Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-24
risburg and York in the Tri-State indie
pendent league.

pendent league.
Courtney. who batted so hard for Hugh
| Duff's Phillies. early in the season, has
had bad slump
Minneapolis, Columbus and Milwaukee
| are in the battle for first place in the
American Association.
"Skel'' Roach has sued the Spokane.
Wash club for 5000, because he was
blacklisted by the management.
| Young Howard of the Pirates. has been
batting very consistently lately In the
last Sc games he has failed to make a hit
in only five.
The drafting period in the Pacific
Coast League has been changed ard man
ayers hereafter can hunt for players
there only between Nov. 10 and Dec. l.
/ Young Goodwin. the well-known Boston
catcher. who has been with the Carriers,
I.ynns and other teams is acting as emer-
gency catcher of the Boston Nationals.
Beaumont of Pittsburg. has played the
! last 10 games without the Semblance OF
an error. He has made only one error.
and that came in his third game of the
season.
Leon Ames has finally been ousted
from the top of the list of winning pitch
ers in tho National League and his
changed places with his team mate
Luther Taylor.
Conroy is proving himself to be a. fine
utility player. He has played third base,
right left, shortstop and at the nrst sta
ton for the Highlanders. and done him.
self proud In all.
Milwaukee has hard hitting first base
man in Batesman. who recently made SIX
hits in two games of doubie-header.
four in the first. six times at bat, and two
in the second. four times at bat
Griffith has signed two, new PLAYERS
from the outlaw league of Pennsylvania.
One is Goode. a left-handed pitcher from
the Johnstown club: the ether Bonner.
an infielder. from the Harrisburg team.
President Pul!iam OF the National Rase
ball League has suspended catcher fei. d
fined him $50 for his conduct on July -
last, and delaying the game at the Polo
grounds.
broke into the home Of Harry Wolverton
Of the Boston Nationals, in Philadelphia.
J on Thursday and rarsacked the house
from top to bottom. They took a bronze
clock and a candelabra.
Clark Griffith keeps figuring upon a
place in the first division. Griffith was
after Bonner. the second baseman cor
rallied by Hamilton, and would have
taken him but for the fact that Minneap-
oils had a claim on him. Bonner is a
good batSman.
After Il game in Montreal the other day,
Hugh Jennings got after thinner for al
legged favortlsm in calling balls and
strikes. we have not had any trouble
with you this season and We don't want
any" said Jennings. Get little ginger
into your work and be i'll the game. All
you have to do retorted thinner, IS 10
play BALL"
Says Rem Mulford i'll the Cincinnati
Post: The catcher who can steady i
| pitcher is worth more than the mere me.
| chanic, whose idea of the beginning and
end of a backstops duties is the handling
of thrown balls. Unless the man behind
| the bat is working well the standard OF
play at the firing line is sure to fall OIL IN
like degree"
Clements of Jersey City made five hits
six times at bat at Buffalo recently. He
went to Jersey City from Tufts. AT Iuits
he tried to pitch; but he did not make MAKE
to the outfeld. Detroit gave him a trial
in the south several seasons ago. but he
did not make the team and he went TO
Jersey City again and has been there
| ever since.
The Florida Times Union tells this one
of Umpire Bob Kennedy. formerly of the
| Connecticut League: Bob Kennedy says
a certain cabman in New York heard that
met him at the Grand Central depot. Bob
was not familiar with the rates in the
big city. and his short ride across town
cost him 81. Bob says the cross-town cars
| for him next time
Says tie Chicago Journal: ''As ever.
| Washington is still the final station for
players who have outlved their usefulness
| in other burgS. Stahl's present Hggrega-
| ton is hardly likely to rise above eighth
place. but then eighth is the normal perch
| for any Washington team. and the good
| folks of the Capital woyudn know what
| to do with the club if it persisted in stay
ling above that position:'-But some day
| the worm may turn!
| There is a world of truth i'll what Joe
| Kelley says of the veteran catcher. Jack
ThH SaI is 6 f s
| ably a good catcher" sayS Kelley and
while he may be hard to handle. perhaps
| the fault lies in the other end in not being
able to read his disposition Alright Thu I
| is all there is in mismanagement-h hand
| ling men so that you can get their best
work and still keep their good will
Bob Dunbar in Boston Journal: Connie
Mack is a drolI fellow and | was much
amused to read of an incident which hap
Ipened one rainy day recently in Cleveland.
Connie and the Athletics went in body
room They had not been in Larrys heG-
room over minute when Connie Mack
calculated: Il sec how it is. Larry. that
you arc not losing your temper when the
umpires give you the worst of it. 1 Won
dered why it was that you were not sass
| ing the umpires so as to be put out of
the game, but l see it all now And he
pointed to the wall at the side of Larry 5
bed There in a neat frame was a hand
somely engraved motto reading: Think
twice before you speak once and then tall.
one of those to Clarke Griffith" continued
| Connie. Lave here wouldn't have any
use for it. but I think Grff could stand
for about three. while q dozen would not
hurt Joe Kelley"
| Boston Journal: President Harry Pull
| liam is quoted as saying that, while the
| consolida ton of the two big leagues of
baseball may not be effected there is
something in the story: He says: There
| is more in that story than appears on the
surface. I have no definite news on the
matter. hut | am inclined to believe that
several club owners in both leagues have
| Joined forces and will try to have So
called trust established. I will warn these
men against consolidation. It will jeop-
ardize the game If the National and
American Leagues are merged the game
will be practically controlled by the club
owners whose organizations are leading
in the race. 1t will be fatal mista Ike.
Baseball is thriving at present as it never
it was comprised of u clubs. nearly died.
Since the formation of an S-cluh circuit