Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-27
OLD TIMERS.
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uiaiioiiuS, ana Wnen we arrived in that
city we found that the ball ground had
been laid out on a closecropped crick-
CT held. AS result our boys had con-
siderable difficulty in keeping their feet.
ana st. John won a comparatively easy
victory. Early the next morning | Wis
tied blacksmith's shop and had some
special spikes made for our shoes We
dldn t improve the New Brunswick ball
ilelds with them to any great extent;
put they assisted US in winning all the
rest OF our games
IL mas been a query among the fans IN
the other league cities why HALLOWEEN,
with pitchers like Sparks. Patten and MAJ
loney-three OF the best twrlers in the
organization, should be hunting after and
trying out new bOXmen. | have no desire
TO disparage the new men. who have
shown up well; but in going over my
notes of the games, | do not see wherein
any of those dropped by I1allowcll have
been lost through poor work in the box.
Indeed the consistently good work done
by the Hallowell pitchers has been. to my
mind. ore of the strong and features of
the teams work.
Hallowell wants a few more sonorous
voiced rooterS to sit near the center of
her grandstand and entertain the fans
I've men at this point. last Thursday ;if-
tcrnoon, the spectators might have been
treated to an interchange repartee and
wittlcism that would have been about as
enjoyable az the game itself.
What is this? Hallowell rootcrs COM
planning that the police undertook to
chok" them off in Gardiner" Heaven for
bid. 1t must be a canard. To yell is the
unquestioned birthriSht OF every fan. and
really nothing is more delightfully."- breezy
- irNpr 1.,,n H.,
vociferations between the partisans of the
contcnding teams. My personal observa-
ton has been that the Gardiner rOotcrS
are very broad-spirited and tolerant They
are noisy fellows and dcvotedly loyal to
their team-which is certainly worthy of
1t. At the same time they really enjoy
hearing the opposing fans cut loose and
have a very happy way of coming down
the nome stretch neck and neck with
them. Truly the Gardiner fan is Il win
ncr and worthy of his team.
Speaking OF til" Gardin": team calls up
the good work done by Johnson in Thurs
days game at Hallowcll. Tho elongated
tWlrler was certainly at mis- best in that
contest. and his work WIS of Il character
to delight the soul ana evoke the admirst-
ton Of the most critical fan.
Tho experienced baseball manager clear
~ recognizes the fact that the best play
crS frequently make crrOrS-and that
often thoS" who make the fcw"st arc tho
player is more demoralizing to :, nine
than on" who is playing for record
and consequently shirks the hard chances
The men who try for everything" will
in fact muSt-makc errors: but they are
nevertheless, the winners in the long run.
| was somewhat surprised in reading the
score of Tuesdays game at Gardiner to
see that Captain Clason of the Gardeners
was not playing his usual position at sec
ond base. although his timely work with
the willow showed that he was still very
much in the game. Clason has impressed
me from the start as being Il winning ball
player He cares nothing for u record.
but tries for everything with an eye single
| 10 tn" success of his team. III" has been
| singularly successful in imbung his team
| with much Of his own nevcr-sly- die
spirit. He is in the game every minute.
alert and aggressive and to his efforts
| has been largely due it has seemed to m.
| the splendid team play which has been
| such an important factor in the line work
| of the Gardiner aggregation. In view Of
| som" criticisms made upon this player in
connection with Saturdays game. | have
| been interested to look back over tho roc
ord of this player. | find that in the nine
games prior to Saturdays contest Clason
had made u put outs and !" assists, with
| only two errors. neither of which proved
| costly. This was the best work done dur
ing the same time by any second bascm'tn
! in the league. In Saturdays game he ac-
| ccrtcd out Of $ chances and made two
safe hits. In tn last II games he has
/ lfltu' i Will Il toldl VI Ia IlIN'. bid'IN ~
which have been of the timely kind that
drive in hits. There is probably not Il
| team in the league that would rot be glad
to secure the services of this PLAYER; hut
| it Is not likely that Gardiner would make
the mistake of parting with him.
| 1t is n little premature to speak Of any
team at this stage of the game rs the
! "Charlps." At the present time the Win
! thrnps are the champions OF the Trolley
league ana will continue to hold the title
| unless the record at the close of the sea
| son transfers it to one of their rivals. II
has seemed to me that Winthrop has had
about All tho i'll luck in sight thus far. but
it has nevertheless some fine players on
its team and will surely be Il factor III
tho race before TIL" close Of tho chamnlor-
shin series Undoubtedly the team will be
greatly strengthened whom Carrisan gets
into the game, and the good work oi
| Files in Tuesdays contest shows that h'
will strengthen them materially IN th'
| box The work Of this pitcher in tho Gel
lego series stamped him rs q first elias,
man in the box. lfc is a good outfi' ld"i
ana Winthrop made no mistake in <ncur'
IIb IL.