Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-15
MAINE LEAGUE NOTES.

park at 5.15 this afternoon
/ First Baseman King of Lewiston who
was badly injured early lat week is
| still in the Sisters hospital in Lewiston.
hut will lie out in few days.
Augusta has thus far had the big end
of the argument with Pine Tree. 10th
here and in Portland. Manager Will
liams has been strengthening his team,
however, and says he is going to get
the scalps of the Senator's in the
games here this week.
1t was not Nourse, the Brown Uni
vcrsity pitcher, who pitched for Bid
Gcford and was batted out of the box
in Lewiston last Thursday. as was
stated in all the papers. 1t was a
local Biddeford player named Cheslcy
VINO was tried out as an experiment.
and by some mistake it was given out
that he was Nourse whom Biddeford
has been trying to secure.
Portland Express: Tho strength of
the Maine state Baseball League seems
to be divided just about evenly enough
to sustain the interest in every city.
Every team cannot win the pennant
and no loyal fan should withhold his
patronage because the home team does
not win all the time. Good. honest
baseball is all that anybody can ask
Tor and that the Maine League seems
to be furnishing.
The Driving park diamond has been
put in fine shape. good seats have been
provided for 400 and fast baseball is
assured. There should be Il big
crowd at this weeks games. The last
| home game was IA inning contest
which Augusta won I to o. and since
| then the home team has played fast
and consistent ball. 1t deserves en-
thusiastic support Of all the local
fans. O" down to the game at SIS
today and take your friends along.
Pop" Williams, whose team plays
here today. is not yet in the "Gramp"
Morse class but he is by no means a
green youneSter in the great national
game. II is Is years ago this coming
fall since he entered Bowdoin as Il
member Of tho class of 1896 and at
once won Il name as an athlete. Bow
doin'S great pitcher at that time was
Ralph =. PlaiStcd. IN Augusta boy. a
brother of Mayor Plaisted and now a
leading Bangor lawyer. As Plaisted
was 4 star in the boz, Williams was
not developed as Il pitcher in the early
part Of his college course. but played
i'm the outfield and was especially
famed for his heavy hitting. The
only game he pitched in his first year
was on his class team against the
Colby freshment. winning an easy VIC
tory. Later in his course he became
the regular Varsity pitcher and with
his great speed and head work was a
terror to opposing mines. After IeaV-
ing college Pop played on the Lewis
ton team i'm the New England League
and from there went 10 Toronto where
for half dozen seasons h" was the
m,instav i'm the box Of the team that
repeatedly won the championship or
the Eastern League. Then for TWO
years he was on the pitching star OF
the Boston Nationals. The first year
he had great success, but early Ill the
second year he was badly injured ana
did but little work. Since then lie mas
| been the manager and mainStay of an
| independent team in Portland which
| he has made very succe ssfui. financial
| " and otherwise. and which has be-
come widely known. 1t is very rarely
that the team loses with him in the
box. 'Por' is always clean and
gentlemanly player quiet in demean"r
and is liked by everybody. His home
is in Topsham and he has done con-
siderable teaching during the winter
seasons.