Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-02
BASEBALL NOTES.

An enthusiastic meeting of base
ball fans was held Wednesday night
al Old Town and the Oldtown Baseball
Association was formed to maintain a
team there this season. 1t was voted
to apply for admission to the Eastern
Maine League. officers were elected
as follows Leroy Phelps, president;
Arthur X. Gibbons. vice president,
Howard Lancaster, secretary and
treasurer; John Orriston, George Aus
tin and Roscoe Martin, directors. w. T.
Chute was elected manager.
Billy Murray, the veteran baseball
man, now scout for the Pittsburg Ma
tionals, has fund of stories of men
and incidents connected with our Ma
tional game that is well nigh mex
haustible. During a tanning bee in
New York the other day one of the
baseball writers asked Billy what he
thought of Harry Coveleskie of the
Detroit pitching staff as real come
back" and included in his question. is
he heady pitcher?" Murray, who was
manager of the Phillies when Coveles-
kie neat the Giants out of nennant,
told the story and let his questioner
draw his own differences. One day
lies" said Murray. there was a man
on first and no one out, and he let
the runner go down to second without
trying to stop him. After the inning
was over | very naturally wanted to
know his reason for not holding the
man to the base. Honestly, Mr..
Murray, / never knew he was there.
was his answer Kelly Bransfield be-
gan TO pan the pitcher, but / smut him
up and calling Otto Knabe and Eddie
Grant, the other baseman. l said:
Harry tells me that he never knew
there was a man on first. Hereafter l
want you three fellows to keep him
posted when there's a man around
any of your bases. I'm not going to
have any secrets in this club E"
For the first time in the history of
the college, Keuka. at Penn Yam, n.
Y, is without a ball team. The faculty
committee on athletics Cancelled the
seasons schedule Monday because
some of the players failed TO come up
To the standard in their studies.
Heine Zimmerman, of the Chicago
Cubs, who Is seriously i'll, is reported
to be improving slowly.
Nick Cullop, a left handed pitcher
of the Maps, has been released to the
Cleveland American Association team.
Covaleskie, once famed as the Giant
killer is pitching fine ball for the De-
troit Tigers.
Bob Bescher takes a lead off first
base of almost fifteen feet, and yet the
opposing pitchers seldom catch him
mapping.
Christy Mathewson seldom shows
his displeasure during game, bur
on one occasion yesterday when his
support was particularly bad he threw
his glove on the ground in evident
pique.
There was a Denver runner on third
al Topeka and nobody out. The player
at bat has reputation for hitting
them far and away and Wakefield was
playing the outskirts for him. The
result was an awful wallop and Wake
field was a mere speck on the horizon
when he pulled it down. He threw
the ball to French, who had gone out
into the middle distance to take the
relay. and the runner on third ambled
leisurely home. A fan in one of the
boxes screamed as if in pain, Did you
see that" he cried. Why didn't the
bonehead throw him out at the platter
One of the amateur scorers rushed ex-
citedly up to the Topeka press box.
How many errors have you given
Cochran?' he asked the reporters. The
three gents in the box, who make the
matter of scoring ball games a part
of their business, referred to their
records and were unanimous in the
opinion that Cochran had as yet been
charged with no faux pas. 'Wei al
I've got to say" yelled the excited
one, lis that you fellows are all wrong.
I've give him four"
Miles Main, the six-foot pitcher OF
the Detroit Tigers seems to De
pretty good workman. and there -
every reason to believe that Jennings
will bo able to use him to advantage
this season.
The double headers are beginning TO
pile up. The Red Sox are already In
for five, the Braves for SIX. and the
season is only little mors than two
weeks old