Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-06-25
A HITTING GAME.
augusta Wins from Lowell in
the Eight Inning.
up o That Point the Game Had Been
An Uphill Fight.
S'"'s' augusta, Is; Lowell. I4..The Sam.
Teams Will Play. Today.

ana strange maneuver of that
particular and very eccentric gen
tlcman. Catcher Merritt. who has a
way or carrying on spirited CONVEX
, Sation with nine or ten persons at
once and then doing cake walk be-
tween the umpire and the catcher's
box. 1t was probably from his graceful
gliding mode of tripping about the dia-
mond that Mr.. Merritt got that nick
! name. Butterfly"
But the game. From base bal,
i standpoint it was loose exhibition
and from everybody's point Of view it
was intensely exciting at times. We
were fielding slowly, the error column
was mounting up and Lowell was
rolling in scores ut an alarming pace.
when in the course Of events the eighth
inning arrived. Then the scene was
changed. Eight runs, Why. everything
was with us. Even when Jason run off
McNaiiy on third base, fortune smiled
ana blinded the eyes of the Lowell
ball tossers as they tossed the sphere
in anything but the right direction and
both McNally and Jason scored. The
boys made five hits in the eighth, one
OF which was a two-bagger. Then
Pitcher Gildea kindly gave two bases
on balls and hit Dupee with an in
shoot. All these things helped. Down
cast faces on the grand stand took on
the aspect of the street gamin who
has just found five cents. We felt
hopeful even when Lowell scored twice
in the same inning and the result was:
Augusta 15 Lowell IA.
The ninth was rather 4 nervous in
ming. Augusta has lost lots of games
when il looked like 4 cinch and when
two men We're on bases and Mr. Lat
inner promenaded to the plate with the
willow, there were fears that a tie at
least might result. But no. Latimer
went at the ball like a Trojan but Mr..
Dupee had something up his sleeve
that Mr.. Latimer didn't know about
and it was Three strikes. you're out"
And Augusta had won the first game
Of the series on the home grounds.
Both teams hammered the ball till
il was wonder that there was
n stitch left. Two aggers weren't ex-
citing enough. so a few three base hits
had to be rung in. Dupee had lots of
speed but something seemed to be the
matter with his steering apparatus at
But Mr.. Dupee is a twirler and Au-
gGsta believes in him. Lewis was tried
on first base but somehow he failed
to fill the bill. and as Nc Nally was
having trouble with Dupee's twisters.
some of which We're twisting rather
out Of bounds a change was made
Lewis took the bench. McNally went
to first and Welch took charge of Du-
PEGS chain lightning.
We must admit that the visitors
were far ahead in fielding and in gen
trail team work. They We're a snappy.
aggressive aggregation. The boys must
come around better in their fielding
if they hope to win a share of the
weeks games. Happily, though. there
is seldom an incident tending to show
that any Of the boys are playing for
a record" or trying to make grand
stand plays" Perhaps it looked lit
ia. suspiciously that way once, yes
terd3y. but with all charity we Will
wait and make sure lest judgment err.
| The game was slow in starting. The
! trouble was the fact that the Lowell
| team arrived on the 2.35 train but had
difficulty in getting what they wanted
| in the way of hotel accommodations.
| That caused the delay. Augusta VIII
| play Lowell again. this afternoon, the
game Beginning at $50. Lew Cross VIII
pitch and Welch will catch. Here's
hoping we win. The score