Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-07-08
AT PHILADELPHIA
At BROOKLYN.
BASEBALL NOTES.

The United States circuit court at New
York Thursday denied motion 10 SET
aside verdict for $1,000 granted John NJ.
Ward. the old time baseball player, against
Ban johnson, president OF the American
League in his actin Tor SANDER
IT was learned late Thursday night that
G,.,ver Land of the Cleveland American
League club had jumped the team Land
was dned by the Club Thursday for stiik.
ing CLAW Folger, ticket taker at theT ball
park. On. Tuesday when Eolger refused 10
pass i friends of Lands into the PARK
without a ticket. Land refused to, pay the
fine, packed his grip and left the city de
spite Manager stoyalfs pleadings.
Fred Tenney speaks the mind of many
a Boston fan, when he says that the bos-
ton Nationals experienced pitching talent
has been given every chance to make good
and has failed From now out, he says
we are going TO allow the younger men
TO do the work and give the new material
all the chance in the world to learn the
game. We have some fine young pitchers
who have good stuff and the quicker they
are given a chance TO learn how 10 use
it the sooner the club will have some good
pitchers"
Gene Knapp, the Cleveland twirler, re-
Gently opposed Joe Lake in st. Louis, and
pitched a two-h hit game against the Browns.
The following day a clipping from st.
Louis paper was given TO him referring TO
the game. and the only reference that the
paper made to Krapps fine performance
was a. follows: Had Joe Lake been in
his usual form Knapp would have had
mighty hard job winning the game Aft
err reading the clipping the Nap pitcher
SAID Il wonder how much better than
omit game l would have had to pitch
in order TO win had Lake been in form =
Many an old bali player doesn't
agree with Hughey Jennings of the
Tigers that the new cork center ball
is Hvelier than the old one, and that
special armor is needed for the pro-
lection OF players in the game The
really old vets" laugh at the present
day padding and safeguarding. rick
out one of the old boys sometime and
get him 70 tell you about the days
when masks were introduced, and how
Jim White not only refused to use
one, but insisted on catching Al
Spaulding close up behind the bat, and
with bare hands at that.
Victor hiunoz, the Cuban baseball
| writer, whose Impressions of the 1910
| worlds series between the Athletics
| and Cubs made spicy reading in the
| Globe for Boston's baseball fandom,
| has just come up from Havana to see
| Clarke Grifiiths' Red Birds meet the
| Nationals. What especially interests
| him is the workout that Griff prom
I! Uses to give his two Cuban ball play
| ers Armada Marsons and Rafael AL
media. The former is an outfelder and
| the latter an infielder, and the Ha-
vana expert figures that both boys
| are fast enough for big league going.
| The Ottawa Rowing Clubs eight was
| beaten at Henley Thames Friday in the
| semi-hnal heat for the Grand Challenge
/ cup by the Magdaen College crew. the
present holders OF the trophy. II was a
/ grand and exciting race. The oxonians
| finally obtained the lead and drew away
| from the Canadians when close to the win
| ming post and won by Two lengths The
time was minutes So seconds The Otta-
wa Rowing Club crew was beaten also in
| the serni-fnal for the Stewards Challenge
| cup by the eight from Trinity Hall, Cam
: bridge. The winners finished half a
length ahead in minutes and AZ zaoanau