Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-07-21
BASEBALL NOTES.

Engle is certainly handy man Tor
the R4d Sox. playing all positions out
side the battery.
The Chicago CUPS are playing a
fairly good game of ball, but seem
IN lack their old time snap
Tho phillies must be travelling
fast pace when they can give the
Pirates their bacicwash four straight
connie Mack says its poor
champion that can't come back after
on little Jolt such as his boys re
ceived at Detroit
Ril sweeney made some Wohdeiiu l
stops and throws No second base
man IN thu country is playing better
BAH than Bill has played this season.
He is batting, too.
Johnnie Evers didn't accompany the
Chicago Cubs when they left Tor
Philadelphia Evers will remain IN
Boston a dav or two ana then go 10
Troy. on his way TO the Adirondack
mountains.
Herzog and Miller were given
great hand by The crowd when they
came 20 bat Wednesday. With these
Two men in The game the Rustlers
looked ike an entirely different team
and the playing was different loo
Herzog. out OF his position. put up
a wonderful game at third base
eor5parisens between Wagner. La
Ioie and Cobb are out Of the ques>
ton. Cobb is an outfelder, while the
other two great players are infleld-
ers. Either Wagner or Lajoie would
have little trouble IN playing 1irst-
class game in Tie outfeld while the
chances are that Gobb would fail to
show real form in the infeld
FccoTding 10 Pres. Charles ". Muir
ply. of the Chicago cubs, Frank L.
Chance. manager of the team, will
never be in a game again unless he
does so in order to go on the coaching
lines. Murphy said Wednesday that
Victor Safer hereafter would be seen
at first base and that Chance would
do the debating from the bench
Fred Lake was in Boston Wednes-
day after scouting through the New
York state and says what the Eastern
League clubs are asking Tor players is
alarming A. Montreal he found a
small army of scouts looking over a
couple OF players on which the club
places a fancy price, There was moth
ing doing for ST. Louis.
The Waseca Club won the series with
the Ariel Club Of Lewiston Wednesday
by taking the fourth game at Auburn
A. A. park Tuesday. giving them three
OF the four Harry Norwood, who
pitched for Fall River against Lowell
Tuesday afternoon, came home ON the
night train and pitched for Waseca.
He started out badly, but after the
third he was invineible. Woodeoek OF
the Ariels allowed only FIVE singles,
but loose fielding in the first and third
gave the Waseeas the game
Poor old Hub fans look to be up
against il when il comes To springing
white hopes, and joke baseball deals.
And they thrive on it just the same.
What would Boston be if We had two
teams like Quaker town? You wouldn't
be able TO hold EN-. Now that every
thing appears clear sailing with the
lowly Helps, Herzog and Miller once
more being back in the fold, let's hope
some one viii kill that Red Sox sale
tale and all will be well. There doesn't
seem chance of such thing. John /.
TAYLOR knows when he has a good
thing and he will hold en- TO it for a
time longer anyway.
Bush of the Tigers says he never
sharpcns his spikes and remembers of
never having cut up an opposing play
er. 1T costs me lot Of stolen bases,
he says, but l don't wish to hurt any
one" Maybe "Ty" Cobb has omitted
the filing process this year also. for the
Georgia Peach's' hospital list hasn't
even started this season and he's tear
ing around baselines and driving into
the canvas corners faster and harder
than ever.