Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-05-04
C0NY HIGH LOST.
nome Team 10, Freeport 10, In an
Interesting Game.
0o'' VIII Play "cstbrOos High In Augusta. a,
P. a.. To-Day.

''ie u!anond and blew n hurrica no
'hfo"gn the grand stand. chilling the
pcctatorS TO the bone. 1t was cold opd
we crowd was rather small but II was
'a'se gathering considering the
weather. and good part of them
we're young ladies' from the Cony High
S'nooi VINO had come to cheer their
'cAm on to victory but who were SADLY
disappointed. although at times it
looNeG rs though their hopes were to
DC realized. Cony lost and Freeport
won, and although the size of the score
may not indicate it. and the weather
was of the regular foot ball type it was
an interesting game, now one side in
thc lead, then the other: a great many
brilliant plays. and alas, 4 great many
poor ones.
The Augusta boys easily kept the
lead until the seventh inning, when the
Freeport boys made nine runs. making
their team five points ahead. Cony
made it up. however. and tied the
score in their half of the inning. The
next two innings Freeport made six
scores and Cony was unable to cross
the plate. and lost the game by Il score
of ~ to II. 1t was TIE second game of
the league series that Cony has PLAYED
and the boys hoped to win. but the
fates were against her and the teams
present record is one game won from
Gardiner and one lost TO Freeport. The
third league game Of the season will
be played. today. At > p. NJ. Cony will
cross bats with the team from West
brook. and if the boys don't win back
all tNnN lac- /, N,til
their fault. Visitors to the Augusta
driving park. this afternoon. may cN-
pect To see hot game OF ball.
The Frecport boys are heavy hittrrs
and batted out y hits with a total Of
%. yesterday. Coombs. the visitors
pitcher, pitched star game and was a
great obstacle III the path of the An
2Gsta boys, who We're able to make but
clean hits with a total Of 10 of his
delivery. The Cony team. however. far
cxcel!ed the visitors in fielding. max
ing but four errors to Freeport's y.
1t was the boys clean fielding that
saved them from worse defeat.
Royal was the first man at the bat
for Freeport and was quickly put out
Of the race by Johnson. who captured
his easy grounGer and threw him out
al first. +. g. Mitchell made Il pretty
hit. Dcnnisun was out on foul fly
and NJ. Cushing made Il mistake and
sent a sky-scraper out to BitheT. who
isn't mufIing flies nowadays. This
looked we'll for n starter and Cony
came to the bat with smiling faces.
Craig got a base on balls. Bithcr cut
three holes in the wind but as the
Freeport catcher dropped the ball and
than juggled il for few minutes
Ccry's left fielder was unkind enough
to take first. Kinsman hadn't got
warmed III as yet and couldn't CON
rect with the ban and retired. Hanson
got 4 hit ana Craig came across the
plate amid cheers Of the supporters.
Bth-r wanted TO follow Craig but was
thrown out at the plate. Gordon reach
cd first on an error by f. Mitchell and
then Cory touched up Freepcrt's pitch
81 for two bases This disconnected
Coombs somewhat. and he threw in
wild one that never stopped until it
struck the grand stand. Gordon and
Cory scored. Williams struck out and
the first inning was over with the score
/ TO III Cony's favor.
BY a combination of i'll luck and two
errors Freeport scored n run in the
second. but COny added three to her
record. making the score : TO l. Things
were looking bright for the Augusta
bows. During the next three innings
Cony did not scOre and F'reeport ad-
ded three more scores to her credit,
making the score to I. In the sixth.
conv scored once and Freeport was
shut out and then came the seventh.
In this unlucky inning. Freeport did
some tremendous batting. making six
clean. hard hits. This. combined with
three errors by Augusta and some good
base running. netted the visitors nine
runs. Cony came to the bat determined
to make IN TIE loss and succeeded. The
visitors seemed to be dazed by their
successs. and although Hanson was
;he only man to hit safe in the inning,
,rair errors and good judgment by the
home team gave Cony five runs Tying
the score.
Excitement reigned supreme, ana
eyerybodv forgot the wind was blow
ir.. 20 miles an hour. more or less. ana
the temperature was dangerously near
the freezing point
Curtis was the first man up for Free
mort in the eighth. and he made clean
hit CetcheII did the same and the as
meet was not so rosy for Cony. Libby
waited for four balls and walked. Ihe
hases were now full and no one was
ont. ROYAL was out on q fly to hlhs-
man +. Getchell made n hit. scoring
Curtis and Getchcll. DenniSon then hit
s.fo for two bases and Libby trotted
home. Dennison was not SATISFIED With
h;s two bases. however, and was put
ont Bther to Small. NJ. cushing
stonned the agony by striking out
/ Conv made desperate attempts 70
score in this inning but failed Coombs.
the tall. lank pitcher Of the Cumber-
,and county boys. was Cony's Nemesis.
IL did not look in the least worried;
10 didn't even chew gum as all cool
hasa ball players are supposed TO 90.
H.. nJanted his right foot on the rubber
I ord cent in curves galore. They We're
: a,,,vas too: the quick. jerky kind that
icons the batsman guessing ana dodg-
! - k;nsman got handsome two
,,arga, but 1t was all up. Cony did
/ 80 score either in this inning or the
,,i,tb when Freeport got three runs
Tha came closed with the score OF ~ to
! II in Freeport's favor.
, number of Gardiner High school
s,rdants were interested spectators at