Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-05
Baseball Notes.

Eddie phelps has exploded that yarn
that he had inherited $4,000 from an
uncle
President Harry Pulliam says Bill Glea-
son of the Phillies. is the most diplomatic
captain in the National League.
Uncle Nick Young says he would not
trade Cassidy for any ball player. The
veteran takes in many of the games in
Washington.
"Topsy" Hartsel is leading the Amerl-
can League i'm base running. Danny
Hoffman, also of the Athletics, is running
him close second.
The baseball team representing Amherst
college defeated the Holy Cross nine,
Saturday afternoon, at Worcester for the
first time in five years.
Walter Clarkson pitched Il great game
for Jersey City against Newark. Memo
rial day, tanning II men, allowing only
Il few hits scattered and winning his game
5 to 2.
Brown and Harvard stand even on the
seasons series. Coburn. who won the
game, Wednesday. will not pitch against
Dartmouth, Saturday. Castle will be in
the box.
The Boston Nationals are in a bad way
for catchers. Needham is out for 10 days,
and Moran is lame. Should he be injured
either Capt. Tenney or Sharpe would have
to go behind the bat.
The ball game between tho Dexter High
school team and the team representing
Maine Central institute. which was 10
have been played, Saturday, was post
pOn6d on account OF the RAIN.
Bob Emslie will break into the college
ump'ring game again this year. He said
he would quit after the Harvard
game in the rain in 1903. but has agreed
to umpire the Yale-Princeton game on
June 10.
of the Cornell University baseball team
for the coming year, Saturday night.
Welch is 4 native OF Greene. n. y. ana
a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity
at Cornell.
Dick Cooley did not make an error in his
first y games with Detroit OLeary' $
batting for the Tigers is one of the sur
priseS of the season. He is up among the
leaders. a ranking it was never supposed
he would attain.
League umpires President Pulliam in
structed his staff to address all players
during the progress of the game as Mis-
ter" This is in accordance with his ideas
of elevatng the game.
Yale went way up in balloon. SatIr-
day afternoon. and Were defeated by
Princeton. by a score of IS to :. Yale
used II men in the game. using three
pitchers. two catchers. two second base
men and changed all other men, in their
respective positions at one stage OF the
game or another.
Umpire Glenn has made hit with the
National League. Ban Johnson tried to
get him after his season with the Ameri-
can Association. but Glenn was pledged to
Fulliam Out i'm Pittsburg they say Glenn
is the only umpire in the league whom
McGraw doesn't dare attack.
The pitching record of Vail of Lynn. in
the recent 19-inning game against Nashua
is interesting. Vail famed - men. re-
firing the side in two innings, getting
two men in each of six innings and get
ting one man in seven more innings. He
famed Is men in the first ~ innings.
Phil Geier is batting at a 3337 gait for st.
Paul This lad is a great minor league
player, but always seems to fizzle when
he goes into fast company. Charley DeX-
ter of Louisville. has an average of An
in the same league. while Johnny Butler.
the Boston boy with Kansas City, is hit
ting for .3N.
1t is stated at Ithaca that Jack Coax
ley, the Cornell trainer. will have charge
of the New York Athletic Club track
team during the coming summer Mike
Murphy has had this position for years.
but doubtless the state of his health led
him to recommend Coakley, and the
choice was certainly n good one
The first 1a-inning ball game ever played
in the state of Connecticut was played
Thursday, between the Springfield and
Hartford teams of the Connecticut