Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-09
Eight men were left on bases in Mondays

AbbaticcchiO, the Boston National short
stop, as a rule plays pretty fast baseball
but. yesterday, he scored three of Boston
seven errors.
Boston Americans lost. yesterday. in
the game with New York. The series
now stands in BOstOn's favor with an
other game scheduled, today.
Pitcher JOsslyn joined the Providence
club, Saturday. He was anxious to so 10
New Bedford. but finally found IL more
to his advantage to go to Providence.
The ruling of the national commission
at Cincinnati, Thursday, will make it I'M
possible for clubs in organized bail loan
ing players to independent clubs hereaf-
ter.
The New York National team has
made only five errors i'm the last seven
games. McGann is credited with three OF
those, but then he never claimed to be Il
cold weather player.
Boscton is the banner city for baseball.
outside of old New York. Seven thous-
and thirty-nine paid admissions at yeSter-
days game and wash Gay at that.
1t is seldom that Burkett is credited
with an error, but he made one, yeSter-
day, when it meant runs. A home run
later in the game however partly made
good.
The Boston Nationals play a double
header by schedule, Wednesday, the OPEN
ing day of their first long stay at home.
Frank Selee and his fast Chicago bunch
will be the attraction.
Cleveland and Washington were both de-
feated in American League games. yester-
day. Cleveland still maintains her pOSit-
ion at the head of the league, while
Washington quietly falls into third posit-
ion, behind the Philadelphia team.
New York Herald: There are better
catchers than little Louis Ritter. but
there isn't Il harder worker behind the
bat. He is Il great pet with the roOters,
and as full CT sting 4 ginger snap.
Ten hits scored two runs for the Pitts
burg National team. in yesterdays game,
with the Cincinnati team. No wonder the
PittSburg team is looking for good hitters
| if they need them, at all times in proper
| ton.
Joe Kelly'S protests are growing tire
some. The Cincinnati Reds will become
| greater favorites if they will play base
| ball as it should be played and not be
looking for the worst of things all the
| time.
Pttsburg Press: To a man up tree,
it doesn't look as if Charley Nichols is
altogether to blame for the showing of
| the Cardinals to date. The fact of the
matter is that the Cardinals are 4 bad
| team.
| Sporting Life: Manager Kelley of Gin
| c!nnati. says there is nothing so good
for the batting eye and the pitchers as
| the morning workouts. Yes. and nothing
| so bad as those heavy dinners just before
a game.
Nine errors in the game between the
| Brooklyn and Philadelphia National
teams at Philadelphia. Monday. Even
| the good players make occasional errors.
That should serve rs consolation to some
| of our amateur teams.
When the teams get to going the Amer
| lean Association race will he close one.
Toledo and Kansas City are both show
| ing surprising form and it behoOveS the
iloosier management to get hump
and this at once, or the Indianapolis club
| will hit the bottom.
The Bridgeport team of the Connecticut
| League, with the veteran Jim" ORourke
catching and his son playing third base.
will be the attraction, Sunday, at Onta-
| rio oval. where they will meet the Brook
lyn Giants. The Bridgeport team PLAYED
fast ball, last season.
Chicago Record: Clymer and Warner,
who We're in row at ST. Louis Thurs
day, have been set down by Pres. Pull
liam pending Il complete report from the
umpire Between the scrappers and the
kickers there has been Il good deal of
| rOWdyiSm in the National League, this
season.
I'eegan will pitch in the opening game
for the Hobokens against the Giants or
the st. George Cricket Clubs grounds.
| The national commission, which met at
Cincinnati, has again placed the Hobo
| kenS in good standing. which gives them
an opportunity to play National and
American League clubs every Sunday.
| AT meeting held, saturday, IN the
| Cosmopolitan Hotel by the members of
the Metropolitan District Cricket League
a proposition from the Hamilton Club of
| Bermuda, to play New York June Il and
| 19, was accepted. The secretary was also
instructed to arrange an interstate match
with Massachusetts to take place in New
| York in September.
| Jersey City executed n triple play in
the game with Newark, Thursday. Cock
man had reached second and Murphy
an apparently safe liner close to the
| ground towards first. Vandergrift cap
tured it, touched Murphy and threw to
| Bean in time to nail Cockman before he
could get back to second.
The Chicago Record Herald says that
l.aj0ie will make some of his critics hedge
if he can keep his players moving at the
| speed they showed in that city. 1t adds:
| when it comes to taking n throw in one
hand and touching base runner none can
| approach LaJoie. Catch and touch are
| one sweeping motion. quick as Il FASH"
Oh. there's only one Larry
The Boston Americans will play New
York at Boston, today. and then leave
days of the week. From Detroit the club
| will visit Cleveland. st. Louis, Chicago,
| Washington New York and return home
June 6 for the first of the games with
the Western clubs. The Boston Nation
ais will, Tuesday, begin long home Sc
ries.
Boston Herald: Collins team of ball
| tossers had more good fortune. last week.
| than has fallen to their lot since the sea-
| son opened, for they took all but one
| game chat played with the HighlandersI
since Monday. Collins is the only member
of the team that is in the go class with
the stick, and he is so far ahead of the
other batsmen that he is practically in a
class by himself. He has made almost
| twice as many hits any other member
| of the team except Parent. Burkett and
| Freeman. His batting work has improv-
| ed considerably of late, and he now has
an average of .324. He has scored II runs,
| the largest total of any of the players
and also easily leads in two-b ggers. Sell
| bach is far ahead of the other Outfielders
in batting, having made almost as many
| hits in IL games as Burkett and Free
man have in 10. His average is .262, and
| he and Collins are the only members of
| the team that have batted for 2O Grim
| shaw is fifth in the batting list. Criger
| and Parent having slight advantage
| over him. Five members of the team
| have made home runs. Eight of the boys
| have not made p misplay this year. and
| Parent is the only player with n fielding
| average of less than $40. Collins has
| only miscued three times and Ferris had
the same record while Parent has made