for the
rotests of other magnates. until the
natter has become a farce in the estima-
on Of the public. The Brooklyn club de-
Jared that the championship would he
'on by its team this season II money
Duld do ii. The officials We're honest in
leir endeavor to secure Third Baseman
wagner from Louisville for big money,
ut failed. They We're commended 10.
Iying Casey. Farrell and Mcclure. but
lis new shift is regarded with as much
lverSe criticism the St Louis-Cleve-
nd tumble. Unless the league kills the
'actice of transferring games the mag
ltes will have only themselves to blame
II the downfall of the national game.