Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-11

The Portland base bah team, selecte /
for games in the Maritime provinces
won game FROM the .Alerts, at ST. John,
Thursday, ; to /.
The Boston collcgians base ball team,
after being beaten two games in Fred
ericton, lost to Roses team Thursday.
IL to = The team left for Boston, nj
night.
Cincinnati Enquirer: The feeling against
syndicate ball is more intense than il
ever was. If the league magnates expect
to hold the good Will and confidence OF
their great constituency, a rule Will b.
passed next season that will put an eni
to tactics employed by the st Louis ami
Brooklyn clubs this season.
The New York Clipper has this TO saw
about the league race: Brooklyn has
great ball team, in fact. the greatest that
borough has had in many a year, and il
1t does not win the pennant this year IL
will make it exceedingly interesting for
the team that does win it. Still there
does not appear 10 be any good reason
why Brooklyn should not cross the line
in the van of the procession this season
The BoStOns are another team that Is
causing chill to pass up ana down tn
spinal column of some of its alleged
friends. Just why they should worry
about the Champions is not altogether
clear. The Bostons still hold second place
in the pennant race, and are within hall
Ing distance of the leaders-the Brook
lyns-and are playing fast ball at that
True, the Philadelphlas are giving the
Champions close run, but the race has
not been finished yet. There are fully
two months before the season ends, and
the real struggle for the leadership does
not begin until the teams turn into the
home stretch, and that Will hardly occur
until the latter part of this month or III"
first week in September. There have beer
times when the settling Of the pennant
question has been in doubt until the verS
last game. The struggle has been a close
and an exceedingly intere ,s one thus
exciting as ii draws to the end. thdoubt
eddy Boston has the best balanced team
in the profession, all things considered.
and it has good 4 chance for winning
the pennant again this year as any OF
the other teams.
Portland Argus: "Hnstling Walter
Of the Eentsml hIue wh IN
The man who was managing successful
base ball clubs when the humble base ball
seribes of ,d the morning papers W,,ysr
England League. TheSnanager to whom
the umpires had to bend their knees 81
ter" the only real thing in the way OF a
manager who ever strolied down the PIKE
according to a local newspaper yarn. :
out of base ball once more. This shrew
and successful manager who never knew
what it was to fail in any enterprise,
has thrown up the sponge ana peer
counted out. Walter has been rather
groggy. as they say in tistic circles, fol
several weeks past. but he received d
Knockout blow Oh the solar piexus. yes
terday when Ganley and Cox jumped his
team. and he decided to quit. "Hustlina
Walter" who never knew what it was t,
fail is out OF the league. On, no indeed
he didn't fail. he simply quit. Accordine
to the dispatches. the players were onlA
a week behind in their salaries, anC
money was being collected 10 enable then
to finish out the season. but apparently
Mr.. Burnham had got enough, and it is =
wise guy who knows when he has go
enough. Strange to say, however
.'Iustling Walters" retirement has no
broken up the league. II seems aimos
pipe dream TO believe this after wha
q local newspaper man has written abou
whole show.