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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12

the use of Gregg's style that Ketchell
defeated the supposedly unbeata BILE
Thomas. KctchnIl is a demon at in
lighting, and it was his blows to the
body while 1T close range that caused
Thomas to succunb.
Gregg used the same style. and he
has been extremely successful He
knew kctchcll two years ago while in
the West and trained with him for
bouts in Denver, Spokane and other
cities According to Gregg, Ketchell is
a smooth proposition. He is an expert
gambler and is known in the mining
districts as an unusually proficient faro
bank dealer, Gregg regarded him as
good boxer, but not of championship
calibcr. Evidently he has improved
greatly since he worked with the In
dian.
Gregg is now preparing for his bout
with Jack Morgan, September 20, under
the auspices of the International Asso-
citation Of structural IRON Workers, and
he is boxing daily with Ray Bronson,
who h" regards as one of the most
promising featherWeights he ever met
Bronson is also learning the Indians
methods. Bronson has long powerful
arms and if he can learn Greggs eff
fccti"e fighting methods he should
just about hold his own with any one
in his class, as he has always been a
skilful boxer at long range. Bronson
states that he will challenge the win
ner OF the Attell- Walsh bout to be held
at the Auditorium next Thursday
night
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12
HAVING HARD TIME.
Quaker City Correspondents Have
struggle to Get Reports Through.

There arc four Philadelphia newspa-
per men travelling with the Athletics
and they are having the time Of their
lives in getting their reports to Phil
adclphia owing t. the telegraphers.
strike. The war correspondents are
Horace s Fogcl. Of the Evening Tcle-
graph: William G. Weart. Of tho Press
Maggie RawlinC. of the Inquirer; and
John NJ Kelley, of the North Ameri-
can.
The correspondent Of the morning pa
pcrS are not 50 hard pressed as the
evening newspaper men, but tho latter
arc doing Il tall amount of hustlinG
The scheme they are working in Bos-
ton is to have telephone wires strung
into the press stands at the Hunting
ton avcruc grounds and while one of
their number talks the news from the
1T the main telegraph office down town.
This is then wired to Philadelphia.
where manifold copies are made and
distributed to the newspapers and
tickers in the combination.
All the correspondents are kicking
hard at the present situation and are
praying that the strike will soon be
over. s..
The Athletics are Ieading4fe Ameri-
can League race and Philadelphia is
baseball crazy. Many of the newspa-
pers are working a score board scheme
in front of their offices and tremendous
crowds gather every afternoon TO WatCh
the progress of the game played by the
Athletics
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12
GENERAL SPORTS,
Rousing Reception Tend
cred Returning Athletes.
International Billiard Matches
May Re Held In Gotham.
Champion Flanagan Says Ne viii
Quit Hammer Throwing.

New York. Sept. 1.-THE membera
OF the 1rish-American Athletic CI1b
"io participated in the athletic con-
'e9's ~ jamestown and succeeded in
capturing nine out Of possible Is
event. got rouSing reception when
they reached the city yesterday. A
large delegation of club members wa.
az the Old Dominion Line pier to vel
come them, and when the steamship
Jefferson was within half mile of the
pier and 1t was observed that the flag
OF the club was flying at her mast
head, the enthusiasm knew no bounds.
The National Athletic Club Band had
been engaged for the occasion. and the
appearance of Sheridan, Flanagan and
others at the rail of the vessel a foy
minutes later was greeted BY strains
of Hail to the Chief" and the Star
SDangled Banner Before the Jeffer
son was moored the wearing of the
Green" top o the Mornin' to YOU
and medley of popular arirs wera
played When the music ceased the
members of the reception committee
and others on the pier waved scores
OF Irish American flags, shouting cor
gratulations
After an exchange of greetings. tho
returning party. headed by the band
and followed by the committee, march
ed to the entrance of the pier where
two large sightseeing automobiles We're
in waiting. The athletes piled in and
the cars then proceeded to the club
house
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12
BEST WORK EVER.
Amateur at Brae Burn Touches Both
Amateur and Professional Records.

West Newton. Mass, Sept. Ill.
ID. Anderson, of Woodland, furnished
a highly interesting play in the an
nual open scratch tournament on the
links of the Brae Burn Country Club
today. cQuallinE the amateur record
for the links. with Il card of "a in tn"
morning and in the afternoon cuuallinS
the professional record for the course.
held by Alex Ross. United States golf
champion, with a card of 20. contribute
ing the best scores ever made by an
amateur in tournament in MaSSachu-
sets. In the first division c. w. Bass,
Ncspcr c. c.. of Lowell defeated J. r.
Morrill, Brac Burn. 4 up, to play.
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SAYS HE WILL QUIT.
Champion Hammer Thrower Flanagan
Announces Decision.

New York, Sept. 1.-THE New York
Athletic Club will wind up its out
door season by special set of events.
including swimming contests, next
Saturday at Travers Island. AS Matt
McGrath, the winged fist hammer
thrower and Metropolitan champion.
is not able to throw the 16-pound mis-
silc on account of his strained back.
which is worse since he threw at
Jamestown. he will not be in the field
events. His great rival and worlds
champion. John Flanagan, says he
will never throw again. John is broken
up at the unfortunate accident which
smashed Johnny Walshs leg at
jamestown. In speaking of the Incl
dent. Flanagan said last night: "Had
/ Knocked down my mother with the
hammer, Id not feel worse than l do
now"
The champion may be induced to
change his mind before the Olympic
games in England next year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12

down on the great national holiday
the manager ought to find himself
with good bunch of money on hand
the volume depending in a great meas
ure on the gate receipts and how sue
ctssfu he has been i'll not paying the
players and other bills If the players
are tractabc and it is astonishing how
they can be conncd along sometimes
by Il skilled manager. it ought to be
easy for Il manager to accumulate $500
or $1,000 by Fourth of July night ans:
then both players and public are lucky
if they hear from the genial promoter
again.
AS | say | hav" no charges to make
but this game has been worked in
Maine before and the reader will have
to judge for himself whether it was
pulled off successfully in this year of
our Lord 1907
| will tell you q funny little stony
which may have some bearing on the
matter now under discussion. On the
Friday following July Happy lott. the
captain and first base man of the Ban
Eor team came to ste me and told me
ne thought that Manager Paige Of
Bangor had been called suddenly out
of the State. He had left the club at
Bangor. Ills wife had been with him
on the trip ana Mr.. Paige had sent her
to Massachusetts 50 he had told his
men. That night some Of the Bangor
business men had got together and or
Eanizcd an association for carrying on
the club, Mr.. Paige having pleaded his
inability I" do 50 without financial as
sistance. They had called up Lewis
ton to communicate with Paige only 10
learn that he could not be located
These things Happy had learned over
tn" telephone and knowing that his b"
loved manager had some $500 in money
with him as Il result of his weeks work
ne had begun to think things a man
man did not have to be particularly
lacking in confidence in his fellow man
to agree with him in some matters but
il was agreed between us that it was
best to say nothing about the matter
until the next day. That was Satur-
day and that afternoon when | went
out to the grounds who should be sit
ting on the bench but Mr. Paige him
self His temperance would seem to
Vindicatc him but when | read in the
Boston Globe that morning that Man.
aScr Paige would be paid a salary bv
the new Bangor association to continue
to run the club, | realized that anyone
VINO bought the paper in RoSton might
read the same thing and that it might
strike person out of Il good Job as a
good thing to he able to manage a ball
club for the remainder Of the summer
on a salary.
Anyhow Paige staid in Bangor until
the management found they could GET
along without him. As the Eanc chad
not PAID there was Of course no money
In the treasury and there were even
some salaries due the players so there
was nothing to be lost in letting things
run along.
l relate this series of happenings for
W hat it is worth
In the case of Manager Wreath things
didn't break as we'll but he had had the
schedule fixed up so he was away from
home for seven or eight days after ths
Fourth and with good day at Biddeford.
was getting along fairly well. Player
Cote made a little trouble for him but tie
other men had been content to go without
their pay for three weeks and With the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12
INTERNATIONAL BILLIARDS.
Matches May Be Held in New York
City Next Month.

New York, Sept. III. Ferdinand
Poggenburg, DR. A. B. Miller and A.
q. jenkins, Jr, were appointed yeSter-
day as a committee to draft arrange
ments for the proposed amateur inter-
national billiard contests. The APP
pointncnt was made by Frank J. How
ell, president of the National AssOcia-
ton of Amateur Billiard Players, who
will serve ex ofiicio on the committee
The three Americans. who represent
respectively the Liederkranz. the ANA
teur Billiard Club of New York and the
Hanover Club, while President Howell
represents the Chicago Athletic AS
ISOLATION. will at once frame plans to
submit to the Federation des Societies
Franchises dAmateurs de Billiard with
the view of having the French anna
tours play in this country.
The committee will work out the
plan and its action will be made known
al the meeting of the association which
Is to be held on oct >. At that time
the formal acceptance Of the French
challenge for international matches
will be forwarded to the Comte de
Dree. president of the French organi-a
cation, together with the ideas that
appear most feasible to the Americans
Tor bringing the competitions about 81
"A member of the COMMITTEES said
yesterday that an effort would be made
TO hold the matches in this city next
March and probably a week after the
American national amateur champions
ship. He believed the style of play
would be 14-inch balk line. A
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INDIANS WANT JENNINGS.
Manager of the Tigers Admits Being
Approached by Cleveland.

Detroit. Mich. Sept 1.-THE owners
Of the Cleveland Baseball Club of the
American League are after Hugh Jen-
ningS, manager of the Detroit club.
Jennings was approached on the sub
jcct of leaving Detroit and going to
Cleveland when the Detroits were in
Cleveland last, before the Detroit team
left for Chicago.
The Detroit manager was at the
Union Club with a number of Cornell
University friends when the subject
was preached to him. A prominent
member of the Union Club, and close
" connected with the owners of the
Maps. said to Jennings: You are
wanted here III Cleveland next year.
IuChie, and Cleveland stands ready
to pay you big money-more than you
get from Detroit" Jennings admits
that he had been approached and had
a talk about going to Cleveland. but he
says he has no desire to quit the IL
gers CAS- Il matter of fact, 1t would
be hard for me to quit the Tigers II
| wanted to. as | am signed under
Jlaycrs contract. even though L am
manager of the club"
The owners of the Detroit team will
never stand for Jennings to leave the
Tigers as long as he is making good,
they say.
President Yawkey says he and the
rest of the owners of the club can
pay Jennings as much money as the
cleveland men can if it comes down to
a question of money to keep Jennings
in Detroit But none of the DctrOiterS
are worrying much about Jennings
wanting to get away from Detroit; at
least, they say they are not.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12
BIG CUT COMING.
St. Louis American Players Will Have
Their Salaries Reduced.

st. Louis. Sept. 1I.--If the members oi
the st. Louis American League Clut
are wise they will be saving UP their
money this autumn time and getting
ready to stand siege next spring
That is. if they are not quite ready
to accept very liberal reductions in
salaries.
Owner Bob Hedges does not say
much. When he is asked about such
a thing as reducing salaries to meet
the cost Of living he smiles that in
scrutahle smile. That smile is Hedges
chief asset.
For Hedges smiling is it pretty we'll
known that the failure of his high
priced team to deliver goods prepaid
has cut him as deeply as anything can.
1t is said that the Browns are the
highest priced team in the world
Wallace. who is enjoying Il wartime
stipend of $500. probably will feel the
knife to the tune of at least $500, if not
sS0,0
store has failed utterly to play more
than good. average ball. and thus has
failed to earn title to more than a good
aVerag" salary, something between
s%'hW to $500. or at least $1,000 less than
he has received in 1901
II is not understood that there will
he any serious reduction outside of
these two cases. The pitchers, save
Petty, have done well. Hedges doe,
not deem them ov"rpaid. One bad wear
will not induce him to reduce the large
salary Petty. one Of the hardest work
"rS. earned by his fine performance in
1906. Dinc"n gets n large salary. a
relic of his championship days with
Boston. and he may hc asked To accept
Il reduced figure consistent with the
work he has done this season
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12

| n" Following, written by Fred Il
owen. president of the Maine League,
and printed in the Portland Sunday
Times. is interesting reading:
Early last winter received a letter
p"Stmarkcd Penn Yam. y. Y. and sign
| cd by man named Fred Paige who
Sald that he was coming down tn
Maine to organize Il baseball League
ana asking what the prospects Were.
and what cities would be the most
available.
| replied that | didn't think a state
league was very feasible project ana
ADVISED him to seek other fields for
exploiting his scheme. soon | got an
other letter asking for more informa-
ton and then / heard nothing more.
until | read in a local paper that Mr..
Rage and his friend Paul Il. Wreath
were in Maine organizing a league. Mr..
Paige had taken Bangor under his
wing and Mr. Wreath had assumed the.
baseball guardianship Of Augusta. For
IN" other cities they were looking to
local capital. McSSrs Hcald and Tas-
well, VIII" had an Independent team the
Year before. agreed to look after the
Lewiston end of the proposition while
III Portland there was a plethora of
candidat"S for the new organization
i'op Williams wanted to enter his Pine
Tree club and the organization which
had taken over the Forest avenue
grounds was also anxious to become
connected with ncw-lcaEuc. Biddeford
was little coy but seemed to look up
on the proposition favorably.
Finally at meeting in Lewiston it
was decided to admit the Forest ave
nue. Portland club, and Pine Tree de-
Clincd to go in
Following Pops lead Bddcford
turned down the proposition and there
then remained only four clubs to make
up the new organization. Finally Wa
tcrviIlc people We're Interested in the
plan and Geo. Rnar,lman Of Lewiston.
a well known New England league
player was sent down to organize \
team. Thus was the Maine league
launched with five clubs ana an OPEN
ing for the sixth when a candidate
should come along.
Frankly it did not seem to me at the
time that it's prospects of success were
of the best. Portland had a good Or
ganization. Lewiston might get along
u.
Waterville had supported baseball and
there seemed to he no reason WHY it
might not again but there were two
elements of weakness. One was the
new club circuit which made it ncces-
Sary for one of the clubs to Law off
each day while salaries We're going on
and the other was that as far as
could learn Mcssrs. Paige and Wreath
did not seem to be sufficiently identi-
fed
To even the novice in baseball il was
difficult to see what there was in it for
them If they We're going into the mat
ter in good faith and if not what was
their game.
l have not charges to make in the
present case but in the future it may
be well for the Maine cites to remem-
Der little baseball game which is
hoary with age but not as yet entirely
out Of date.
1t is the forming Of what is known
to the talent as Fourth of July"
leagues. These organizations usually
start close to Memorial day which if
fair is good enough to keep the clno
together until Fourth Of July. AT sun
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12
THIS WEEKS GAMES.
AMERICAN ILtAC,1-r

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Thursday Boston ,t pbit,a,,,,,,
Washington at New York C,Inv.,,n,, ~
'T.r"t. chicago at St Louis
,,rtn m"s.LEoston at Philadelnha. Wash
Sat,, =. New York. Cleveland 1T Detroit
S.turdav Roston at PhiladcIphia. Wash.
. s, al New York. Detroit at ST. Louis
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Inursday-Phiiadc at Boston uwo
ii at Chicago IT, C''cii"la-
Friday ~Philndelphia at Boston two
~ H;tt., New York at Proollyn. st. Louis
AT fittsburg. Cincinnati at Chicago
saturday -Philadelphia ut Boston two
~ a Me-. New York at Brooklyn. st Louis
a. iittsours. Cincinnati at Chicago
EASTERN LEAGUE
THURSDAY. Friday and Saturday Mont
Is , at Providence. Toronto Mt Jersey
Ea BAN; buffalo ut Newark. Rochester at
Sunday-Tororto at Providence Rocho-
Ter at Newark i-oeleS-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12
TAYLOR RELEASED.
"urpny Let's Former Cardinal TwirIer
Go Internationally.

Chicago, Sept. 11.-Jack Tav,or the
80 cardinal finger. for whom
s,:. uent Murphy of the Cubs gave
er heepe and Catcher Noonan. to-
se'her with $1,000. last summer, has
oeen gwen his unconditional release as
neInoer OF the champions.
curing ms career with the world
a'ers this year Taylor engaged in Is
games his record showing seven vic
10 sor'es. fve defeats and one tie game
an four battles Taylor was sent GU,
10 nn,sh Tor other pitchers. and on one
S, he was pulled out of the box
aaS'or has many years of good base.
oat IN MIN. and it is understood be ha 6
eeveral offers in view. IS ''"<
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BASEBALL NOTES.

Cincinnati wanted Is men in the draft
and got nine.
The number of PLAYERS tried by
Washington this season has shot up
to 81.
Holy"ke has the Connecticut League
pcnnant cinchcd. Waterbury is sec
ond.
Strobel hit for go in the Tri-State In
SO games. Boston still has Il string on
him
Pitcher Ray Patterson Of the White
SoX owns a 320-acre wheat field at Win
npcg.
President Dovey thinks that Storks
will cover first for the Pittsburgs next
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12
The Doriga
Wins Again.

San Sebastian Spain. Sept. 1.-THE
Spanish yacht Duriga today won the
third race Of the international rcght tia.
After SucCt SSful mnncuvcrin': the Dor
ica obtained a good lead when gong
for the second time around the course,
beat to windward and Il run to lee
ward. in a light northeast wind. two
miles to the leg.
Chewink VIII, the American yacht.
was second; the Kings yacht, Dios
Salve La Rena, was third; the
American yacht Spokane l. was fourth
and the American yacht Marblehedd
was fifth
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12
CONFIDENT OF HIMSELF.
Hans Wagner Thinks He Can Beat All
Hands in Many Stunts,

\" l. Cunning to first from tie plate
NJ s,;, :: Running to first, finishing with
No. a run around the bases.
No. 4 Shortest hunt Position of bali
IRON, where it stops to plate to be meas
urcd
No. :. Distance hitting. each batter ia
Furnish his own pitcher. Three trials.
total distance to win.
No. y. Run around the bases, a slide
to he made ut each base. Best time to
No. :. Distance throwing Three
throws; longest or total dist incc to win
No. g. Throwing for accuracy. Player
Ia stand on any base and throw at tn"
sack on every other base. Spot where
bah alishts to he counted rs tie mark.
No. 2. FungO hitting for distance. Best
of three bits to count.
No H. Hitting for height. STOP watch
to determine highest hit.
No. ILL., Catching throws at al bases
Each player to furnish tlrow"r
No l.. Batting from both sides Of the
plate.
Based upon the foregoing tests. Hans
Wagner thinks he can put it over any
PLAYER in baseball today.
WAGNER is a wonderful! player. but he
wants t. call halt as soon as TvruS
Col h. the Georgia peach. hops into view.
heat him. Numbers l. .. and are con-
considered tho wonder Of the season.
NJ" would go to Wagner. who Is Of
husky physique and capable ot hitting
harder than the Southerncr. bat No. &
Is given to Cobb. who slides to bases bet
ter than anv player in the business to-
dav. In distance throwing. Cobb would
fail to shine. Wagner has 4 wonderful
arm and is able to throw great dis
tan"e. hut 1t i" doubtful If he is more
accurate than Cobb. Cobb looks like the
hest hot for No
Numbers o. 10. II and u are conceded
to Wagner. At that No l. might hn in
disnute for Cobb can hit from both sides
of the pan-Detroit Journal
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AT WASIIINGTCN

New York defeated Washington 1 to ;.
NAL king five straight victories for The,
iotha'mites. New York punched their hits
OF falkenberg in the fourth inning and
scored enough runs to win
New YORK ......n 0 0 o % 0-4-S-O
washington Jill, D o o o 0 o. ~
batteries HoEg and Kleinow: F,lkcn-
pire O'Loughlin
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12

According to some curious investiGa
tons conducted by English scientists eld-
est sons tend to be criminals and young
est sons raupcrS A great many thou
sand school children and many famiE,
histories Rave been examined to yleid
these results. First-born children wer"
found to he. as 4 rule. taller and heavier.
with greater ability and endurance than
the others. This is in accordance with the
popular feeling in manv countries that
the Oldest child is superior to the Others
ard deserving of special privileges. IL )
a wall established fact that among men
Of genius on undue proportion are eldest
sons.-petroit Free Press.
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THIS WEEKS BOUTS.

Thursday-Jack johnson VS.. Sailor
Burke at Bridgeport, CT: Black Fitz vs.
Dan Sawyer at WaterviIle, Me; Jimmy
Walsh vs.. Abe Attell at Indianapolis
bouts at Long Acre 4. G, New York
Friday-Matty Baldwin VS.. Harry
Scrogcs at Paddock A. c., New YORK:
Johnny Morrison VS.. Mugsy Sheds at
Denver.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12
AT DETROIT.

Detroit was Unable to bunch hits ON
jose whilr Cleveland got three in one in
ming off Mullin. deciding the result Rain
feil until Just before the game and play
was on damp field and in chilly wealth
er The teams will play Il double header
Thursday
cleveland ......0 o 0 0 q O-3-t-o
Detroit ..-......d 0 o . . n-u-5-,
batteries: Joss and Clarke: Mullin and
schmidt. Time Ia. Empires Hurst ard
Connolly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-12
NATIONAL.
Chicago and St, Louis
Play 14-Inning Tie.
Cincinnati Trims the Pittsburg
Team Two TO One.
Both the Boston and Brooklyn
Games Are Postponed.
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING.

Chicago and st. Louis played a lin
ming game today to a tie. 4 to 4. The
game was called on account of darkness
Chicago ......OO2. 100000 10000 90 1
st. Louis ...O 0 0 3 0 0 0 . 90 0 o. 10-2
batteries: Rculbach. Fraser AMI Moran:
Mctiiynn and Marshall. Time q: hours
Empires EmSic and O'Day