Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-05-18

The Colby Junior League Championship Won
by the Institutes.

| 1t would have done your heart good
to have witnessed the ball tossing Of
the Colby Junior Leaguers, Saturday
morning.
| For the first time this season have tn:
Waterville ball enthusiasts been salts
| fed with game that they have at
tended. it was easy. peaches ana
! cream, short cake and all that. Ouf
Champs went onto the field on the run
and well were they received. The time
devoted to practice proved the team to
| be- in the best form, but when the He
bron Bears went out for some WORK
| everybody who had said in the early
morn that Coburn would have to get a
hustle on to win. contentedly eJacu-
lated, II told you sol"
my! but them little bears be hust-
lers, though" and handsome. gentle
manly crowd they are also. All the
professors from the oxford hills were
along to encourage the youngsters, ana
they were ably seconded by good
sized. be- ribboned delegation from the
far-aWay school Talk about pluck,
SNAP and get-thercativeness, copy
righted) but those boys Hoped about
the diamond in a way that threatened
the overwhelming defeat of our cher
ish.d team from the institute. Our
mutual friend Burrowes, the little
fellor," was on deck, but played in very
hard luck. Il. Shaw. the plucky fellow
with a curve like a five-story spiral
stairway at times. was on hand when
wanted, but in the eighth was injured
and gave way to Bradford. mere boy,
about as large as an oxford county
crab apple He won favor, however. by
the energetic way he went at Coburn,
and the other bears were true to their
baby boy. All this time our OWN were
Going business at a rafting pace that
made our breasts swell with pride.
They were our joy. our first love and
ownest own. Can Coburn play ball2
Coburn was first up and Rice swiped
n single eff the third ball. Newenham.
our mascot. flied to Burrowes. Totman
struck out. and Hudson hit gentle
on,. to r. Shaw and was thrown out at
first The young bears from the rug
ged hills OF oxford gambolled on the
bleachers. spelled Hebron, shouted He
bron and swore by Hebron. The same
number of men went up for the Wis
itors and went as follows: Rawson was
given his base. Mir. II. Shaw waited
for two balls. famed once and then hit
an easy one to Newenham He threw
to Sibley. who doubled to Rowell and
two men We're out by one of the neatest
short time doubles ever made on Colby
grounds. Where do you suppose the
Coburn was? Soaring way above us
all affair into the blue ether Cushman
got a single on the fifth ball. went to
second on a passed ball and staid there
because r. Shaw flied to Topper. The
next six men were all that were up in
the next inning Coburn was shut on,
IN the third. but Hebron scored through
Rawson on a base on balls. stolen
base and single by II. Shaw.
1t was in the fourth that Coburn saw
the plate for the first time. Newenham
getting two bases on an error by Raw
son and scoring on single by Rowell
after two men were out. Fogg got
single and went to second on a wild
throw by Burrowes, Rowell scoring on
the same. Hebron was BANKED. In
the fifth both teams scored. Coburn six
times on base on balls, hit by pitched
bail. four errors and triple hit by
Eocg: Hebron three times on three err
rors a single and a double by Rawson
and league In the sixth. Conurn
scored once on two given bases and
double by Newenham: Hebron four
times on two errors, three stolen bases.
a passed ball, singles by H. Shaw and
Knapp and a double by r. Shaw. CO.
burn crossed the plate twice after the
first two men up had struck out. Rowell
got single. Fogg got to first on
Knapp's error. Topper and Tozier were
given first, and Sibley for the third
time in succession was hit by pitched
ball. filling the bases. Rice went up
against corking single scoring Tup-
per and Tozier. Rice stole second. but
Newenham died at first and the best
game of the season was at an end.
amid great enthusiasm. OF the visitors
it should be said that they are an able
team bound to make others hustle to
win. and Waterville will be glad when
they play again in this city.