Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-05-20
BASEBALL NOTES.

II may be suggested that McGraW
has another string to his bow. which
may be strung before many days
Heinie Groh is not the worst infielder
in the world and has not been sitting
on the bench for nothing. The time
for his real test may be at hand.
Yale has fighting team as well
as a skilful one else il could not have
won so many extra inning games. this
year. The men simply do not know
. what defeat means and keep on
struggling, no matter what the odds.
The nine has now won II straight, q
wonderful record.
1t almost seemed, last week, as if
the fates were conspiring to keep the
Superbas out of first place in the Ma
tional League race. Twice the fight
ing Phllies were forced to go extra
innings to hold their place at the top
half a game in front, while on We'd
nesday, when the Pirates, after losing
seven straight games. won their frs
in the East at the expense Of Dooin's
men. the Reds finally turned and de-
feated Brooklyn
The Yankees have been doing won
ders in the West. Winning three ont
of four games in Detroit and two out
of three from the fast going Maps,
with a fifteen shining tie game thrown
in for good measure, Was clear III
dication that Frank Chance is slow
~ but none the less surely getting his
machine To run with more smooth
ness. The Peerless Leader is facing
a long, uphill fight, hut, fortunately,
he is The kind of man not easily
discouraged. and man who just
loves to battle against fearful odds.
Eight scouts, Monday, began a sys-
temdtic search of minor leagues for
pitchers for the Chicago Nationals.
Practically the entire country will be
secured under President Murphy's or
GERS to strengthen the staff to whose
weakness the poor showing of the
team on its Eastern trip is partly at
tributed. Murphy himself left, Mon
day, for Boston and while he denied he
expected to land a pitcher there. he
admitted that a promising twirler in
the International League was under
consideration.
The Superbas are deserving of
their proud place. Nothing succeeds
like success, and the confidence ac-
CURED has put new dash and spirit
in the team. The players step up to
the plate with all the assurance in
the world and in baseball as in prac
ticaliy every cndeavor, this is half
the battle. They are alive to their
own ability, kecnly interested in their
work, and the result is they are play
ing the kind of baseball of which
champions are made. A slump may
come, but it locks now as if it would
be hard to keep the Superbas out of
the first division. ii
The college baseball teams are
gradually working up to, the games
on which much depends in settling
the final rating. One of the most i'm
portant of the season will come, on
Wednesday, when Yale will face
Brown for the second time. These
two teams are the present leaders,
and the men from Providence must
turn the tables to even up on the Sc
ries, as Yale won the first game a
few days ago by a score OF to 2. The
Blue must also face Cornell, on Sat
urday, while Harvard and Princeton
will clash in their only game. this
year, on the same day at Princeton.
The Giants did much better, last
week, and in winning three out. OF
four games from the Cubs settled back
into something like their real stride
/. They lost one game to the Pirates, but
turned about and then played -