Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-15
Mathewson. the New York pitcher, is
leading the National League in batting,

Mathewson, the New York pitcher, is
| leading the National League in batting.
with .4O2.
The champion Bostons have no man
among the lirst IS batsmen of the Amcri-
can League.
Dummy Taylor has won seven
straight and leads the National League
pitchers in percentage.
Pitcher Callahan of the Providence team
passed his examination at the Tufts Med
ical school with high hOnOrs.
knight. the schoOlboy shortstop of the
Athletics. keeps up the brilliant pace
which he set early in the season.
Sheckard of Brooklyn, has hit for .22l
| in &c games. Lumley has the best bat
ting percentage in the team-.27S.
Almost 10000 people saw the New Yorks
| and Pittsburgs play in Pittsburg. last
| wounded pride.
DouGherty has hit for .24l. He has made
| two homers four triples and two doubles
and stolen eight bases. In 43 games he
scored q runs.
| on May 20 last forwarded the balance
due for Pitcher Young. turning the money
over to the national commission.
The greatest surprise of the season is
] the failure of Jesse Burkett to strike his
old batting form, and no one feels it more
keenly than the famous hitter himself
In club fielding Cleveland is first and
| the Athletics last. with Boston fourth.
| The Athletics lead in batting and Wash
ington last, with the Champions seventh.
Christie" MathewsOn's feat in holding
| Chicago without a hit at Chicago. Tues
| day, is the seasons contribution to phc-
nomenal work thus far. 1t reminds one
| of "Cy'' YOune's nO-hit game last season.
ton continue. Umpire Clifford put Hickey
and Wolfe. the Milwaukee battery, out of
| the game at Minneapolis. Saturday, for
| conspiring to hit him with the ball. The
| umpire forfeited the game to the local
| club for the dilatOry tactics of The Wis.,
! itors.
| Harry Wolverton Of the Boston Nation
ais tonight wired to a friend in Phila-
deiphia a denial of the report that he
| was about to jump to the I'ri-State
League. Wolverton denounced the rumor
report rive of Tenneys players were to
| desert him.
| Lewiston Journal: The Leavitt team
| has disbanded. This will of course pre-
| vent playing the game with Edward Lit
tie High. If Leavitt does not come to
| time, the game goes to Edward Little.
| If Portland forgets the scheduled game
as it did the previous one, the Lewiston
and Edward Little High teams will stand
| even and will play of the tie, next Sat
| urday. probably ut Brunswick.
| When asked whether it were true that
Boston had not paid the second install
ment of $3.50 for the purchase OF Young
Cy' Young from the Concord club. Pres.
A. II. Soden of the Boston Nationals. SAID.
Tuesday: Il guess there's nothing in this
| story. The Boston club mas paid the full
of Young Cy.' This second instalment
was sent to Sec. Bruce of the national
| commission, about May 70 Mr.. Bruce Will
have to send i: to Sec. Farrell of the as
| ISOLATION of minor leagues. and he Will
remit to Pres Murnane of the New Eng
land League. who. in turn. will pay the
| sum to the Concord club.
Manager Fred Tenney of the Boston
team, is likely to wake up any morning
| before the conclusion of the present West
ern invasion and find himself short OF
| enough Ilayers to constitute a nine. ac-
since the team went West an agent OF
| the outlaw Tri-State League has been
hobnobbing with the Boston players. He
bobbed up in Pittsburg. Monday. and.
| Tuesday it was learned that he had been
| Offering Inducements TO five OF Tenney
| fortunes with the TriState. The five
players who. it is asserted. have about
| made uD their minds to take the step are
said to be Young. Delehanty, Wolverton,
| Eaymer and Sharpe.
| The showing Of the team this season has
added to Manager MaGk,s reputation aa as
| the Philadelphia Press. One OF the Sc
| crets of Comics success has been his
| handling of young players. He is always
| looking to the future rather than to the
present. For instance. he has yet 70 De
ans was injured. Week after week and
| even month after month Mr.. Mack has
| had Youngsters doing bench duty and
when the emergency arose the future
great" was right on the spot Twice TINS
| Season the wisdom of this policy has been
| shown first. in the case of Jack Knight
| and now in Outfielder Lord. The other
| teams can't catch Connie mapping.