Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-13

tes$#2eNx /HilllbN(Nl and prospects
F$Nz%M SAHVru,.j INV have resulted
\,fEWg ~. es1hno in some chang
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<5is,Nlbkp@0 | es in the rela-
-;fNWNUEN Y tive standing
fTT3EVWAN of the teams.
S2lMIMU 1t has not been
F AtiAI III all plain sail
NSN1 ing for the
NAAN crack Gardi-
ENN ~ ner team
which has, in turn, dropped games 10
Winthrop. Augusta and IIalOwell. Still
il is :, very snappy combination, and
s,ill holds its place at the head of the
l.ag;le standing, although by some
what reduced per centaCc. HalloNell is
rcxt in line. while Winthrop and Au-
sllsta are tied for last place. In my
former article l referred to the hard
luck which had pursued the Winthrop
| aggregation in its carly games, and
| predicted that. before the close of the
| season it would make the best of
| them liustle-and it is already doing so.
| Augusta has been on the TOboEgan
| Of late; but with the good material
| there is in the team we may redSond-
| bly, look for better work later on. There
| has been a lamcntablc lack Of team
| work and some very poor coIching--@t
| fact that was specially in evidence az
| Mondays game. where there was APP
parrntly no one OH the field to call the
| PLAYS and the fialderS did not seem
| iisrosci 10 do it for themselves. \ lit
| tic rIora ginger boys Don't leave it all
| - one man. Let everyone contribute
| his share.
1t WAS hard luck for a pitcher to see
| 4 game 80 by the board when he had
| put III, a superb article of ball that
| Watson did. Wednesday afternoon. 1t
was cilt-edGed box work. ana de-
| ervcd 10 win. Augusta outbatted her
| opponents. but. alas. by ragged field
| ing ana an absence Of good stick work
| at the critical points permitted the
| game IL go by the board. There are
| scN oral lancntablc weak hitters in the
| local team. but even these should take
| the chances offered them. 1t is vastly
| better to strike out than to he called
| out or strikes. When all this has been
| said the fact remains that about all
1 the hard luck in sight has fallen to the
| August team in the last few games.
II cannot possibly continue forever, 50
| let us .'clIcer up
| Maloney, HalloWell's new southpaw.
| look, like Il winner Certainly he had
| the neaVy hitterS Of Gardiner at his
| mercy in Tuesdays game. Hallowell
| showed UP decidedly strong with the
| willow in that contest. and the clean
| f,ll I,J; q
| to lCok upon. Indeed. the whole team
| put w a Very fast game. Reanc. who
| pitch for Gardiner got his bumps
| with considerable frequency. Still he is
| "A good man with lots of speed. and
| some N"r! sharp shoots. 1t seemed to
me that he would; have been more Of
| fcctive, Tuesday. if he could have
| mixed in a few slow ones with his
| swift ONES. and made more use of the
| drop ball. His delivery was good, hut
| lacked tho variety necessary to secure
| the greatest degree of effectiveness.
| DilWorth, who pitched for the Au-
| cuStJ team of the New England
| L"tEu" was at his best. one of the
| "ncadi"st" twirlcrs who ever faced =
| h1tSman. "If | find they like what I
| am serving up to them" he said. 81
| immodiatciy change the bill of fare
| some IF the Augusta rooters VIII r.
| member how he once combed the Lew
| istop team, with slow ones that fairly
crawIcd over the plate. while the bats
| mon who faced him almost broke their
backs in frantic but vain efforts to
| drive. them out of the lot. The Lewis
tor s,.rihcs declared that the ball came
| across the Plate bigger than a pump
kim ana roundlv roasted their players
| for their unaccountable failure to
| chase it to the barn" Dilworth al
ways studied his batsman carefully
and he had y wonderfully retcntiv"
memory for his weak spot when once
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I'll" un-nirirg in the games l have
witnessed tho past ton days has been
uniformly good. Parker's work has
been a delight to look upon, and it is
Ia he hoped that the league will re-
tain his services. Webber. too, has
shown himself to he a fair and eff
| cient man III tbc work he has done