Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-05-01
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First Game In the College Lssgus
Won By Colby at Wsssrvtlis-

Especial to the Kennebec Journal
WArEavILLE. April 3o-The bat1le hal
begun. It began this afternoon on the
Colby campus st 3.40. The Bovdoini
came up 70 carry . victory back With them.
Their calculations slightly miscarrisd,
however, and they concluded 10 leave the
victory behind them in the keeping of the
Colby team
The Colbys appeared, today. for the frst
time In .heir bran new uniforms, consist.
ing OF te shirts With Colby In brown
letter. On the front. brown pants and stock
ings. They looked very nice. and With the
exception Of the sixth inning they behaved
- we'll - they looked. In that inning they
INDUCED in some of the very rockiest bsll
play ling. allowing the Bow doins to cross the
plate with six unesrnsd runs A Bovdoin
batter would send mp . high ny and three
or four heiders would gather round and ie,
the ball drop in the circle thus formed.
This method may be nice way Of avoid-
ing errors, bat il costs lots Of runs.
Only two hits we're made on either side
up 70 the fifth inning. when the Colbys be-
gan to take very kindly to Burleish's curves
and in this and the following inning ham
mered out six hits wi . total Of ten.
Manager Pendletou put Downes in the box
in the seventh and he allowed no more hits
and struck out Eve men.
Wagg pitched an easy, steady game, al
lowing two hits in succession but once and
then the trouble lay in the misjudgment Of
his deldefs. He vas spiendidly supported
by Gilmore behind the bat Indeed, it has
been some years since Colby catcher has
given % pretty an exhibition Of back stop
work - va seen today. He not only
caught we'll but threw in good shape to the
bases. Lombard put up . good game At
second, accepting seven out Of eight
chances. Packard did his usual reliable
work for Bowdoin at first and Hilton also
put up . nice article Of ball at short.
The game opened with Parsons at the
bat. Burleigh pitched him three bai balls,
then two strikes. The next one h. to iched
for foul according to the opinion of every
one but the umpire, who declared it strike.
Wagg and Foster went cut On hits to Free
man. Packard vent out on . bounder to
Bonney. Thompson struck out, but Gil.
more dropped the third one and threw wild
to first He npped him q moment later,
however, on fine throw to second.
Each side accom- plished double play in
the second. Hilton lifted one 10 left field
for what seemed sure for two bases, but
Foster made great run, pulled it down
and sent it back to Lombard in time to
catch Jordan.
Merrill scored in the third on base on
balls, . steal, wild pitch and . sscri6ce
BY Purington.
Neither side scored in the fourth In the
fifth Roberts led OF wi b . single and was
followed by Merrill with fine tvo-baRger.
Puringt0n went out on weak hit to Pack
ard, and Parsons ssuntered up to the rub
Der. .'Hit 'er out.""a homer" and the
like encouraged him from the grandstand.
Burleigh sent in fast one and "Whit"
thought it suited him. So he let himself
loose on the sphere and nothing more was
known until Thompson was seen picking
the ball up from under the right field fence
while the runner rested contentedly on
third. A nice sacrifice BY Wagg brought
Parsons home.
Again in the sixth, Lombard hit to the
pitcher who threw wild and the runner vas
safe. Roberts ploughed furrow out to-
wards left field. Merrill got his base on
bad balls, PuringtOn struck out and Par
sons came to the scratch again With beauty
single to left field Wagg thought he was
due for hit and lined one to center for
two bases. Colbys 8. Bo~doins /. Then
the other side took hand, and when the
sixth inning closed the score stood to Z.
Four hits, some stupid coaching and three
bad errors tell the story Of the change.
The friends of the home team were . little
anxious over this slight lead and induced
their favorites to add two more runs to their
score in the eighth. The Bowdoins could
succeed in placing but one to ter credit
in the came inning. The Colbys drew
blanks in the ninth. With two men out.
Hilton made hit for bis side and stole
>, cond. Freeman sent up . high fly for
Psrsons and the game was over. Following
10 the score.