Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-06-04

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four games played.
Standing of the Oxford County Pre-
paratory School League at the close o
the series of games:
Played. Won. Lost. chi
ss:;s si AT ga SCHOOL, 6
| The High School team retrieved it
reputation on Memorial Day at Mechanic
Falls by defeating the town team from
that place in a close game where errors
were scarce and runs scarcer. Phe tina
score was to 2 and if the High School,
boys had played such ball all the season
the other teams in the Oxford County
Preparatory School League would moi
have had even a chance at the pennant.
Although the grounds were somewhat
moist, the fielding was clean and sharp
and there were no cases OF 'rattles."
C. G.. Curtis umpired in way that
was eminently satisfactory to both
teams.
Fifield pitched five innings and kept
the hits well scattered except in one in
ming. but in that one he shut out the
opponents with only one run by watch
ing the bases closely.
Parlin pitched the last four innings
and struck out six men. He practically
won the game in the Sth, when he struck
out 3 men and held man at third and a
man at second.
But the star of the home team was
certainly Capt. Fletcher, with three hits,
one for two bases, three stolen bases and
a number of difficult stops behind the
bat he contributed not little towards
keeping down the score of the Mechanic
Falls team, and made two out Of the
three runs for the home team.
Dwinal, the left-handed pitcher of the
Mechanic Falls team, is only Junior in
the high school there, but is steady,
careful pitcher and struck out eleven of
the South Paris boys and held them
down to seven hits while Mechanic Falls
made twelve.
The following is the story of the game
which opened with our boys at bat.
Briggs fouled out to the catcher. Fetch
er got hit and went to 3rd on a wild
throw. Bonney scored him with a hit.
Stanley Wheeler went out on a fly to
Alton Wheeler, and McArdle struck out.
For Mechanic Falls Harmon hit the first
ball safely, and stole second. Cole
struck out. Wheeler and Wood were
put out at first by splendid assists by
Cole. Score to 0.
In the fourth Mechanic Falls batted in
one run and would have netted more if
South Paris had not played good ball in
the infield.
In the fifth Cole scored the second run
for Paris after he had made hit and
stolen End and 3rd. Score Paris 2, Me-
chanic Falls /.
In the eighth Fletcher scored on Bon
ney's sacrifice after having himself made
a two-base bit. Score Paris 8, Mechanic
Falls l.
Mechanic Falls faced Parlin in the
eighth inning with the head of her bat
ting list and the crowd called for the
runs. Cole secured clean
single and took long lead for second.
A. Wheeler caught an in-shoot on the
elbow and advanced Cole to second. To
even matters up Parlin threw to first and
the baseman failing to see the ball let it
60 under, and in the general mix-up
Cole went to third. Wheeler stole
second. The crowd thought this was
the opportunity to win and the two run
ners paved sand over near third base,
with the best three hitters coming to
bat and nobody out. Parlin took knot
out of that south-paw of his, and slowly
but surely Mechanic Falls died, as the
heavy hitters went out on strikes one,
Az ho
the runs that never came.
In the 9th, McArdle drew base on
balls and stole second and it looked like
more runs for Paris. But Dwinal struck
out Shaw; Parlin flied out to Wheeler
and Fifield gave the pitcher an easy
grounder.
When Mechanic Falls came to bat for
the last time, the crowd was bound to
win and they rooted hard. But Fifield
in hot liner in right field from
a left handed hitter and dampened the
bit. Then Walker got a
hit and stole second and third, while it
appeared as if the yelling was telling on
the high school boys and when Dwinal
came up and sent hard low one to Shaw
and he muffed it the crowd was sure OF
victory as Walker scored and Dwinal
stole Srd. The heavy hitters were next
up and Parlin faced hard proposition
but did it satisfactorily by striking out
the next man. Then Briggs closed the
game by putting out E. Cole at LIST base.
Score to-.
The Mechanic Falls people were so
we'll satisfied with the game and pleased
with the gentlemanly demeanor OF the
Paris boys that they insisted on having
them 90 there for another game in the
near future.
1t was an excellent game to watch and
was entirely free from kicking or i'll
feeling on either side.
Following is the score: