Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-22
Baseball Notes.

kittredge caught in is out of AZ games
with Washington.
Hanlon returned Infielder Hall to New
York with thanks.
Doolin of the Philles, made a fine i'm
preston in Pittsburg.
Clarkson is winning about all Of his
games for Jersey City.
Billy Dahlen of the New York Giants
has made five home runs, this season.
Clark Griffith has played eight games
this season, and has yet to make his frst
hit.
hits. this year, that were good for more
than one base.
Pres Harry Puliam is doing the rounds
of the Western circuit and is due in chi
cago this week.
Napoleon Lajoie is striking his gait at
the bat. and now has an average of .3Ol
Watch him go up.
The New York Nationals have been in
the lead since April %. and the Cleve-
lands since May rs.
the only Western team that has chance
to win the pennant.
Willie Keeler's batting average is now
down to 800 and he is the only one of
the Highlander in the 300 list.
McGraw's Giants still have seven in the
300 list Elliott, MathewSon and McGin-
nifty, the pitchers, are in the list.
The Western teams of both big leagues
are much stronger, this season. than ever
before in comparison to the Eastern
teams
George Stone of St. Louis who has
twice been on the Boston American mus
ter roll, hut never got trial, Is batting
fer .291.
Colombo. the big lefthander Of the Nor
wich University team. has been secured
tn pitch for the Northampton indepen-
dent team.
Young knight Of the Athletics. could
not hold the pace which h. struck ut IN"
beginning of the season. His batting aV-
erage is now .e39.
Toby LYONS. lust returned from the
West. says that people in that part of
the country have backed Chicago for first
place, this season.
Murphy. the Buffalo first baseman. is
| the biggest man in the Eastern League.
He weighs about 225 pounds and has
George Lachance beaten in many ways.
Roaring Eill'' Kennedy. one time with
Brooklyn and later with Pittsburg. IS
doing some great work In the pltcher
box for Wheeling of the Central League.
Because the score card man in Detroit
made remarks which injured the feelings
of Umpire Kelly, Ban Johnson has Or
dered that he be barred from the grounds
The umpires of the New England
League who had a taste of Sir Billy Ham
iIton's methods, last season., are smllinS
at the kick-up he has caused i'll the III
State.
II Is a very even race between the New
York Americans and the New ! ork Ma
tiorals in making home runs. The Giants
have made l.. while the Highlanders have
scored is.
Only one triple play has been pulled OFT
in the American League. tins season
while two have been completed IN the
National, with the Reds the victims on
both occasions.
Washington Post: President OBrien
has instructed the scorers to charge an
error against a catcher muffing foul
hall no matter whether the batter reach
es first first or not.
Thomas Burns has turned over his Col
orado Springs franchise to the Western
THOMAS was the champion wine buyer at
the minor league meetings.
Chicago friends of Germany Schaefer
gave the detroit player a toilet set on
his first appearance in the Windy CITY
RECENTLY. Hard to tell whether II. was
intended as a compliment or reflection
Iron Man" McGinnity got his bumps
again in ST. Louis, Sunday. ThlS makes
the sixth straight game that the Giants
have lost with him in the box either as
the original pitcher or as SUBSTITUTE
Jimmy Williams of the Highlanders. Is
puttinr M a remarkable game at second
base this year. He has made 1879 put
outs Ia assists and only four errors.
This gives him the exceptional average
of 1853.
Roscoe Miller has been let go by San
Francisco to Sacramento. He once pitch
cd for New York. was sold to Pittsburg
and has been sold half a dozen times
since. Roscoe is the best seiing platter
in the biz
1t is rather odd that the Brooklyns,