Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-07-01

in the State. OF course that first game
with a Lewiston team was enough to
kill any desire to seen any more Lew
iston ball players. Then too it was hot,
but who ever heard Of a genuine ball
crank ever being prevented from Soc
Ing game on account of these triilcs?
The game, Saturday. was good enough
for any ones quarter. but there were
mighty few of them taken 1T the gate.
If you want base ball In Watervillc
turn out and support the team and if
you don't of course that settles it.
Whitaker started the game for Wa
tervillc and pitched remarkably well
for a High school boy. He only al
lowed eight hits while he was in the
box and kept them SO scattered that
they were practically worthless rs the
long line of goose eggs shows. He
pulled himself out of some holes that
would have made a Lacquer nervous.
Twice and thrice he did this to the
great satisfaction of the Watcrville
supporters. lie was given good sup
port and II certainly looked like a shut
out.
In the eight inning however, there
was genuine mixture Of things that
ought not to happen and this Noted
the visitors their string of four. There
were two singles and Il double, base
on balls, a wild pitch, an error, a poke
in the ribs. and some stolen bases.
Quite a combination wasn't it? The
error was mabe by Bushey and was a
very difficult chance. In this same in
J.. a., ~,
as difficult and made a very handsome
catch. Bat the ground he had to run
over was not so good the second time
and he dropped the ball after he had 1t
in his hands. which under the condi-
tons was very eXcusable.
Speaking of pretty catches, Elmer
Allen made beauty. Watervillc's out
field is well night perfect. Allen and
Abbott make a pair that will beat al
most any kind of a hand. Aliens par
ticularly pretty one was out near the
cinder track. lie had to run forwards
and backwards and ZigZaCed some and
then took the ball over his head and
back of him. Doe Abbott made
some very pretty catches also. cspec-
tally one where he had to come from a
mond. Allen took four nice ones and
Doc" got three.
AS will be seen, Waterville male all
her scores in three innings. The ma
jority of the hits and errors came in
these innings. Waterville kept her eyes
open every sCond and took advanta &c
of every opening. The game was.
therefore, interesting and exciting.
After the peculiar combination Of
circumstances in the eighth Bushey
went into the box. Whitaker would
doubtless have pulled through another
inning all right. but he has the kind of
stuff in him that's worth saving so he
was relieved. Lewiston had reached
the yelling stage by this time. only
three scores We're needed to tie and
four perhaps to win. With the reco-
lection of the last inning fresh in their
minds they began to smell victory and
think of the good time they would
have with the other Lewiston players
whom Watervillc trimmed so neatly
When Bushey stepped into the boy
they didn't seem to be much frightened
and intimated that he would he easy
for them. But the hero of that lS-in-
ming game just took that Lewiston aC-
gregation up b. the heels and snapped
1t like he would snake. 1t was like
being hit by lightning or getting hold
of a 2000-volt live wire. Whcw. Wow,
Gee whiz. Well. you just ought to have
been there to see it. but this is some
thing like the way it happened.
Walsh. the big fellow. thought n slow
one wouldn't hurt him, but he NAL a
mistake and got u hot one. that made
him dance. But he got his base. and
that was worth the trouble. Then
Moran came IN and took hit He
was surprised as we'll as every one
else. but it was lovely thing to do
just then. Carrigan was the next
man. lie had put a couple Of flys. got
hit once. and taken two-bagger. 50
there was no guessing just what he
would do. Bushey began to send in
his Chinese puzzles and the result was
that Carrigan needed diagram to
show him just where the ball went
Anyway he famed at three that he
considered good ones and CowinC
dropped the last one. Carrican didn't
think it any use to run. but Walsh and
Moran did. The former had slid
around to second on the hit and the
latter was putting some anxious dance
steps on first. When they saw Cnwinv
fumbling the ball they thought it was
Just about time to run. Walsh was
making the dust fly towards third and
Moran was trailing towards second
'owing tossed the ball to Bushey and
nc cut across and touched Walsh out.
Moran saw that he could never reach
second at that rate so he started back.
But Bushey was after him and caught
him neatly. thus making a double play
practically all alone. Bushoy thus re-
tired the side all by his lonesome. and
that's how the lightning struck.
Pretty good wasn't it? But why wasn't
you up there to sec it? The following
Is the score:
WATERVIIIE