Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-17
BASEBALL NOTES.

New Orleans was shut out three days
running in Atlanta.
LIZZIE Van Iant made his peace with
BinGhatntnn and got back into the game.
the past season. administered % shut
outs and held opponents down tc ona
run III - games
Boston Herald. Portland wuulu like to
find an opening in the New England Lea
que next season, but there is no fran
ChiSe to he had except by purchase, and
it is not likely there will be one for
sale.
Jim Maron,y and Nctty Lee did il
lot to land the championship for OSWpEO
in the Empire State League this Year.
Maronty has signed with Buckenbergcr
of Rochester for next season.
The Cubs claim that the line condition
in which their pitchers have remained
all season is mainly due to the splendid
way IN Which they are handled by Jack
Mccormick, the former puSliSt and
present trainer Of the team.
I:itchey of the Boston Nationals kicked
at the work of Umpire Carpenter to
President Pullam in Brooklyn lust week.
and the president said there must u"
something. in the protest. as he never
knew Ritchcy 10 register protest be-
fore.
Pitcher Irving Wilhelm. once with the
Boston Nationals. haS been doing some
fine work of late. He went in twice in
three days against Memphis which was
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struggle, and shut them out both times.
Sporting Life considers the ruling of
President Johnson in declaring 4 player
out IN the hrSt game Of y double header
ont for tie day as good one. 1T is not
SO in the National League, however. Ten
ga'na, but came back for the second.
Boston Herald Now they have it that
big 't'y' Young will give up playing
baseball. WHY should he? He is still a
top-nntch"r. ana is making better money
than he can in any other channel. There
is no doubt II" will remain in the game
lust as Ion" as I've can pitch Winning ball.
After that 1t will be another story.
Last season Cameron of Lowell pitched
p games, caught I. played Is IL center
field. two in right. one in left, on" on first
base and four on third lie certainly
New England League. He said he would
rather pitch to "RUster' I!urrill than any
catcher he faced last season.
Just one club succeeded in taking a
series from Worcester this season, and
that was Fall River, which won eight
gan.cs and lost seven Fall River mad" q
sple ndid record against the three lead
inr clubs winning eight from W nrccst' J..
nine from Brockton and seven from LN mn,
or Il total of - woE and u lost WorccS-
ter won - from these clubs ana lost -:
BroCkt0n won - and lost p. and Lynn
won y and lost %. Percentages: Fall
River. 1913; Worcester o., Rrockton,
TIE Worcester club administered %
shutouts during tho season of 100: which
Is undoubtedly record under the Ma
tional agreement. 1t shut out Lawrence
once. Lynn twice BroCkton three times,
Fall River four times. New Bedford five
times. Lowell six times and HaNcrhill
eight times. Then 13 times the champions
held their opponents down to a single
run. Worcester was thanked y times
during the season. Tho lraEne leaders
lost II games at home during tn" season
BrocK,on being second with Il home de-
feats. and Lynn was third with Il.
Said Barney Dreyfuss in Pittsburg the
other day ''Rigler is not fit man to
umpire. On Saturday Joe Tinker Of tho
Chicago team. who was suspended for
his trouble with Rigler on Friday h"re.
sat with me during the game. When the
contest started he SAID to me. w atch this
man Eicler Any time that he has
called two balls on 2 batsmar, he will
take it for granted that the next pitch
will he p strike. and he will call it that.
no matter where It goes Tinker ara
kept track throughout the game. and in
u sucli cases. Rigler called 4 strike on
tn. nc~t pitch after the batsnnen had
secured two balls"