Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-03
TIE FAIAI NINTH.
Colby Drops a Game Already
Won, to Rents Hill.
With Score 10 to 3 Against Them,
Rents Hill Boys Rally
And Win Out In the Ninth by the Score Of
IL 10 10.

saturday afternoon ana then Kent 8
Hill whaled the life out of Colby. 1t
was a funny game, yes very funny
The result was still more funny Every
body began playing good ball. but the
drama wound up with the usual farce
comedy peculiar to the year 81. You
see there were none that really believed
Colby would be a loser although we
knew, and now know it better than
ever, that Kent's Hill had, and still has.
a rafting good ball team. We found
no fault when Colby shut the visitors
out in one, two. three order.
Jack Scannell had buried his old
shoes and was prancing around in a
new pair: Dugan Gibbons sported a
beautiful blue neck scarf tied in a huge
bowknot; Levi Patterson-you know
Levi-was in Colby uniform and on
the bench: Bobby austin was in mis-
fighting toys: Captain Putnam looked
handsome in his new club suit and
Young Put had all the ladies looking
his way.
You can see yourself that the signs
were right and that everything pointed
| to a victory for the University over
against the kennebec. few co-edS
lent enchantment to the occasion; Jim
Lowe. who had been sick for a week.
came out for the first time since h
escaped the doctors Influence, to See
the game The Colby's looked finely in
their new uniforms and everybody was
sympathizing with the gentlemen from
Readfield.
Scannell was down for the box nrG
Cushman was scheduled for back-stop,
and those who had nothing else to Won
der at fell to wondering what kind of
a battery the two would make. Both
played magnificent game, Scannells
errcr coming from missing foul fly.
the hatsman afterward reaching first
base. Gibbons in the left territory
provided all the amusement necessary
by his quaint sayings, and Lufkin :
smile was as sweet as one could ask for.
kents Hill went up against the
sphere iirSt anu WAS fetifeu as lolloWsi
ON the second ball Hubbard got sin
gle Nicke,y hit n. hot one to Austin
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10 ii. futhafn' Catching HUBBARD ana
Vickary in order y Maderos nonped
ano 10 tho h,,,a o,hn,. ~ ra attI' !
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cutie coInloftaniy lhlo the waiting
paws of Hudson. Colby only sent
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hell' AUSTIN ana flhpohs llled out la
farwell, r. Mederos and Farwell in the
order named
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oIiy thtte men from the mn went up
in the second, and they went out be-
fore reaching first ,Colhv sant mn fiye
ana scored once py TWO singles TWO
stolen bases and a passed ball.
In the third Colby scored four times
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oii an 81 :" la@seu Jan n'9e "ii
balls, and four singles. kent's Hill was
shut out
In tho fourth If beoan ~ Iool, mar.
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interesting Tor the boys from the Hill
went over the plate for three ITALICS on
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Spohsible Iof TWO errors, CODY getting
one run on two bases on balls and a
naeeed hall
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Colby scored once in the fifth and three
times in the sixth and after that they did
not again see the light of day.
kent's Hill did not see any sunshine
until the ninth and then it, the sun, came
out in a blaze of glory for them. The
score was 10 to 3 against the visitors
Capt Roderick came up. expectorated
on hos broad palms, seized n stick that
to Scannell looked as large as a telephone
pole, waited for the right one to come
along. 1t was the fourth ball thrown and
Roderick basted it for a clean single TO
center; Wight rolled one to Hudson who
held Il post mortem over ii until the run
ner reached first. Lufkin banged out a
single scoring Roderick advancing Wight
to second: the latter stole third: Austin
in trying to field one from A. Mederos
threw low and scored Wight and Lufkin
The doughty little Cuban stole second
and home Farwell who had hit to
Austin. reached second on the attempt to
catch Mederos al the plate
Stone popped one out to Austin and re-
tired Hubbard hit lively one to Austin
who threw low but safely to II. Putnam.
he dropping and the runner landing safe
ly. Vickcry flied out to Upper but i.
Mederos surprised his constituency by
driving two cornered one to a safe spot
out between left and center. For the
second time this inning Cant. Roderick
came to bat and he swung at the second
one that came along for another clean
single scoring Mederos and tvjng the
score. IN the language of the red
haired youth who peddles popcorn on the
field"You lest dotter seen EN-" kont's
Hill was nearer Boston by 100 miles in
that minute. Pandemonium reigned on
the kent's Hin bench. -,