Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-19

by the st. Louis Browns, but did not show
major league class.
Bowcock. is making good in the New
England League. Thursday he made a
brilliant one hand catch. and saved the
game for Fail River team. His batting
average is good too.
1t is predicted that Frank Smith, of the
White SoX, will be the best pitcher in
the American League this year. And to
think of this youngster refusing 10 go
with the Washington club.
Myrch. third baseman for the Nashua
team. was fined and put out Of the game;
between Manchester and Nashua az
Nashua, Thursday. The same old trouble
talking back to the umpire.
The Cleveland papers have been gushing
over the work of Mil at second LOT me
with Cassidy and the pair is the equal OF
Parent and Ferris of Boston
Rain has prevented the Boston team
from playing three games. TINS Week.
Perhaps it is better So they mignt ,iaur
lost all, with Lajoie and his band OF
ball tossers in their present mood.
Frank Shaughnossy. the tall Notre
Dame boy whom Manager Stahl could
not use this year. lett ifS gay c ho
of that city in the Southern League.
The finds of the season up to date in
the batting line are I<oehler with the st.
Louis Americans. ia; jackson with
Cleveland. $40; and Hoffman with the
Chicago National League club, with .305
peesan, who held the Chicagos in check
for 10 innings last Sunday, will pitch for
the Hobokens against the PittsburSs. next
Sunday, on the ST George cricket grounds
at HOboken. The regular Pittsburg team
will be in the game
Sunday baseball at Washington park
proved extremely profitable for the Brook
lyn club. On the several Sundays games
have been played in the park the attend
ance has been larger than the combined
crowds of the week.
Louis Bierbauer, for whose services the
National League and American Associa-
who afterward played second base for
Cleveland, may play with the Erie, Pa,
interstate team this year.
Outiielder Shaughnessv pulled up
stakes. Wednesday afternoon, and took
the train for Montgomery. Ala. He was
slated to join the Baltimores. next week.
had not the Montgomery negotiations
reached a conclusion on Monday.
'Eube'' Waddell is leading the Ameri-
can eague pitchers, with five victories
and no defeats The pitchers who have
been most successful this season are tn"
younger element. Those old fellows will
get going about the middle of June.
In the Bowdoin Interscholastic League
street Driving park Portland High school
defeated Thornton Academy, to 0. The
hs naSers all they eoud do to keep
warm.
For IS innings the Chicago clubs have
been unable to get run in New York.
Selee's men could not score. Saturday,
when Taylor was pitching and they were
every bit as bad. Wednesday afternoon,
with McGinnity doing the box work for
the Giants.
Johnny Farrell. the ex-Washington sec
ond baseman. played one inning with In
dianapolis after being released by the St.
Louis Cardinals and was then yanked out
of the game, as Louisville claimed prior
rights to the player. The national COM
mission will have to settle the controVcr-
Sy.
One of Griffith's youngsters who has
made good and shown himself fully able
| to hold his own in fast company is Billy
HoEg. the pitcher. Like most side wheel
ers he is inclined to give to MANY bases
on balls, but he possesses coolness, gen
eralship speed and a good cross fire.
The Birmine ham Age Herald well says.
1T does not matter what the declslon OF
an umpire may be; 1t may DC unfair dagre or
But the umpire is present to decide all
points, to apply all rules, to maintain
order and discipline, and he must be
| obeyed, be he right or wrong.
Detroit Free Press: Kittredge is ia
volite with Detroit fans. who regard him
as one of the best backstops IN the league.
lie tried hard to get in with the Tiger
as to threaten the Washington manage
ment that he you'd jump, his contract If
not released. Ever since the season OPEN
ed. however, he has been playing the
game of his life. and his timely hitting
has snatchcd several games out OF the
fire.
Dick Yates. the University of Chicago
athlete who engaged with Coach Floyd
Harper of the baseball squad in bout of
tisticuffs at the Illinois game i'll Cham
paign, last Saturday. was dropped from
the maroon training table by Coach Stan.
Wednesday. Yates was asked to apologize
to his Superior. and upon refusing WAS
dismissed. while l cannot say l wholly
approve Harper's action in the matter.
said Coach Stagg, neither can l permit
characterization" Yates contends Harper
was the aggressor in the scrap
The baseball game between Lewiston
High and Leavitt Institute, Wednesday
at South Turner, ended in d dispute. In
the fourth inning Lcavitt had men on
first and second. with one out A Dali
was battcd to short and the runner inter
tered The umpire called the batter out.
and sent the runners back to first and
second. Lcavitt said nothing until their
half of the ninth, when with the score IA
to 8 against them they refused to play
the game out and protested it because
the umpire did not call the runner on sec
ond out instead of the batter in the
fourth.
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