Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-06-13
VAUDEVILLE.
COLBY IS CHAMPION.
Clinchcs The Championship BY Defeating
Bowdoin. Score, 20 to t2.

Well. Colby Is the champion OF the
Maine colleges In base ball this year.
and she was feeling pretty good over
the fact, last evening. These champion
shin games are remembered longer
than the others and stories OF them
are handed down for years from one
class to another. The game OF Wcdnes-
day will have a unique spot in college
base bail history. For one thing ii
closed the career Of Captain Ncwen-
ham as a college player. Colby has one
more game this season. and will then
disband. CAPTAIN Pratt Of Bowdoin,
was the last man to face Horace in u
college game. The latter has bcen play
ing i'm the city some seven years, ana
this season will be his last unless ne
goes into professional ranks.
Then another thing to be remember
ed IS the phenomenal hitting OF both
teams. Nothing like II was ever seen
in a college game on the colby GROUNDS.
The drives were beauties. Some went
over the cinder track in center held
nearly to the canvas. others struck
struck or very near the Shannon
building In the left field. and others
went over the fence to the track in
Fight field. There were some handsome"
catches made One of these was by
Saunders in the third inning, when the
wind played pranks with sky scrap
or OF ny and drove II in any Old way.
Saunders kept bis eye on II while on
the run. lodging this way and that,
and finally pulled 1t down. Havcy, the
next man UP. gave Mcscrvc almost as
difficult a chance and IL was taken
care OF all right These were two OF the
prett.est catches seen on the field this
year. Pratt put one out In Saunders
territory and he was watching IL SO
closely that he went heels over head
over n low railing near the Shannon
building Pratt got three bagger on
this. II was In the sixth inning and
Saunders was unable 10 run bases any
afterward. Leighton had but one
chance out In right but that was a
scorcher and he handled IL splcndidly.
The visitors also made some hand
some plays. Thus in the second inning
Allen put one out In the vicinity Of
arst that looked like n sure single and
perhaps n home run. but Ncrcrs frpze
20 IL In fine style. Havey also took
hot one from Saunders in the third.
But there were too many good pigys
to cnumcratc them all. There were al
so 4 good number ~ bad ones that cost
scores. Star work was mixed up with
that Of High school cllibrc. Hut IL was
the hitting that pulled In the runs.
Colby had the best ~ Il during the
first Of the game ANA piled UP 10 runs
before she allowed the visitors TO get
4 smell II looked rs II the visitors
would take home "A goose egg until the
fifth inning. Colby had knocked them
10 pieces in the third. taxing six good
fat scores. Bowdoin returned the com
plimcnt in the nth, making five. The
heavy hitting made the game exciting
but it Was not an exhibition or scion
tific ball playing.
Bowdoin changed her team consider
ably during the game Cakes could do
nothing with the Colby battcrs and
vas hattcd almost at viii lie was re
placed ny Fratt WHO held them down
for j time but soon lost his grip. no
enc was able &c explain how the hitting
happened {" % SO heavy. II was not
unusual in the first game. and was cor
tainly not expected IL the second. Col
by had the best OF II in this line. clos
ing with 20 ana a total OF 90. with
Bowdoin having II with total of 3.
Clnudm3n. who played during the Ia ter
part of the same ana got q crack that
woild have been only double for the
ordinary runner. Bat gee whiz, how h.
did sail around those bags You could
hardly Sc him Until he landed on third
just like doing a 10. you know
The following Is the score.