Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-06-11
COLBY WINS.
Defeats Bates in Exciting
Contest, 7 to 6.
Makes Bowdoin and Bates Tied
for Intercollegiate Pennant.
Joy in It's Most Exalted State Reisned At
Colby Last Night.

NalcI vIIle, JuIS ~ '"f-S%i(t
you see a young man about the city.
tomorrow wearing diamond studs and
rings his name is Patterson Of Colby
,96. il eight other men are seen wear
ing new silk hats they are the others
of the Colby ball cam who fell upon
Bates college and beat It. today.
We always knew 1t and ave always
said so, that II the Colby team would
get into the game at the start, Timber
up and put a little snap into their work
they could play gilt edged ball. 1t may
be that earlier in the eason they did
not care to take the lead and win the
pennant. They may have thought that
they were going to do something on
field day and that the result of today,
is the sweet revenge they had deter
mined in the last few days to take up
on Bates.
The oldest collegeian In the city
never witnessed a more interesting
game. Colby never put up better ball.
Patterson never saw the time when he
could pitch better ball than he did. to-
day. His speed was nearest that of a
bullet thar II yer attained before n
the old man kept his head with him.
He sIung 'cm in 50 fast that the bats
men had little or no time between
swings. He threw them over h plate
| too, he did not even work corners n
even all Colby opened eyes AT the great
work ne was doing.
The students on the bleachers
shouted for JOY when a strike was
registered. the co-eds held their breaths
In wonder at the wor Of the team:
professors were hustiing back and forth
In joyous uneasiness: President Butler
biushcd like a school girl or a coed al
ternately at the thunderous plaudits
OF Colby's struggle.
Patterson bore his honors as meekly
as he would respond TO chapeland three
Rates players hired a small boy TO go
over behind the fence and swear for
them. Tonight. the Colby team own
not only the campus but the whole
city II DIR. Hill would rather have
today's game than the pcnaant for he
said So.
The seventh inning was the fatal one
for Bates. In the first. Bates scored
twice AS follows. Pulsifer came up and
landed on the srcond bali thrown for a
49, = 49, '1f fAtEt tAfo
stole second: Pulsiyer getting third. Bur-
rili tapped an easy one to Patterson. who
threw poorly 10 y. Putnam. BurriIi reach
ms FIRST safely and Pnlsifer stealing
home. Gerrish struck out. Quinn went
| out. Austin to first. Douglass scored on
Il passed bali and Penley struck out.
Neither side scored again until tho
seventh when Colby came under the wire
after the following fashion: Burton got
Hrst through Pulsifer Juggling the ball.
Austin was sent down on balls. Wilson
l nod - Ne shat aAtttr AL 90 go 14Aa
an error on the part OF Penlcy and stole
second. Burton and Austin scoring to "A
tie. H. Putnam flied out to Bennett. Y.
Putnam banged out a home run, and Pat
terson hit with the same purpose i'll view.
and the trick worked well. The ball
struck on the roof of the Shannon OBJ
~servatory. rolled along the same, over the
hin. down into the valley and thence to
the ground. Patterson crossing the plate
at a jog amid the widest enthusiasm.
Wilson scored on futnam's homer, Coffin
went out. Douglass to Penley. Desmond
got a double and Watkins struck out.
In the eighth. Bates scored two runs on
two bases on balls. a single. errors by
Austin and Watkins. and another single
by Hinckley. But Colhy's sand was still
In evidence. for In their half of the ninth
Y. Putnam took his second home run.
Patterson got a hit and went down to
| second on an error by SIattery. scoring
on a single by Coffin. The next three men
went out In their order. Bates WAS shut
out and the game was won.
Inc visitors played good ball. as their
error column will show. They were in
the game all of the time and played to-
gether. Not a hit was taken off Burrili
until the third and for the most part of
the game. and all the time except in the
bloody seventh and fatal ninth had good
control Of the bali. Gerrish caught "A
magnificent game. fielding his position to
perfection.
Bates struggled hard. as they did not
want to take chances against Bowdoin
again. The batting OF V. Putnam ami
Patterson, the fielding of II. Putnam and
Colin for Colby. Peniey and Gerrish for
Bates. and the excellent work of Umpire
'Folsom were the features. The score: