Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-01
The Non-h Irritating
Cathartic
Easy to take, easy to operate
Hoods Pills
! were CHAMPS,
Old Dirigo Baseball Team
of Augusta.
Few Teams in Maine, and Few
in Mass, Could Hold En-.
All Players Still Living, and Several
OF them in Augusta.

comranitd by q large half tone cut of
the once famous DirigO baseball team
ui this city. and also list of the
games Won by them during the four
years of their existence:
Many Of the lovers of the national
game in Augusta still swear by the
old DrlSOS. 1t is StOutly main-
tanned that it was the hottest nine
that ever stirred up the dust on Il
Name di;,lIond. Certain it is, they
polished of everything that came in
their WY. The team was formed in
1>f1. and it is Il remarkable circum-
stance that every member of the club
is still living. and one of them Treby
Johnson. cashier of the Granite nation
III bank here. is still playing. or at
least he is on the diamond occasional
~ in the series of contests between the
bankers and the postal clerks.
Fred II. Scruton was captain of that
famous nine. and he WAS also the fear
less catcher. he caught in the most
hazardous days of the sport. before the
Introduction of the 10Th century armor.
and he received some knocks at inter-
walls. He is now living in New York
city. and drums up the local silk trade
Morse. who has a toy and candy store
here. was the pitcher. and is said to
hive betn the dcadlieSt twirler of his
time Some of the opposing teams
beaded HIM as they would Kansas
cyclone. ossian d. Pillsbury. who held
down the first bag. is now living in
Chicago. and he is the Western agent
of New York concern. Harry V.
| More. who was on second. is in Boston
! and represents a tobacco house. while
Ed Hlan,iina. who used to alternate on
second. is also in Boston. agent of a
Chicago clothing house. The third
baseman WIS William Porter, more ia
rniliarly known as Billy, a jolly fell
! low. who made sunshine wherever he
went. The last heard from him he
| was captain of large ship sailing
from the Pacific coast to Japan.
Fred o. Parker, who is now in the
grocery business in Minneapolis was
the redoubtable shortstOp of this ia
NOUS team. Henry s. Bicknell. now
! living in Chelsea. and Warren F. Tay-
F., lor. now in the printing business in
Springfield were leftfielderS Treby
! Johnson and f. F. Handing covered
center. and George Flagg. now paint
er in Waterville. was in right. Green
| leaf Flagg was the successful business
manager Samuel Fuller. Fred Web
Der, W. r. Bicknell and H. A. Brick
we're warm supporters of the team.
and Mortimer NJ. Rogers presented the
handsome group picture to the club.
This famous team was formed in the
spring of 1861. There We're seven games
hat wifi a
cipal clubs in Kennebec county, the
! Dirigos " inning them all. In their sec
ond season they played nine games of
! which they won seven. They met Two
| successive defeats in the early part Of
the season. after which they gave
themselves hard practice. and on Aug.
10 won the prize bat emblem OF the
junior championship of Maine from the
North stars of Portland by score OF
30 TO IS. They succeeded in keeping'it
, through tn. season. Having thus be-
| come champions. and Obliged to accept
| all challenges from the junior clubs
! thrOug hout the state. it became neces-
+ sary to have a strong team for 1869.
! The team was sternly drilled and the
season was an exciting one. The Diri-
COS played 10 games. of which they
! won nine. Six of these were contested
for the prize bat the DirigOs winning
them al. They met with but one de-
feat by the FairmOunts of Marlboro,
Mass.
| The fame of the DirigOs spread be-
yOnd the confines of the State. and
| when they made their first triumphal
| trip to Boston there was great curiosity
at the Hub TO see the raw dOwneast-
ers' who had cleaned out everything
Oh, the diamond. They marched
, through Faneuil hall market soon after
arriving ana the marketmen all came
ont of the stalls to see the doughty
Maine boys. and they cheered and
waved 1T them as they passed. In
fact. FOR nearly q week they were great
objects of interest in Massachusetts.
Three. Of the best games We're played
in Boston. They were played on the
Union grounds. against the EXcesiOrs
md stars of Boston. and the Bay State
c,;,h of Lynn, then holder of the cham
pion bat of that state. The briggs
were triumphant in each game. ana
bv their brilliant playing entitled them
70 rank as one Of the best Junior clubs
in New England.
The season of 1870 was one Of unusual
interest among the juniors of the state
The association rule allowed a club
winning two years in succession to be-
come the permanent owner of the bat
Accordingly the junior clubs of the
s,ate redoubled their efforts to win 1t
fro,,, the Dirigos. The Eagles Of Au-
pusta. Resolute and North Star clubs
of Portland. and the Passagassas OF
Ee,fast. each endeavored to carry on
the rrize. but were defeated. The
game with the Passagassas was the
hest ever played in Augusta up to that
time.
L, August the Dirigos made the sec
ond trip to Massachusetts,. and whiie
: there nIayed seven games against the
f smartest junior clubs in the state.
; Thev lost one game each to the Bay
: STATE club of Lynn and the Unas OF
! Char,estown. They defeated the En-
cels;ors Of Boston. Young America OF
,Waltham, Haverhills. Auroras OF cne'-