Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-08-06
WATERVILLE.
GERAlDS AGAIN WIN.
Defeat North Ends Of Waterv;lIc by Score Of
20 TO 8.

The league players which the North
Ends of Waterville brought into the
game with them here. Saturday after
noon, had no terrors for the Geralds and
they won the game by a score of 20 to s.
In justice to the North Ends il ought to
he said that they have had no practice
at all and went into the game without
ever playing together before. There were
some very good players but the team was
handicapped by the lack of practice
Bushey, formerly of the New Londoa
team, was in the box for the visitors but
was pounded without mercy. His arm
was in bad shape, however. and he was
unable to put any great speed into the
ban or control ii easily.
In the fifth inning. Deputy Marsha
Simpson. who was playing third base for
the visitors. made handsome stop. 1t
was a rcdhot groundcr going like Mau-
ser bullat. but the third baseman was
looking for that kind and scooped It very
neatly. catching, hts man at first. No one
thought that he would he able TO DO IL.
as he was almost thrown or his feet, and
when he did he received applause from
both the spectators and Geralds.
A feature Of the game was the scnsa-
tional base stealing by Smith. the third
baseman of the Geralds. In the seventh
he got his first on an error. II WAS "A
close call but he got there. He was TAX
ing some daring chances in playing off
when Bushey threw the bali with all the
speed of "A Lacquer. thinking to catch him
mapping. Instead of returning to first.
however, the runner made a dash for sec
ond and was rewarded for his holiness
by getting his base safely. lie took more
chances off second and another attempt
was made to catch him. The ball was
thrown To Simpson. who held it all right.
but stood in the path of the runner and
was bowled over. The visitors showed
themselves to be gentlemen by not OBJ
jecting to this. for. although it was fair.
there was good chance for Kick. Be
fore the ball could be recovered Smith
had scored. Allen of the Gcralds who Is
considered a pretty safe batter. struck
out in the fifth and then flied out TO Simp-
son in the sixth. He retrieved himself in
the seventh. however, by getting a three
Dagger OFF Bushey. The fielders depended
a little too much on the Lacquer and
played well in, 50 that Aliens fly. which
a
two-bagger. went far over their heads
ana he had reached third before ne could
tie stopped.
An amusing thing happened in the sew
enth. which by the way was a fatal one
in this game as in many Of the others
played by the Geralds, seven scores being
run in. Flood was trying for steal to
second when Donovan, to catch him,
threw the ban to Bushcy. The pitcher
however, expected that the bail was go
ing over his head TO second and turned
around to see how it landed. when he got
it squarely between the shoulders.
The game on the whole was rather slow
and little one-sided. The visitors played
clean game, free from kicking and
those who saw them defeated would like
to have them play the GeraIds another
game after they have practiced bit and
got into shape. There is the material fo.
a good team in the North Ends and with
a little work it can give most any of the
local teams a good run for their money.
The score: