Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-05-11
Baseball Notes.

Capt. TGnney says his boys are due for
some good work.
La iOie made but 10 hits in his first 40
times at bat-.25O.
The Boston Americans have started ON
their Western trip.
Keelcr and COrroy lead the New Yorl;
Americans in batting.
Cincinnati Nationals played another err
rorless game, yesterday.
Blank innings are too common in ma jor
league games, this season.
Mike McDermott of Fall River. is
managing at Rome. n. Y.
"Cincinnat has q valuable pitcher in
Overall says Frank ScIee
Greene of the Buffalos. will join that
team at Jersey City. June ~.
Turner. the Cleveland shortstop, made
but two nisplays in Ii games.
The veteran Gleason of the Phillies is
putting up Il fine article of ball.
In his first eight games jackson of
Cleveland made 10 hits, y times ut bat
| .:63.
Exit" Bransfold. Philadelphias crack
| first hascman, is out of the game with a
| sore hand.
Duke Farrell. the veteran backst"p. got
| four safe hits in Il recent game, driving
| in three runs.
Napoleon Laioic has been a sufferer
with grip. this spring. Watch him bat
! just the same.
Walter CIarkson's pitching suits Grif-
| fithS. Besides. the eX-Hirvard lad is bat
| ting very well.
, Virginia College claims the first triple
play of the season 1t was made against
| the WashinStonS.
Crowley. playing third base for Bow
doin. scored four costly errors in the Col
| by BOwdoin game.
Charley Lewis claims to have discovered
| {, phenomenal third DtScnliln III young
Mullen of Quincy.
| Odwcll of Cincinnati, gathered hit
| last Saturday, the first time i'll Is times
up. Hard luck that.
Coombs struck out II batsmcn in the
Colby Bowdon garic. Wednesday. "Cy
| is certainly a wonder.
OHara's muff of an easy fly cost the
Fall River team the game, yesterday,
with the Haverhill team.
Charley Farrell of Boston. lead the
catchcrs of the American League, and
Collins the third b;lscmer.
Manager Jimmy Collins says that more
than ever the position of a baseball team
depends upon its pitchers.
Stone of the st. Louis Browns, whom
the l:oSton Americans released, IS hitting
the ball with IL vengeance.
| The Athletics and HiShlandcrS are hit
TIM, the ball harder than amy OF the 9TH
or American League teams.
The players taken from the New Eng
|
are making good with q vengeance.
The Boston men are delighted over Joss
| lyn's showing at Providence, and they
predict a fine future for the Maine man.
Pfttsburg fans do not claim the pen
nant but they think the Pirates will win
a majority of the games from the Giants.
Jack Farrell. the second baSeman, has
been laid off without pay by the st. Louis
Cardinals. He is too fat to play good
ball.
CanncIl secured three hits in the Pos
ton Chicago game. yesterday. In the last
| three gamcS he has averaged 600 with the
| stick.
! Princeton and Amherst Collcg" teams
played IA l0-inning game, Yesterday. the
former team winning. l to D. fEaylnS
| some.
lake Stahl of the Washington Ameri-
| caus modestIy sets three years rs tn"
minimum limit for building up Il winning
team.
Austin. playing shortstop on the Bates
| team, completed u double play IN yes
trrfay's game with the L. oil NJ uhas-
| sisted
Chicago National team PLAYED the hrst
| Boston Chicago game yesterday. without
| an error, and only two In the second
game.
Jimmy Collins says that Cy Young mas
pitched every opening game for the EoS-
ton Americans for five years ana has lost
them all.
The St Louis Cardinals are in disfa-
| vor in the Mound City because OF the
drubhnss they are taking from the West
Crn teams
Doran. Farrell. Lachance- and o'Bricn
! were ali left behind VIXEN the Boston
American club left for the West. Ncdnes-
day afternoon
BOSTON Latin School will meet the
Moses Brown Prep School IN i du,il ',m,
letic meeting at frONldenCe l.. H. heN'
Saturday afternoon
Who SAYS the Maine college teams 90
not have good pitchers? johnson OF Bates;
and Coombs of Colby. cach scored 1t
strikcouts in yesterdays games.
| Catcher Mcfarland of Chicago, hit safe
| ly in eight out of his first nine sasits .
and cracked out Il hits 3 times at Dat
a batting percentage OF over 4o
Umpire OLcuShln has added another
bit to mis- daily vaudeville skctch. u, ~
calling a foul he shouts: 'Fo-o-o-wi I'm!
MS funny ,lp tn the third inning.
McGamwcll. first bascman. and Dough
! crty outfieldcr. have both received thcir
! release from the ErooElyn National
League team. and then they wonder why.
The return of Denny Sullivan t" MIN
ncapolis probably means that Fat ilSncs
| will have to make good as pitcher II
he wishes to draw salary from Watkins.
Phclan. Nashun's outfcldcr and pitcher.
has been released. He has been batting
ut .37l III the games played. re Is Il
| south paw and also mas Il rccoiu ioi
sprinting.
Massey and Bonner are playing first
md second bases for Kansas City OF the
Imcrican Association. Bonner has been
ordered to cease playing until his debt OF
500 to Cincinnati is piiu.
I.achance of the Boston American team.
has received his blue envelope. nii''
| Candy" was "A fine fielder. his equal In
battins. could be found in almost any am
atcur league team.
A Pittsburg paper has apologizcd
through its columns to Umpire KLEIN be
cause it roasted him undcservcdly. rms
/ Is ncr,,aps. the first instance on record
of such an occurrence.
Well. the New York Giants have met
the Eoston Nationals nine times and
landed winners eight times. The series
| should have stood seven to two. Guess
New York will land the series.
The Nashua and Concord baseball teams
If the New England League. proved cap
| able of playing n fast game OF ball. yes
| terday. when they played thinning
game / to q. in the formers favor
Tho transfer of Sam Crawford from the
outfield to first base seems to have
strengthened Detroit. In Crawford. Don
| ohuc and Chase the American League mas
three clever left-handcd first basemcn,
Bates and University of Maine plaved q
fast game of ball, Wednesday. the former
| team scoring the only run of the game.
| r,-..r ,x,,do four hifa ard L. pf NJ. D.