Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-03

OK National and american League star
is running n seEii-lrOfeSsional team.
There was Il runner on third when
the batter hit 4 sharp boundcr straight
at the. second baseman. The runner was
held at third ana the basenlhn threw
the batter out at first AS lie threw, the
man Il third made a dash Tor the plate
and the first baseman, piVotin2, made
a throw to head him off. Seemingly he
had his man nailed 10 feet, but nan
way to thu plate the ball suddenly shot
the runner scored ana the
game was lost.
The first bascman, running in. picked
up IL dead English sparrow when mao
collided with the bail.
Stranger perhaps than that was an eN
hibtion game that two teams n.adc vi
from the Chicago National League cl'il
played at Waycross, Ga, during th'
spring training trip of 1888. 1t had Ceef
an excessively hot afternoon and, as th'
sun hc:;ln to 60 down, it WAS decided t.
do 4 little real playing. 50 the regular
team was matched against the scrubs.
BY the fourth inning dusk Vas begin
ming 70 fail. The scrubs were at the ba
when Jimmy Conner cracked out d ions
fly to right field Ryan was spuattlnt
under II and, to the surprise Of everyone
lost the bah entirely. His shout OF sur
prise attracted the attention Of the 9th
ers, and he laughing.y called out some
thing to Everitt at first base. moment
later Briggs pokcd up Skyscrapng fly
and AS it rose half a dozen black objects
began to shoot around the ball. Dahlcn
all muddled up, let the ball fall I'M
touched.
Tha. broke up the game. Hundreds OF
bats were circinE around. and for halt
an hour the players hit up tall flies tc
watch the little animals dart at the ball
following it almost down to the ground
| sent in Il story that night saying
Game called on account of bats anG
nobody believed it.
sam" the old white horse that 70!
years drew the mowers and rollers ovel
the West Side grounds in Chicago and
was the pet of Charlie Kuhn and this
players-all except AnsOn-once cost Chi
cago a victory and handed the game t.
Louisville.
Sam" for some reason or other, tool
an intense dislike to Arson. Whether the
old fellow was trained by the mischievous
| ball players to go after Cap, or whether
| it was Il joke evolved in his own equtnt
brain cannot be told. but whenever San
saw Arson he would lay back his ears
! bare his teeth ard start on Il dead run
| for Cap. He might be browsing lazily
in the outfirld. with players rracticing al
| around him. hut let Arson walk out onto
g, \ /,
| tie. Arson strove in vain to conquer the
| old horse. He would stand his ground
| armed with Il bat. and wave 1t threaten
| ingly, burt eventually he would he forcot
| to retreat to the stands until Kuhn cap
| turcd Sam and took him back into the
| clubhouse.
| 1t got to he great joke during morn
| ing practice for the players to turn San
| loose to attack Anson-especially as i
usually stopped practice.
| One afternoon about the middle OF 9
game with Louisville. Sam escaped from
| the little YARD, back of the clubhouses. HI
| hr0wsed around for Il few minutes. then
| sighting Arson. he started slowly up TIL
| field his ears laid back against his heaC
and his teeth barred. The crowd. in thu
| interest of the game. did not see the OF
horse. LANCE tried II shoe him back "a
| he passed center field but by that tim,
sam was going full tilt straight at An
| son. In that moment 4 Louisville pldye,
raped a slow bour,lcr down toward shor
| and Dahlrn scoorel it. Just then AnsoI
heard a thunder of hoofs and. glancini
| around. saw Sam tearing down upon him
He backed up. Dahlen threw. and tn
ball went to the hlcachcls Arson stoo,
his ground just an instant; then he turned
| ard raced for the stand with Sans teetl
Swapping behind him all the way.
| The crowd roared with delight. and af
ter Kuhn captured the horse play was re
| Suncd. hut tho run that Sam gave TIL.
Colonies was enough to beat Chicago.
Similarly small fox terrier. The pet o
the old Philadelphia club and the prop
| crtv of Clements, gave Philadelphia
| victory over Chicago in Philadelphia on,
| afternoon. There were men on first an,
| second bases, with two out. when will,
| heave by Danny Frierd escaped Kit
| treigc and rolled back toward the stand
Naturally each runner would have ad
vanced a base but. as Eittrcdge chase,
the ball. the dog grabbed it and ran rn
der the Philadelphia bench. The umpire
| who had turned to soc that the runners
| did not cut the bases. when he saw tn,
ball rebound from the stand did not Sc,
the dog. The first thing he saw was Kit
tr"dge half way under the Phiiadelphi
bench. from which came n snarling an,
a growing. Both runners scored befor
Kit could get the ball. Chicago raised .
big kick, but it didn't go
| A new Gloss Of insurance is said to hav