Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-22
Baseball Notes.

Mccormick has failed to make hit
but once in the last 10 games.
The New Haven tailenders won as many
games as Holyoke. last week.
Boston Herald: 1t goes without saying
that jess Burkctt will not be with Boston.
next year.
Frank Dunn insists that the Boston Ma
tionals will be capitalized next season at
$3.50 000 and that he will be in control.
Hartly has hit safely in 6S of the IS
games he has played thus far. IIummel
has connected safely with the ball in e.
games out OF 80
Jim Mcguire has been playing ball for
| % years. according to the New York Mail.
! Mcclure has never been fined or dis
| ciplined in any way.
John CAMEL was led off the field in
Dayton recently by three Constahles. He
says he has enough of the Central League
and Will be in different company next
season.
Nal Eason, the BROOKLYN pitcher, has
been turned over to Baltimore. He had
record of losing more games than any
National League pitcher, except Wilhelm
of Boston
Ernest Vinson. outfielder for the Cleve-
land American League club, was suspend
ed by President Kilfoyle. Monday, on &C
count OF what is said to be the player 8
bad habits.
Waddell. Coaklcy and Plank have won
IS of the Ga victories scored by Connie
Mack's team. Waddell has won l9 games
| and lost eight. Plank has won II and lost
nine, and Coakley has won L and lost
four.
Cy Voorhees, former Holyoke pitcher.
may never be able to play ball again, as
result Of IN accident, last week. He
wrenched his right leg. tearing q large
| muscle from the ankle joint. Voorhees, is
| now in a Williamsport Pa.) hospital.
Mccormick, an ex-Bucknel University
athlete, has been signed by the York Tri-
State League team. Mccormick formerly
| played with Jersey City, and is now the
property of the Philadelphia National
League team He refuses to go to Phil
adelphia
World: Fred Clarke has again advised
the Pirates to let the umpires alone.
Says he: Forget them. The Pittsburg
| club Is not in high favor with the present
administration and the umpres know 1t,
hut they will decide the plays as they Sc,
them. and If we obey the rules they can't
| handicap u.s.
every day into a hotter struggle. The
| three successive victories of the st Louis
Browns over Connie Mack's team has put
| quite a crimp In the Athletics lead.
teams arc very apt to cause dismay to
| the Eastern clubs.
81 Seymour has increased his lead over
Hans Wagner and now leads the Nation
| al League batter5 by good margin. Sey-
mour in l0i games has been to the bat 402
| times and made 80 hits for percentage
| OF so. Wagner in 1Ol games has been to
| the bat 80 times and made 13i hits, civ
| Ing him .3,s per cent.
Washington Post The injury to Laioia
| has been lesson to BAH players who
have been careless in treating injuries
received IN game. Now most oil of
them withdraw from the game the mo-
ment the rusty spikes OF someone's shoes
break the skin or in any way make them
| susceptible to blood poisoning
The average citizen finds it hard to I'M
| derstand how anything but dire necessity
can drive Il man to be an umpire al
course, rather than starve to death al
most anyone would consent to become q
butt for the bullying. jeers. and insinua-
tions OF the bleacherites a target for pop
bottles. and the common enemy Of ba
players.
There i1 a hot race on between Willie
keeler and George Stone of St Louis.
for the American League batting honors.
keeler leads by two points. with 323 per
cent He has taken part in SO games all
the HiGhlanderS have played, been to the
bat 3I6 times and made 121 hits. Stone
has played In 100 games. has been to the
bat III times and made 13i hits for 81 per
cent
Washington Post: Manager Jimmy
Collins OF the worlds champions. thinks
that II the present long schedule of 154
games Is to be maintained double header.s
should be played off as soon as occasion
for them occurs. At present double-hcad-
ers are not permitted by the magnates
during the first part of the season on tho
ground that they cheaper the game: in
other words. they can get big enough
crowds early i'll the season without offer
ing bargain day attractions. The result
In the. American League this year has
been that the postponed games pile up in
the late season. and that schedules often
cannot pe played out in full Thus onn
team may obtain an advantage over fine
others. as it may avoid PLAYING out the
full string with particularly dangerous
.nStlnCp Do e
played the fun schedule with the excep-
ton of one game with Chicago. The Pi-
rates also had one game unpavod If
those games had been played Off the Reds
losing and the Pirates winning. the two
teams would have been tied for third
place.