Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-05-24
u. OF MAINE WINS.
Takes Game from Colby in the
Eighth and Ninth.
Colby Had Held Visitors to That Point
Without a Score.
5LTJFk.
Then Heavy Hitting and Good Base Cunning
Captured The Game.


should lose the game to IT, Of NJ. in
the last two innings by a margin Of
four. There is no kick coming, for
Colby has only herself to blame for the
defeat. She had the game all housed
and then let it steal away from her like
/ thief in the night from out the back
WoOdshed door. There were no flies
muffed this time and no one interfer-
red with Saunders in his delivery of
| the ball He twisted his legs and
waved his arms as he pleased and no
| one said him nay
1t was beautiful day. The goods
could appear in their prettiest shirt
waists and sit on their wraps in the
blcachers for all Old Prob cared. A
gentle little breeze lifted the Colby col
ors here and there in the grand stand
and was like Il cooling draught to Il
| thirsty man when Colby began to give
| the game away in fee simple. The dia-
mond had been rolled ana groomrd
until it was in the best possible condi-
| ton and it was not too hot for the
spectators or too cool for the players.
| Even the scorers den was comfortable.
Things went along With a good COM
| Portable jog unity the eighth inning
| colby had piled up three scores and the
| boy had put them down good and large
on the board with nice fresh looking
goose eggs for the visitors. The goods
We're getting the best explanations Of
| the national game from their escorts
in the grand stand that they ever had
for there was not much to attract at
| tontion. 1t was good. clean snappy
| ball and very pleasing to watch. Occa-
! sionally 4 form would loom up against
! he blue sky that topped the Winslpw
| hills ana SIT the bleechers in roar
| but there was really nothing to cheer
! for until Colby got her runs and after
| that-well there was enough to cheer
| for in one sense. but somehow Colby
did not feel just like making much
noise. She felt more like keeping the
silent hush Of funeral and every time
| 4 spiked shoe Of 4 t. If NJ. player
scratched the home plate il sounded
to the blue and the gray like 4 shovel
Of dirt on her coffin.
Oh yes, it was a good game but it
would have been better if that sensa-
tional finish had been on the other
| side Of the house. There was sand in
| the lubricating fluid somewhere or at
| least that's the way it looks to Colby.
| Probably the boys from the Penobscot
think things went about right but they
didn't. II may have been in Saunders
| left arm or it might have been in the
| little bits Of ash that the visitors
welded. but at any rate something
dropped in the last half Of the game
and Colby is still thinking. 1t was
simply a biff and q bang. The base
hits came 50 fast along the last of 1T
| that it sounded like a GattlInS gun
| The visitors were not slow in taking
their cue and every crack meant hit
and almost every hit meant score
and the final meaning Of it All was a
defeat for Sans favOrites. We'll, Col
| by got it where the hangman' knot
draws the tightest and this is the way
| it was done:
|. of NJ had their first try at the
bat and the first man up struck out
This was 4 good beginning, and the
second man up went out on NY 10
center field. The next man. Carr, fol-
lowed suit and the side went - hein
That was easy for Colby. saunders.
the first man up for Colby. got n base
on balls and smiled his same old smile
~ he walked down Cushman torEot
himself and three good ones had pass
"a him before he remembered, and 81
he went quietly to the bench without
taking any violent exercise. NeWen-
ham popped ny out to second base
and hudson put one in the hands OF
right ncld. This was easy for the Nlsl-
tors.
clark. the first man up FIR the visi-
tors. in the first Of the second, simply
gave Saunders and Hudson q little
4, ,uflr. Chase ala the very same
thirt- without even an ''if you please,
hi webb. the third man. varied the
program a little by putting his ball to
second base. but he was easily cared
FOR. All easy. 50 far.
Rice. the next man up for CODY |
made the first hit Of the game. II" |
spoiled it. however. little later pS
,ttanrtinc to slide home and going |
out through the efforts of pitcher anu |
catcher of the visitors. league went |
ant II first through the unaided thoflS
nf Dorticos at first. Upper got hit |
ana stole second. but Allen evidently |
thought that his thieving IN pensitleS |
ought to he Stepneu oIl, ~ INT y 49,
easy. wasn't it?
Dorticos came right in from first in
the first Of the third ana took the BAT |
for good fair try for hit. The bali.
however. went up into the air and fell
light into the hands Of league.
Holmes thought he W 3uld try the same |
game on the other corner Of the field.
but Cushman was watching him and |
landed his fly nicely. The visiting
Cushman saw that there was good
sunpIv of tangle foot for flies in the !
field. u pounded out grounder t.
Allen. who passed it along to Hudson
and got his man. Still easy. you see. |
pike had the next whack at the bat /
and got single. He was caught now
ever. little later in an attempt to
steal second Saunders could not solve