Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-06-20
GERAL0S. 9: VAUDEVILLE. 7.
The Home Team Loses in Ninth. Alter Having
the Visitors TO /.

The unexpected seems to happen
about every time the Geralds and Wa
tervilles come together. The game.
Yesterday, was almost as much of Il
surprise as that first 1S-inning game.
Waterville had the game right in her
pocket and it fell through a very small
hole. Up to the ninth the score stood
seven to one in favor of the home team
and then the visitors piled up seven
runs and took the game home with
them. Everything had been moving
along splendidly for Waterville up to
that time. Saunders was wearing the
same old smile that came over from
the college games. only two hits mad
been taken by the visitors and the
strike out list was Il long one. Water
Vile had been making lots of errors
but they had not been so very costly.
The Geralds We're making less but
they cost more every time. Naterville
was piling up the hits and the Geralds
couldn't get any. Russell pitched
fire game but was supported badly.
All the Gerald supporters wondered
what had got into the team for they
never saw them play so badly before.
In the ninth the tables were sudden
" turned The Geralds began to play
ball and Waterville went TO pieces. 1t
was a hurricane finish all right. and
left watcrville bewldercd and heart
sore. 1t was awful to lose the game
that way by one score. but think of the
Geralds. They went off the field about
as happy as a ball team ever dld.
There has been talk about the finish
being arranged before hand but you
can't make any of the players believe
it and the score books don't show 1t.
1t was simply case of going to pieces.
The Geralds saw a good opening for Il
ball team and fell right into it without
much ceremony.
Watervile took her first half dozen
scores on the first three innings. The
first was made on q tWO-bagSer ny
Cowing and an error by Goodrich
Four singles and double were re-
responsible for three runs in the second.
Three hits and two errors put on 4
couple more in the third. Then wa
teryiIla didn't score again until the
seventh and then on n couple of hits.
This was the very best she could do
and she didn't get another smell.
The Geralds took their first score in
the fifth inning and it was on an error
bv Flyin Allen and two-bagger by
Flood. the latter being the first hit
made by the visitors. There WASH
another until the ninth when the ava
lanche started. This is what happened
Smith was the first man up for the
inning and died easy on fly to FL
vim Allen. That looked bad. The
Geralds really didn't have much hope
of winning out but they still had n
little courage left. No matter how
things went they kept their courage
and fought the game just the same ana
il was this as much as anything that
won them the victory. Russell took
walk. He and Saunders had been haV-
ing lots of fun with each other. but
Russell had rather the best of it. hav-
ing struck out Saunders four times
in succession and once on the first
three balls pitched. Saunders had
struck out Russell once and hadn't al
lowed him a hit. So this time he al
lowed him to walk, the only time he
did it in the game for anyone. That
was real nice. Then Abbott thought he
wouldn't let Saunders Guido him IN
generosity so he let Daley go down
on an error Rice was little surprls-
ed at this sudden streak of goodness
and before he recovered he too had
made an error and Bradbury was
wearing a contented smile on first