Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-15

home runs, and Seybold has made most
extra hits, Hickman second.
| Buffalo has taken II out of 70 games
played on its own grounds this year No
! wonder that Manager Stallngs is smiling
broadly
Danny Richardson. who once played sec
| ond for the New Yorks, owns. with Mayor
Sheehan of Elmra the biggest dry goods
store in that city. -
George Lachancc has certainly improved
upon his work of last season, both at the
bat and in the field, while in base running
ne Is far more wide awake.
New York Mail and Express: There are
those who think that Mr.. OLoughIin
would make a better villain on the stage
than an umpire on Il baseball field.
The demand for players is so great that
lnroads are already made in the New
England League ranks. The PHILADELPHIA
Nationals have secured Outfielder Titus
of Concord, the Chicago Americans Chic"
Hafford of Lowell.
| Selec's men made a record of I6 victo-
rlcs in II games at one period this season.
all away from home, and during their last
trip they took II games out of p Strange
ly enough, they foundercd completely in
the recent series with New York in Chica-
so.
If present plans are followed, there will
be convention of baseball writer's and
scorers some time next winter. President
Pulliam of the National League. and his
secretary Mr.. John Heydler, believe that
such a convention has become q matter
of necessity and would accomplish much
good.
Says Chadwick: "Wtthout exception
Kelley is the most senseless kicking cap
| tain l know OF. He is even worse than
Griffith. Kelley has an uncomfortable
temper, and loses all Judgment when he
INDUCES it. Why he is. allowed to violate
he rules as he does is mystery. The
team suffers from it to a costly extent"
Chnrlay "a ic,, oil
! ~ and will be able to get into the game
some time in August. President Killilea
had talk with hlm when in Boston, anG
assured him that all of his expenses Will.
| he was on the hospital list would be borne
! by the Boston. club. and that his salary
would go just as if he We're in the game
| Washington Post: Some persons IT.
Quakerdom, Dan Mills ran a daily line il.
his Times output: What good is Cooley"
In the course of events Dick was chased
and he began to circulate like a bad half,
dollar in the dark of the moon. In Bos.
ton today, if that ancient query were put
thor" would be a Vociferous response OF
Hes good as j. Pierpont Morgan's note"
The New York Press says of the local
| American team: Tho team is weak be
hind the bat, at short, in left and center
fields, the pitchers are not living up to
| their regulations and there is an absence
of team work at the bat on the bases
and in the field. With these drawbacks
there isn't a chance on earth for the
ton in the fast race of the American
| League"
| The betting fever is Buffalo is almost
| as rampant az that on the horses, and is
conducted more openly than the pool
rooms dared to in the palmcst days Of a
wide open town. Every saloon of any pre-
| tension is conducting the gambling enter
prisr with an open display of charts. com
| binations. money values, etc. similar to
| the system used in pool rooms, yet they
| arc unmolcSted, while the law and order
societies continue to wage war on the pool
| rooms.
| Detroit News: The other day business
man stopped Mr.. Angus on the street and
! told him he ought to get a good third
! b%Ncman and hitting right fielder. THAI
gives you chance to make a little
! spending money, replied the club prcsi
| ceptahlc third bascman and Il fielder of
! the sort you mention, / will he liberal in
engaging the players and Will give you
| $1,000 for your trouble in the matter" The
players have not yet been signed.
In speaking OF the mystery of the curve
ball Clark Griffith of the New York Amer
| lean League team, remarked to Il group
OF ban players: AN the pictures and dia-
grams that were ever printed won't show
an amateur how to throw Il curve or how
to pitch effectively. AS a matter of fact
nearly all the curves are thrown with the
ball caught in just about the same old
Way-With the thumb ana first two fin
gers. The shoots are only acquired from
practice of the teachings Of an old pitch
err. and are gained by hard on easy twist
to wrist or arm by the different swings;
with which tho arm can be brought over
the shoulder and the angles at which the
ball is delivered"
a story told of Jimmy Casey of the
| Chicago Nationals. by an old friend ex-
plains the players dinky walk which has
created So much amusement in Chicago.
In nus youth Casey worked for ST. n day
in the dye shop of a big wooden mill in
Lawronce, Mass The whole shop was n
sort of a big vat in which the drippinga
from the cloth that was; being cololed Of
ten accumulated to the depth of several
inches. To keep their feet dry the work
men wore clogs on their shoes to raise
them above the level Of the shop. Short
steps were necessary. OF course or the
baseball celebrity would have speedily
measured his length on the slippery floor.
To this day. in spite of the many years
that have interviewed. Casey's strides in
walking across the field, measure about
two feet in length
In the herculean effort President Comis-
key Is making to strengthen his club, the
White Stockings of Chicago, there is q
possibility that he may reap Something