Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-25
HE DAYS DOINGS IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS.

VINO seems to be a slugger, hit Ioui
times safely Monday, one hit being a
home run.
Goodwin showed Wednesday that ne
is better infielder than he is an OUT
fielder. He's not hitting well, put ne
may improve.
BY beating the Tenneyites Wednes-
day the Pirates drew a little closer up
to Chicago and the Giants VINO oiu ii''
play because Of rain.
They had to have mounted pollce-
men in Chicago last Sunday ana Pres
ident Charlie Murphy was as happy as
il be were at a circus.
A nctition is in circulation In Lynn
fer the restoration of Umpire sullivan
to his position on the New England
League staff of umpires.
Jimmy Collins says he can't let Fred
Lake take Armstrong, at least for a
| few DAYS, as there is deal on i'll which
Armbruster is concerned.
Ontfielder Jack Mccarthy was trans
ferred Wednesday by the Brooklyn Ma
tional League club to the Providence
! club of the Eastern League.
New York. which only a short time
ago was at the bottom of the ladder
with the Boston Americans, is now
only four and one-half games behind
the leaders.
The Tigers worked the sueeze play
beautifully Wednesday and everything
would have been o. X. hal the tall been
tapped anywhere except where it could
have been gathered in on Il fly.
The Boston Nationals are fast getting
down within hailing distance Of last
place in the National League, which is
held by Brooklyn. About June l, turn
the standings of the two leagues upside
down, and Boston's teams will look
pretty goed.
John Bresnahan of South Boston has
caught on splendidly with big Dan
Brouthers' team at Newburg, n. Y
Bresnahan is playing right field and his
hitting has made him one of the most
valuable members of the aggrega ton
In a recent game with Tricounty, Rres
nahan drove out three safe singles and
won the contest in the 18th inning with
a hOme-run hit to deep left.
Despite all the pulpit and other talk
about the action of the selectmen in al
lowing it, there will be no Sunday base
ball games at PrOvincetoWn by the
sailors of the North Atlantic squadron
this summer. This was announced a,
the special town meeting Wednesday
and came in n letter from Rear Admit
raj Roblcy D. Evans, commanding the
squadron.
Boston Herald: The Lynn team is
70 iorhi Do
tor and Connors are doing splendid al
around work. says Bob Paradis III the
Lowell Courier Citizen. The team. in
| the opinion of the writer, is not as fast
| as Lawrence or Manchester Fall Riv-
| er is giving a fine exhibition, and the
| fans Of that city are very well salts
| fled with the showing made thus far
Manager McDermott has good base
ball city. and no doubt he will keep il
| alive and appreciative by continued
| fast work. The New Bedford team has
| improved wonderfully of late. With
| kloby reinstated and kavanaugh play
| ing center field, the Whalers ought tC
hold their own. at least. The Haverhjl
team will not find the way to the tor
until field general is secured. While
possessing some good talent. the team
| needs a leader.
| There is much bitterness between the
Cubs and Giants ard it is not due
to the rivalry of baseball Tn,
rule passed last winter by the
National Commission. giving the home
| team the exclusive right to issue passes
| is at the bottom of the row, which has
| become SO serious that it is likely to
go before the National Commission
| The rule was passed, it is said, to pre-
vent the Giants handling out passes
| freely at any city they visited. Pres
| Murphy applied the rule al
| Chicago and was the subject
of bitter attacks by the New
York players. who called him Of
fensive names and gave it out that
| they "would get beautifully even
/ when the Cubs visit New York. The
| inference is that the players will have
| to climb the fence to get into the
grounds when they play in Gotham and
that Pres. Murphy will not be able
even to buy his way in.