Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-07-17

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The day was perfect and both con-
tests were stubbornly fought, resulting
in stand off between the teams.
Weekes pitched the first game and
pitched well. 1t was not his fault that
he did not win his game. The boys
did very little batting behind him, and
them at the plate resulting in two runs.
Umpire Brady, whose work was very
unsatisfactory, contributed generously
to the visitors victory by being very
hard upon Weekes in his called balls
and strikes. He allowed him very few
corners and forced him during the
greater part of the game to put the
ball squarely across the center of the
plate in order to get a strike. Mr..
Brady seemed, in fact. to stand in con-
siderable awe of Manager Smith and
Catcher Yeager, and permitted them to
direct his work to very considera bic
extent during the afternoon. In the
ninth inning he permitted Manager
Smith to secure a hit that drove in two
runs, after Weekes had fairly struck
him out. Now there does not appear to
be any good reason why a manager
should be accorded special favors in
the matter of called balls and strikes.
But Mr.. Brady did not stop here
Weekes had secured two strikes and
one ball on Yeager. the next batter up
The next ball was a beautiful curve,
cutting the plate, but Mr.. Brady said
ball"
Weekes then threw straight ball
that cut the center of the plate, but
reached first it was entirely through
the kindness of Mr. Brady.
In the second game, Brady was very
severe on Dilworth, forcing him again
and again to throw balls across the
center of the plate after he had sue
cessfully worked the out and in cor
ners. To this fact was due most of
the hits secured by the Pawtuckets
for Dilworth never pitched better ball
in his life.
But perhaps the most remarkable of
Mr.. Brady's remarkable performances
in the disguise of an umpire, yester-
day afternoon, was in the sixth in
ming. Butler had made a hit and
Pickett followed him with double.
AS Butler was on the way up the
third base line, Hannivan seized him
by the arm and threw him heavily to
the ground injuring him so badly that
he was obliged to retire from the
game. Instead of filming Hannvan or
putting him out of the game, as his
duty plainly required him to do under
such circumstances. Brady permitted
him to so without even reprimand
He decided at first to let the base run
ner-kilfeder-who took Buffers place
have third. but after consulting with
Manager Smith, concluded to place
him at second.
When the crowd, which had been
highly wrought up by the incident,
saw kilfedcr on second base, they en-
tered such united and vigorous pro-
test that Mr.. Brady again changed his
mind and sent the runner to third.
In the first game Mr.. Brady ordered
Dlworth to the bench for alleged talk
ing to the pitcher. though no one on
the ground heard word that could
be tortured into such construction.
In the afternoon. when Hannivan
went down on the third base line and
INDUCED in such remarks as Hes
Weakening" HE can't get them
over" etc. Mr.. Brady was oblivious
of him. 1t evidently makes some diff
ference to Mr.. Brady whose OK is
gored. But we have not space to fol-
low all the gyrations of Umpire
Brady. Our team has now had him for
six successive games. and our long
suffering base ball patrons are begin
ming to cry. How long, oh Lord, how
long!'
Both games abounded in brilliant
plays. The second game was charac-
terized by the clean hitting and steady
fielding of the home team, and the
magnificent pitching of Dilworth.
Today, the Brocktons are with us.
and, with Newell in the box, the home
team should win. The following is the
tabulated scores:
First Game.
PAWTUCKET.
ABB r BIZ TB Pc A f
Wh1t1nE ............. 4 0
Waldron. IT, ....... 8 > o. q