Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-21
VS. DOINGS in THE WORLD OF SPORTS.
BASEBALL NOTES.


own seeming.
"Eube' WaddeIl made four runs and
seven ats III ~ games.
Roy, the Indian pitcher. has gone in for
evan.clStic work.
Jim collins is the only hiGh-priccd
man on the Athletic team.
y. '. sun: There. are few first basemcn
as good as Bob Unsl"ub at digging up
low throws.
Richmond is the only clnh in Ill" Vir-
slnla State League that mas made any
inuney thIs year.
The veteran Ercckt nrid@r is hnldin;,
down first base for the Manchester tct'
independent team
Pit -n.r Joss .f tit. Cleveland club has
except the Athletics.
Wiikc:h;rr'. has Il rit' h"i named Pro
k"wSki playing under the name oi
swift Can y"u blame HIM?
The Boston Nationals rank sixth in
hitting. sixth in runs scored seventh in
stolen bases and fifth in lcliinG.
Steele, the star twir!er of the Lynn
team of the New England League, goes
to the Boston Americans next season.
Hurchell the new lcft-hander OF the
I'oSton Americans, was batt'i out or IN.
box in Rochester, six IunS being made OIL
him
Willie acting manager Of IL" Chicago
Americans Billy Sullivan 1in'd lAbcll
fifty cents, winch sum Suiy claimed was
owed him.
Tie Athletics have nine games to play
at home With New York. That ought To
j." enough iE itself to let theIt INTO the
championship.
Manager Fielder jones, Of the Whit"
Son. muSt b" r"hcarsinE ms retirement
act. He has been fired from the gam"
twice recently.
Charlie HcinpiiI! center fielder OF St
Louis is ;notlI ol-iimcr who has taken
on Il - cond lease of life. lie is good for
many wears vet
Socks Scvl"ld's long hits have been a
biz help to the Athletics. During the re-
cent -pmt of tie Mack"rcls he Non two
gaines with horir-rt'n drives.
Wa.5n'.r, Clarke. Mage" and Lumley are
the Sl"";t.rs Of the \atirnal League:
Wagner, Chance. l.. ach ana I.Oicrt lead
in th" base running departing mt
Chances are AGAINST the b"Hrball player
who ncveI takes chances. Some players
consider themselves good players because
Of their ability to sidcStcp diilic,lt stabs.
Connie Mack s""nS To be de%cloping
another great N",inGStcr in Nichols. He
has been playing Il great game in the ill
field ami hitting the bail like Il world
Icator.
Glinr:haw. of Boston. will go with the
Toronto club in the Eastern League as
part of the trade for ThoEey, who for;
cleL Gland.
WASHINGTON may have 50 players on its
roster before the club returns home from
the present western TRIP Manager Can
tiiion las determined to do lot in the
try-Out business this fall.
Just as SooE as McGraw began cOngrat
ulating himself upon having McGann
back in the game the veteran stuck his
arm in 'front.' If Il fast grounder and was
hurled back to the bench for Il lev days.
Springfield Republican: ]lanlon says
the umpireS in the Eastern League are
not capable. But everything that is said
can't be believed for out in cincinnati
they say Hanlon isn't capable. which he
would probably disagree with.
Il think as much of my q ounds as do
of my home says Jess Bulkett 1t is 4
great mistake not to make the grounds
as attractive as possible. Nothing SHOULD
ie sl'ined To make Il plant that AL
the patrons Of the game can desire"
DAVIS, Crawford. Flick ana Cobb are
the Slu:5@erS OF the American league.
era wioid leads in triples and Davis in
hol.'e runs, while it is about az Ven
thing between Davis. Crawford Cobb, I'm
glaub and Lajoie for doubles.
The people who are making such Il
loud noise about the dcarth of base hits
these days don't know the game" says
Manager McAlccr of the st. Louis
browns. Why l will make tbs. decl,tia-
ton now, ana YOU can't bring mo Il base
ball man WHO can give me an argument
against my declaration, when | say the
men in the big leagues are hitting the ball
harder now thar AT any time since base
ball hcr;unc II procession. What have [
got to back UP that declaration? Simply
that the game las become something of
Il science The fielding is sharper ana
faster and it takes il exceptionally fast
men who can make i hit when the pitcher.
is able to put the ball where he wants
to. The fcldelS have got the game down
to such 4 tine point that when the signal
is flashed from til" catcher for an in
curve OF an outShOot. on any other kind
of a shoot. the fielders get into position
for the play. Indeed. they know about
where the bah is going to be hit"