Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-17
A CASE OF IFS"
That's Why Colby Fell So
Easily Before Portland.
The Leaguers Do About As They
Please With The Co|Iegians.
Score at the End Of Saturdays Trouble. Stood
lust IS to 4.

Waterville May l6.-tSpeciaD If Colby
only had pitcher, if Floods finger
would only get well, or II something
would happen, weswould see some good
bali playing here In Watcrvllle this sea-
son. We saw good ball playing Satur-
day and then again we saw some that
was not way up In G. 1t was funny
game in many respects. Portland's first
baseman. McGuirk. had only one chance
during the game. and that was on the
next to the last man out in the NINTH
Nicnols had about everything coming his
way. He was fairly hoggish over put
outs. just think OF a poor first baseman
having only one chance in a game and a
catcher having 16. The Portlands are
good and gamey ball tossers, as their
errorless game will show. They are not
great hitters however although they
pulled l6 hits off of two pitchers sent in
against them. They are pretty good on
running bases. Miller. if he is the regu-
lar pitcher of the team, can improve
wonderfully in his curves if he puts his
attention to it, but he throws a swift one
for "a straight ball Houle is a star
fielder. Old Polhemus did not have a
chance offered him at center. Diesel is
better than pretty fair at short. and all
in all we really have no fault to find with
the visitors except that they Won But
game.
When Mr. Foster said play" Colby
went to bat. By some strange chance
Tolman headed the order. Portland sized
him up, recognized in him a great. hitter
and so sent him to first on balls. Capt.
Putnam struck out Cushman got sin
gle V. Putnam swiped double but no
one scored, Tolman having been caught
trying to steal second and Gibbons flying
out to Nichols. That Nichols had ma
MIA for foul tiys. He took five of them
during the game.
When we shut Portland out in their
half. we felt big. When they scored three
times in the second and we didn't, we felt
bad. When we scored three times in our
half of the third. we felt great joy, but
when they piled up three more in their
half and shut us out in the fourth, we
We're grieved We scored once in the
fifth and then mid fresher grief we con-
tinued to the end of the nine chapters.
Scanned had opened in the box, but he
gave way to Hamilton during the last of
the third. Hamilton gave the visitors II
of their hits. Our boys broke in the sec
ond when Polhemus came up, took sim
gle. Burns went to first on Capt. Put
nam's error Gibbons dropped a fly from
Miller and Polhemus and Burns scored
Miller reaching second Diesel went down
on an error by Wilson but was caught at
second. Engel struck out, Coughlin scor-
ing Miller and Nichols got Il base. That
was enough to compel the team from the
Plains to win. In the third, the visitors
scored six times on four hits. two men
being hit, base on balls. a stolen base
and an error by Upper. We thought
they would never stop scoring. But We
began to get into shape in the fifth. We
shut them out then. allowed them TO
score three times in the sixth. and then
shut them out for the remainder of the
game
Upper should be told by some one that
has to do with Colby athletics. to keep
on his feet all that he possibly can. He
is somewhat addicted TO falling on his
knees Just before he don't catch a fly.
Whether he does IL purpoSely so that he
Fan have an excuse for not catching the
ball on that every little hubble in the
field stretches into stumbling
blocks. we don't know.
1t is folly to so all over the game in
print Let it suffice that ii be said that
'otby outside of the box was nearly all
right Newenham won laurels in the
lalf inning that he pitched. but he came
too late in the day. Last year we said
Horace would make some of the profess |
SIGNALS hustle. We would like to see him |
n the box against some of them. The |
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