Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-05-30
SOUTH PARIS BEATS sRloGToN.
A GOOD ELEVEN INNING GAME AT THE
FAIR GROUNDS SATURDAY..

South Paris and Bridgton Academy
the season on the fair grounds Saturday
As Bridgton won the first game by the
close score OF . to 5, close game va:
expected, and the crowd was not disap
pointed, for the game WAS not de.
cided until Johnson crossed the plate
with the winning run for South Paris Ii
the eleventh inning. Skillings. Bridgtor
Acsdemy's best pitcher, WAS In the DO,
for Bridgton, and although he was SUI.
ferlng from severe injury TO his shoul.
der, pitched good game. Rob Shaw
pitched his usual strong game for South
Paris, and fielded his position In profess
sionsl style, getting eight assists and
one put out. He got the only two base
hits of the game.
Bridgton went 10 the bat first and by
the aid of two hits and one error the first
two men scored, but the next three men
went out In order.
For South Paris Wilson was first st bat
and flied out 10 Foley. Nevers got hit.
Gerrish hit 20 lredale who caught Movers
on second and threw To first In time To
get Gerrish and complete the double
play.
In the second inning Bridgton Acsd-
envy did not score. Shaw got two base
hit. and scored the first run for South
Paris on a wild pitch. Then Myers got
hit but was doubled up with Chsse,
the next batter, In a very pretty double
play. Tolmsn got hlt and stole sec
ond, but Stuart failed To hit the ball,
aud the inning closed Bridgton ,. Paris l..
Neither side scored In the third.
Ia the fourth Walker got in front OF one
of Shsw's fast ones and walked TO first
The next man AZ bat, Win Csnnell, hit y
fy TO Wilson who caught IL and by a
good throw to first base caught Walker
before he could return 10 IL. Towne,
the third man, was out on foul 6y to
johnson.
Myers opened the Inning for South
Paris by clean hit. Chase fonled out to
Towue. Then Tolmau flied out to Bridg-
ton Academy's centre fielder, who dupli-
Gated wilson's trick of the first half OF
the inning and caught Myers before be
could get back 10 first base. This made
the third douhle-plsy for Bridgton.
Neither side scored In the fifth.
In the sixth Bridgton scored one run,
aud In the seventh managed 10 score one
more, msking their score I runs 10 runs
for Paris.
Thus far the game had been fast and
clean with little poor playing, but on
the eighth Bridgtou started 70 run away
from the home team. Walker was first
batter and got ahit. Then Win Cannell
Il ed out "a johnson. Towne gave Shaw
an easy one and Shaw caught Walker at
second and the crowd expected TO see
Tolman complete the fifth double play OF
the game and close the inning by catch
ing Towne at lat. But the ball went
wide and rowne sprinted round TO I'd,
and only two men were out instead OF
three. Cole was next man At bat and
he famed al three, but Gerrish dropped
the third strike and Cole was safe at
first. snd the scoring began anil ended
With Bridgton six runs better off.
Paris supporters were somewhat dis
eoursgrd when the home team came To
bat With the score 10 10 2 In favor OF
their opponents. Nevertheless they
we're coaching Ia liyelv manner when
Paris came 10 bat. Errors aud some
good base running Melted several runs
and Hamlin MAS substituted for SkillinRs
who had weakened considerably because
he had again started sn injured tendon
In his shoulder The new man had good
curves, but NJ first had some difficulty
in controlling them. The inning did not
close until total OF 9 runs were brought
iu, and the score stood Bridgton Acad-
emv 10; South Paris s.
10 the 9th, Bridgton went out in one,
two. three order, and South Paris first
msu up was out at trst. Then Chase
got a clean hit and went 10 second on
Toltusn's sacrifice. With two out Stuart
came 10 bat. and in the midst OF consid-
cradle noise got base on balls. John
son came 10 bat. and got his only hit al
lust the right time, and the score was
tied. But the winning run could not be
captured just now, and the 10th inning
began.
Shaw struck out the first man who
came 10 bat for Bridgton, and the next
two couldn't get the ball out Of the dia-
mopd and were easy outs.
In this inning although Myers and
Tolmsn got hits, Paris could not score,
and the eleventh began. Bridgton sent
bur four men TO bat, and Paris came to
bat.
johnson got safely on bases by Bridg-
toms first basemsn making an error
Then Wilson came TO bat and hit TO thu
second bssemsn, who hesitsted just long
enough before throwing so that John
son scored the winning run with no one
out.
The umpiring was excellent for th'
most part. Blake, who officisted al
home plate, umpired very skillfully ant
impsrtislly.
r. hnla Tod scoro.