Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-07-24
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Baseball Editor. hennebee Journal.
Dear Sir: In the report Of The game
played between. the Cr0ssetts and
Edwards baseball teams at Reuei VII
iiams field on SATURDAY last the
Monday morning issue OF -FOUR paper
Scathiagly denounced the manage
ment Of the Two teams for putting on
such an exhibition Of baseball. To
make il unanimous" a piece appear
ed in Tuesday mornings issue in
which II vas made % appear that he
dear people Of = gusTy" wers being
sorelv nlsr-eated by a bold. bad band
IF profiteering baseball managers
who sought every opportunity n
drag the unwilling pennies from the
writer who called himself fan" n
particular. and the rest Of Us poor
dubs n general. II was made 70 ap-
zear thar no games had been had IN
the Twilight League this year. and
that no effort had been made by the
managers Of the above named teams
To secure players who could and
would play GOOD bail. Eow forgeteul
We become n 4 few snort days, The
pitchers battle between Chick
Maader of the Edwards and Lefty
Eoughton of the Crossetfs which
ended n favor of the Edwards Ia
The reporters notes OF The game n
The issue Of the x J" the following
morning stated that One fan SAID
Why go 10 Boston u sac a game.
when they play such games II the
Twilight League '') DID the man
ayers who secured the players for
such games as that the two ne
games 20 and the SIS tie with the
Edwards and Cushnocj and the
Clerks Edwards game on Mernuria!
Day which went - innings 70 a So
decision ann the 10 game between
the Clerks and the Crosse,-s as,
Wednesday evening n which eau
der-e. pitching for the Clerks showed
As much stuff" as was possessed BIZ
any Of the dear. Olvnpian heroes II
that Trolley League which IS spoken
Of so often ana so tenderly tha- II
occurs 20 one that The great Crack
God Zeus. himself. must actually have
been League President-did man
ayers VINO produced such games as
the above mentioned games hand
the public a lemon" as was stated in
Mondays K J. ="
L must appear 20 anv tair-nindeII
and clear thinking person that each
Of the managers Of the teams com
posing this years Twilight League
must have lone the best work nos-
slble with the facilities at their dis
oosal. and that if some poor games
have resulted. that under the circurn
stances. that vas % be expected
The teams were made I'D of bows all
N whom worked hard during the dav
and II good baseball was 70 be ax-
pects1 from them IN every game II Il
clear that some inducemenr for the
weary muscles must be offered.
player can play some games on an
thusiasm alone but when one tries -
play twilight bail with no supper and
no paw most of the time the keen
edge OF ones enthusiasm becomes
speedily duiled- Such situation soon
gets on the players mind - ne be-
comes dissatisfied with the whole
business and he soon refuses IN NAV
bail after supper ar ar any other time
without asking, How much IS -bs-a
IN 1t for me-" The whole ra--ar Sc
not improved upon by the arrir11de NJ
some Of the fans" who raralv miss
an opportunity to 'f5aw our NAV
az for the least siip-up. and in this
league the bawling-otrt' ~rrnes
pretty near being a personal s--acs
on the player Great stun TO stand
Ior on an empty stomach. what
Now with conditions as they ara
ana money as tight as II appears "a
De- when the hat is PASSED ar rr,a
League games no manacer ran. wa,
the players ne desires 10 have m 1fs
team and whom he could SECURE wit
a very reasonable amount of financial
aid f-uru the fans. Every manager
in the League has spent good money
in Quantities 70 secure a good base
bail with real success-thougt this
seems now to be forgnrten-aud as
long as the funds lasted the boys
were given all that was left over
expenses and most Of these expenses
were incurred in securing battery
men. and anybody vino mas bothered
with base bail must know that Pitch
ars viii not play without getting the
money, and considering the impor-