Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-08-28

All AhfOu piuycic Wtlc lOuuu VII thc
two teams. Dad, Allen umpired the
game and escaped without being mob
bed or having to cali for police protec.
tlon to be escorted off the field. The
game was played In one hour and fif-
teen minutes.
BOY PHENoM.
East Liverpool, o., Aug. 2s.-Law-
renee Maley, aged,17 pottery work
er of this city, has pitched for the East
Liverpool base ball club during the
present season. making a surprising
record. He has pitched about II games
and lost only three. He has received
offers both from the Cincinnati and
Boston National league teams to finish
the season with them. Maley has the
offers under consideration, Among
the amateur teams he has defeated are
Homestead, Wheeling and sParkers-
burg, gaining reputation as the "boy
phenomenon"
ALL AKRONs AT WARREN.
The All Akrons left at 12.45 p. m.
over the Erie for Warren where they
Will battle, with the strong aggregation
this afternoon. The Warren team is
one of the stiffest propositions the An
Akrons will have to meet They re-
Gently defeated the crack = Canton
Wheeling team by score OF to l.
| A determined effort will be made to
lower the colors of the Trumbull coun.
ty team. "Parson'' Eggers is slated
to do the twirling, with DOC" Brown.
ell on the receiving end. The other
players who went with the team are
Shanafelb Stone. Kossuch, Kosht
Smith, McAllister, Kittinger and Grille
dad" Allen was also in the party
The All Akrons will rest Friday ant
then comes the series of four hare
gamesj Saturday with Wooster al
Buchtel field, with Clarke, late of the
Cleveland American league team, lin tn,
box. Sunday the All Akrons appear
at Mahaffey park in Canton and Mon
day the Canton-Wheeling team play
two games with the All Akrons a
|
Buchtel field.
WILL PLAY WAVERLEYS. =
The East Akron Athletic club bas,
ball team will play the Waverleys ot
Cleveland, on the East Akron grounds
Saturday. This team is among tn,
stronger Of Cleveland's amateurs, ant
a red hot contest is expected, for th
, East Akrons believe that they hav
. struck a winning streak, and will pla.
: with renewed energy.
| Work on the club house continue
and it is expected that the building
Q will be ready for occupancy in abou
a month, Then there will be cele
bration Of some kind, though the exac
4 nature of this has not been decided on
l There Ia strong sentiment among tn
l members Of the East Akron clu
against the formation of an All Akro
| Athletic club, and in fact, the sent
/ ment here seems to be stronger tha
Y In any of the other organizations.
3 THAT CONSOLIDATION.
t There are many things to be talke
over and many pretty little problem
to be solved before the projected anna
/ gamation OF all the local athletic clut
4 can be effected. Some of the clut
a at present have long leases on the
/, quarters which 1t would he difficu
2 to break; others are spending muc
n money just at this time to fit up the
= club houses, aud they want to get the
n moneys worth.
( The West End club, almost alone,
without club house, and this clu
/. has money with which it has intende
for some time to build. 1t Is probabl
A that this club looks with most fave
> on the new move.
!. The most serious proposition, hov
l. ever, is the fact that there has bee
I great deal OF rivalry between son
!. Of the clubs, and while this rivalry hi
q generally been of friendly natur
1t has been keen enough 50 that
- Will not soon be forgotten. Thel
are nearly as many OPINIONS abov
the advlsability OF consolidation
h there are club members in the cit
:, but on one point all seem agreed vi
;, that If the clubs were united bett
athletic teams could he obtained, al
:, the cost per man for the support
: the club would not be 80 great as Il
!, Just now. The promoters will wol
steadily and hope that their probe
will he q success, !, 1t is certain tn
:. Akron athletics would be known 4
outside the city II the teams wou
consolidate and play none but tale
from outside.