Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-09-17
Base Ball Notes.

Minneapolis is the American League
bartender. with Buffalo seventh.
The new players organization numbers
1870 members from the National League.
The veteran Roger Connor batted for
us in the Connecticut League, and had
a fielding percentage Of $50
Fred Does experience in Norwich must
have been as agreeable surprise ~ him
as to anybody else Ii was no small trl-
umph to break into new league and
win the pennant-
Teams Of New York and Brooklyn play
crs will sail for Havana about Nov. .. 70
play a series Of games in the Cuban cap
ltai. The following men will 20: New
Smith. Foster. Selbach, Grady or Bower
fnan, Mercer and Carrick. Brooklyn
Kelley. Jennings. DAILY. Dahlen, Dc Mon
treville Keller. SheCkard. Mcclure or
Farrell. Kennedy and Yeager.
Phillip. IS considered the best pitcher
on the staff Of the Pittsburgs, but his
record On the basis Of games Lost ana
won does not begin to compare with that
OF Tannehill The winning games do no,
always indicate the better pitcher. Few
pitchers have done better work this sea
son than Dineen Of the BOst0ns. vet, sized
up bv the standard OF games won ana
lost his showing does not compare With
the top-nUtchers.
The veteran Jim O'Rourke Of the
Bridgeport team closed the season in re-
rnarkaby strong shape. His throwing
necucut League. and his stick work wa
notably strong. O'Ruurke is now in mis-
5ist year and his playing shows what
strict temperance can accomplish.
O'Rourke never took a drink Of anything
strong in his life but once, and then Dr.
almost choked into insensibiity the bar
tender who had tried to put up a game ON
him.
New York World: If anyone thinks y
base ball umpire's life is a happy one he
should at once lose the idea. NJ matte
what kind Of ruling an umpire makes
there is always a kick heard from some
one. If the ball players would only rv-
member that their nOnsensiCal kiCkins
disgusts the spectators they might stor
1t. The Cranks these days are beginning
to sympathiZe with the umpireS, and fire.
quently hiss the players whenever they
kick Players should be compelled tr
stop their kicking.
Warner of the New YOrks. Is a martyr
to pain. The disabled catcher. who SUI
fered the most serious injury Of the pres
ent campaign on league fields. is able tD
be about. but il was only marvellous sur
gerry that enabled rim " save an arm
that he shattered In chasing a fvuI under
the stand. Warner was the best catcher
on the New York team. For nine days
after his accident his left arm was Swo.-
len larger than a toy balloon. The spin
tered bones were actually wired together
and expert surgeons believe he viii again
be able to play ball.
The accident u WOlycrtOn. the IIIrL
baseman of the Phillies. by getting the
worst Of a collision with a trolley pole
reminds the Philadelphia North Amer
can of an accident that happened to Il.
ball player on the line between st. Paul
and Minneapolis A few seasons ago. Tom
Mcclure, a gigantic shortStop from Val
leJO Cal, while enjoying a nickels worth
OF scenery. stuck his head out of the car.
going 40 miles an hour and bumped "a
trolley pole The impact broke the cir
cult. blew out the switChboards in both
power houses and tied UP the system hr-
tween ST. Paul ana Minneapolis for .'
mlrutes. As Mcguire got of To- look for
his hat he said the company should have
more sense than to build the poles 50
close to the track
II cannot blame Tebeau for stepping
down and out" said member Of the s..
Louis club recently to St. Louis Globe
with his men and they imposed on his
good nature. There We're but few men
on the team who even made bluff oi
taxing care Of themselves They trOtted
the fast route until the small hours ana
when they appeared in the afternoons
they We're a bleary-eyed lot Yes. it's true
that the club has played better ball since
McGraW took charge. but it's not that.
ne has reformed the PLAYERS. They took
their regular outings early in the season.
80 II IS positive CiuCh that they will not
cut them out at this late date. especially
as the club has hut little chance to i'm
prove It's position. But az that the St
Louis players are not one bit worse than
the members Of the other seven clubs I
IiIaht lL'lS statement On what see ut
them ~hen they visit this city. OF course
they might let up after the bridge is
crossed but this is exceedingly doubtful
Susan i. Anthony, the distinguished
woman suffragist. is i'll at her home
on Madison street, Rochester, y. Y.
having suffered a collapse, Monday
evening, and has been confined to her
room since Members Of her family
say her condition is not alarming. She
iS SO yaarz IA 80