Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-05
BASEBALL NOTES.

their first contest of the season. Games
of this class by the Gannett publish
| ing house teams have been in pro-
gress for some time and the /Vickery
team has decided to follow suit. There
are a number of good players on both
sides and a lively game may be ex-
pected.
Aaron MacGhee of Boston, who Is
student at the Harvard Medical
School, arrived Thursday night in the
city, where he will pass the summer.
1t will be remembered that MacGhee
was one of the outfielders of the Au-
gusta Trolley League team last sea-
son and his appearance in this city
is greatly welcomed. He is good
hitter and can cover a lot of ground.
That it does not pay to fall asleep
on the ball field these days was clear
ly demonstrated to Harry WormWood,
the former Worcester pitcher. Worm
wood. after getting the hook in Hart
ford, Joined the Haverhill team ana
played center field. He worked well
until Memorial day, when he fell asleep
on second and was caught off the pag.
Immediately after the game Danlei
Clohecy, owner of the Hayerhlll clup,
handed NORWOOD his pay ana a re-
| iease-Worcester POST
The directors of the Augusta Troll
| lev League baseball club are desirous
of furnishing the best possible pase-
| ball to its Augusta patrons this sea-
son and to that end they invite every
ball player in the city who is Wiling
TO try out for a position on the team
to come over to the Reuel Williams
field Monday afternoon and snow
what he may have up his sleeve. II
is expected now that Coady and Stin-
son of Bates, who have been h1rea
by the Augusta management Will pc
on hand to practice with the boys.
The directors promise to every play
err who reports that he shall have a
fair tryout and no favoritism will be
shown. It's the best possible players
that the management IS after for
the makeup of the team. Let every
PLAYER who wishes to show his real
| worth report at 3 P. NJ. Bart Fol
som has sent out cards to number
| of different men who are to try oat
for the team and it is hoped that
| large squad will turn out.
The Cony High baseball team will
play its next game Saturday afternoon
| with Hallowell High on the Muster
field. HalloweH. The chances for Win
ming the championship of Division B
in the Bowdoin Interscholastic League
are thing of the past as Leavitt cap
tured that title in the game Wednes-
| day. Brunswick looks like a sure win
ner in Division A, having won every
game of the six that it has played.
The game with Hallowell will be a
/ hut interest
at a very high pitch
Besides losing both games to the
Athletics Wednesday at Boston the
Red sox had the added i'll luck of see
ing one of their players injured. Ches-
ter Thomas. the catcher, was hit IN
the eve by a thrown ball and pain
fully injured, so that he may not be
able to play for few days. This ac-
cident occurred in the fourth inning,
when, with Schang on second, Wyck-
off singled to center. On Speaker S
throw to the plate to get Schang, the
ball took a bad bound and struck
Thomas in the face. The Boston
catcher dropped as if he had been
shot and it was several minutes be-
fore he recovered sufficiently to walk
to the dressing room. Quite cash
was cut under the eye This leaves
the club rather short handed in the
catching department, as Carrigan, VINO
was spiked in one of the games with
Washington, is not in shape to play,
although he went in in the last in
ming of the second game wednesday,
Gainor. the new first baseman, may
not be able to play for a few days on
account of a Charley horse which
he sprung in one of the games on
Tuesday. So the club has started
quite hospital list.
Pittsburg Gazette-T Times: - What's
the alibi? The old stereotyped stuff
:. about batting slump, Ell? 1t is tire
some alibi Why is it that the Pirates.
rated on paper as having such great
hitters, etc, get into more of these So
called slumps than any other team
in the business? They slump together
or hit together. This would suggest
then that they depend SO much on
each other and have such little con-
fidence in themselves as individuals
that the whole proposition crumbles
when one or two fail. Perhaps 1t is
because they play everything so safe.
From the grandstand they seem to
go about things in that Misunderstanding,
doubtful way. During a big part of
the season their Judgment of balls
and strikes has been the limit. They
stand at bat, take strikes at the very
worst time and hit at bad balls in the
same way. If some of them would
make it a rule occasionally. to hit the
first good one, the Pirates would not
get into so many slumps.
/ Cincinnati has gone Herzog crazy.
The hustling. energetic pilot of the
Reds certainly has come into his own,
but it remains to be seen how long
he can keep it going. Herzog has TAX
en- one of the poorest ball clubs in
the business, with no pitching staff to
speak of and a tough proposition in
every department From tailenders he
has drilled and driven them to within
| hailing distance Of first place. No,
he didn't get that stuff from McGraw.
He had those qualifications. the brains
and the hustlng spirit long before he
i ever saw McGraw. Cincinnati certain
ly will al well to give Herzog all the
| credit aKer the failure Mr. Tinker