Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-08-01
NEW ENGLAND TEAcIrE
Baseball Notes.

Selee now has only Is men on his staff.
Steinfeldt is laid up with Charley
horse.
Houlton beat Old Town, to l, Wednes-
day, at HOulton.
The Eastern League has released I'm
pire Frank Rim.
Vinalhaven beat Warren 10 to 6. Wed
nesday, at Warren.
Griffith struck out, Saturday for the
first time this season.
Powell struck Harry Davis out thre e
times in Philadelphia.
Cherryfield defeated Ellsworth, IS to .,
Wednesday, at Ellsworth.
Frank Foreman. the pitcher, is playing
with the York CPa.) club.
Providence has released Danny Friend
He VIII play in Woonsocket.
Washington still leads the American
League in batting, Boston fifth.
Waddell and Dan Murphy have signed
with Connie Mack for next season.
First Baseman Carey of the Washing
tons, has the fine fielding percentage OF
1893.
The Chicago Nationals have drawn more
people already than all last season. Good
for Selee.
The Chicago Americans have II pos
poned games, of which only three are
away from home.
The Cincinnati dates at Chicago have
been transferred from Sept. 30 and Oct l
to Sept. 10 and 16
Pittsburg, Brooklyn, Boston, Chicago
and Cincinnati are above their percent
ages of last season.
Frank Selee has already lined up eight
of the hest of the Colts for next yeas
without any trouble.
Connie Mack is after pitcher Schmidt Of
the Los Angeles (CalD team, and has Of
fered him $500 a month.
Joe Bean keeps up his hitting-.396 in q
games-and leads the Eastern League,
HallSan second with 1868.
Charley E,bbetts never had enough
money a any one time to buy one share
of my stock in the Athletic club" says
President B. f. Shbe of the Athletics.
Washington Star; Let anything go
wrong with the American League-oi
which, happily, there is not the slightest
chance-and the ball players would have
to makeup the losses sustained by the
National in its losing fight with the Amer
lean.
Chicago Journal: 1t is the outspoken
belief of three out of four of the Chicago
National League team that the best pos
sible lineup that Selee could present
would De Clark first. Lowe second, Dexter
third. Tinker short, Hendricks right.
Jones center and Slagle left The fans
are unanimously of the same opinion.
The Chicago Nationals have released
Charley Dexter. Il have a great many
friends in Chicago and have always liked
the town." said Dexter, but in some re
spects | must say | am glad to get away.
do not care to discuss the matter, how
ever further than to say that Manager
Selee and | parted good friends, and that
| wish the team success"
Will Locke says in the Pittsburg Press
Some kind friend should take Jack Brush
and his boss, Andy Freedman, into dark
corner and beat into them the fact that
there is no demand for a 12-club league.
The baseball public does not want it. ana
nearly 10 years experience convinced tde
National that it could not handle more
than eight clubs. The public wants two
eight-cub leagues. The beauty of the
situation is that the public will have
what it wants or refuse to pay the bills
and as Brush and Freedman are in base
ball for revenue only, there is hope that
they will realize the true conditions be-
fore committing the National to any
laundering policy"