Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-06

considerable service in the New England
League.
Spooner. who played with Holyoke. last
wear under the nom de bal of Francis"
has been released by Haverhill He is to
be succeeded by former TriState leag
ltr whose name, CuriOuSly enough, is
Francis.
Jimmy Collins has been playing his po-
sitlon for the past two weeks up to the
best standard of his career. There was
a time IA while ago when II seemed as if
his fielding was suffering from the bur
drnS of management.
Baseball team and singing school are
combined in a iuNenil" company in
orange, Mass. known IS tn. Srrague O.
X. s. The boys have Il regular vocal in
itrIctnr, and they sing at each gam"
i they play ban as hard as most young
Sters. its puzzle to 50" how they have
any energy left for song.
The Champions and the Athletes played
a 1-innins game in Boston, Tuesday af
ternoon. the latter winning by a score
Of to ,. 'Rubc" Wadd"ll pitched for the
pitched for Boston. \ feature of thu
game was the work of Tnglaub at first
he having 81 putouts to his credit
The. spit ball was responsible for Can
Thursday. the Lancaster players putting
llcoricc juice on the ball that was being
ised by the tWirlcr for TIN" spit ball de
livery. kick rnsued. the ball was
"
tain was banished and the team vent off
the fl Id
There is no truth in tn" report that
Fred Lake cuntcmplit"S disposinG of his
Lynn club. with tn" idea Of pun chasing
N" Nashua tranchis" and transferring
tho same to Worcester or Taunton. Their.
is little doubt but That Lake could dis
pose Of his Lynn holdings tn good advan-
taGr. The Transferring of amy New Eng
land Lcaeu" club to Worcester or Taun-
ton. this season. is out of the pus stion.
Boston Herald: An Eastern gentleman
now a resident ct St. Louis, writes: Il
times. Either they are in hard luck or d
rotten team. 1t is my opinion that the
latter is the case. They do not seem to
put the right kind of snap into their play
ing. and miss lot of chances" That
would INT the case of more than one club
than the Cardinals.
Atlanta Constitution: 1t won't be So
Very long before EbbettS. owner of TIL.
Isr"oklyn team. will be securing the
country Tor good minor league ball play
erS. and tn" South will probably be fav-
ored with his attention. though he had
poor success. last season. He says that
he has $I,.Wn to spend for minor league
stars and intends 10 spend it. He GER
tainlN did not make this much off the
Br"OklVnitCS.
Boston Journal: Ifanlon thinks Malon-
ey OF the Chicago League tcaln is the
fastest man in the league today. "Ha
| is a sensational wonder. II" is II grand
81
". were i'll the " indy City that were
nothing short Of phenomenal. And fast
why. II" can beat tn" wind II" certainly
does got down the bne fast after he hits
the ball. H." is stealing bases every day.
getting in sacrifice hits and Sncakng. the
ball He is grand younGstcr-the kind
that is not picked up every day in the
week
Boston Herald: There have been all
sorts of runners about John Anderson. the
right fielder of tn" Washington club. He
was quoted i'll Il Washington paper with
saying that h.. would leave the Washing
ton club because lack Stahl was a poor
manager. II never made any such re
mark, said Anderson. lit is absurd and
malicious. | have been treated as well as
could expect by Manager Stahl and |
shall stay with the team as long as they
wish to keep me. You cannot deny this
story any too emphatically; 1t is too bad
such stories get in circulation, because
they cause some feeling"
Boston Herald: There is no mystery
hhoIt the d"crea Sc ia II d bnttIGG says
Just few grandstand pitchers Now
every club carries three or four who are
likely to bother yOu. You can't lcgislate
enough hits in a game to suit a loser. and
after all. You never hear \ winner quarrel
n6"gt th rT hh 1t w9nidnt do ,r to put #
was desired to cripple all the intielders-
Back in tho Players League that idea
was tried but quickly abandoned. The
IS will scarcely receive favorable consid-
Grafton.
The ball games between Waterville Ia.
comet and Newport were the features of
the celebration. Tuesday. at Camp Ben
son. ana fully repaid by their varied inter
est the enthusiasm they created. Wa
forenoon game, ! to s. and the afternoon
game. to .. and that after the closest
kind Of a struggle. Cutter pitched fine
game in the forenoon, only three hits be-
1. Ip,1sx IL fs,ld
ed his position well making only one err
ror when he slipped on a ground ball.
trapping the ball in fine style. but unable
TO recover in time to throw the runner
out at first. He also made three hits
himself which were all of clean. I'M
questionable kind. In the afternoon game
the score was even for seven innings. 0
to 0. and the only score was made at
end Of the seventh inning on a base on
balls. a wild throw on an error by the
Viewpoints shortstop. This gave Tacon-
net one run and the game.
SpoitinE Life: During baseball game
mining expert in Salt Lake City. who was
playing first base first has" for Rhvolite.
against Beatty. reached for u Srounder.
The ball struck Il small stone and rolled
away. Griftiths picked up the stone and
looked at it. a second look disclosed the
presence Of free gold. Griffths shid moth
pocket He secured a lantern and return
ed to the spot afte~ dark to collect more
of the rock. BY the aid of his assaSer's
outfit h. proved the rock to bc worth
over sHo a ton. and associated with a
couple of his friends. purchased a heavy
interest in the property. which is owned
by the Shoshone National Bank Mining
Co. Grifiths has refused profit of s25-
no on his stock. Tho mining company
has ordered tie sinking Of shaft to be
known as First Base. in addition to tho
shaft already in existence at another point
on the property. The first shaft. 300 feet
away from First Base. entered paying
ore at q dcpth OF % feet and il is bpljev-