Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-08-12

/ bury ball club, says he has not observed
thaf betting In the Smoky City on the
New Bedford Mercury: Four victories
90 far this week. Today. the New Rod
! ford club plays In Lowell, and IL It can
win again the record for the week will
/ be perfect.
Now York Evening Sun: It looks nc
in Mcclellan, the Holy Cross player. The
vounpster handles himself Surprisingly
well for beginner
| "rallx about double headers" saws Man
ager John Smith OF the Manchesters.
in 13O out of $40 games, and took turns
working double-headers"
Tine manager of Clevelands minstrels
| is negotiating for both Lajoie and Math-
ewson to act as nterlocutor for his show
the coming season. The one who re-
spends first gets the job.
when the Homestead ball team defeat
ed the Pittsburgs, every one of the
Homesteaders was given a gold piece of
coin from the management of the steel
works to which they belong.
Jimmy Casey, the Chicago third base
man. is out of the game with a broken
nose and a black eye, the result of stop
ming a grounder with his face He'll not
be able to play for some time.
Pitcher Jack Powell, whom the Cincn-
natl club offered a fabulous salary last
fall, has so small percentage of victo-
ries with the St. Louis Americans that
it cannot be seen with microscope.
Forty-five shutout games and three tie
games have been played in the American
of the season was the 1S-inning tie be-
tween the HighlanderS and the White
Socks.
Fall River Herald: Pittsburg has
drawn the largest crowds away from
home Already 100000 people have wit
fhniT On mn
attending two games in New York and
one in Chicago.
Morgan shut out Lawrence, Nashua and
New Bedford before being shut out by
Haverhill. He won six straight before
he went down. He has landed Ii out of
the last 16 games. He has struck out 65
men in 10 games.
Because of the accident at the Nation
al League baseball park at Philadelphia,
in which nine persons lost their lives and
over 200 were injured. the three games
scheduled between Philadelphia and Gin
cinnati for Aug. r. 10 and H. have been
postponed
In April the New York Americans won
four games and lost four, making a per-
centage of 500. The records for the next
three months We're as follows: May,
games won, 9; lost, "A: per cent, 40.
June-Won, 10; lost. 10; per cent, 800.
July-Won, Is; lost, Il; per cent, $50.
Yes, it's the youngsters that count in
League. For instance, consider young
colts like Connie Murphy, Buster" Bur-
rill Al Weddige, John Smith, 'Dutchy"
klobedanz, Hickey, Merritt and Lake,
and if they are not playing ball let us
hear about it.
Memphis now has the highest priced
team in the Southern League, its month
ly pay roll footing up $500. 1t is paying
two of its men $3.50 each. New Orleans
is paying $4,000 per month; Shreveport,
$3.50; Little Rock and Birmingham, $500
each; Atlanta, $2400: Montgomery, 5000.
and Nashville, which is well up in the
first division, $1700
The Washington Post says of Pitcher
peculiar sort of delivery There does
not seem to be much. to it, but there is a
something that the best of batters can
not determine. Now and then he floats
lazy, sneaking straight ball that hobbies
up to the plate barely alive. and few are
able to dispose of it. But Towards great
speciality is using a cool head full of
brains. This is where he is the winner"
The Manchester ball players recently
held a meeting and decided to make
a playing trip through Pennsylva-
mia. Delaware and New Jersey at the
and play exhibition games with such
strong teams as dare cross bats with
them. John F. Smith was elected mana
gel, with full power to arrange games,
With the reputation the Manchester team
holds the trip should be a big success.
Haverhill Gazette: The Concord Mon
itor of Tuesday remarked: New Hamp
shire is pretty sporty, today. with base
ball at Concord. horse racing at Nashua
and Dover and prize fight at Manches
ter Yes, there was also croquet at
Reeds Ferry. d Manchester sport blew
himself $1.42 at Lake Massa bessie, Ashen-
sach's goat got a good square meal in
Nashway, and Ed. Secord engaged in
more hot air. about the Collins cubs.
Down here we had a conniption fit. 1--WE
won game"
Welcome r. CASTOR. first base for the
M. ID. Barnet team of Denver, is credited
with a triple play unassisted in a recent
game at Pueblo, Col. Briefly of Pueblo,
knocked a liner to first base which Gas
ton caught. Lee left first base under the
impression that a clean hit had been made
and was touched with the ball by Castor.
kroWell, runner on second base. had to
go so near to third that CASTOR was able
to run to second and touch the base in
time to put him out. This is the fourth
triple play on record
There is not club in either of the big
leagues that does not carry at least five
pitchers. who get all the way from $1,000
to $1,000 each. Agy Chesbro is the highest
salaried man of the lot. There is not one
of the great pitchers of today probably
who would attempt to perform the Job
that Gus weighing, the old Philadelphia
pitcher, and one of the best that ever de
livered the ball to a batsman. did. In 1890
he pitched g. games, winning 3d. and the
next year pitched rs -Four and five games
a week wasn't considered anything extra
then.
q have never felt so well in my life
during the baseball season as | do, this
summer, and l thoroughly enjoy playing
the game" says Frank Chance of the
Chicagos. 1.-The position at first is not
so dangerous for me, and it lis great
help to be in the game every day as my
eye is good. and | can hit the ball now,
We will make a hard fight for the lead
from now on, and if some one else can
take a few games from the Pirates it
will put us up so near that it will not be
such a hard matter for us to pass them,
with little luck"
The presidents of the National, Ameri-
can and Eastern Baseball Leagues held
an informal meeting, Tuesday, in New
York A proposed national agreement |
was discussed but nothing definite was ac-
The meeting, however, was
one of the most important so far held |
the agreement, as President
Johnson has steadfastly held aloof from
such meetings heretofore. 1t was decid- |
ed to increase the committee to nine mem |
bers instead of three; each president be- |
ing empowered to name two more mem |
bers of each organization. The meeting |
was adjourned until Aug. Is, when the