Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-23
BASEBALL NOTES.

The season Is shade into the Seconu
half in the American League.
O'Drain, the Holy Cross pitcher. has
signed with York of the Tri-State League.
New Orleans is leading the Southern
League with percentage of less than
GOO.
Lancaster. Williamsport and York are
having a neck and-neck race in the Tri-
State League.
Large crowds have attended the Clevc-
| land games all over the circuit, says
Sec. Bernhard.
In the American Association Ed Grillo's
! Toledo Mud Hens have dropped from the
| lead to fifth place.
| Frank Shannon has fixed up his lttla
| trouble with the Lowell club and will be
found at his old position.
Fielder Billy Hamilton, formerly
with the Boston Nationals. has signed
with Haverhill. He will join the team to-
day.
Owing to the poor condition of the
Cleveland catChcrs, Kittredgc has been
loaned to Lajoie by the Washington
team.
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| for player who jumps his Lancaster
club. Yet Freddie is playing bunch Of
contract jumpers.
H. N. S. defeated the Biddeford team
Saturday on it's own grounds by a score
of 10 5. The game was called in the
seventh because of rain.
| Jim Ennis, playing with Spring
field, is the property of the Lawrence
| 81, fny hn al
goes. and must soon quit Springfield.
After two strikes had been called on
him and with two men out in the 10th
inning Jude, the Indian, hit out a sin
gle that scored tn" winning run Sat
urday for Cincinnati.
Collectively the Western clubs had the
bulge on their Eastern brethren up to
Friday. The West had won lit games
to the East's IA. and had lost only 1I
as against the East's 176.
, Fred Lake will manage the Lowell
team for the new owners, and it would
would be difficult to find a stronger
card or better all-round manager. who
can also play the game.
The Boston Americans will leave for
the West Wednesday night after CLOSING,
the Cleveland series. Thursday the boys
will stop off to play one game at De-
troit on their way to ST Louis.
1t is a treat to witness the clever way
several teams in the New England
. League are being handled from the
bench this season and the up-to-date
i methods employed to win ball games.
Larry Lajoie has proven the biggest
ii, nd tn
Boston public. This year he is once
more looking for the batting honors.
and naturally looking for the "bingles.
What's in q name? The new owner
of Lowell bears the name of VIM.
Whether the team will win any more
games under the new order of things
remains to be seen but we hope it
will
Bradley. the Cleveland third baseman,
was injured in New York Thursday.
: He may be out of the game for the
rest of the season. as it is said that a
bone in his forearm was broken. Bay
also was hurt and both were sent
- home.
Tenney's crew went down to defeat be
fore the Cardinals Saturday by the score
nf to l. After dropping four straieh;
to New York and three out Of four tc
BROOKLYN the St. Louis aggregation pull
| ed themselves together and played really
| brilliant ball.
President Taylor of the Eastern
League has fined Captain Dunn of
, Providence Slvv and suspended him
nine days for assaulting the umpire a;
: Rochester, ~ v, last week. Taylor
| To- In n
and this looks as though he meant it
Brown of Chicago had Brooklyn help
less for six innings Saturday. but is the
seventh, with two out. a tumble. FOL
lowed by three singles and a steel
r gave the BrOoklyns the lead with three
runs. They added three more in the
ninth on Browns only pass. two errors
and a triple.
l. Pres. O'Bricr of the American Associa
ton has handed the Minneapolis players
a severe jolt for trying to make thing
unpleasant for the umpire. Freeman anf
r Ayler have been suspended Tor sever
days ard fined so each. Fox. Davis am
Ford were each fined so, and Manager
Kelley reprmandcd.
Ganlcys batting was directly RESPONSE
bic for the victory of the Pittsbnrgs owe
r New York Saturday. He batted lou
runs and scored two himself. lie III
r TAYLOR and Ames alike Lynch was WIZ
at the start, but settled down ana pitch
cd strong game. The fielding feature
were catches by Leach 3nd seymour.
g John Bannon. the wcll-kn"Wn pasepai
e player OF SauEus, Mass, died IN ms nom
~ on Willow court at an early honr oa''ir
&C day of spinal meningitis after a shor
illness. harmon went TO plymouth las
Saturday to play ball and IL IS 'h"uen
that while there something that ne at
A. poisoned him. Mr.. Bannon was Dorm
Of Saugus A. years ago and had AWAY
AZ lived there. He had been employed AZ y"
he General Electric works for 10 years an
&c was we'll known in baseball circies' as d.
IS also several of his brothers.
RS James WEIGH of st. John. n D. h'''"
~ to the police as ''Tatters "eich' wa
n arragned in the municipal court A' par