Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-20
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BASEBALL NOTES.

Ray Fisher of the Highlanders de-
serves a special medal for striking out
Ty Cobb in the recent series in New
York on three pitched balls, but what
do you think of man who persists
in putting the hall over three success
sive times to a hitter like Cobb The
wonder is that TY did not knock the
cover off that ball Some managers
would give Fisher a leather medal for
his performance.
The baseball team of Waseda Uni
yersity, Toxic. Japan. which has
played a dozen or more games with
college teams in Illinois and Wiscon-
sin during the last month, left sun
day night from Chicago for ohio
points. They play Oberlin College
Monday afternoon and Cleveland
semi professional club the next day
Games with semi professional teams
have been scheduled in Buffalo and
New York City.
If the Yankees and the Giants keep
playing at the present pace the New
York fans will have the satisfaction
of seeing every game PLAYED for the
worlds championship. The Yankees
wound UP their entertainment OF the
four Western teams on Saturday with
record of ten games won and only
ore lost. Rain marred the series with
the Chicago White Sox, and an even
break of one game each was record
ed. but st. Louis and Cleveland lost
three straight each. while the dread
ed Tigers from Detroit also were
- M.
Yankees have climbed from fifth place
to third with a rush and are deserv-
ing of high praise for the game way
they have rallied about their young
manager.
Tyrus Cobb of the Detroit American
League Club is the first major league
player to drive out leo hits in the
1911 season. His century hit came
in the eighth inning of Sunday
game with Chicago in Detroit. MOI
satisfied with gaining this distinction
| for the day. he raised mis- total t.
| l0l with another safe in the ninth
| Batting is not the only division wher,
Cobb leads. His 20 doubles 90 triple,
and eight home runs make him tn,
| chief of the slugsers; his - steal
| put him at the head among the bas-
stealers and his record of 50 rum
in So games has his opponents beatei
| by wide margin. The following tabl
| shows Cobb's work so far this season
Games, S., ali 228. 50, bin 1ol, q
20, 3h 20. lar 8, SD so, sh s. tb 151. Av
erage 443.
faie and Harvard must settle thei
difference on the diamond this week
the first game being set Cor Tues
day 1T Now Haven. and the secont
ore on Friday at Cambridge Inter
est, of course. runs high among tn
graduates and undergraduates OF tia
two institutions, as it is well accept
ed that the beating of each other /
more important than the winning O
| dozen outside games PrinCeto
men can look ON from afar, however
well content with the though that tn
beries viii have no bearing on IN
s@-ealted college championship Th
Tigers defeated Harvard in the onl
game played. and won the third an
deciding game played with Yale a
W. slington Pack, Brooklyn, las
Wednesday. AS a matter Of fact. IN
baseball puzzle can DC solved. If
solution is possible. almost as well I,
day as il can in ten days from nov
when the season comes to an en-,
only four or five games of any i'm
poftanee are loft on the schedule, an
these win have scant bearing on n
placing OF the first nine teams.