Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-15
Baseball Notes.

Baseball Notes.
Jacksonville is at the head of the South
Atlantic League.
Eellllm the ST. Louis pitcher has been
nicknamed Kill En-.
Little Rock is carrying off the banner
in the Southern League.
Jimmy jackson is playing regularly in
right field for Cleveland.
ROckand won, IL to 6, Friday, from
Thomaston. at Rockland.
Jack O'Brien, formerly of the Boston
Americans, is playing first for Milwau-
kce.
Eleven innings without a run in the New
York Chicago game, Saturday. Playing
some.
Cannen gained GA points in stick work
in the week. and hit for .3.o in his last ~
games.
Riccius. the former Fall River catcher,
is playing second base for the Rockville,
CT, team.
Jake Decklay is credited with leading
the National League bitsmcn with rec
ord of .l2l.
Pop Schreiver is catching many of the
games for Louisville and seems to be as
young as ever.
Ped Long has been put out in the cold
by Utica and will play with Lancaster
Pa. this summer.
Bowdoin Varsity beat Il team made of
bond runners and banking men at Bruins
WICK, TiutN- 10 l.
Jiggs Donahue played first base for the
White SGX and accepted l6 chances fault
lcssly. He made one single.
OF the young timber secured last fall,
the Boston Americans Kept only Catcher
McGnvern and Myron Grimshaw.
Boston is ut the foot of the ladder but
| just four games separate the first and
last clubs of the American League.
| Lehigh College players made l.: errors
| in the game with the Brown team at
Providence. Saturday. An unlucky 13.
Fail River and New Bedford meet for
| the first time this week ut New Bedford.
Wedncsda. and at Fail River. Thursday.
I.aioie made two hits. stole a base and
accepted six chances without an error.
Thursday. He drove in both Of the Blues
runs.
Young is booked to take n fall out of
the Cincnnatis, Monday. With good back
ing he will come near to landing the
trick
Fred Tcnney is acting as business man
aser for the Boston Nationals. as well as
keeping up his regular work with the
game.
tional team. is doing well ut the bat. His
home in the ninth won the Boston
Chicago game. Saturday.
W.; AmherSt is putting up ,,; a tail game.
| 1S-inning struggle with Princeton are
much to the credit of the team.
That the Philadelphia Nationals is n
| corking good aggregation is the opinion
voiced by all New York sporting writer's.
| The QuakerS are certainly playing great
| ball.
! Sullivan. the outfielder released by De
| troit to Washington and then turned over
| to Minneapolis. went six times to the hat,
| last Sunday. ana made five hits, one a
double.
| The Washington club under the man
agement OF ''b"yish' Jake Stahl is break
ing all kinds of records. The Nationals
made the first triple play of the season
| the other day.
Danny Friend leads the New 1BedfOrds
| in hitting, having Il batting average Of
| 80. while Euirll is second with an aver
| age of 80 and Coveney third with IA per-
| centage of so.
| Odwell. formerly of Louisville who is
now with Cincinnati. is considered one Of
| the best feeders in the National League
| He is hitting fairly well, and lovers all
| kinds of territory
| Secretary-Tr,asurer Fred Knowles of
| the New York Giants has $4,000 to wager
| that Mciiraw'S men win the pennant this
| year. There should be no takers, unless
odds are very big.
Five members of the Milwaukee team
| are married. they being Mckay, Clark
Mccormick, Beville and McChesney. Mrs.
| Mckay is the only woman travelling with
| the team Mt present.
| With the exception of MOriarty. the To
| ledO intield is made up of former Wash
ington men. Jack Doyle is at first De-
| mont is at second and Billy Clingman is
| in the shortfield position.
| While the spit ball has handicapped
batting it has also made more star pitch
ers. and the result in the American
League has more evenly matched ball
I teams, and n more interesting race.
| Harry Bemis is clouting the horsehidc
| for keeps. His batting average is about
100 while the mighty Lajoie has only
touched the leather up for an average
which hOvers around the 200 mark.
Manager Reardon Of the Walkovers Of
Rrockton. is anxious to have go at
! Fred Does New Bedford team. Well
Fred has an open date May % and will.
doubtless. be glad to accommodate.
The baseball game to have been played
| at Bridgton. Saturday. by Hebron Acad-
| envy and BridGton Academy was forfeited
| by Hebron. which preferred to forfeit
rather than travel far on such cold day.
Tom Doran. n catcher that the Boston
| American club obtained from the Coora-
| do Springs club, has been sold to the De
| troit club. Doran lacked headwork and
throwing ability when courage was re-
| quired.
Jesse Burkett seems to possess n very
valuable aSSet-a Keen eye for balls and
strikes Until his advent Parent was
about the best waiter on the club. \
better man to lead off than the Crab could
not be found.
One scribe or the Western circuit picks
Columbus. Milwaukee and Minneapolis as
the leading teams. St. Paul is coming
along and it is a fair bet that Kelley will
not be far in the rear when all of the
games are counted.
Loudenschlacger is the name of the
second baseman of the Baltimore Eastern
League team. He was formerly with
Brooklyn. but will be remembered by few.
as when he was with the Hopefuls from
the City of Churches he was called Loudly.
II is apparent that the base running of
the New Yorks is one of the greatest
factors of the team in winning games