Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-06-20


The crowd seemed to be all Gerald sup
porters about then and We're wild with
excitement. IL looked like an 1S-in-
ming game or any old thing.
Flood evidently thought il n moor
time to look Tor any indulgencies with
the bases fun, so he looked out for
No. by taking pretty single. The
the scores began to come in The ava
lanche had started The Waterville
team was rapidly going under and the
Gerald men We're fairly crazy. Wright
got his base while some fierce but in
effective throwing was being done.
There wasn't anyone on the bases then
that Waterville didn't try to catch and
failed. This was all very pretty but it
cost scores. BY the time Goodrich
faced Saunders Waterville was pretty
thoroughly demoralized. He first took
on an error by Rice, second on one by
Elmer Allen and got home with q
score on an error by Cowing.
WEIGH put one out to left field that
everyone thought Allen would drop and
keep in line with his mates. but he
didn't, and the second man was gone.
And still the scores came in. Forest AL
len came up and took single 1t
came just in the right time. More
scores Whew! but didn't they come
fast. Smith, the second time up in the
inning, took hit. Russell came next
but Saunders didn't feel generous
toward him any more, so he gave him
one that didn't get by Buck and killed
Russell at first. This closed the inning.
When the scores were reckOned there
was Just one too good for the Geralds,
seven being made in this inning. Then
didn't the visitors feel good. But they
had reason to after pulling game out
Of the fire in that style. But still there
was some work to do for Waterville
had one more chance.
With but one score to the good and
Abbott at the bat the game wasn't
won by any means. But Doc" struck
out Yes, he did. OF course he felt bad
about it but he really couldn't help it.
Russell TO blame and he alone.
Then Haggerty came up. lie can us
ually be expected to crawl out of a
small hole in a game by some unex-
pected tactics. But no one could guess
whether he would bunt take the ball
in the ribs or stand right up and bang
it out over the fence somewhere. OF
course he didn't do any of these things.
He put out an easy one in the direction
Of third that was a cross between q
fair and a foul ball. Haggerty himself
didn't know just what it was. He
stopped to think it over but the umpire
called it a fair ball and he just missed
losing his head at first. A good many
did think it was out but perhaps some
allowance was made for the way he
had been fooled. Things didn't look so
very bright for the visitors.
Rice took his base on an error by
Daley. Everyone thought the game was
lost right there, but it wasn't. There
was little short fellow out in right
field with yellow hair and voice like
IL fog horn that has been showing EN-
in the New England League just how
they play ball in Fairfield. Cowing ev-
ide ntly thought he was talking too
much for his own good and ought to
have something to do to keep him
quiet. We gods of war. but he up and
did it all right. CowinS put out fly
to him that ought to have been good
for hit but it resulted in a double
play. Cowins will let him talk next
time before he gives him something to
do to keep him quiet. That fly landed
il his nit all right and Haggerty
! thought he was out of range at second
but he wasn't Allen and Goodrich nail
ed him solid almost before he realized
that the bail had been caught. That
ended the game and the Geralds still
had that one score. 1t will be gold
plated and added to the decorations of
the Gerald dining room in Fairfield.