Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-18
Baseball Notes.

Indianapolis has released Swander TO
Newark.
Wagner and L.ioie are far from the top
Of the batting list.
Ames OF the New York Giants, leads the
league pitchers In games won.
Just 16 men. or two to a club. have as
good rs 30 in batting averages in the
National.
The st. Paul club Of the American As
sociatiOn is the first to make a triple
play this season.
New York is first in team batting and
Chicago, is first in team fielding in the
National League.
1t looks now as If Sunday baseball
would be a feature at Brooklyn right
through the season.
The greatest surprise of the season is
the superb fielding game put up by Tex
as" Hill at third for Washington.
Catcher Johnnie Butler of the Kansas
City team, is laid up with an injured
knee. Capt. Butler is South Boston
hoy.
Keller is leading the New York Ameri-
cans in hitting. Dougherty has not done
very good hitting since joining the High
landerS.
Jack Boyle leads the American Asso-
citation in hitting. He secured five hits
for Toledo.
Since joining ST. Paul. Perry Sessions
has pitched six games winning one, los
ing three. and being yanked out twice. a
very weak showing.
Cliff Blankcrship's suspension will ex
pire May Is. The Reds will be In Phila-
delphia. and Blank will go back to first
IL KEEL is not ready for work.
Chief thinner was behind the bat for %
years and never had to retire on account
of an injured finger But then he got out
before the development Of the spit ball.
TIP ONeil. the young player tried out
and found wanting by the Boston Ameri-
cars now leads the American Association
with batting average of .4S in IL
games.
Frank Farrell. owner of the New York
American club. had one consolation. Mon
day. His 2-year-old colt Clark Griffith
on the ball field.
New Orleans. the club that made all
sorts of trouble for major league teams
that met it during, training time: has
ern League Atlanta is leading the minor
procession.
The Lowell baseball club of Dorchester.
which il one of the strongest scmi-pro-
fessional teams in New England Is man.
aged this wear by Bill Daily of the Hudson
River League. and he will probably play
in the Outfield during some of the games.
Secretary O'Rourke has received a tele-
gram advising him of the reinstatement
Of Thomas Tuckey of the New Haven
team, the man whose pitching for Man
chester and subsequent subsection to Il
500 fine all the Danaher- o Rourke fuss
WIS luCheS Will ICpoik 1<cW
Haven. this week
! The attendance at the New Haven
games reached lOw-water mark. Tues
day. when the players outnumbered the
| spectators two to one. The crowds have
| varied between 40 and 80 since the sea-
son opened. but they have not before sunk
| SO low that it would have been n hard
| job to recruit a nine from the spectators.
| Jack Sheridan. who is now completing
his 10Th years as an umpire has given it
| out that this is his last year in the Ma
tional or any other league as an umpire.
and when this season ends he intends to
| retire to the coast for the rest he surely
| deserves. Sheridan has served a longer
| period as an umpire than any man ever
| in the business.
Chesbro, star of the New York Ameri-
cans, has gone back from Chicago sick.
| A cold has brought on a general collapse.
| Doctors say that folks will search for
CHESHIRE elsew here than on the baseball
field for long time. but optimistic Clark
Griffith says that he will reJoin the team
by the time it gets back East.
Tuck Turner. Cincinnati boy. pitch.
ed Charleston to a thinning victory over
Savannah in the South Atlantic League.
last week. This was the second overtime
affair that Turner has pitched. inns sea
| son. His other was a Thinning ] to
loser. To add to the glory. turner Won
his own game with two-base hit.
The following contracts and releases
were announced at New York, MONDAY
by President Pulliam Of the NatIona
lei SHAY, 19O5-19(s, and Harry Arndt; re-
| ieases-by Pittsburg, V. A. Lindaman &c
Jersey City; by Philadelphia. A; e Miller
unconditional: by Boston, Frank Hershey
4 unconditional.
NJ. J. Thompson of Waterbury, has been