Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-05-13
SATURDAYS GAME.
Cony Loses Game to Auburn
High School Team.
One Of the Most Interesting Games
in Augusta, This Season.
Visitors Pulled Together in the Latter Part.
Score. Auburn. Z; cony. 4.

The miStS swept across the trotting
park and the ground was wet and sog
cy The cold fog made the teeth of the
byStanderS chatter. but these c0ndi-
tons did not prevent Saturday after
rooms ball game from being undoubt-
IDLY the most interesting and clearly
played game of the season. The team
rom the Edward Little High school at
AUBURN. after playing in Gardiner. Fri
lay, and burying the Gardiner High
team deep in an avalanche of hits and
'uns. came to the capital to try the
same trick on the Cony team. The Wis
tors won. but it WAS far from walk
over The Augusta boys put up 4 star
fielding game on the whole and batted
is we'll rs the visitors. If one We're to
ask how the game was lost an answer
70 the effect that il was due to poor
base running or poor coaching would
not be far from the truth. A little bet
ter judgment in this particular and the
visitors would have made less num-
Der OF double plays and the run column
of the home team would probably have
been Swalled.
Williams pitched an excellent game
and fielded his position well. The Wis
lIOTS got eIS III MUS VII HIS itiiNNiy ohN
a number Of those We're scratches of
most decided order. Bither, Hanson
and Small excelled in fielding for Cony
and Gordon caught Il fine game. kins-
man and Bither led the batting. Bearce
pitched good game for Auburn. es-
pecially in the latter part. O'COnnell.
Auburn's left fielder. carried Off the
fielding honcrs with playing that
tanrV
Seven chances were accepted by him
without an error. and they were not
all dead easy by any means.
1t was a good game and one for both
teams to be proud of. Following the
usual custom q reception was given the
visitors in the Waverly hall gymnasi-
UNI in the evening, and the time was
passed in a social way and by dane
ing until the evening Pullman, when
the Auburn team left for home.
Edward Little was first at bat and
Clements tried Craig on grounder
and was promptly put out. Cobb hit
TO Small and retired. Robinson allowed
Williams to make one of his six as
sists. The first three men out and
everything looked bright for the home
team.
| Craig was out on n fly to O'Connell.
Kinsman enlivened things by cracking
ont a pretty two-base hit. Bither got
clean single and Kinsman scored.
Hanson sent a fly to O'Connell and was
ont. Bither ran to second and was
doubled by throw. from O'Connell to
Parker. Score, to in Cony's favor.
The first three men of the Auburn
! team were put out without seeing first
/ base. Philoon hit to Craig. Parker to
Williams and Norwood to Cony. Every
hit was nicely handled.
! Gordon was out on fly to O'COnnell.
conv got q single. Small hit a ground
hall that was handled properly but the
Auburn first baseman dropped the
throw and Small was safe. w. john
son reached first on an error and Will
liams hit the ball for one base scoring
Ccnv. Craig was out on fly to O'Con-
| neu Kinsman was hit by a pitched
b,II and Small was forced home. BIZ
tbnr had the audacity to hit into left
6eI5 and the ball was gathered in by
O.Connell. who was bringing on him