Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-06-02
CONY DEFEATED.
WaterviI|e Wins Thursdays Game in
the Ninth Inning, 6 to5.
The Game an Exciting One. But With
Very Little biting.

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nant, Thursday afternoon. The game
came out about as the Cony PLAYERS
expected, as they went into the game
with the feeling that they were uu
against something hard There was a
surprise in store for Cony when she
found she could play as well as Water
vile. and until the last of the ninth.
there seemed no way possible for Conv
to lose the game, but it went Water
ville's way at the very close
If close score and little batting
make an exciting game, that of Thurs
day afternoon was a star game for at
no time was there a choice for a win
ner. 1t was case of forlorn hope. re-
vived hope, certainty, and then keen
disappointment to Cony High and all
her followers. One of the reasons was
that of old the inability Of cony to
bat. If they batted as well as they
as rule played, all would have been
well. but they didn't.
Waterville did not bat alarminglv
strong. and even the best batsmen of
the Waterville team went down before
Bessey. COny played the better field
ing game of the two, and though in
one or two points weak, showed up
| fairly well. Small had decided off
day and could not hold the throws from
Murphy. Neither could he manage the
hot grounders. Trask made two beauti-
full catches; Beane covered his posi-
ton well, and Russell played first base
without an error. There was a streak
of luck in Cony's playing up to the last
inning. At the same time Waterville's
errors We're costly.
The game opened with little Abbott
the 14-year-old star of the Watervile
team, at the bat. He hit a hot one
that bounded badly and Became could
not touch. Reynolds drew a base on
balls and Allen went to first on an
error by Small. With the bases full
and no one out it looked as though Wa
terville was up to a championship gait.
Bessey struck out Williams and Brann,
that was Well handled. This retired
the side and Cony breathed easier.
Became was the first man up. He
drew three bases on hot one, as Rey
nolds threw the ball over the first
baseman's head. Lee sacrificed, scOr
ing Beane. Russell went to first on an
error by Tyler, took second on a pass
ed ball and was caught while attempt
ing to make third on the ball. Morton
Small went out on a foul fly. The next
two innings for each team resulted
without a score.
In the first of the fourth, Brann
struck out and Murphy dropped the
ball, so that Brann reached first.
Brann scored on a two-base hit by
Tyler. Tyler stole second and waited
while Buck struck out. Then he
scored on a sacrifice hit by Scribner.
McCorkel went out on a grounder to
Small, who fielded it to Russell.
Morton was the first man up in this
inning for Cony and went out on a
foul to Tyler Trask had three strikes,
but Williams missed the third, and
threw wild to first, the ball going un-
der the judges stand and Trask
scored Murphy went to first on an
error by Tyler, but was caught nap
ping and put out
Waterville made another score in the
fifth and still another in the eighth,
while Cony made one in the seventh
and another in the eighth, making the
score at the beginning of the ninth in
Ming 5 to in favor of Cony.
Then came the heart palpitation and
the keen disappointment for Cony, to-
gether with wild enthusiasm for Water
vile. Waterville was up against
forlorn hope but her lads manfuly
Their example would be good one for
Cony to emulate in some of the periods
when they walk about with that air of
defeat. The Observation-Disclosures of Wa
terville is an example that some of the
Cony players ought to learn, and save
the people pain of seeing them walking
about mot dead but sleeping"
Allen was the first man up. He went
| out on a we'll fielded grounder to Became
| who put it to Russell. Williams went
| out on fly to Lee. The game looked
| safe and the action of Brann was
awaited with interest. He drew base
on balls and stole second. Tyler hit
warm one to Small who stopped it and
was then unable to pick ii up in his in
tense excitement. In the meanwhile,
| Brann scored, tieing the game. Tyler
| stole second and as Small could not
hold the ball thrown by Murphy and
let it go away by him. he took third.
Buck singled scoring Tyler. Scribner
| singled and then stole second and the
| crowd looked blank. McCorkell then