Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-06-18

lieve 1t for minute.
We had been living in state Of hyp-
motto inability for many moons and go
when tho boys went onto the Gardiner
grounds, yesterc EN-. 1t was with grim
determination born of despair and not
gentle reminders from the grand stand,
to do or die or know the reason why.
Looking out over the field, the hoodoo
bird of prey was seen resting on the CEN
tor field fence and the boys turned white
but set their teeth and prepared to die
hard We had no bids out, we simply
prayed rs we have not prayed since
youth mt mother knee, the fair Augustans
who wero there, and in fact arc always
present, sighed and tried to shoe the bird
of evil away, = spasmodic toot or two of a
fish horn avaiIed nothing. and so the
game began.
Little Willie" Rollins, whose rotundity
catches tho blcacher5 and the Trilby adj
mlrers of tho grand stand, was in evil
dence and is versatility was contagious.
As we sit at our desk now, even, we can
hear tho wild wall of Willie, given as Nc
Carthys home run hit sailed over the
right field fence, echoing along the hills.
The game In It's most interesting detail
is rs follows:
Bean opened up with a hit that secured
Lincoln on tho spot. MCCARTHY sacrificed
Joe to second, Doherty was thrown out at
first by Riley, and Kennedy captured a
foul fly from Flynn.
McDermott was presented with the in
itial bag. Harrington got to second on
Bakers poor throw to Kelley. Ladd died
easy ut first, Conner to Kelley. Kennedy
flied out to Pickett, and McDermott scored
on 1t. Fitzmaurce was thrown out at
first by Bean.
Baker got gift of base and was sacri-
feed to second by Conner. Pickett was
thrown out ut first by McDormott, and
McManus struck out Bean was too
quick for Rollins, catching him to Kelley.
Riley got hit, but in attempting to pur-
loln second was worry handily caught by
Captain Flynn. Rupert hit the fourth
ball but was shut out by Connor's rapid
throw to first.
In tho third, "Kel" smashed the sphere
on the lower corner and got a pretty hit
and the grand stand smiled Bean and
MCCARTHY filed out to Rupert and McDer
mott respectively, and Doherty struck
out This inning wound up one hit by
Harrington and the side going out in
short order. We did not score until the
sixth, when single by Flynn, doubles
by Baker and Pickett, netted us two runs.
The visitors scored in the fourth, once by
Kennedy being hit by pitched ball and
two singles by Riley and Rupert. Score
at the conclusion of the sixth was tied.
Tho cranks on the grand stand began to
find fault because there was no chance to
kick at tho umpire and everybody was
playing great ball A Maine Central fire.
man took In the game from tho tender of
q freight engine, Plckett's new bat seemed
to bear charmed life. Baker was ad-
mopished to ''rQke 1t over the ice house, ;"
and Willie said,NsYou don't want much
for quarter, do your" The gentleman
from Natick, Mass, who was officiating
as master of ceremonies, was playing good
ball himself and everything was serenely
and happily ours.
We took two runs in the seventh al d
shut the visitors out, but oh that eighth,
that fatal, destructive, dcmoralizing in
ming just before tho last. They sailed in
to us bad, they jumped onto us after"we
were down, they abused us, they tried to
lose tne ball over among that new unknown
hay, they cut wide swaths in the daisies
just like mad and ran bases to beat Sousa,
and it was dos like this
Kennedy got base on balls, FitH-
maurice got 1t In the back and took his
base, and Rollins, the gentle, sylph-like
Willie, got a hit that scored Kennedy.
We had just timo to draw breath when
Kelley sent u sky -scraper to Picket, who
embodied it caressingly in his massive
paws. Then Mccarthy had to go and
drop Rupert's fly, filing the bases. Lin
coin gave the ball an upper cut under the
chin and scored the men ahead of him.
Well, we did not feel at ease at all, ut all,
and when McDermott hooked parachute
onto the ball, sent It aloft and never
"done nuthin' to 1T until it dropped over
In the vicinity of the ice house, scoring
Lincoln and himself, 1t made us feel sick.
VIC had chills, fever, ague and the whole
catalogue Of complaints and ailments.
But our misery did not end there, for Har-
rlngton went in for a single and Ladd
got two baser scoring Joe. 1t was lucky
for us that Bean got in front Of Kennedy S
hit and caught the batter at first. There
we were First Of the ninth Score, to
against us. Damsels sighed deeper,
cranks muttercd imprecations that are
excluded from our columns, and every
body looked dyspeptic. Some left tho
grand stand others said it was not too