Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-05-27
FOR l8 INNINGS
The WaterviIIes and Geralds
Face Eachother.
Score, 4 to 4, the Game Finally
Ended by Darkness
Splendid Work Of Batteries and Every Ma" q"
the Teams.

Watervillc. Me-, May 26-tSpec'ai|.
Well. say! That was Il baii sah'c
wasn't it? The cranks and the uster-
bes" were fairly crazy with excite
mcnt. Nothing like 1t had ever been
seen on the Colby field and some pretty
good teams have battlcd there In DAYS
gone by. There was nothing Ike that
lS-inring game of Saturday. one Of
the spectators said that ne WASH
kicking any when he could get two
good games for quarter ana the
otneia tnOugnt about the same.
1t was a beautiful day for the game.
In the forenoon the wc2tnef was not
50 very propitious but as the last IN
nings ot the f1igh sohooi game weie
being played old Sol pohed his head out
and stayed out until the WatcrViiie ana
Gerald teams gave II up little before
I o'clock in the evening. IL was
warm enough for the players and not
to warm for comfort on the bleachers.
There was "a very good crowd. the
leargcst probably yet seen this season
on the grounds. The bieacters were
packed, the grand stand well filed and
large number standing about the
side lines. The Gcralds brought large
crowd of supporters down irom Fair
field with them and there was all sorts
of money afluat before the game. The
word had gone out that Waterviilc had
rake6 together Il team that could just
about do the Geralds. but the latter
team was not just ready to be- done.
The rivalry between the two places
in other things has now been trans
fcrrcd To the ball teams and there are
some hot times ahead. No one expect
ed that the teams would be so evenly
matched. Everyone looked for good
game with the visitors the winners by
n small margin. The Watervilie team
has just been organized and some OF
the players had been out but a few
times for practice and IL was the first
regular game. But IL was Il scorchcr
Imagine two men pitching Is c-!ti
cal. ncrvc-racking innings without re
lief! Both Bushcy and Russell showed
the stun OF which they are made.
Neither weakened for second and the
last ball came over the plate on both
sides apparently With as much steam
as the first and just rs accurately.
Bushcy was a little wilder than his
opponent and gave three walk downs,
the only cncs in the game. but he had
"A magnificent strike out list.
Donovan. the veteran, was behind
the bat for Watcrvillc and MoBain. a
new man. for the Geralds. There was
little choice between them. Donovan
was the leader in experience and did
his work more easily and cody. Me
Lain was not much behind him. how
ever. ana played "A splendid game.
Donovan has a game finger re-
Ccived in game long ago ana this re-
ceivcd "A bad clip early in the game
that left bruised and bleeding This
alone was sufficient 10 put an ordinary
player out Of the game but not enough
for the veteran. Then a little later
while batting he received fierce foul
tip from his own bat fun in the mouth
that noorcd him as il he had been
shot. 1t ratified his whole frame. but
in a few seconds he was in position and
when he donned the mask and protcc-
tor in the next inning no difference
could he noted in his playing.
There were so many brilliant plays
that it Is difficult to pick out any for
special mention. Doc" Abbott made
a beautiful catch of hard fly that
might have meant victory for the visi-
tors. The double play was a beauty. 1t
came very near being a triple, so near
that Watervile did claim il as SUCH
but after il had been figured out it
was found to be double.
During the latter part of the game
the inen played like machines. 1t
seemed as if the ball couldn't be FUN
bled or n bad throw made. Every
thing went like clock work, inning af-
ter inning passing with only three men
coming up. The Watervilles did man
age to fill the bases once or twice but
Russell always pulled himself out Of
the hole beautifully and not a man
scored. Oh. but it was q handsome
game.
1t was Just about 2.45 when the first
bf II crossed the plate and started the
4-hour contest. The visitors took the
stick first and Daley. the first man
up, went to first on an error by Bush
cy. He sent him d nice little peppery
Sroundcr and it was stopped all right.
Eushcy, however. was too slow in re-
turning it and lost his man. Smith
came up and took a nice little single.
Goodrich struck out but had to be
thrown out at first. Bradbury got his
base on an error by Osborne. Smith
had meanwhile been caught at second
and Bradbury shared the same fate.
Only four bases. by the way. We're
stolen on Donovan and only one or,
McEain. This shows the material be-
hind the bat, for both teams has some
first-Class base runners. Daley had
been stealing two of the total Of four
bases and scored on passed ball. max
, ing the first run for the visitors. This
wasn't remarkably good inning.
Captain Haggerty headed the batting
list for the home team and went out,
Russell to Bradbury. Abbott sent out
a sky scraper to Flood. Donovan
came up next and put out pretty.
clean three bagger that made the WIS.,
itors cringe and mark him for the rest