Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-23
Baseball Notes.

At ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2: Richmond
IL. Allentown, 3; Richmond, 5.
Baseball Notes.
| Up to date the unhappy Senator's hav,
| lost six games by the narrow margin o
one run.
Chicago seems 10 be carrying Pitche
katoll TO pitch TO the players in mornin:
| practice.
Pitcher Hughes is a great favorite il
Brooklyn. BY the way, he is pitchin,
iirSt-clasS ball.
The famous musician. John Philip Sou
sa. is a fan. and the yeIs of the rooter!
are music to his ear.
Manager Selec is evidently becomine
alarmed. He has ordered the Bostons Il
80 IN for morning practice.
Tom Tucker chafes under the coaching
rules. lie thinks the games are very
slow under the present arrangement
Ihat marvellous player Lajoie has hi
| safely in eighteen consecutive games: nol
| mas ne made an error during all thai
time.
Pitcher james Sullivan. formerly O,
Boston ana Providence has been secured
10 pitch for John lrwin's Manchestei
team.
First Baseman Mike Birmingham. for.
merry of the New England league. has
signed with Wheeling Of the interstate
league.
Jack Doyle. George Davis ana Hugh
Jennings are ABOUT "A stand-off for play
ers who have had more Ill-luck than any
others in the league.
Charley arrell is playing the game OF
his life" His catching, throwing ana
hitting have served 10 strengthen the
Brooklyns UNNECESSARILY.
Joe connor recently resigned fine po-
sition in large watch factory to play
ball with his brother Rogers team-the
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Outfielders Odwell ana Richter. Pitcher
Patton. Second Baseman Atherton and
First Baseman Goeckel Of WiIkesbarre.
are all playing in big league form at
present.
Frank Bonner's acquisition By wash
ington Is case Of third time on league
earth. No second baseman in the league
appears TO be putting up a stronger game
a present
Hi Ladd, formerly OF the champion Fail
River team, made the first home run of
the season on the Wilkesbarre grounds.
HI is doing some great hitting for Pater-
son this season.
Buckley. who formerly played center
field for the Augusta team OF the New
England league is now playing the same
position for the Meriden team of the Con-
neCticut league.
Outtielder Sharratt, formerly OF the
Bangor team, celebrated his debut with
indianapolis by hitting kellum, of Bur
ld1b. on the lliu inst, safely IN fatn oil
his four times at bat.
Pitcher Seymour came 10 terms with
the New York club last Friday. and at
once joined the Giants at Philadelphia.
His return adds greatly 10 the strength
of the New York team.
First Baseman Slater. formerly Of the
Portland team of the New England
league has made Il big hit with Detroit,
and is putting up gilt-edgcd ban both in
The field and at the bat.
The Baltimore club would like to Sc
cure kid Gleason for second base. but
Mr. Freedman will not cOnsent.-New
York Sun" Why should he weaken his
team for Baltimorc's benefit?
Harry Davis was released by Washing
ton 10 Providence for alleged poor bat
ting. If Manager Irwin is going TO re-
lease his men for poor batting he viii, III
timately have only Jim Mcclure left
The Bostons always start out poorly.
and season after season they lag behind
until June comes and then brace up. So
that il is the general opinion they will 60
through the usual performance this year.
McGraw and Robinson are working
their very best to make a winning ball
team on: of the so-called "Casi-Offs.
Both men are playing great baseball. and
their examples are an inspiration 10 The
others.
In the opinion Of Clerk Robert Young
the forging to the front or such men as
Thomas Lauder, TenneN and others. is ell
evating the tone OF the national game
and placing II on an equality with other
professions.
Pat Rollins writes from Dallas. Tex. I'd
say that the Texas league is likely 40
break up before Memorial day. If Pat
will foreswear John Barleycorn he would
make good man for some Of the New
England league teams.
The Brooklyn batsmen. almost to a
man, stand close to The plate Many of
the Bostons not only sand back, but draw
back, when the bali is pitched Hamilton
stands far from The plate, but he always
steps in to meet the ball.
Tom Tucker says that President Rob
iScn has promised the Cleveland Exiles'
payment OF all umpire inflicted fines as
an irducement to sc: INFO the game ag
sressively. President Robson. however,
emphatically denies fuckers assertion.
Dayton has made Pitcher Oscar STREET..
released by Boston. an offer. The Dayton
club also requested St. Louis to return
Pitcher Bates. who was drafted from the
champions last fall, but Tebeau refused.
as Bates declines to play again under
Manager Armour.
The papers are having great deal to
say now days about Baltimore's wonder
full quartette of young players. but the
fact remains that none of them would
have begun to show up well had ii not
been for the skillful coaching of the
Veteran Robinson.
SockaIexis the Old Town Indian. who
Cleveland team has been released and
has signed to play the outlield for Hart
ford. Socks is fine fielder and thrower
and a natural batsman. He should cas-
lily be a star of the first magnitude on a
minor league team.
Former New England league players in
the Atlantic league are Weddidge Schef-
fer and Roach with Newark Lppert
Doherty, O'Connell with Scranton. Henry
and McManus with the Allentown. ClA
mer and Coughlin with Wiikesbarre,
Moss with Reading. Ladd. Duncan, Riley
and Gouchnaur with Paterson.
Dick Butler opened a cafe in Brooklyn
this season and gave out that he had per-
mancntly retired from baseball; but it
appears that the fascinatio of the game
was too much for his winter resolutions.
We judge that he is the baekstop that
has recently been signed by the Washing
ton team of the national league.
Veitch, who played at short field on the
Augusta team of the Maine Stale league
is now playing the same position on the
Binghamton team Of the New York state
league. The veteran Louis Bacon, Is the
manager of the team. A list of the play
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