Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-04
Baseball Notes.

p. Dougherty has a batting averose up
to date of 267; fielding, .SS9.
Amateur baseball was never more pop
ular Than it is in Indianapolis today.
Five members of the New York High
landers have batting averages of over 800
ShecKard of Brooklyn. has joined those
who have lost their batting eye, his av-
erage being .173
Pop Rising leads the New London team
In hitting in the first two games played.
His figures are zoo.
Harry Bay is the idol Of the Cleveland
fans. even the great Lajoie coming in
second to the cornet player.
Dan Mccain, who is out Of the game
for few days, per order Of Mr.. Pulliam.
is visiting friends in Boston.
Pres. John T. Brush is with his cham
pion New York club. roofing harder than
ever for a winner, this season.
Ten of Johnnie McGraw's Giants are in
the 200 list of batsmcn; wonderful rec
ord. McGann and Bresnahan passed the
400 mark.
The games played thus far by the Maine
college teams give the man who is trying
to size them up chance to do a large
amount of guessing.
No outfiel1er in the American League
is showing up any stronger this season
than McIntire of the DetrOits, formerly "a
member of the Augusta team.
The most notable thing about the minor
league scores is the number of names
they contain of players who formerly
figured in the scores of the major leagues
Treas. Fred Knowles of the New York
club. says that it reminded him of old
times in Philadelphia. last week. when
the Giants played to the capacity of the
League park.
Jones. the big first baseman, has noti-
that he will be on hand during the cur
rent week. Until he arrives Feeney will
hold down the cushion.
Ned Hanlon has discovered way to
kill the spit ball." He says: MY own
observations lead me to believe that the
new delivery has some of the features of
the drop. and the only way to nail it is
to go at the ball like 4 cricketer. An
upward sweep will accomplish it's annihi-
lation.
The Dayton. Ohio, team on which Dave
Pickett is playing left field, is leading
the Central League, which is composed Of
teams representing Wheeling in West
Virginia. Terre Haute, Evansville. South
Bend. Fort Wayne in Indiana. Grand
Rapids in Michigan, and Dayton and
Springfield in Ohio.
The Waterloon Iowa State League team
Is on strike because the directors of the
club selected Harry Meek. catcher of the
DUBUQUE team. AZ manager and captain.
The Waterloon directors are not alarmed
over the stand taken by the players. and
declare a new team will be signed and
the old members suspended.
The strong Salem team has organized
with a bunch of seasoned ball tOssers that
are red hot for the scalps of the Lynn
Association ccterie of horse hide wallOp-
ers. p: J. Kennedy of Beverly. is man
ager. Salem will open the season April
. at East Eridgewater, stacking up
against the strong Alpha A. A. of that
burg. A trip through the states of Maine
and New Hampshire is contemplated dur
ing August and September. Manager
Kennedy can be found at % Cabot street,
Beverly. He writes the Journal that he
would like to arrange games in Maine
with the strongest semi-professional
teams. those in the vicinity of Lewiston
preferred. He would like to come in July
and asks a fair guarantee.