Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-06-08

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Fred Knowles will succeed Horace
Bonnell as secretary of the New YORK
Club.
ST Seymour has unusually small
hands. but they big enough to put
all sorts of whiplash motions into the
horsehide.
Talk about men who can hit the ball
hard. There are not many who can
make it travel any faster than wagner
the colonel with the herculean Dulld.
| 1t is now conceded all around that
| Williams is a better third baseman
! than Wolverton. These two We're
rivals for the premiership in the West
ern League last year.
The Pittsburgs lead the league III
long range hitting, with the Brookiyns
second. George Davis has batting
average of All since the return OF the
New Yorks from the West
Il think the pennant this year is
cinch for Boston" Harry Pulliam said
yesterday. II think they are stronger
than all the other teams put together
and will win out in a walk. ST. Louis
and Chicago are the strongest teams in
the West"
While in Boston Buck Ewing said: II
| went to pick a nine from the whole
league to win a championship | would
start by taking the entire Boston iniield,
as they are great individually ard play
together better than any infield in the
business"
Not a man in the Brooklyn outfit
i anHrthin.r
have" a Philadelphia critic says. If
Philadelphia has anything to match
Mccain, Dahlen and Keeler in their
positions his identity is not known in
this neck of the woods.
At the present time Brockton is
drawing, generally speaking, tn
smallest crowds in the New England
League Are the local Cranks golnS
10 permit this condition of affairs to
continue ?-Brockton Enterprise. Bet
ter give Lewiston try, Mr.. Burnham.
Portland Argus.
The Torontos were dressed in suits that
remind You of the linen covers they have
over the seats in the Pullman cars. This,
added to black stockings and three
DAYS growth Of whskers, made them
look real fierce. If Toronto ever discards
the team they could easily get jobs as
supers in Il comic opera--Montrcal
Herald.
Pawtucket has gradually developed into
one of the best minor league cities in the
country Of its size, thanks to the splendid
executive ability of Michael Moy, the
prime mover in the affair-Globe. Thus
do the bouquets begin once more 10 fly
ia, ne m IN az
protege in Rhode Standardization En-
tcrprise.
Pres. Soden returned to Boston from
New York. Tuesday. where he was a del |
egate to the directors meeting Of tn
league. Mir Sodcn said that there was
very little business accomplished outside
of fixing up three or four protested games /
that cut no ice i'll the race. Mr.. SodeN
said the umpire question was not hrouSh,
before the meeting.
1t is a surprise % many that Nick
Young has not placed Connolly behind
the bat. Had he done So, it would have
saved a world Of trouble already ana
great deal to comc.-Heraid. II Is no
surprise Many OF the controllers Of the
national game don't know q good umpire
any better than they know good ban
playcr.-BrocktOn Enterprise.
Portland Argus: What We need
more than anything else appears to b.
pitchers. Johnston. who was herald III
as a cracker jack. has 50 far proved a
failure, Flanagan has been
crratic, and Miller has lately
experienced a number Of off days. Nc
Cloud. who has been slated for release.
IL the star twirler Of the bunch up 70
date
Mike Kelly. Ewing ana the other clever
players Of 10 Years ago. never lost an
opportunity to have a little fun with
capt. Arson. If they could SGT the chi
cago man between bases they would run
him up ana down the lines until tine biz
fellow dropped exhausted. ON one occa-
sion Buck Ewing refused To touch Arson,
and called for bat that he might warm
him up. "Thc old gag meant % run a
man up and down until he dropped
The Brooklyn players all agree that
Clark of Louisville. made catch in
recent game that was one Of the most
remarkable ever seen on the ball field.
The ball was going on line 50 fast
that many Of the players believed that
it would 90 To the fence. CLARK stop
ped the ball in mid-air." said one of
the BrOoklns. but he was running 50
fast that ne had to Shin up the fenc"
in order to avoid having his head brok-
On. Clark actually took two steps up
the fence ana then dropped back
The Brooklyn Eagle says of a game in
Louisville. in which Charley Farrell ana
Hams Won Wagner We're the heroes: " az
rcr was on third, when a long liner was
hit To Kelley, who caught the ball with
one hand ana without an extra motion
hurled the ball back TO the plate. WaS-
nor saw that he was caught but he came
i'll toward Farrell, with the evident in
tcntiou of upsctting the big catcher. But
the Duke had been up against such incl
dents before, and he settled himself for
the collision. as Hans came up fun till.
Charley crooked his elbow, gave 4 half
arm jolt ana Wagner shot up in the air,
coming down on his back the most sur
priscd ball player on earth that day. He
luy for several seconds uazed, and then
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