Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-04-18
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inclined more favorably toward the
Detroit offer. His fellow players pre-
dict that he will be seen with Detroit
next season.
Four conflicts between the New York
teams have been removed by severai
changes in the American league scheu-
ule made by President Ban Johnson.
Griffiths Highlanders will play in PM
adelphia May 81 and 2S instead OF July
3 and 6, thus doing away with two con-
tiicts with the Giants, who play Win
the Brooklyn team on those dates.
Washington will play its last series OF
championship games in New YORK
Sept. 10, II, 13 and Il, instead OF Sept.
II, 10, 90 and q. thus removing the
conflict with Cincinnati.
Pittsburg Dispatch: If the pItchln3
department of the PittsburS teatl IS as
weak as some people seem 70 thlllh
there will be no pennant floating over
the Smoketown grounds next year. ne
teams of the National League are muc:i
stronger this year than they were last.
That is to say, all of them have made
an effort to strengthen, and it is to be
taken for granted that most of them
have succeeded in this. If this be true
the Pirates will have to be stronger
than they were to win, and II the
pitching staff is not as strong as it was
at the finish of last season the team
is much weaker than it was in the
, spring.
When Pitcher Lever of Pittsburg,
boarded the train at Indianapolis, the
other day, Deacon" Philippe was the
only Pirate astir. Grasping Sam by
the arm Phil dragged him into the
darkened car ana shouted: "EoyS,
here's Lever. Turn out and congratu-
late the bashful bridegroom. There
was the parting of curtains and the
aisle became filled with husky young
men, sans street toggery, and | doubt
if bridegroom ever before received a
more strenuous reception. Sam finally
escaped and made the rest of the jour-
ney in another car. When taken to
task by Clarke for denying his marriage
Lever said it was only a joke.
What" shouted the Pirate chief.
Marriage a joke? Sam, my boy, you
will soon wake up to 4 realization of
the fact that married life is no joke
A Chicago baseball expert thinks
base stealing rather than the hit and
run game Will come to the front und er
the new ban rule. This means that
the players must know every peculiar
ity of delivery which an opposing
pitcher has. Any little mannerism of
the twrler such as lifting the ball over
his head before swinging for the de-
livery to the base means Il gain of time
for runner, which the speed of the
best catchers cannot overcome. With
the increased distance these days be-
tween the plate and the pitcher and the
strict balk rule which Pulliam claims
he will insist on, | look for Il return to
the old-fashioned baSe-stcaling period.
which means also larger scores and in
cidentally more hitting. The rule as it
reads in the guide today is: "A balk
shall be, making any motion with the
arm shoulder, hip or body which the
pitcher habitually makes in his meth
cd of delivery, without Immediately
delivering the ball to the bat The
umpires have been instructed to go out
after the pitchers. If Pulliam insists
OH this the base stealing game will be a
certainty"