Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-27
Augusta Team at Home
Wednesday and Thursday.
Games with Biddetord al Driv-
Ing Park at q P. N.
Augusta Has Chance to See Some
Fast, Clean Sport.

this week the Augusta baseball en-
thusiasts will have chance to see he
real thing at the Driving park where
the now Augusta tam hitherto the
fast Lewiston team in the State
League-wll p ay tw" championship
games with BiIdofprd
There are no IFS and "bu'.;" about
It, The Lc~ietcn team has been
transferred to Augusta and fr the
rest Of the season there will be two
games here each wcck. This state
LeaGue-now conSi:,tn; of Portland.
Bangor, Biddeforl ahd Al~usta-is
wholly i'm the hands # Main" men
There Is no out side manage mcnt, such
as smashed things ! t wear. The
teams in Bangor. EiGlcford and Port
land are on solid basis. financially
and otherwise. Tn" Lewiston people
seemed to have little interest and
gave their team poor support, al
though it played gilt-edsed ball Con-
sequenty the team will be located
here for the balance Of the season in
the hope Of better support than it was
given over on the Androscoggin
Manager McDonough of the Augusta
team is Lewiston man whom every
body know and respects in that city,
and whose reputation as a square
sporting man Is beyond question.
With Donald f. Snow. Esq. who is
Bangor's city solicitor and tho presi-
dent of the Bangor baseball Asso
citation. he was in Augusta Saturday and
met a, many of the fans as his time
would allow They were not passing
.,,Jr
ing pledges of money supprrt but
they talked up the game and got to-
gether some of the local enthusiasts
in the interests Of the sport in this
city. No formal organization Was eff
fected. but it was decided to have n
local board of directors. or advisory
committee, and among the citizens
who expressed willingness to serve
in this capacity We're Treby johnson,
c. B. Burlcigh. Chas. +. Bilodeau. DR..
Geo. r. Campbell, John Fl. White. J. G..
Minot. Royal II. Bodwell Eden II.
Hanks. John Liggctt and Charles p.
Kinsman. From this number a treas
urer viii be chosen who will handle
all the local funds.
The Augusta team is paying in Ban
gor the first two days of this week
Saturday it beat Bangor to o. Since
the dSbanding of Pine Tree. which
started the season as a member of 'he
Maine League. Augusta has been
strengthened by three of the best of
the Pine Tree players. Henderson,
Brcen and Allen, all of them well
known to lovers of the game in this
section. The team is strong and fast
IL,
Thompson and Irish. are both known
here. All four teams in the league are
made up largely Of college players.
There are several Rowdoin men on
the Biddeford team which will be here
Wednesday and Thursday. McGraw.
Caldwell. and McDadc. the latter b~-
ing next falls football captain. Jim
ME Cox of Bowdoin, Ralph Goode of
Colby and Collins Of Vermont are the
Bangor pitchers and these names are
sufficient guarantee that Augusta
will see the best baseball for years.
There are only 10 or II games sched-
uled for Augusta and 1t is up to the
baseball fans to improve the oppor-
tunity while it lasts and show their
appreciation of clean. fast sport. IT
is not as though the season We're just
beginning. for the team is we'll settled
down to business, is supplied with
uniforms and is doing things at
mid season clip. The Hotfoots have
kindly waived their rights to the
Driving park diamond on "Wednesday
and Thursday afternoons of this week,
The games will be called at 4 o'clock
and there ought to be ut least 800
people there for the opening game.
1t is less than half a season whic;'
Augusta will now get anyway. and
unless there has been a great change
from former times there Is enough
baseball spirit here to give fast team
good support. The games of the city
League have aroused good interest in
the sport and the officials and players
of this league whom Mossrs McDon-
ough and Snow were able to see Sat
urday were all enthusiastic. at the
promise of fast professional ball in
Augusta for the next few weeks, An
attempt will be made to have no
games of the City League scheduled
for the two days in each week that
the Augusta team will play its home
games
So let the lovers of baseball in Au-
gusta and vicinity get busy now ana
talk things up Plan. above all things
else. to be at the Driving park at +
NJ. Wednesday to see Augusta Bidde-
ford in the opening game. Give the
team welcome that will be worthy
the baseball traditions of tn" city ana
get your money; worth Of fast base