Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-23

from the players of all clubs than turner.
the Cleveland shOrtstop.
Washington played an errorless game.
Thursday, defeating the Cardinals in easy
fashion.
"Robby" Lowe plays the outfield just
as accurately as he did when he first
broke into the major leagues.
In winning II out of u games recently.
Frank SeleeS boys depended mostly on
fast fielding and good base running.
Even breaks and extra inning games
seemed to be the rule. Thursday. Four
extra inning games were called with the
score ties at one run each
Joe Clarity, who is pitching for Pough-
keepsie. needs watching. He has pitched
a nO-hit, no-run game, One-hit game
and Il couple of two-hit games.
Jack Carney picked up a bunch of New
England players and took them out to
Sioux City. where they promise to break
up the Western League by making run
away race.
Manager McDermott says that he has
six regular policemen at his ball park
for each game and considers umpireS and
players fully protected. 1t costs McDer-
mott about $l200 year for the protection.
The Boston Nationals are capable of
playing good ball, at times. Only one er,
that was scored by AbbaticchiO. but he
made up later by securing four hits, one
of them a three-bagger.
Herman Long is anything but a back
1uInDtT. Ill al TtctIl uOuUlt Will
his Des Moines team. the count in eight
times at bat made five hits, one double.
stole a base in each game and accepted
eight chances without an error.
One of our naval officers. recently re-
turned from a cruise in the East. has
this to say of the Japs rs ball players:
The Japanese are great ball players and
they are true hsv the
pute decisions, and when the game is
over they treat their opponents with great
schools have been educated in the United
States and have introduced the sport in
the Elowtry Kingdom. And the people
have taken to it readily
Expense does not trouble men who have
a winning ball team. The Cleveland club
is carrying, so many men that it would
he almost impossible to seriously cripple
the team. Hess, Joss. RhOades and Moore
are pitching great ball just now, and il
any one of these men goes wrong, Bern
hard and DOnahue are likely to round into
shape and step into his shoes. Lajoe
says he will carry Doc Payne with the
team all the season. and it is possible
that that trainer may be responsible to
a large degree for the fine condition of the
team.
The White Sox have won eight games
and lost four since they left home and
they feel somewhat clated over tine rec
ord. and well they may. Manager Jones
wakes enthusiastic when speaking of his
infed. Davis is playing better baseball
keeping pace NTH him. we Jones com
ment rect ntly. ''Tannehill is almost in
Lajoie's class in handling Il ball with one
hand and putting it on the runner. and
Dundon has not made more than one err
ror., that | remember. on this trip. My
pitchers are working splendidly and three
or four men are hitting well. This com
bination makes us win
Bob Dunbar in Boston Globe says: 81
hope the new maEnateS of the Washing
ton club will not lose heart by the inev-
toll Ia SIl Mt fnr hnS hna
proven beyond doubt now that Wash
ington is a good ball town. Put a team
in the Capital that will lead the second
division and it will be a financial win
ner to a certainty. / cannot see any such
prospect this season. for it is n most diff
cult thing for Il team of Youngsters to
come back again after it has been cut to
pieces has Jake Stahls aggregation.
but if the present owners have the nerve
to stick it out and will strengthen their
team they will realize on the investment"
Seattle Exchange: A story told on the
Portland bench, yesterday. coming from
J. Bridegroom Mclean is worth repeat
ing. The Tall Sycamore who takes care
of the receiving end of the WebfOOters'
ing in st. Louis, last year. and not being
in the best of condition and not being on
the best of terms s., with Manager Kid
Moons. Now, Mclean comes from good
old MethOdistic stock and the mothers
letters from home were ever freighted
with the best OF advice. She laid partlcu-
lar stress upon Decorating the Sabbath
by playing ban and wrote as only a moth
er can counseling against any Sunday
playing. Mac read tn" letter more than
once and then tclegraphed this answer:
Don't worry. mother, am not even play
ing week days.
In spite of reports sent out from St.
Louis and other cities denying state
ments sent out from Pittsburg while the
Boston club was playing there that sew
eral members OF the team were consider
ing offers from the Tri-State League. it
is true that an agent of that organization
was there. that ut least four members
of the Boston club had agreed to jump.
letter was received at PittShurg. We'd
nesday, from one of the dissatisfied play
ers in which he says that the publication
of the plans of the men wanted by the
Tri State agent alone prevented the
Wholesale desertion. In his letter the
player in question says: ut Is true that
four or five of us had agreed to go to the
Tri-State. but some one leaked while we
were in Pittsburg and our plans were up
set. Since then the Boston management
has made concessions to Delehanty.
Young and Raymer. and these players
have agreed to stick. Had not these con
cessiOns been made when they were, ut
least four players would have jumped"