Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-05-16
COLBY, ID; BATES, |.
An UnmercifuI Trouncing Given
Latter at WatervilIe.
Easy Victory for WaterviI!ians Over
Their Old Time Rivals.
C0lbys Hi.iiag ani Bates Errors Tell the
Whole Story.

Watervlle. Me-. May 15.-(Spec!aD.-
| 1t was n beautiful day for the game
just about right for both players and
/ spectators. 1t was the first college game
OF the season and everyone wanted to
see it and a good many did. The Bates
men in their nice rcd suits We're 4 con-
aDic uoua feature OF the landscape along
| College avenue, and then there We're
| the co-eds going to the game. all alone,
all alone. Only one Colby man presum-
ed 10 disobey the mandate and escort
| his lady fair to the fame and to sit
with her in the grand stand. All tine
| other boys were on the bleachers yell
ing themselves hoarse. But he was only
| q freshman and he will do better, by
and by. After the game he was given n
little razoo that win no doubt put him
| on the bleachers, next game. The boys
i really have no objections to anyone
sscoTting a young lady to the games
| but they do think that IL is about time
Colby ceased 10 be downed in the
cheering on her own grounds by the
| visiting teams. So they disciplined the
freshman.
On. dcary ne. but il was an awful
| drubbing that Bates received. 1t re
minded one of the days Of old when
Colby was we'll nigh invincible on the
| diamond. Saunders was in the box with
| his same old smile and he had lots of
| opportunity for using it. All the Bates
| men could do was 10 take four hits
and only two red suits got to second!
| In ~ ,binl nf that Nine rood innirvs
| and only two men as far as second.
| And didn't Colby do il beautifully, No
| groundcr was too hot and no fly too
| high to be scooped. There We're run
| ming catches and hippodrome base
running. Colby was in the game with
brain and muscle every minute. If Col
by wasn't possessed Of n very strong
Republican sentiment she would have
| made it IG To /. but really that would
have been too Democratic, so she just
let it 90 Mt Il to !. The first time that
things mixed up Bates showed signs
of going to pieces and that was Colby's
chance. After that. whenever there was
an opportunity the Ratcs men were
kept busy looking for gray suits all
over the diamond.
| Saunders pitched n beautiful game
and was well supported by GOWNS.
| When he wanted to lie could let them
hit 'em, and be pretty sure that they
would fail in q glove somewhere. Cow
ing. by the way. made 4 great batting
record for the game, getting four hits
out of five times ut the bat. The only
| error was made by league and il was
excusable, as he had II chances and
| lots of them hard ones. He played his
position in fine style and the error was
just a bit of hard luck. BY the way.
Colby broke the hoodoo in fine style.
Luck was with her every minute.
| The game started with Colby at the
bat. Rice, the first man up. surprised
himself and everyone else by striking
out. TOwne was puZzling at first, but
I when the Colby team found him they
| had no mercy and pounded him about
To death Saunders put a nice little one
| to Towne. that put him out at first.
! Ncwenila m flied out to center field. AL
| len came mp first for Bates and put
a nice long fly right into Meserve's
paws. Smith got a hit and that's worth
mention, because they will be SO scarce
later on. Store went down on that err
ror made by league. Clayson put one
Ito second that got 10 first ahead Of him.
Dean struck out. Smith had scored the
| only score and Bates took a hitch in
Iher trousers and prepared to fight it
out. Colby was wrathy. A hit, error
and score right at the beginning was
not what she was looking for, and not
the kind Of playing that would win.
| She remembered OrOnO and wasn't go
| ing to Ne caught mapping again. Bates
II. Colby 0. Hot, snappy inning.
! Towne was fresh and smiling as he
ilat himself out a bit. Meserve. usually
| n safe hitter, struck out. Cowing got
Il hit and stole second. league struck
Ou: and Pike did likewise. Colby was
not doing very well. Saunders had that
little smile with him when he entered
| the box for the last of the second and
it was pretty near broad grin when
he left it. for he struck three men out
in quick succession. Oh, it was pretty
work and made the bleachers howl. The
men were Buchanan. Munro and Maerz,
and they went down. chuck. chuck ker-
chunk. Colby was doing better
| Towne thought Saunders did 4 pretty
good Job so he started to initiate it.
| He did manage to puzzle Allen enough
to strike him out but Leighton went
down on al eIIOI IistuS Il SPiShu'A
| dash to second. 1t was a pretty slide
and anded him safe. Rice pounded out
n big fly to center and put him out at
the hands of Smith. Saunders got hit
hut Newenham struck out. Stone failed
TO hold the last ball but threw his
man out at fiji st. Leighton scored, max
ing the totals a tie. Colby was warming
m bit. Bates didn't like the way she
was used in the last inning but she
couldn't better ii much in the next. She
did manage to hit the ball for Saun-
ders didn't choose to do all the work.
He had fielders and knew when to use
Them. So he let 'em hit it. Towne put
a nv TO third base. Allen put ground
or to Saunders and was out at first
Smith put a nice high one right into
Saunders pocket, or at least the Colby
pitcher said that was where he had 1t.
Two of Bates eight goose eggs laid.
Colby was gradually hitting up the
mace but she wasn't fairly under way
vet. She had been making study of
Towne's peculiarities and began to
touch him UP bit in her half of the
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