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

Cnglaub is playing first base for New
York.
Left hand Killian is now Detroit's win
ming pitcher.
Tate Comley is pitching fine ball for
the Hoosiers.
Willie Kecler made his first error of the
season in Chicago. Monday.
Bill Coughlin leads the Detroits in bat
ting with an average of $50.
Stone who took Burkett's place with
St. Louis. has batting average of .264.
IImpires KLEIN and E,mSlie ordered Nc
nesday.
Charley Hickman, usually a heavy hit
ter. il now content with a 10 batting
average.
Columbus and Milwaukee are making a
runaway race of it in the American As
ISOLATION.
Tinker. the Chicago shortstop, has a
men with $50
The squeeze play has failed four
straight times in Boston. and has yet to
result in a run.
inning. playing with the Lynn team. at
Lynn. Thursday.
Jones, the Washington outfelder, has
played - games without an error. he
is hitting for $50.
Collins and Criger are the only Boston
bitsmen in the first 80 players OF the
American League.
Van Zandt has fallen of in his hitting
for st. Louis, having played nine games
with an average OF .l46.
Pitcher Hart, of Louisville. has jumped
the Colonies and cast his fortunes with
the Harrisburg outlaws.
Lowell and Manchester are winning
games with cOmmendable consistency in
the New England League.
Buffalo is making another fine race in
the Eastern League with almost the same
team they had last season.
Manager Barrow is welding the ak In
the Indianapolis club. Those who cannot
bat get their heads cut off.
Philadelphia won, Thursday. and is now
counted among the first division teams,
in the National League standing.
The Boston Nationals made two errors
in the fourth inning, Thursday. which
cost them the game with the Cardinals.
Only So men in the two major leagues
have reached the 800 mark in batting, this
season, the lightest batting known since
1888.
Washington Post: Buck Orth always
had one bad inning, but judging from
Mondays score he had couple OF WOODY
ones.
Nashville American: Thus. the George
town pitcher under contract to the locals.
will join the squad on the teams return
home.
At last Reulbach. known as Young
Sheldon in Vermont. has made his ma
jor league debut with Frank Seele's
colts
President Pulliam has benched Joe KEEL
~. the Cincinnati manager. for three
days. The suspension carries with it "a
fine of $50.
Vinson. who went to Cleveland touted
as the star batsman of the Eastern
League. has hit for .091. turning in two
lonesome hits.
Gus Dorper. the former Cleveland
pitcher. is leading the American ASsOcia-
ton slab artists. He has won five games
and lost but one.
of American League castOffs, but the
pitching department does not balance
with the felders.
Cleveland Leader: That Washington
aggregation is going to win lot of more
games this year. and they will take a
few of them on this trip.
Truck Egan. the shortstop of the Ia
comas is leading the Pacific Coast League
in batting and his injured arm of last
season has healed up perfectly.
George La Chance has been placed
fourth in the Montreal batting list. and
Sunday he cracked out two hits. He
should be a star in the Eastern League.
President Ruschaupt, of the Indianapo-
lis club. says the American Association
is fully so per cent faster than It was
last year. His opinion is shared all over
the circuit.
Eddie Mexican, the former Cleveland
shortstop, is playing with Colorado
Springs. in the Western League. He is
batting we'll, but cannot field up TO his
old-time form.
indianapolis has released Outfielder
Swander to Newark. N. j., of the Eastern
League. He was signed two seasons ago