Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-02

the Boston Nationals to have kept
string on that PLAYER.
Chicago Chronicle: The Boy Man
aSer, Jake Stahl of the Washington
Americans, is certainly making great
showing with his team.
Frank Scleo ventures the prediction
that no club will be harder to keep out OF
the first division than the PhilieS. Per
haps yes. and then perhaps again not.
Dave FutZ, who announced his retire
mcnt from base ball that he might take up
the practice Of law. bobbcd up with the
New York Americans in Saturday Saitic'
Pat Carney of Holyoi1e. the former Los
ton National League outi:tldcr ana plicn-
er. is being used in left field by st. Paul'
champions of the American Associations
All Lynn fans will head for Glcnmcrc
Park on Friday next. when Fred Lake
team will play its first home chamlloh
ship game. Lowell will be the atirac-
ton.
Three times in Saturdays Cleveland
st. Louis game the great La1olc nae Il
| chance to drive in runs but iail'd. ne
| last time he chopped three scihl-clrties
| in the air.
1t would not be surprising at all IL Con-
| mic Mack kept Knight at short LOT GOOD.
| Few youngsters ever started oui Ilolt
| promisingly than this 19year-old high
| school lad.
| Trinle PLAYS in April. and the Highland
| ers also ran up against one on tnoir
| Southern trip. Once upon Il time triple
| rlays were so scarce that men Dragged
| for 10 years about seeing one.
| Tenney has been keeping Fraser in
| pickle fer Il long time. but how about
other pitchers who are not cold weather
! njtrhers who have gone in ana taken
| their medicine. How about them?
| Perry Sessions. the young pitcher pur
| chased by the Boston Americans from
St Paul, last fall. has been released l."
St Paul and will start for that city at
| once Capt. Collins could not use him.
Mccarthy threw out three men at the
plate from center field in the Chicago
| PittSburg game. last week, which is II
| record. His work saved the day as the
| score was only to l in favor of the
| Chicago team.
| Harry Howell. ex-IIichlander. now with
the st. Louis Browns. is moving down
| the batters of American League teams in
| the West with his spit ball. His latest
| feat was Il shut-out OF the hard-hittinS
| cleveland club.
widow entirely improvldent. Some friends
| have subscribed to place monument
| over his grave. and the matter Of Il bcnc-
| fit game is being bro;ched and a decision
| Will be reached as soon as Manager Ten
| ty gets back.
| Cleveland, like Boston is off to slov
emily start. LajocS family seldom scores
| run. let alone win game. In four Of
| their last six games the Blues have been
| BANKED. while in the other two games
| their sum total Of runs WIS three.
| Hugh Jennings. manager of the Balti-
more baseball club, learned recently that
| the blow he received on the left urn at
| Cumberland Il week ago fractured the
arm. The fact WAS disclosed by an X
ray photograph taken at the Johns Hop
| kins Hospital.
| Clarke Griffith is credited with saying
that piano player can never become Il
| good ball toSS,r. The fact that they
could tear off ragtmc well rs base hits
never hampered the diamond careers of
such men as Harry Bay. Frank Hahn.
Dick Cooley and many others.
Tuclley, the Now Haven pitched who
figured so prominently in the fight be-
tween Cornelius Danah"r ard Jim
ORourke last season. is pitching Tor Bill
~ Hamilton. BY the way. two Of lIamil-
tons scores were Il to o and Il to 0. Look
out or he'll break up the league.
Exchange: McGann leads the Giants
in batting with a percentage Of AZ and
a fielding average of 1000. DeVlin stands
next in batting with .:T.,. and Donim is
third With .354. Mertcs, Mnrh,wsnn.
Bowerman and Gilbert come next IT, the
order named, with averages over 300.
Harry O'Hagln has signed a contract
to play first base on the Newark Eastern
| League team. The inti"ld"r. who has
been holding back all the season. has
come to terms with Manager Burnham.
in exhibition games, Will work behind the
| bat.
Manager Dunn Of Providence, has
made an offer to Manager Collins of the
| Boston Americans. for Pitcher JOSSiEn.
JosSlyn was touched up freely ut Rocky
Point. but his showing during the season
has been good. and he ought to make II
valuable man for the local team. says the
Providence Bulletin. Dunn hopes t" Sc
| cure him in the course of Il day or two.
| t,x- C,la ,t-,.-
is hard to beat says Il Western writer,
| and the present Chicago club seems to
be the strongest aggregation that the eX-
pert has managed since he won cham
| r:onShipS in Boston with his all-Star out
fit. So far rs can be leaned his old
pitchcrs-Weimcr. Lundgren. Briggs anu
T:rown-are III fine shape. and the new
men are promising.
Tim Murnanc in writing of the Boston
| Americans saws: Tie poor start of tho
| Boston American League champions hi :
been keen disappointment to their
friends. The club was trained to the hour
and vet found much trouble in winning
games from the minor lcagu" clubs. and
then went bad in the American League.
| | believe the team is much stronger than
; last season and will come very strong
about June.
Providence Bulletin: An executive com
mittcc of five is provided for in bylaws
adopted by the Stockholders of the New
ark Baseball q Amusement 60. 1T is alSu
rrOtided that the new board shall nave
, the power to delegate its representative
ut any and all meetings NJ which the club
shall be represented. The bylaws wcr,
amended because Of the recent action OF
President Pudcr at tn" schedule meeting
| of the Eastern League.
Boston Globe: What fuss cX-LouiS-
willie players make when they are ordered
| back to diamond service under Gcorg,
T"bcau. One of the acts that Swrlled ths
player vote against him was committc &c
in Columbus The last game Of the sea.
l son was played there by the LouiSvillc>
and Tehcau left the members to shift fnl
themselves and return to Louisville al
V their own expense. Their contracts call
t cd for fare back to the Falls city.
Now Haven Register: Ono OF the bis
advertisements at the Norwich bal
grounds read this: Hit the high ball.
Their" are those Of the fans. and also al
the players, who have tried tn" hiSh,il
game, and found that their batting aver
age at The end of the season has beer
!, very low. Consequently the question ha.
arisen as 10 whether it is well to hit tn,
Ihighbaii when others are coming over til.
plate in such good shape that they can
t not be missed.
: Says John L. Sullivan: "'rhc difference,
between King Kelly and Emperor Lajoi.