Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-25
C0LBY,5; B0WD0|N,4.
Colby Opens League Season at
Home With a Victory.
Game Nip and Tuck Throughout, and
Won Out in Ninth.
Some Phenomenal Plays-CoIby Students
Properly Celebrate Victory

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All Waterville joined in celebrating
the victory Of the Colby base ball nine.
over Bowdoin, yesterday afternoon. No
sooner had Dearborn crossed the home
plate, bringing i'll the winning run
then the men piled out of the bleachers
and before the crowd had fairly left
the field the footing of tin horns. ming
ling with the sound of the chapel bell
told the story that the opening of the
College League games in this city had
been suspicious for the home team.
BY the time the men had gone onto
the field to practice the bIeachers and
grand stand were filled and in every
tree and freight car near the campus
We're people trying to see the first real
game of the season.
Bowdoin was first at the bat and af-
ter taking the lead held it until the
sixth inning. In fact up to that time
BoWdoin had things all her own way.
Costly errors by the visitors in this in
ming through the mines temporarily
going to pieces gave the home team
several runs. In the eighth. inning
Colby scored runs enough 10 tie the
game and Dearborn brought in the
winning run on sacrifice hit Of Hud-
son.
BoWdoin was first at the bat Green
law took his base on balls. went to sec
ond on a passed ball. ana to third on
Wignot's base hit Pratt struck out
and while A. Clark was thrown out at
first scored. Newenham had a passed
BAH after Wignot had stolen second
and while A. Clark was going down to
first he crossed the home plate ana
scored. w. +. Clark went out at first
Webb gathering in the grounder after
rolling over and over and landing it at
first in time to nail his man
Colby went out in one. two, three or
der not a single man reaching first.
The second inning was a repetition
of tn" first in good playing. Bowdoin
not being able to score and not a man
passed beyond first base For Colby
Rice led off with three base hit and
when Haggerty knocked an easy liner
out to second. he scored the first run
for Colby.
In the third inning WiEnot. who was
first at bat. hit safely to left. and
soon stole second Pratt struck out
ana when A. CLARK hit out to the in
field. Pratt went to third and came in
on w. Il. Clarks hit In the mean
time 4. Clark had gone to third and
when Haskell put little easy one in
To the infield, he scored.
Colby could not score in this inning
nor did she score again until the sixth
Then Dearborn led off by striking out.
Topper went to first on being hit by
pitched bah and Hudson. who had
taken Haggerty's place on account of
being Il stronger batter. touched a lit
tie one out into the vicinity of the
pitchers box. Fogg raped a hard one
out into the right field and W. b.
Clark threw wild to first. While Tup-
per was circling the bases Fogg Went
TO first. An attempt was made to
catch Hudson al second and in the |
meantime Topper was streaking it for
third. \ wild throw to third let Tup- |
per in and Fogg had scored before the |
visitors recovered from their bad case |
of rattle
With the score in this state Hudson |
replaced Haggerty at first, being a bet !
ter batter. and in fact one of the |
strongest in the college.
Bowdoin went out in one. two three |
order and Colby could not land a man
beyond third in the seventh. In this |
inning. Dearborn. with one man on
bases, hit to third so sharply that the
guardian of that bag could not hold it.
but Topper went out TO Pratt on a
grounder. and Fogg and Webb al
though they hit the bail, We're out on
flies.
In the eighth. Nottingham went to
first on a drive into center field, so hot
that pierson could not hold ii. and
brought in the score that tied the game
IN Eiudson's two-base hit, having stol-
IN second.
With the score tied. Bowdoin went to
he bat and flew out to Allen who was
putting up a star game in left field.
Pratt tried a hot one out into the cen
er field which Upper was covering for
all there was in it and A. Clark drop
BED a little one out into the neighbor-
hood of Rice at third and Bowdoin lost
nope of winning the game by shutting
Colby out in the latter part Of the
linth.
With the score tied in the latter part
# the ninth, Dearborn went to first on
MS hit and Topper sent him down to
second ana around to third on his hit.
Togg flied out to Pierson in center
ield hut no sooner had the latter made
lis preparations to he rid of the ball {
~ starting it toward the plate, than ]
Tupper was down the stretch toward
home and scored the winning run of !
he game.
No soon had Upper scored his run I
han the crowd piled out of the bleach I
RS and the game was over. Colby being i
'ictorious in the first league game on
he home grounds ~
The score:
BOWDOIN.