Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-13
CARIBOU. 9: WATeRvlLlE, I.
Aroostook Team No. 2 Wins Good Fast Game
by Heavy Hitting.

Wen. Caribou won but the game wa
not 50 bad after All. The visitors started
in once or twice for a merry round
that would pile up a score something Ike
that made against ola Town. Saturday.
but IL didn't work with Waterville. The
team stayed on the ground all the time
and mad. the visitors work hard for their
runs TheS, wcr, made mostly on hitting.
Parker pitched good game but he Wis
itors found him occasionally and when
they did they had no mercy. Til. drives
went ont in AN directions ana the outiield
had some pretty hot work At times. This
is the strong point with both Houlton ANA
Caribou. Aside from this there is no vcrs
great difference b,twcen those teams ana
Waterville. Watrrvilr perhaps. doesnt
use SO much sna;, and good Judgment in
fielding long drives, but sh" is capable II
just as good playing. The visitors hit
hard and punched their hits in two inn
ings. Yesterday ana pulled ont SIX scores.
three in each inning. This Was in thr
second and fourth In thu former there
Mere two doubles ana Two singles ana IN
the latter four singles. This accounts for
the large score. With these two innings
taken ont the scor, would have been three
to one.
Watervi!le took her one run in the first
inning The visitors had first Try at the
bat and We're retired in regular order
Waterville started in with lots OF ginger
and Charlton set the people thinking by
taking double II. first inning. Then
| Haggeriy sacrificed and showed him
| around to third. An error By McCarty
gave Mcconnell first ana scored charl-
! ton. Kelley went out. McCarty to Have!
| The visitors evidently discovered about
this time that they were not up against
an easy proposition and began to put OF
| steam. They began to hook for Park, y
and they found him. Rogers started the
| inning with "a single. Bucknam followed
with a double ana scored Rogers An at
| tempt to catch Rogers at the plate PAT
| Buchanan on third. Then McCarty fo,-
! lowed with single and scored Buchanan
| harrington died on a fly To Kelley and
| Clay was out on a scratch hit. King to
| Kelley Then Eddie Rice came mp and
| pounded out double i'll the good ola
| fashioned way that he learned Al Colby.
| This scored McCarty. clayson put out "a
| fly over by the piazza Of the house that
| everyone thought would 60 for Il strike
| But Kelley started after il despite the
| warnings and pulled il ont Of the bushe.i
| like a dog after a woodchuck. 1t was Il
| handsome catch under great difficulties.
That closed the inning and put the visit
! ors two ahead.
| This was holding en- all right and the
| crowd was giving Watervilic the glad
| hand. The usual crowd over ON the roof
| Of the Maine Central storehuuse was yag-
| ging for the visitors, but it was all on ac-
| count of a bit of canvas This roof al
| fords some of the best seats on the
grounds and it is all free, as il is outsid
| the fence. 1t has always been loaded to
/ its full capacity and the Tagging from
| that corner has always been lively. A
wide strip Of canvas was stretched along
| the top Of the fence, yesterday. but it
| was not quite wide enough. 50 the roof
party could see by standing. Hence
/ while the crowd inside yelled for Water
| vile, that outside yelled for the visitors