Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-09-17
FAIRFIELD.
GERAlDS DEFEAT VOLUNTEERS.
Lewiston Team Loses Good Game BY Score Of
Eight 10 Four.

/ The Gcralls defeated the Volunteers
/ # Lewiston on The Driving Park
grounds. Saturday afternoon. in a very
, interesting game n.y. a score W tj q.
! Several changes were made IN the
! makeup Of the home team. Captain
I Aiken fJr the fist time VII thu hum.
grounds, was not IN the game H was
On the field in uniform. however. and
4 directed the play of his team. McGuy-
( ern ana Lcahy. who have been play
ing in the last Few games. were Ie-
\ placed by Sutton ana Macklin. the fur-
Z mer at left field ana the latter behind
/ the bat Saunders. CoIbys crack
\ pitcher of last season. covered second
! base and was ready 10 go into the box
/ if there was any need Russell proved
\ tp be an that was needed for thu visit
tors, however. ana Saunders put Up a
/ fine game al second. f. Allen. am
other Colby player. played at short
| stop. The remainder Of the team was
as usual
| The visitors started the BAH rolling
Ihy getting three runs in the first in
lining on three hits, base on balls and
/ an error 1t Is popularity and often
| a very deceptive one for Russeu's OPP
/ ponents that he is not in his usual
| form during the first inning Or two.
Just when they are beginning to think
he is easy he suddenly becomes Very
puzzling ana difficult ID hit II was
50. Saturday. ana after the first in
ming the visitors could get only one
score. being Shut out in every other
inning. The visitors found the ball an
right, but We're unable 20 place it safe
Is and their hits We're for the most
part worthless.
There was some Very pretty ball
playing scattered through the game
The double play made by the Geralds
was a beauty. Il was in the second
inning and whitman. the first man up
had reached first on single. Joyce
the second man up had flied out to L.
Allen. Boardman. the third man,
knocked red hot grounder to Russell
that kissed his glove with a mighty
smack. II stuck just long enough for
his right hand to close in on it and
was then passed on to Saunders at
second. William was within two feet
of second when the ball got there. and
BOaTdman was even nearer. but il was
done 50 quickly that the crowd did not
realize what had happened until the
GeraldS began 70 come in from the
field III was a Very clean. snappy
play with not a fraction Of a second
to spare anywhere.
The visitors played beautiful bail In
the fourth. Bradbury was the first
man UP and put out a hot grOunder to
third which was passed over to first
before he arrived. Macklin thought ne
would Try the same thing on the center
base, but was caught just a. neatly.
Flood thought that if the bases We're
inVulnerable there must be a hole
somewhere between them ana drove q
not one to short stop. but the ban was
waiting for him at first when he got
there The hits We're all short, fierce
drives, but they Mere picked up cleanly
ard thrown hard. 1t was a handsome
inning
The visitors saw their finish in the
seventh inning. Their playing fell off
in the sixth, but in the seventh they
came near going to pieces and the re-
suit was three scores. Only three men
came to the bat for the Geralds in the
eighth. but their lead was too large
To be overcome in one inning. and the
game passed out Of sight Of the visi-
tors after the seventh. The following
is the score: