Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-19
Cony High PIucks the Honors
From Lewiston High.
lunt Hit Badly While Johnson Was
In Good Shape.
Some Good Work by Bither, Little and
Carrigan.
The Standing.


Watervillc 1911 500
Lewiston ........1 80
Note.-One game between Cony and
Lewiston protested. With protest allow
ed, Cony and Edward Little would be
tied for first place.
Cony High school, which started in
the season by losing the first two
games in the Interscholastic League,
thus laundering around the bottom in
the league standing, added another to
the laurels of last week, Saturday af-
ternoon. The opposing team was from
Lewiston High school and the fact
that the two We're so evenly matched
when they met on the Lewiston dia-
mond that it required II innings to
decide which was the better aggrega-
ton, called out Il large crowd to wit
ness the game, that is as baseball
crowds in Augusta nowadays go. AS
matter OF fact the gate receipts We're
the largest of the season.
The game was a good one. Although
loosely played in some parts there We're
some excellent individual plays ana
the team work was good. The game
lacked little in excitement from the
fact that it was not close enough. Cony
took Il fair lead in the first two in
nings and retained it until the close.
Not at any time was the local team in
danger of having the honors wrested
from them, barring accidents.
The game opened with Carrigan, the
Lewiston captain at the bat. All who
mad heard of the phenomenal hitting
of this man expected to see the sphere
take sail over upon the track of the
Maine Central, or if he happened to
hit it fairly perhaps into the Kennc-
bee. But not 50. CarriGan, the star
batsman, just raised his bat and struck
for dear life. He hit the ball and it
rolled along the ground to Craig.
Quicker than one could say Jack
Robinson Carrigan WAS out ut first.
Craig made a good pick up. Nerrill,
the second man at the bat, knocked
another Srounder and this was fielded
by w. Johnson. Iiodgson struck out.
The first half ended without Il Lewis
ton man seeling first base and Il great
big - was inscribed upon the bulle-
tin board upon the judges stand to the
credit of the visitors.
In the second half Craig, the first
Cony man up went to first hit by 4
pitched ball. w. Johnson sacrificed,
pitcher to first, sending Craig to sec
ond. AT this point Kinsman came to
the bat. Charlie brought the hickory
stick around in such a way as to land
the ball out beyond the center fielder.
Craig came in while Kinsman went to
second. Cony came to the bat next.
Carrigan allowed kinsman to get third
on a passed ball. COny famed, leaV-
ing Kinsman within one base of scor-
ing. But Either, who follows Cony,
is pretty sure man in such an
emergency and placed the ball just out
between third base and left field. This
was good for Il score for Kinsman and
first base for Bithcr. Kingsley hit to
right and Tuoll to center. Bithcr
scored, and this same kind of "A pro-
gram might have been carried on in
definitely it seemed, had not Tuell al
lowed a little too much territory to
pass between him and first base after
he had safely made the latter Score,
Cony, 3, Lewiston, 0.
The first inning was the most for
innate one for the local team. They
hit Lunt hard and the ball seemed to
fall on the most favorable spot upon
the whole field. 1t did not take the
courage of the Lewiston team, how
ever, and they continued to play ball.
But they were no match for Cony.
The second inning was almost dupli-
ca to of the first, Lewiston failing utter
~ to reach first ana Cony placing two
more runs to her credit.
But say did you get onto the way
Cakes Little conducted himself in the
game? If you didn't see him pick VI
~,
They were among the best catches made
this season on the local diamond. Bither
was another man who did his duty IN
fielding, although it was seldom that
Johnson allowed a batsman to send 4
ball out into his territory. Craig did
some good work despite his two errors.
Kingsley played an errorless game at first
and w. johnson did the same at second.
The two-base hit by Kinsman was his
star play. Tuell accepted his only chance
in right field. Harold Johnson made a
good record in the pitchers box. He
pitched the game of the previous day
but that made no difference. Staying
qualities are among his chief accomplish
ments If you do not believe this, look
at his Saturdays record: Hits off him.
!; bases on balls, l; struck out, :. Mo-
bad for a man who had pitched a to
game "a hours before. is it? Cony didn't
have a passed ball during the game and
not a single Lewiston man stole on him.
For Lewiston, the best work was done
BY Carrigan behind the bat and Boothby
on third.
The following is the detailed score:
CONY.
alb. I. bh. sh. po a. Q.
Craig ss ......4 3 o