Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-07-24
Baseball Notes.

Prook1yn leads the league in fielding
with Boston seventh and st. Louis last
Pres. Ban Johnson says the salary list
of the Boston Americans is close to the
largest in the country, over $600O0
Roger Rresnahan is again laid up with
rbcumatisn The Giants cannot spare
this good player from its lineup long.
According to unofficial figures the Bos-
ton Americans have seven men among
the first - leading batsmen in the league
Arthur Nichols. released by Patsy Don
ovan. had the tin can removed BY Indian
apoIiS and seems to be good man for
that company.
This is the greatest season the New
England League ever experienced. Good
weather Saturdays and holidays brought
out the business.
Townsend of Washington, has won only
one OF II games pitched this season.
Young leads the list with 16 won and five
lost, while Bernard has won II and lost
four.
Early this season. Detroit expected to
second half of the season is as good as
the first, the team will finish nearly sew
eral thousand ahead.
The Worcester team of the Eastern
League, has been transferred to Mon
treal Earlier in the season, the Mon
treal club was switched to Baltimore. 1t
is BaltimOre's move next.
Pitcher Lee, with 319. is now the only
Concord baseball player with batting
average of over 300; Catcher Eaton,
with 1898, and First Baseman Carney,
with 99l, Leading in fielding.
Detroit has a team batting average of
PA for the season. This is one point
ahead of Boston and two ahead of Phila
delphia, Cleveland standing fourth with
.269 New York is last with .23l.
The Western papers say that Vic Willis
is a success as d first baseman. He has
a great reach, and if he can hold all the
balls he is able to touch he will be d star.
As box artist Vie has not been sue
cess, this year.
OCcnnor of New York, leads the Amer
lean League catchers in fielding with
.99S one point better than Lou Criger.
Camel of New York. the first basemen,
Williams of New York, the second base
men. Collins the third basemen, Elber-
field the ShortstopS, and Lush the out
fielders.
Il saw Harry Puliam and Ban John
son sitting together one day last week, in
a New York hotel" says q Boston fan.
and their relation appeared to be any
thing but what you would suppose after
reading some of the knocks accredited to
the American League magnate.'
Atlanta Constitution: Wild Bill John
ston has jumped the Nashville team, and
thus more trouble is brewing for Mr..
Fisher. as Bill was considered his star
twirler. Players at Nashville come and
go like the horses on a merry-go-round.
and Newt never knows one day who will
play the next. Johnston was suspende'.
for playing the role of the Human
Sponge and soaking up all drinks on tap
in his vicinity. All drinks looked alike to
him and his record was three hoid-over
jags and a Observation-Disclosures wind spree
in one week. Pretty good record for one
man. Johnston went back to his home in
Pittsburg, yesterday.
The present Washington team stands
II in he. M inf rae Ia any
out team Since the city was first repre-
sented in the American Association, with
just one exception. That was in 1894,
when on July 20. the club had won 10
games and lost g, with an average Of
PSI. The standing of the clubs in the
other years was as follows: 1891. seventh,
percentage, .3i2; 1892, third percentage.
so Ga few games after the second half
OF the double championship had startedD;
1882 eleventh, per centage, .406; 1885
tenth. percentage, .393; 1896, ninth, per-
centage, ,4@1 1897, eleventh, percentage,
.3s1; 1895 tenth, percentage. 49,; 1893
clevnth, percentage. $50 1901. fifth per
ccntage. .476: 1892. fifth. percentage. .473
Bad all the way.
Christy Mathewscn was TO have pitch
ed last Saturdays game at Pittsburg as
announced in all the papers, and a large
crowd was on the ground to greet the
famous pitcher He donned his toys. and
before the game was warming up with
Catcher ifowerman, who whipped Mana
ger Clarke in New York, several weeks
ago. The crowd began to surge into the
grand stand and bleachers and Bowcrmai
got scared. He went to Manager Nc
/ Graw and told him that owing to the
treatment accorded him the previous
Wednesday, he refused to go behind the
bat. AS none Of the other catchers could
hold MathewSons delivery, McGraw had
To take the pair out and put in Miller
ard Warner The crowd yelled its dis
appointment, and demanded that Math-
cwson be put in. but he could not work
without BoWerman. and the latter was
afraid of the wrath of the Pittsburg root
ers