The Republican journal., 1899-06-01
Base Ball.

The past week has been busy one for the
|. cal amateu base ball teams Last Thurs
day game was opened between nine of
| + igb School bovs and mixed nine of other
| ecal PLAYERS. Neither Of the mines was
ii ade up as they usually play and many
payers were in new positions Nobody
seemed to be in condition for good playing
and a weak game was the result. Five in
nings were played, the score standing Il to
in favor of the mixed nlne'
Friday a mixed nine from the city went
by blackboard to Alonzo Holmes farm above
Citypoint and played with nine from the
Head of the Tide, Citypolnt and vicinity.
The teams were made up as follows; Bel
fasts-H ammons, Ii; Hill, 3b; Stevens,
ri. Reed. |. f.; Hall, 1. f.; Brown, 8. 8.
Mcdonald, p: Harmon, q Deering, %. Head
of Tide--G. Holmes, p Y. Holmes, c.;
Rolerson, l. f.; Flanders 2b.; j. Holmes, lib
| F. Holmes 3b; Beckwith, m. t.. Newell, S..
Bailey, f. The game resulted in score of II
to 10 in favor of the Head of the Tide nine
Saturday there were two games between
| Belfast and Camden players, one at each
place The High school nine went to Cam
den and played the High school OF that
place, and the Juniors of Belfast were met
on the Congress street grounds Saturday
afternoon by nine from Camden, who
| came up by blackboard There was good
attendance of spectators The visitors went
TO bat first and made three runs by their
rst three men. The next three men, how
ever went out in quick succession, all vic
tins of Belfast's third basemen. The visit
ors scored no more until the sixth inning,
when they got in >. The Belfasts made in
the first inning, IN the second and in the
ninth: total score: Belfast 81 Camden s.
Following are the players and their positions
Belfast-F Johnson, q; g. Darby, h. :;
Berry, 3b H. Patterson, C. f.. Mason. |, f, :;
Shute, 2b. B. Darby, S.. W. Johnson r f. :;
l. Patterson, p Camden-Prescott c. ::
Ogier, 1b. knowlten r. f.. Ames, 2b Con.
ant, p; Eldbrige, So Barlow, 3D.; Tibbetts,
|. f. Parker, c. f.
The Belfast High School game with the
Camden High School Saturday resulted in a
victory for the Camden team by score of /
to 10 The players went to Camden by a
special trip Of steamer Castine, and were ac-
companied by a goodly number of friends,
including several young ladies' The players
and their positions We're follows: Belfast
Mcclellan. Oh. j Holmes, ID; Wood, s. s.
Frisbee, T. f McDonald p., Flanders. 3b.
Harmon, q, F. Holmes, /. II; Fernald, .. f.
Camden-Cooper, G.. Martin, 5. s. Andrews
lb.; Sides, 2b.; Wentworth, 3b; Watson. G.
f.; Gill, T. f.: Wadsworth, |, f.; Howe, p
Following IS the score by innings
: Total
Camden. .....2 D 0 8 3-ll
Two-base hits We're made by Andrews and
Wood three-base hit by Watson; single base
hit by Sides Wentworth, co. Wadswortb
(2); Mcclellan, (2); Frisbee, (2): Mcdonald
(2); Flanders, ~ f. Holmes ana Fernald
The Camdens struck ont times and tile Bel
tasts, t.
After the game the visitors We're given {
reception and dance by the Camden bows
Our boys and the friends who accompanied
them speak in the highest terms of the treat
ment accorded them by the Camden people
Owing to other engagements of the steamer
they did not leave Camden until a late hou
and arrived home shortly after midnight
Two games were played on the Congress
street grounds Memorial day, the play bein!
suspended during the afternoon Memoria
services. There the largest attendanc,
seen at base ball game in Belfast for a lon.
time, The visitors, the Seminary nine o
Bucksport, came by steamer NJ x NJ. anC
returned in the evening by buck boards from
the Belfast Livery CO. The Belfast boys
speak in the hgest terms of the gentlemanly
behavior and fair playing of their oppone nts
Following is the score of the two games