Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-05-21

o"e ne wanted and gave Haycrh;l,..
,c'' iiclder chase while he easily tool
n.'t pasc. The ball WIS returned pret.
~ outck. however. and Moran. who
"a' trying to take home, was thrown
o"' at the plate by n narrow margin
C"hroy struck out. Augusta was one
""ead ana everybody felt hopcful for
.nc poSs were putting up strong
game. o''s
| assay made a bit and stole second
a." a., - Ncll was out on n fly t. Allen.
A"e'' dorsey put his body behind an
'ut shoot ana sent one at Ring, 1t was
'eu not liner but Ring hung onto IL
an" tnen stepped on second bag.
u'upl'nG up Cassidy. who was making
,or thifd. Augusta got in some heavy
pa,.ihg IN this inning. Ring led off
WIN a single and Allen was out. short
10 hrst. Hassett was out. second to
| ,'ist. Two out. Manager Leighton bent
MS back on a speedy one and the hall
sa'ied serene!y over the center field
crs head. while Ring scored and
| leighton took two bases. Burke fe,t
IL ms duty t. bring in Leighton and
did so with two-baggcr into right
! heid. Moran was out. second to first
".
Iiavcrhill stood no show whatever in
the fourth. Downey struck out and NJ
Dorsey met his fate on ground ball
L" Ring. Dunn waited for four bad
ones and walked. but Lent was out on
fly to Gildea. Davis hit to BaxcndaIe
ana was out. Gildca battcd for two
bases and Conroy followed suit. scor-
ing Gildea. Ring foulcd out and Allen
Three Havcrhill men came to the hat
IN the NTH and only three. Baxendale
rttrcd after sending a fly into right
iielu. flaherty got a single. Cassidy hit
10 Conroy and the ball went to sec
ohu. tnence to first. making a pretty
double and three out. Hsssctt found
thc pan Tor two bases. Leighton was
Out Lent to Dorsey, and Burke reach
e0 hrst on an error by Lent. Moran
was out on fly to center. Davis hit
to Lent. who couldn't handle the ball
ana lfassett scored. Gildea got base
on balls and Conroy was out on fly
10 ieft. The score was now to and
the crowd was beginning to realize
what kind of stuff makes up Manager
LeiEhton's aggregation.
II didn't take long for the visitors to
come to grief in the sixth. O'Neil. Dor
sey and Downey. the first three men
up. sent flies to Leighton. Moran and
Leighton respectively and Augusta had
another try at the bat. This was one
Of the innings in which the home team
did not score. however. Ring was out.
second to first. Allen sent a grounder
through Dorsey and Hassett struck
cut. Leighton hit to short and Allen
was thrown out at second The score
remained ) to O.
NJ. Dorsey evidently did his best to
put the ball out of the lot but il didn't
get any farther than Conroy, who was
fielding his position in a l style. Dunn
seemed to doubt the Augusta pitchers
ability and tried him again with the
same result. Lent was more fortunate
and scored a base hit. taking second
on wild pitch. Baxendale got a base
on balls and the coachers commenced
10 whoop 'er up. But the whooping had
no result for Flaherty struck out.
Burke rolled a grounder to Flaherty
and was out. Moran got clean sin
gle and Davis did him one better with
a two-bagger. Moran scored Gildea hit
to first base and was put out. Then
Conroy brought joy to the hearts OF
the spectators with one of those old
time three baggers. 1t was a daisy and
scored Davis. Ring was out on a fly
to Dorsey.
Cassidy was the first man up for the
visitors in the eighth and he struck
out. Then O'Neil banged a sky scraper
into center where it was coolly dispos-
cd of by Leighton. Both Dorsey and
Eowney walked on four. balls. NJ. Dor
which nc accepted and HaverhilI re-
tired Allen came to the bat for Angus
tn and was out on a grounder to third
Hassctt hit a fly into center and was
cut. Leighton was 4 good waiter and
took first on four balls. Burke hit to
short and Leighton was put out at
second.
And then the visitors came to bat
for the last time and it happened to be
the best inning of the game for them
for in the ninth they scored their one
| solitary run. This is how it happened.
Dunn got base on balls and Lent
bUnted out one that was going just
too slow to field. Then Baxendale
| saved his team from a whitewash with
a clean two base hit. scoring Dunn.
Lent wasn't satisfied with one run
and tried to take home but was thrown
| ont at the plate by Ring. Flaherty
struck out and Cassidy closed the
game with a fly to Leighton, giving
the Augusta manager an opportunity
! to make his sixth put out of the game.
Good game, wasn't it?" ''The Au-
gust teams all right" We'll do 'em
again. tomorrow" Those were the ex-
prassons heard in the crowd as the
people filed out of the grounds. They
| were we'll pleased with the showing
made by Manager Leighton's trOtters
an! have already come to the conclu-
sion that they are world beaters.
Everybody that went. yesterday. will
be on hand, today. and lots that didn't
see Augusta wallop Haverhill. yester-
day, will be among the cheering
| throng. The score:
| AUGUSTA.
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