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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-20
OBJECTS TO COACHING.
Should Be Only for Men on the Bases
Willie Keller Says.

Willie Kceler, heady ball player and
virtuoso with the wood-youH nave
observed how his batting percentage
has been bounding along since the
pcssimistic ones said he was "all in
early i'm the season-has some original
views about things, and about coaching
in particular
eff | was an Overscer and Citizen
Fixit in this ball playing business. he
said to a writer in the course of a
morning hotel talk in New York the
other day, I'D smuGge out the coach
ing business altogether, except for the
men on the bases. It's all right to talk
about pep and 'ginj.' but there's a
lot of this coaching of the batsman
that is foolish and worse.
''I've got to be shown how it helps
mans chance to paste the ball to
have his fellow players bawling at him
from the coaching boxes. 1t never got
me anything in the way Of hits. that
kind of yowlng. In fact. 1 am sure
that it has taken lot of hits away
from me- If man is going to hit
that pill. he'll hit it without the aid of
a lot of heated vapor funneled at him
by the talkists on the coaching lines.
| Their conversation isn't going to lend
| any kecnness to his wicks or any
power to his arms
"As matter of fact. lot of the
coaching of the hitter actually discon-
| certs the man who is up there to swat
| it, 1t makes him nervous and
fidgety. He falls to thinking more
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-20
w.LLsoo TO COURT.
Philadelphia Club .5aiks, on Paying
Fitzsimnons and johnson.

PHILADELPHIA, July i19.-If Bob FitZ-
simmons and Jack johnson ever get
their money for their fight at the
Washington Sporting Club Wednes-
day night they must goTto court for it.
After consulting counsel the officials
Of the club have come to the conclu-
sion that the two fighters are not en-
titled to any money. the contention
being that the men did not put up a
real fight. The club will file bond to
cover the attachments on the boxers
end of the receipts and then they will
go into court for the purpose Of pre-
venting the payment of the two fight
ers. In reference to this matter Mr..
Creenlee, one Of the officers OF the club.
says:
MY legal advisers are of the opin-
ion that the men did not earn their
money and we are justified in not pay
ing. We do not want to keep the mon
ey, but if the courts decide in our
favor we will return it to all patrons
who present coupons. We only desire
to prove to the public that we were
not a party to any prearranged fight"
This view of the situation is laugh
ed at here, and II is recalled that the
same club, not long ago, tried to with
hold n purse of $500 from Greenfield,
an English boxer, on the ground that
he was not the fighter he pretended to
be. In the case of Johnson and Fitz-
simmons it is pointed out that Man
ager Mccartney forfeited all right to
such action when he jumped into the
| ring in the first round and ordered the
men to fight, even after he had been
| informed of the condition of Fitzsm-
| mons arm. 1t is felt here that both
fighters will get the money.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-20
Little Willie Keller Says That
Nicotine Does Him Lots OF Good.

Wee Willie Keeler's analysis of his
poor batting form in the early part Of
the season is just as original as his
views on the coaching business.
Il wasn't smoking enouGh-thats
what allied my hitting in the beginning
Of the season." was the startling way
of putting it. Nothing else in the
world was behind it except the fact
that l wasn't using enough tobacco.
cut down my daily ration of cigars last
fall, and stuck to the cutdown. ana
that's why I was hitting about .O06 or
something like that early in the season.
Now, you may consider that I'm
getting this statement out of my
system for the sake of trying to look
peculiar and odd and eccentric and all
like that. but that's not the dope on 1t
at all. 1 am stating what I believe to
be the simple fact. During all of the
years when l was up near or at the
front of the hitters, l was smoking all
the way from Is to % strong black
cigars every day of my life. I've been
hard smoker ever since l was ankle
high to sand gnat. and l always
thrived on nicotine. But. after the close
of the season last fall, suffered Bit
of an attack of stomach trouble, anC
the medical sharp in Brooklyn to whom
l carried my troubles found out, BY
pumping me carefully, what heavy
smokist l was. and he sat down hare
| upon me. Told me that I'd have u
chop that big cigar ration down Il
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-20
Worcester Shuts out In
-Four TO Nothing Score,
Hsu Bedford Five; Mn,,, |.
..Brockton 3; Havsrhln ).
NEW ENG. LEAGUE srAND,,s

Lawrence. Mass. July go
and Lowell fought II long irnlus, !
prerlacy at Glen Forest this 81
and then the game was called 49,
O'Brien on account Of darkness
renee had good chance to land ~.
test in the 10th when Devine and c.
each hit safely with none out, Devil
ing on third. Abbott. the Lowell n
was invincible up to the eighsh,i
not a Lawrence man gettinG ~
the first seven innings only tim
kilties got as far as second, Oakse4
fourth and Coveney in the sixth.
eighth he weakened and allowed
tie the score. From this on ~
teams struggled on, neither idS r.
an advantage, when darkness q
the game. Gatcomb started In to 4
for the locals and went up Ia the
the fourth just long enough for r.
gers to tally once. Again n IT, =
Pickett lifted the ball over the Il &
fence for g home run and II looked
though Lowell had the game, but La
renee came in strong in the eighth q
tied up the game.
Lawrence
100000 O0000O0ae-ll
OoO1O1OOO 00Oee-.l
Batteries-Gatcomb, Barberich and
ton. Coveney; Abbott and Gamer,
Time. $40 Umpire. Joseph O'Rren
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-20
MAKES HIM SORE.
Keller Wants All Hands to Keep Quiet
While He Bats.

eft makes me as sore as butcher to
be bawied at when ! am up there with
the pole in my hand" says Willie Keel
or. 1--WE often kicked about 1t
and asked 'em to let that
howl stuff run for Hogan when L
am irving to push one TO safe spot
and, although they haven't cut 1t out
altogether, they don't stake me to so
much of the foolish talk when l am
! manipulating the wood as they used
to- When hitter goes up there ne
has his instructions, and If he Is
man of ambition ard energy, ana not
a dub. he is going to do the thing re-
ouired of him if he has il iE him ~ do
it, All the yipping and yapplng IN tiie
world from the coaching boxes ism
going to be of any aid to him II nc
doesn't happen to have hit COLI
cealed somewhere about his person.
And a fellow who hasn't the gumptlon
and good gravies to try to put good
one away when he gets it up there. and
who needs to be bucked up by mess
of chirky. knock the cOvcr-off CONVEX
sation from the coaching lines. doesn't
belong in the game at all.
"It's all right to have men in the
coaching boxes to tip off mon on the
bases as to what's coming off on the
diamond that they, the runners, may
not he hep to. but I'm there with one
little vote for the suppression of all
those yammerinS noises from the
coaching boxes when a man is perform
ing with the baton at the plate
Some of the Detroit players have
told me that they hate the kind of
coaching that Jennings stakes them to
when they are up to hit. They like
HuGhey and get along fine with him.
but they can't see that Yah! yah"
stuff with the obligato played upon
| the penny whistle that their manager
| uncoils for them when they are trying
| to stink by with a hit. 1t sounds to
| the fans like pretty good grease. that
| line of connerinO stuff that Hughey
ladies out to the hitter-'FIa, you're the
| boy that knows how to do it: you're
| the hittite that can make any clubs
| HEAVIER wish that he'd never left the
| old farm; you're going to paste one to
| where the rainbow meets the earth,
and all that sort of thing-but several
| Of the Detroit players that I've famed
| the thing over with claim that Hugh
| ey'S verbal inShoOtS while they're at
| the bat discOncert and rattle them and
| prevent them from doing anything like
| Justice to themselves"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-20

three fumeros per diem, otherwise he
wouldn't be responsible for my life and
all like that sad stuff. Well. / was
willing to give him a chance on his
theory. and | did cut it down to three
cigars day, although l am bound to
say that life under those altered con-
ditions sure lost a lot of it's SAVIOR for
me. But I got well and fattened up on
the restricted smoking regimen, and so
l decided to stay with the three
smokes-a-day system right along. l
did stay with it right through till the
season this year was well underway. /
found 1t whole lot more difficult,
though. in travelling about in the cars
and in sitting around i'm hotel lObbies,
with all hands smoking, to stick to my
cutdOwn cigar ration than had found
i while living at home during the
winter. In fact, the deprivation of in
cessant smokes began to get heap on
my nerves. l found that l was fighting
the desire to smoke pretty much all the
time and that the fight took a lot out
of my nervous organization. Then. Of
sudden, l made up my mind that
was going to smoke all 1 wanted tc
smoke like I'd been used to smoking
ever since I reached the shaving age
and l got back to my old time number
OF cigars day. My improvement II
hitting began right then.
Mind, I'm not advocating thi.
scheme for all hands. I never advo
cate anything for anybody except my
self. But nicotine, and a whole lot O
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-20

it, seems to be poison that my system
requires and yells for. 1t acts as a
sedative on me, and keeps me tuned up
to concert pitch. I don't drink at all,
and never did. but l sure do seem to
require the stimulus of all the tobacco
/ can incineratc between the time get
up in the morning and the hour l seek
the feathers at night
1.-The reason, no doubt, why what you
might call the excessive use of tobacco
doesn't affect me in any but an actually
improving way is probably that 1
never by any chance inhale any
tobacco smoke. don't believe that
tobacco smoke was ever meant to be
inhaled. There isn't any doubt in the
world that inhaling the smoke does
affect. and seriously affect, the batting
w1cks of plenty of players. They
themselves admit it, and they ought to
know. 1t doesn't make and difference
what kind of smoke is inhaled, it hurts
Plenty of players knock off smoking
cigarettes during the playing season
for the purpose Of giving the batting
lamps chance to keen up, and take tc
smoking pipe. But they inhale their
pipe tobacco. and that hurts Just a.
much as inhaling the cigarette smoke
and maybe more, because of the
greater strength of the tobacco smoked
In pipes. believe that smoking ia moi
injurious at all to the batting eye Of
anybody if the smoke is not inhaled
nut 1t sure Is deadly when the smok,
is pulled into the lungs"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-20
GRIFFITH REFUSES.
Will Not Waive on Hess and Berger,
Two Cleveland TwirIers.

Cleveland. July 1.-THE Cleveland
Baseball Club several days ago asked
waivers on Hess AMI Berger. pitchers,
and was notified Thursday by New
York that it refuse, to waive claim on
them. Both likely will be sold or trad
cd to the Highlandcrs.
Berger pitched for Columbus last
year and was the leading pitcher of the
American Association. He has failed
to show form this season. and. as the
Maps are well fortified for pitchers in
Joss. Licbhart, Rhoa:les. Thelman
CIarksou and Bernhard. the club own
ers feel they can get along without
either Berger or Hess. Hess has been
Il consistent loser several years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-20

German copper workers on strike
have had a stroke of luck which rare
ly falls to any body of men in such
circumstances 1t is reported in Ber-
lin that the banking house of Often
bach received from a person whose
name is not to be divulged a check for
$25O.O0o. with instructions that it was
to be placed ut the disposal of the
selected representatives of the copper
workers on strike and to be managed
for the benefit OF the men in their
struggle.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-20
SPORTING NorEssa

Judges Of the three district CO.
Texas Thursday construed the 3
i-gambling law as applying "
pool rooms, where bets arc
ard transmitted outside the
placing. The opinion stated tn.s
opinion of the court the defenoa.
manager of a Fort Worth poos
had violated the law prohibiting
making by receiving and postlns
by bookmakers at a track where
are run.
Elmer E. Smathers. the New -
millionaire automobilist and n
owner, was in the Chelsea court Inu'
day, charged with overspeeding o.
Revere beach boulevard Wedne
afternoon. Augusta Bernacnat
chauffeur. was arraigned on a
complaint. They pleaded gully 4.
were fined $40 each. The chase " s.
autoists by Patrolman Albert " =
motorcycle was a long ana co. q.
one, extending from the Cheisea
to the beach, where the crowdS ~"
STATED the slowing up of the ll.s
Although the motorcycle has :
of 40 miles an hour, the ofnceI I. 4.
unable to catch the offenders un Z
larger auto slowed down. va ~
caught up with Smathers ne plse $50
two occupants of the auto under
instead of sending out suh''. .,oaI
is customary. The speed NM.
| the boulevard is Is miles an HUI
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-20
DOES GOOD WORK.
Kansas City Lad Makes Reputation In
Bout With Fitzgerald.

Philadelphia, July 19.-"Sandy" Will
liams of Kansas City made a reputa-
ton for himself at the Broadway A.
c. Thursday night, when he managed
to stay six rounds against Willie Fitz-
gerald. Williams went against heav-
Ter and a more experienced fighter and
won the admiration of the crowd by
his gamencss.
Every time ne received a hard blow
Sandy" defied Willie to knock him
out. This Fitzgerald tried to do sew
eral times. but SANDY" always got
his jaw out of the way in time. Will
liams was knocked down twice in the
second round and once i'm the sixth,
put just wher Fitzgerald thought he
would send over the finishing punch,
Sandy" rushed and clinched until he
got himself together again.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-20
BASEBALL NOTES.

Matthew S. Robson and Frank de
Haas Robson. owners of the St Louis
National League baseball club. are be-
queathed $4,000 each by the will of
James Ii Robson, their uncle. who
died July 2. at st. Joseph. Mo.
1t was announced that Infielder
Tommy Corcoran had been released
outright by the New York National
League baseball club. Corcoran prob
ably will accept the terms of an East
ern League Club. 1t Is understood that
Hugh Duffy wants him for Providence
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-20
MAINE LEAGUE NOTES.

In a letter to Director Charles Fowl
or OF the Bangor Association. Friday
morning, Manager Paige states that he
attributes the loss of Wednesdays
game to lott. who gave an exhibition
Of stupid base running. Several times
during the game he might have scored
Manager Paige wrote Mr.. Fowler that
he expected an infielder to join the
team in Portland, who has been play
ing with the disbanded Chester. Pa.
nine, and that he was on track of sew
eral other good men.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-20

An indictment for manshughter was
returned against Palmer by the Guild
ford grand jury three days ago. On
April "a this year. Palmer and another
man were arrested on suspicion Of hav-
ing caused the death of Choat. Choat's
body was found in railroad car from
EPSON after the races. Palmer Is al
legged to have struck Choat several
blows because he refused to stop sing
ing when requested.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-20
MAINE LEAGUE SCHEDULE.

The new Maine League schedule, ar:
NnCed to August ?. is as follows:
July l9-cG-Augusta at Lewiston.
July 19-Portland at Biddeford. Bangor
at Pine Tree
July M-Pine Tree at Biddeford. Bangor
at Portland.
July 22-22-Rangor at Pine Tree. Port
land at Riddeford, Augusta at Lewiston.
July 2i-25-Bangor at Augusta. Pine
Tree at Portland. Lewiston at Biddeford.
July 26-27-Portland at Bangor. Bidde-
ford at Augusta. Lewiston at Pine Tree.
July $50 Biddeford at Portland. Pine
Tree at Bangor. Lewiston at Augusta
July 31-Aug. Portland at Pine Tree,
gor.
Aug 2-3-Bangor at Biddeford, Augusta
at Portland Pine Tree at Lewiston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-20
I'S DOTNGS IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS

about what the coachers are saying
than of the job he has in mind. 1t is
especially injurious in it's effect upon
young players. a young fellow who
is not used to the gaff stands up there.
swinging the wood and fully deter
mined to lambaste it on the beak II ne
can. and then the fellows in the coach
ing box begin to funnel stuff at him.
He tries to give ear to what they re
saying at the same time that mes
watching out for the kind of groove the
finger is going to make with the ball.
The coaching stuff gives him too keen
All impression of what Is expected Oh
him and that rattles him. HIS heart
begins to thump with the responsibility
and the nerves in his arms 10 oahce.
He is all 'het up so to speak, uhuer
the inceSSant fire of SO-callcd ehcouf-
aging gulf that Sits into MS ears
from the coaching boxes. ana MS
chances Of catching the pellet on the
nose, or even of laying one down, are
vastly decreased through that sort of
nervousness.
II know plenty of old-timers. too
who inwardly hate the coaching pnsi-
ness when they've got the wood III
their mitts, although they dislike 10
say anything about it, seeing that the
kinky idea appears to be deeply
grounded that the more batsman is
howled at the more likely he is to get
away with something. If you were
shaving, how would you like to have
your wife, for instance. stand by and
coach you as to the way you ought 10
perform the job? Suppose she were
to say, 'Ah, that was neat down.
ward stroke You sure did push in
lot of those rough spikes of yours with
that stroke. Now. over the chin
Careful, careful! You want to get 1t
off with a couple of swift downward
sweeps, but don't take a chance on cut
ting yourself Whoa. there! You came
mighty near giving yourself a gouge
then. Look out, there. or you'll cut
that ear right off! Oh, you are the
shave artist all right-you know how to
handle the steel about as well as any
of 'em-but be sure and get 1t good and
ciose-shave yourself about four days
under the skin and you'll have it about
right. Look out for that mole there
under your left ear that's covered uI
with lather-wkoa! you came near cut
ting It right off then, and if you die
that you'd bleed for a whole day. There
you go, now, over on the right side,
and so on.
GLOW long would man stand fol
that kind of coaching from his spouse
while he endeavored to remove the
hirsute from his countenance? About
three and one-eighth seconds. eh'
Well, while this may be a somewhat
stretched parallel, the principle il
about the same A man who is en-
gagged in an operation every bit a:
squinky as the operation of shaving
| and the thing that he requires NOR
than anything else is peace of mind
! the calmness which will enable him t.
| address himself to the task of analyz
| ing the tosser's curves and out-Suess
ing him if possible-and that's abou
all a hitter can do at any time, withou
trying to keep his ears open for ;
whole parcel of superhuous and un
| necessary CAB from the coachers."
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THE ECLIPSE STAKES
Of 10000 Sovereisns Won BY lazy
Sandown Park, Eng.

London, July 19.-The Eclipse sts1o
10000 sovereigns. distance Of AVN
one mile ana a quarter. for s-ana !
year-olds, were run at Sandown - \.
today and won by w. B. Purelu.
chestnut colt .Laily. w. Bass osus
was second and Lord Koseoe.r,
Bezonian was third. Seven n.y.
started. Sancy. was a hot favcf4
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-20

Among the graduates from the gram
mar schools in Boston in June was a
l5-vcar-old Jewish boy. Saul HOrnstein.
who has been in this country less
than y months. He was born in Kis-
hineff, Russia, and could not speak n
word of English when he began school
last year. But he tackled the new Ian
guage with such determination that he
was soon promoted from one school to
another and will enter the high school
in the fall.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-20

During the session Of the House of
Representatives "a dove. purple in COL
or. flew gracefully into the hall and
lowered high over the heads of the
legislators. Naturally the question
arose as to whether it was the dove
of peace. Some of the members ear
neStly hoped that it was.-Hartford
Times.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-20

to the Rhone river is to be completed
seven years hence, at an estimated
cost of s13. 703. 900. A large amount of
work has been done. chiefly under the
head of development detailed specifica-
tions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-20
THIS WEEKS GAMES.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Friday. Saturday Boston at Chicago,
New York at st. Louis. Washington at
Cleveland, Athletics at Detroit.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Friday, MISUNDERSTANDING at Boston.
Cincinnati at Brooklyn. Chicago at New
York, st. Louis at Philadelphia.
NEW ENGLAND LEAGUE.
acknowledgements at Lynn. Haverhill
at Rrockton, Fall River at New Bedford,
Lawrence at Lowell.
EASTERN LEAGUE.
STRAIGHTFORWARD at Providence, Buffa-
10 at Newark.
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BOXING NOTES.

Mike (Twin) Sullivan ieit ~ber
Thursday night for st. Jonn, III
he will give boxing exhiplt'o"'
LittIejohn and Mcleod. u.st.
Billy Glover. the South bos'v ,.,,,ts 10
weight. is getting plenty o. IN boz
New York. Next week ne VI 4, thet
sammy Smith and Billy Glover !" :
city.
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New Bedford S; Fall Rive

Fall River, july. 19.-Robins0n
River to three scattered hitsrtq(
New bedford won easily > to, L.
was hated hard and had .pce
Austin's fielding was a featufe
New BEDFORD. % % o &
Fall River ...0 O lie
Observation-Disclosures and Norris. ~ 4!
and Dracher. Time. LIZ. Umpirs y
molly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-20

Worcester, Mass, July 19.-Worcesss
defeated Lynn to 0 this afternoon In
contest of pitchers In which Wormxcl
A sensational one-hand catch OF q
fly by Knots in the ninth frnarg, to y
which he had to push back Akln
of the grandstand, and
Dwyer and Doherty were tn
Worcester 800 0 o C.-0sl4
Lynn .....0 90 o 0&sgSE
Batteries-Wormwo az
Steele and Madden. UmpA
Time. .46 -. .s.....s.. - 4. "a r.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-20
A SPIRITED CONTEST.
Jack Twin and Black Fitzsimmons Put
Up Good Bout At Bar Harbor.

ing exhibition here tonight between
Jack (Twin) Sullivan of Boston and
Black Fitzsimmons of Hartford, Conn,
was spirited go in which Sullivan
showed the most SKILL although both
men left the ring in good condition.
There could be no decision under the
Maine law.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-20

Earned rtIn-Aucltsta Two-base Its
Kelley. Irish. Home run Kelley. Sacri-
hce hits - Allen. NNhoIl"y. Struck out-I;y
Mctirady Z. by Merrill ). First base on
Kelley. Crrey. Double play F"llansbce
and Wt"'ey. lit by pitched ball-Ca-
rev. Passed ball Monahan. Kelley. Wild
pitch-Mcrrll. Time. III. Umpire, Ryan
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-20

A new industry has been started in
Australia in Connection with rabbits.
Nearly half gallon of lubricating oil
has been obtained by rabbiter at Gill
Sandra. New South Wales. from Is
pounds of skins. without lessening the
commercial value of the latter.