Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-19
iFWlsTON TEAM IS
Io0K|NC GREAT IF
THEY WOULD ONLY
GET BUSY WITH BAT
r,;s Man Says Nothing to 1t
With Good Pitchers and Fast
Fielding-IF-Likes to Watch
EN- Play and Advises go
And Do Likewise"

s the train, as any true AueuS'o'
..ors off the train, when he reaches
from the unattractive outside.
NH ,enorter saw him coming but be-
,.r brave young man did not dodge
To merely sighed resignedly and al
,,rsd himself to be buttonholed. But
.u;s once il wasn't dissertation upon
.ta support Law-"er-"Boom Maine
,,ovement." This traveller had had
some New England baseball wished on
sjr1-and liked the sensation.
Relieve me SON" he declared, i've
coon some baseball I've played hide
and-seek between Boston and New
York and between Boston and Phlla-
de,nhia. rye seen the last man out
with Two men on bases when only a
cash Of lightning let a New York field
or 90 into the air and spear an erst-
/ while three-sackcr in one hand: I've
1 seen Tv Cobb steal home. and I've
seen Schalk take the spikes at the
| Mate I've seen good baseball, and I'm
| going to ask YOU if you ever knew me
to pick any dead ones?'
| The scribe admitted that the traveller
was the original Boston Braves shout
er
Well, then, don't look tired when
| tell YOU that Joe Burns team in the
little old y. L. isn't getting what cred
Ii, is due Just little stick work and
they'd make the Braves 1914 string of
victories look like a three-wheel horse
car beside a twelve-seated pink jitney
bus"
Tie reporter succeeded so we'll in
not looking tired that the traveller
shifted his grip on the aforesaid but
tonhoe. and continued:
"Yessir' When that bunch gets 60
Ing they'll make your hair stand on
| end, II may not be this year. I'll admit
but they've got it coming to them
Sa-ay. Kid. just listen:
Il landed in Lawrence on the 18th
/ didn't have a thing to do the next
| DAY One of my friends said, go out
. and see Lewiston and Lawrence play.
| they're laughing at the Lewiston team
hut its because they don't know 'em.
Youth see some baseball
y went. l saw some baseball. I saw
Rettig of Lewiston let the league
leaders down with five hits that hap
pened TO be fortunately punched for
Lawrence. l saw Rettig slam out a
home run with nobody ahead of him.
<~IA "a
-but-there were only three hits made
besides Rettig's, and Lawrence won, 8
TO !.
I saw Tuero let Fitchburg down
with five hits and two runs the next
ny. But he couldn't win with only one
~ BY the whole Lewiston team.
III couldn't really spare the time, but
stayed over for Thursdays double
adler. In the first game Fitchburg
* eight hits from Whitaker and
on, to 2, because they punched their
auops Tor three runs in the fifth. I'll
MT Lewiston didn't show very good
tlves errors and I began to doubt
judtment but I changed back
am In the afternoon. Schwartz, the
~N"NSeSAt lNiilNI HClu ID d
10 tie in Is innings. His team scor-
e nine hits, but not in the right place.
And then. son, l went back to Law
PENCE. On Friday l saw the would-be
rhamps humbled by Tuero. They ate out
his hand for nine glorious innings and
sere allowed two singles for the game
MOI Lawrence player reached second
pdSe, AnV W <ho<
Won't hand it to the Lewiston aggrega-
aoA might be good Judge of anything
Ae nut he isn't bringing out any cham
'ons IN the great American game
iheyre bunch Of mighty good fellows
ne mead of the Lewiston club-Secre-
Leonard Manager Irwin and Owner
dns. They're working to give the fans
run for their money. They know a
aver when he shows up. Take it from
y they're going to come through. Some
mat team is going to wake up to the
w mat it's real class and then it'll be-
!" !" Knock the cover off the ball. And
aen they do-well. they won't have to
as on their hats to Portland or Law
hce or any other team in the whole
lnged outfit!
sehind Tuero. Schwartz. Rettig and
ni''aker, 1t won't take much hitting TO
- ihey come back to Lewiston Mon
ioF another whack at the leaders. II
:, want 10 see some of the best base
~ ever played In Maine. just hop a
Hh be worth your while. You
=, ~. me oown for a Lewiston booster
mey show a lot worse brand of
'e'S'' then they're showing now"
.usu mas seen what happened at
Lowell won the first Of a dou-
header Saturday by s-s-one run, and
- aae IN the 10th inning. The second was
On TO by Lowell
f Hrs' game Lowell had nine hits
lewiston three. In the second game
, s,s had seven hits and Lewiston two.
" ss' certainly is playing baseball-
W. Inc batting. The fans who fol-
r' me oo1 score rather than the total
'l ans are getting next" according to
x usps one hears now and then, and
r m,s'0n probably will and a rood,v
ben Lewiston mrnn .ss in her stands
". anu Lawrence clash to-