Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-10
BASEBALL NOTES.

Toss" Kelley is pronounced the best
| Eastern League umpire.
montgomery has released Sam Ap-
pcriOuS, the former Georgetown crack
Catcher thinner is getting along all
right as umpire in the Southern Lea
que.
Grant, the Harvard member Of the
Philadelphia club. will join that club
June - in Brooklyn.
The ClevrIands have q svarirty of
nicknames. They are alluded to as the
Maps. the Napoleons and the Lar
rupcrs.
1T q meeting of the Dartmouth base
ban team Saturday afternoon C. r.
Skillin rs OF Chicago was reelected
captain for next year.
According 10 Ed. Grille Washington
is one of the greatest ball towns in the
| country, and, that being the case. it
win BE a long time before there will he
a break in the Eastern portion of the
circuit.
Manager Frank Of the New Orleans
team is r"crVcrin" from IN attack of
maIar;al fever Eddy Hrietenetcin act
ed rs manager during the absence of
tho chief
Joe Cantillon says several changes
will hav" to be made on the Washing
ton team before it can hope to win with
any degree Of regularity. 1t will be
necessary to rebuild the team almost
entirely. according to Cantillon, but
this will be DONE ami the money will
not be lacking.
Boston Herald: How the old-timers
are PLAYING ban this year. Cy Young
was never better, RoWerman is hating
higher than ever. Corcoran is the star
pinch hitter Of the Giants. Clarke is
playing sensational ball in left for the
Pirates and "Kid" Gleason and. Bobby
Wallace are as nimble as 10 years ago.
In n collision with Catcher Knoll at
Evansville, Ind, in the 'Tcrre Haute
and Evansville game of the Central
| League. ShortStop Crowder was knock
cd partv unconscious, but continued in
the game. Two innings later he knock
"a home run. lie did not recover his
fun senses until 4 late hour that night,
and he did not remember making the
home run.
Larry Schlafcy. the Washington
scout returned Ia Washington y. a.,
from 4 two-wecks' trip in Canada. hav-
ing i'm tow John Flwood. the first base
man Of the Quebec club Of the Cana
dian Outlaw League. EIWood is n for
NOR Fordham College player. He will
be given tryout ut first base. and if
he fails To make good will probably he
transferred TO Minneapolis, Cantillon's
team in the American Association.
the mana cement Of the Boston club
is sCaring no effort to make "Stahl
day" next Thursday, n big success.
There VIII lie 4 game that day between
the Boston and Providence clubs and
the entire rHcoiptS will he given to the
widow Of the former manager Of the
Boston team. The owners of the PrOvi-
dcnce team. Fred Dee and Hugh Duffy.
will ray oil III" expenses Of their club
from Providence. The BOSTON club
gives the use Of tho grounds and bears
all the other expenses,
Connie Mack thus alluded to one Of
his pitchers while at work the other
day: "Now see that fellow. He looks
MS if no one could hit him. But just
rs soon as put him in a game he for
gets that he ever had such n thing as
speed or curves. and the result is that
he IS pounded. several tunes nave al
lowed the players to persuade me to
work him because he showed such
wonderful form in practice. and then
had to take him out before he had
finished an inning. I tell you. some of
these Youngsters lack the nerve neces-
sary to play bah in the big league.
They have the ability, but no conf
dence in themselves. Let something
go wrong, and they are through"