Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-14
Wednesday, that he could have catcher
Street il he wanted him.

1t is a pretty race for the supremacy IN
the American League. CleVe!an "s.n
repassed the Chicago team. Thys9G
The Everetts of Boston. who, playe an
1S-inning. / to 0 game at Rockiand. last
Saturday. will go to Wakefield. July5.
Jack Warner says the RobisOns ined
him five days pay when nc was six in
bed. and for this reason he left ST. Duis.
ST. Louis pushed Washington dow, to
last position in the Americat League
standing. Thursday. by defeating the Sen
ators in Il dOuble-header.
Jack Doyle joined the Highlalders at
Detroit. Wednesday. He will be lsed be
hind the bat to help out UNI Jack
Kleinow gets back in the game.
John McGraw consolcd himself for the
defeat by watching the score boar while
Brooklyn took the Pirates into Eatp, and
the Cardinals trounced the Phills.
Barney Dreyfuss of Pittsburg. s ac-
cused Of intermeddlinE in the IrG be-
aEement to the dctriment OF the Fook-
. 1yn club.
The standing of the National Le6se
teams shows simply Il procession I'D
about the only fighting for position is l.
tween the Boston and Brooklyn teams
| the foot of the ladder.
short game was played in Fargo. l.
D., the other day. 1t was between IT,
Fargo and Crookston teams. and Taste
| just 80 minutes. and was eight and hal
Although the Grays won at Montreal
Wednesday. the Royals are still one ahea
on games In the first series at Montres
| the Royals took two OUT of the thrc
games. In Providence it was an eve
break. On the present series each team
| has taken one.
World A foul tip from. Bresnahan'
bat in the fifth inning broke a wire il
Kings mask and cut OCen his forehead
After being escorted to the bench b
nearly all the players of both team
| Kings wound was dressed by old Dl
Mertcs and he pluckily resumed play.
Boston Journal: Fred Tenney looked al
in when the double header was over, yes
| terdayl lie said it WIS perfect owe
| oUt on the grounds. i. was so hot tina
there were men at both benches VIII
] swung towels for the sweltcring ball pla !
ers as d second does for fighter in TIL
, ring.
| If the principals of the preparation
schools would enforce rules against play
| inc summer baseball and would proven
pupils from taking part in other hranche
| of sport where their amateur status i
| likely to be questioned. all protests AM
| other disagrenments would be done ava,
with when these boys enter college
Bob Dunbar in Boston Journal: rip
| Camel is altogether too slow sometime
20 suit the fans in starting for short hit
to confer. | believe Rip could hav
Caught several flies during the last TIVE
or three days if he had been wideawake
they get onto these things quickly.
Boston Journal: Striking out batsmel
does not always make successful pitch
err. OF course. neither Walker nor Fra
ser did good work. Wednesday. but Walk
er won his game without striking out
Imam. while Fraser famed eight and h
fStruck cut three of them in one inning il
fke midst of Il volley of seven hits. Tn
at that time.
World: With Chcsbro back in form
Ortiz pitching well and having the spit
ball down fine. Powell showing signs o
convalcscence and Griffith winning mos
of the few games he pitches. there il
hope that the New York Americans
/ twirling corps will now be able to worl
lin regular turn. and that the use of TIVE
4 or more pitchers to game will be tn,
Exception rather than the rule.
II Mouse of Rochester, promises to be :
u feature in the batting line this year. Th'
II BronchO first bascman lost - points il
Il the last few days and is now paradnt
the circuit with the splendid average o
81 which is next to that of Byers O
EtAlimore. for bgness. keistcr lead.
-f5ASey City. loft tops Toronto, Wagner
Ia the best Newark can show. and Dutcl
Hartman. since the sale of Gibson, leads
Umpire thinner. the old "Chef" of the
Pitsbnrg Nationals now on President
Powers staff. has a new scheme for in
ere sing batting which is bound to strike
has paaii rooters with favor. He suggests
thai the foul lines. which at present pass
| fro !, the home plate along the edge o
frs and third bases. he run at such al
ang from the home plate that they will
| pas five feet outside of first ana thirC
| bass Such Il scheme would include 2
tmur Treatcr area than at present in fail
4 teri to ~, and scores of hits that are now
toti auld he fair for one or more-Cen
IetH more bases. Such IL scheme woulc
IC2 e tke inficld. as well as the outiicld
to Ypread out more, each player having
n ,feftAf area to cover. and add to the
lE tiiitv Of safe hits in all directions
III re is no doubt that the idea. if fol
lCssT ~oud increase the batting by a
iaIe p reentage, and if found to he toe
gre - stead of making the margin be
tive a stae bases and the lines five feet
i c,ufp sbe reduced to the proper limit
If tie idea is adopted not a single rule
need he changed which is of advantage
| Mr.. ;1nf ler intends to bring his idea
to the of ial notice of the national com
mission a tho proper time, and there is
Ia decio 4 belief that it will meet with
careful cnusjdcra tiou