Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-25
Baseball Notes.

st. Louis took another fall out Of the
Boston Americans, Wednesday.
DoubIe-headcrs are not legal IN the New
England League until after July =.
Otis Clymer has reported again to Pitts
burg but ii not yet IN the game again
Old Billy Merritt is catching for the
Lowell team in the New England League.
Keister of the Jersey City team. is hit
ting at a 600 per cent. clip at the present
time.
Pres Comiskey has six pitchers for his
Chicago club, and says that il Is not too
many.
Philadelphia IS the only Eastern team
in the first division in the American
League race.
Mike O'NeilI, formerly of the st. Louis
Nationals. has signed with the York Tri-
State team.
Columbus has climbed to the top of the
American Association with Milwaukee Il
close second.
"Rilly" Campbell the Pittsburg left
handed pitcher. has jumped Louisville and
joined Harrisburg.
Arthur Nichols. ex-Cardinal. las been
let out by Rochester and Joined Joe
Schrall at Albany.
Al Maui, who served with the Waeners
in Washington for several years, is coach
ing the Lchigh team.
Tin Murnane says Billy Maloncy is the
specdiest player baseball has known since
TIC udyS VI Oily ouIuiy.
Pittsburg will play an exhibition game
with Princeton. Friday. and Hildebrand
will pitch against the Tigers.
Charley AthertonS JOhnstown team still
stands second in the Tri-State League,
York being first by several games.
Gessler leads Brooklyn with .333 in II
games. Iumley is second with .293.
Shockard has batted for .2l6. Dobbs for
20.
A Washington stock broker bet 500 to
another brokers' $500 that the Nationals
would win the first two games from Chi
cago.
Washington left for the West in first
place. and it wouldn't be any great sur
prise to see the same team return home
in last place.
The college baseball season in Wash
ngton closed. Wednesday, when the
Georgetown club crossed bats with the
Dickinson team.
Boston Journal: 1t is said that Pitcher
Jack Chesbro's illness was caused by his
spit ball There is the horrible suspicion
that he swallowed it.
Scbring Of Cincinnati Nationals. is be-
licNed to have jumped to WllliamSport
of the Tri-State League.
Tie Boston National club is last in hat
ting. fifth in fielding. while the champs
are third in fielding and seventh in bat
ting.
Herman Mcfarland. Jack Cronin and
Eddie Poole. former American and Ma
tional League players. are with Jack
Dunn's Providence club.
Detroit has sold Bobby Wood to the
Buffalo club. but Wood is opposed to go
ing to a minor league team. He wants
to farm the rest of his life.
Ned HanlOn says the batters can Kill!
the spit ball if they will so at il like d
cricketer An upward sweep will accom-
plish its annihiiatiOn. he says.
Ken milford says the Cincinnati players
do but little thinking. They talk so much
that they don't have time to think. and
the umpires get to them very quickly.
Dick P.idden. the old captain of the st
Louis Browns. is much sought after by |
the minors. and it is said that Ned Han
Ions Baltimore team is likely to get him. |
An effort is being made to have Kenna, |
lfouser, Kerwin. and Mailman jump the |
Louisville team. The Tri-State League. |
OF Pennsylvania, is said to be working to
that end. |
From Illinois University club to the |
American League is IA big leap for Roth |
heg. but Jake Stahl has faith in the young |
mans ability to play good ball for the |
Nationals.
Joe Cans. the colored champion light |
weight boxer of the world has organized |
baseball nine. which he claims is the
strongest colOred aggregation south of |
New York.
President Pulliam has made another |
funny break in instructing his umpires |
not to permit Peitz to coach. Next thing |
stealing bases.
Nine victories without defeat is the
record of the Cony High school baseball |
team. this season. Pretty good. boys. /
Win the game with Fairfield, Saturday,
and make 4 clean record.
Only IA men in the American League
are batting at 900 or better. divided
among the clubs as follows: Athletics >,
Cleveland s. Detroit >. Chicago :, Boston
>. Now York l. ST. Louis l.
Ot;..
has beer in so much trouble in the Ma
tional League. is unpopular with the
players in that circuit. He carries II
hammer all the time. it is said.
Rube Waddel the eccentric pitcher. is
the star of the American League twirlCrs
Just now. He has won five games and
lost none up to the present writing. Rube
seems to be better than ever. this year.
There is report in New York that
Roger Bresnahan will leave the Giants
soon. He is known to be dissatisfied.
McGraw has insisted on playing him be
hind the bat. while Bresnahan wants to
play in the Outfield.
When Detroit and Washington played
the first dOubleheader of the season in
the American League they not only in
Cured the wrath Of President johnson.
but broke one of the rules laid down in
the constitution of the league.
Washington dropped one point lower in
the American League standing. Wednes-
dav. receiving defeat at the hands of tn"
tuDS. lneN now nOlu elgntn position IN
the league standing and 1t was not so long
ago that thew were at the top.
Boston Herald The Philadelphia Ath
lctics have stretch of a games at home
when they return from the West, next
Tuesday This will put the Quakers ir
a fine position to take first place and be |
a dangerous proposition for all-cOmers. |
Dan McGann is going to petition the
National League to have hits by the
pitcher" each made good for home run
I'D like to know if a welt on the body
isn't worth more than welt with the
bat" is the theory upon which he may
base his prayer.
Garry Hermann of the Cincinnati club.
has wired his team TO play hall and keep
away from the umpires." That Baltimore
Or;Ole split still sticks in Manager Kelley
and it is costing the Reds lot of games
Umpire batting Is being discouraged by
the owners of the Cincinnati club.
President Pulljam has issued Il call for
a meeting of the directors of the Ma
tional League tc be held in Hotel Tou-
raine. Boston. June /, to consider the
charges filed with him by President Drey-
fuss of the Pittsburg club. against Man
ager McGraw of the New York club.
IndianapOliS and Louisville had con- |