Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-02

ST. League, as well
as in the New
England, and in addition to these tie
starting up of the Trolley League mas
served to intensity local interest and
stimulate the underlying current of en-
thusiasm felt by the people Of this Sec
League season opened Wednesday with
Augusta at WaterVille and Gardiner at
Hallowell. In each game the visitor.
were victorious. Augusta defeating Wa
tertille Fairfield to ) and Gardiner beat
ing HailOwell to 0, scoring the first
Trolley League shutout of the season.
Thursday Augusta played her first game
at home with the Twins and again won,
10 :. Gardiner and Hallowell played at
Gardiner. the home team winning by tn"
same score at that by the Augusta play
"rS defeated their opponents, 3 to ,.
Friday the local team went to Halo
well and won in a gallop by - to 8. Wet
weather prevented any playing Saturday
The week ended with Augusta at the too
of the list with no defeats recorded Gar
diner next with two out of three games
to her credit, then Hallowel with one
game won Thursday at Gardiner. with
tn" Twins at the bottom of the list
This weeks playing promises to be very
lively There ar" four games scheduled
for the Fourth. The morning games will
b. played at Watcrvile and Gardiner
and the art moon games at Augusta and
Hallnwrll. Augusta plays at Gardiner in
the forenoon and IIalluwell at Watervlle
Before til" opening of tn" season til, 70
was much speculation as to the makeup
of the teams. That fears for the All
gust1 team, expressed by some OF the To-
cal fans. We're %roundleSS was attested
by subsequent developments. The mem-
bers Of the team have been working well
| together from the start and putting up
| fast ball, SO fast in fact that many of
The friends of the team have been sur
pr!sed at the pace. The players went in
| 1T the very outset to play good bail and
demonstrated that they had the real ar
| ticle right with them. ready for deliv-
crv at any old time.
The KennistOns are handing cut the
same kind Of a game that made them
| popular last season: Lang and Carey. in
addition TO playing their positions in good
| shape. are Swatting the sphcr" amns,
| hard enough to knurk the cover Oft;
Catcher Davis is putting up star game
| RuGderham is doing fire work and will
| he il the box in tomorrow morning
game. All til" others seem 10 be in good
| fettle. Augusta seems to have a win
ming combination. Not only is every man
each player seems to have his batting
| eye IN working order all the time, finding
the Other fellows curves and lining them
| II, Oh x,,itI
| IN the American League last week was
| the lvclieSt one of the season. Their,
was something doing from the outset
An interesting fact in the weeks contest
was that at the close of Thursdays play
ing there was u three-cornered tie for
| first place between the Athletics. the
| Iighlanders and Cleveland. whlia tn.
next day left Cleveland and New YurI;
tied. with Philadelphia but Il few points
behind in third place.
The week opened with Cleveland in the
| lead and the race wis close and eXcit
| ing straight through the week. The Ath-
letics Monday shut out Collins players
| to in one Of the prettIest games Of thf
season. Waddell and Dinecn both put III
| superb pitching and not until the last
| inning Sid either side make Il tally. Then
| 7 ord hit out 4 three-ba gger and succeed
ed in scoring. Cleveland beat Detroit /:
to l. the HighlanIers shut ont the Sena-
| tors = to 0 and St Louis got away with
Chicago to I.
Tuesday the Athletics took another
game from Boston. : to /; Chicago shut
ont st. Louis to and Detroit h' at the
Cleveland leaders : To 4. Rain forced the
IL. y.
| ington game.
| Boston lost TO New York Wednesday
c M g. Philadelphia and Chicago shut out
| Washington and st. Louis respectively
and Detroit beat Cleveland. Wednesdays
playing put Philadelphia in first plac"
with Cleveland second. and the playing
| Thursday left the three leading teams
tied for the leadership with 600 each. The
| IiehlanderS again defeated Boston to
| T. Chicago took one from Cleveland to
! | in the FIRST game of double-header
| hut got shut out : To o in the second
game St Louis beat Detroit to : and
Washington heat Philadelphia 10 ..
New York administered another defeat
| to Boston Friday. beating the tal"nderS
| handily by score of Ia a. Philadelphia
beat Washington to but lost the sec
ord game 6 to ). Cleveland put ii all over
Chicago, Q to .. and Detroit walked away
with st. Louis 7 to g. This left Clev"
land aud New York tied for first plac"
and broke the tie for fifth place between
Detroit and st. Louis. Saturday rain
prevented the game scheduled between
New York and Boston the Athletics
trimmed the Senators C to 5. Detroit took
a double header from St LoGis and chi
cago turned the same trick on Cleveland.
This left the HighlandarS on top. the
Athletics next to them ana Cleveland in
third place.
The relative positions Of the first four
trsms in the National League remained
unchanged throughout the Week ana tho
percentage of those clubs did not change
TO any great extent. Chicago held her