Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-08-29

| day, at Rockland
| McCiraw offered Jimmy Williams $500
| to go to New York.
| Manchester has taken 13 out of II
games from Concord.
| Jimmy Williams has made 16 doubles,
| 20 triples and six homers.
The Boston Americans rank fifth in hit
ting and second in fielding.
Vinalhaven beat Belfast I to and IS
to 0. Wednesday, at Belfast.
silver Braun is the batting first base
man in the Connecticut League.
| Fultz of the Athletics. leads the Ameri-
cans in stolen bases, Mertes second.
The National League has renewed its
lease in Union park, Baltimore, for five
years.
The Athletics have played to 290.131 peo-
pie at home, to &,SlS for the Nationals
in that city.
The st. Louis Americans have scored
in but one inning out of the last 81 off the
Boston pitchers.
Williams of the Baltimores. has dis
placed Freeman as the heavy hitter of the
American League.
Louisville is again on top in the race
of the American Association, and Indian
apolis is good second.
Ban johnson, president of the American
League. announces that he will put club
in New York if possible.
Eddie Hanlon is very anxious to secure
Billy SULLIVAN OF tOnlSkeE = team. Dat 1t
is extremely doubtful if he is able to land
his man.
Manager Carney Of the Concords. is to
take his team on transforming trip
of two weeks at the close of the New
England League campaign.
DeIehanty now leads the American
League in batting, with Lajoie second.
But a different story may be told with
the Western man playing on his own
ground.
r., r .e+,,r t,, ,-ea,,,o7 -. a. xsy.,s.t,
ington club a Southern League pitcher
named Frank Smith. Lotus contem-
| plates several changes in his team for
next season.
A Baltimore correspondent calls atten-
ton TO the fact that Jimmy Collins made
a triple play all by himself in that city
in 1896, but Jimmy says he cannot re-
member anything about it.
Pitcher Falkenberg of the Worcester
club announces his intention to play in
/ the West, next season. Managed Dwycr
wants him to join Detroit at the close of
the season of the Eastern League.
Kane the Whitman boy who was given
a trial by Jimmy Collins, last season, and
was afterWard member of Does force,
has proved n very valuable man for Jack
Carney and leads the team in batting.
4 with Carney himself and Nobhtt in close
pursuit.
The baseball writer of the New York
Press says he has no doubt whatever that
I.ajoe viii play second base under Me
Graw, next season. Nothing like being
satisfied Lajoie told the writer here that
he had no intention OF jumping his con-
tract to play with the Cleveland club
Manager McAleer of the St Louis
Browns, says that Dougherty Of the Bos
! tons is one Of the greatest batSmen he
has seen in many day. He says Boston
will also get fast young player in Stone
of Omaha. What will you want with
all these men?" he asked Collins. =
will take any one of them" Guess
can find room for them answered Jim
my.
Millinocket had an off day. Tuesday.
and Old Town was an easy winner in the
Northern Maine League game mere, to-
day. Dickinson was retired and Pete Gil
day went in and was more effective. Old
Towns fielding was fast and cut off many
hits. Horace Newenham. the well known
ex- New England Lacquer, now playing
with Old Town. made Il STARTLING. play.
harrington Of Millinocket. hit the bah
over Newenhams head and plump into
the Millin0cket river. Newenham pluns-
cd in. secured the ball and swan ashore.
Darlington. who was sure Of home run,
was walking around the bases when New
enham appeared on the bank and lined
the bail to third base in time 90 put Bar
rington out. This is the first instance on
record in Maine of fielder swimming
after the ball.
S. r. Angus. sole owner of the Detroit
club. is one Of Detroits representative
citizens and one Of the wealthiest resi-
uentS 81 tne state OF Michigan. A nit
lionaire several times over. Mr. Angus
has retired from active business life. He
connected himself with the Detroit club
simply FOR the diversion the sport would
afford MIN. Possessed of that civic pride
peculiar to energetic Westerners. Mr.. An
gus resolved to give the Straits city
team second to none in the league-the
best team that money could secure. All
the present stars of the Detroit team
have been signed and many OF the more
notable players of the National League
have been secured. But Mr.. Angus is not
tear down the present pavilion and
bleachers and erect in their stead hand
some steel structures representing the
latest achievement in architecture Mrs
Angus is almost as great an enthusiast
over the national pastime as is her hus-
band.
A strike at the Nashua cooperative
iron f1al1a, lr1- IT L..