Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-26


George I.achance has lifted his batting
percentage 10 IA and has tielded for $50.
FRIDAYS was the 10lst ball game Of Yale
and Harvard. They began dual play in
1858.
Dan Green Of the White SoX. made but
one error in ii games, and Jones but one
in 20.
lege pitcher, is now with the Kansas City
team.
Just a little hitting by the champs
would send them up the standing very
'n Plttsburs M. Sunday. and thus take
standing.
Standard, Holy Cross shortstor of a
year ago. will play with Montpelier, VT,
this summer
Dunleavy, the Springfield man with st.
Louis Nationals, is out Of the game with
an injured leg.
Poor fielding lost two games Tor Brook
lyn playing with the Philadelphia Ma
tionals, saturday
Sam Crawford is hitting in oid-time
form. He made three homerS ON the Fast
err trip oi his club.
Tl.e Harvard Yale baseball series Will
be decided by one game TO be played at
New Haven. Tuesday.
Montreal is solidIy in last place in the
Eastern, and Rochester and Newark are
fighting for sixth place.
Hickey. an Allegheny College student.
has been signed and Weaver released by
the st. Louis Americans.
Manager Jones of the Chicago club. SAYS
that the spit ball should be- ruled out,
il is a detriment to baseball.
John Powell. 'O6 of Allentown Pa has
been elected captain of the Trinity College
ba seball team for the coming year.
June 30. inclusive, Harry Gleason Of
tn. Boston Americans, battcd for a4 and
| in Ia, hut m
New York Nationals dropped eight ont
of l. in the West-aDout tough travel
ing as they have had Tor II long time.
Tn" Boston Americans mad only two
hits in the game with New York. S:ttur-
day. but even these We're enough to WIN
the game.
In game in New Orleans recently otto
Williams, formerly OF the Chicago club,
made successive steals Of Sccord, third
and home.
So far as the big six larvart, Yale.
Princeton, Cornell, Columbia ana Penn
sylEania-arc concerned, Harvard * still
mdcfoated.
Chicago won from cleveland. Sunday,
and should they repeat tn" performance,
today. will lead in the race, for the Ameri
can League rcnnant
The Savannah papers claim that Man
ager Collins gold-briCkcd THEN ball club
by selling them First Bascnian SschatfeI,
who is batting for H..
Washington baseball team, has been re
leased, ana has signed to play with To
ledo Of the American Association.
Washington Post: Washington has
in the bunch Cleveland carries but ie.
but they do something with theirs
A good trio of pitchers, that Of provi-
dence-Jerly Nops, JoSslyn ana Jack GRO
min They have landed that club close
to the top in the Eastern League race.
Robinson Of Fordham University, sign
I'd by thu. Athletics. has been turned over
tn Indianapolis. The latter team has re-
leased Duf, x-Manhattan COLLEGE. back
stop.
Doc Newton. the ma jOr league pitch
er. is J,la wing independent ball in Indiana
Clark Griffith is supposed to hav. firIned
him. hut he is now being advised L" get
him back
Montreal evidently is not satisfied with
Manager jimmy Bannon. 1t is claimed
that Dr. James J. Casey Of the Chicago
Nationals. has been asked to guide TIL.
"CanuckS.
The New York and Boston National
teams played Ginning game, Saturday,
! the former winning , to l. muft Of IA
easy fly by Camel in the 18th cost Bos-
ton the game.
The Athletics lead the American Lea que
in batting; with a prcentas" of .eol.
Cleveland Is second with -. and Boston
seventh with ia. The Boston Nationals
have also hit foI .2lJ.
Chicago and St Louis broke the sea
sons record, Saturday afternoon, playing
an lS-inning game Chicago winning to
| ]. Ruelb3Ch and Taylor We're thu. uppoS-
ing pitchers and both showed rare form
John Camel is in New York trying by
persuasive appeal to secure his release
from the New York Americans. He has
bought Kennedy. third bascman. ana Ca
rey. first baseInan, from the Rochester
club.
The outfi"ld Of the St Louis Americans
| is now recognized rs the rartSt hitting
lot of Youngsters in the country. Stone
in - games, and kochler for ..:,s in y
games.
The Brooklyn club has retained Col
John ]. Rogers OF Philadelphia to repre-
sent it in an action to compel owens and
Lewis, who jumped to the Tri-Statt.
League, to fulfill their National Leagu.
contracts.
The Tri-State League refused 10 accept
the resignation Of President Creamer
and q resolution of confidence was adopt-
| ed by a vote of to . and full power
| was invested in him I" deal with the
rowdy ball players.
Pitcher Whiting Of Manchester. landed
nine out of his first II games Harris took
eight out of 10, ana 'kloby" nine out ~
| T.. Carrick gathered eight out Of u. CON
| molly seven out of II, and Clancy and
Gilroy each six out of 10.
Louis Rogers Browning. better known
as Pete browning, famous baseball
player of former days, has been released
| from Lakeland tky) asylum where no
was taken several days ago after heinz
aijudged insane. He is improving
Big Bill Sullivan, formerly of the N.u
| England League stan of umpires and last
season with the Eastern, is WORKING -,
the American Association, and is bound 70
| help President O Brien a whole lot ia
worked with Charley King the other d,,v
Lowell Mail: John Carney was sadly
| ut fault in two instances. Young ~ ~
described AZ "A man with a $500 arm ,n ~
| 4 tvc-cent head. AS for Kid Harris he
remarked that he never would be- ahle ~
pitch ball Wonder what ne thinks now,
The Lynn-Concord game, at Lynn. Sat
urday afternoon GANG near d+veIonin.r
| into free fight. Concord insisted m,,
kicking aud after considerable. snu,h
| bling both teams became involved IN :,
Wordy war in the eighth inning ana ~,