Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-05-19
A WALKOVER.
Bates Trims the Colby Ball
Tossers, 23 to 5.
Amherst Defeats Bowdon 5 to 0 in
Game at Amherst.
Other Contests in the Greatest of All
National Games.

Lewiston, Me. May 1S.-(SpeciaD.--
Saturday was an unlucky day for the
boys in blue from Waterville. but d
fortune usually favors the stronger
side this large degree Of i'll luck can in
part be accounted for. At o'clock
Bates ana Colby appeared on the dia-
mond on Garcelon field. ready for a
fight. but contrary to the expectations
Of al parties concerned and to the dis
approval OF the spectators the game
turned out to be a perfect example of
Il "Wall<oVer." The score was SO large
that only those of the crowd who We're
provided with pencil and paper and
blessed with Il mathematical head We're
able to tell the number of runs Bates
had made but ut the close of the
game. the chapel bell began to ring its
victorious notes and tGlled out Il score
of 20 for BateS and > for Colby, 50 that
those VINO carefully counted might
know the exact result. The game was
expected To be a close one and many
were confident that Colby would Wn
Last year, and in fact. for several
years past Bates has been inferior 10
Colby on the diamond ana The fact
that this score should be piled W
against the eX-chumpions of Maine is
indeed 4 surprise.
The game on the whole was rather
loosely pia yed and uninteresting.
Neither team did its best work, but the
greatest example Of carelcssness was
in the fielding of Colby. Both teams
batted well. The score of % would in
dicate to the person who was not Il
spectator. that Pugsley, for Colby, was
exceedingly weak in the box, but such
was not the case. Pugsley pitched good
ban and fought his hardest throughout
the game. but the trouble was that he
had no support. Several of the hits
made on him should rightly have been
errors for the fielders. Bates fielding
work was not ut all bad compared to
that of Colby, and it was plain to be
seen that the visiting team lacked the
thorough knowledge Of the game which
the opponents manifested. The most
Of the hits made by the Bates men into
the outtield were safe hits.
One of the features of the game was
the batting OF Captain Dean. He came
to the bat five times: scored four runs
got four base hits ard made one home
run. However, he was obliged to leave
the game in the ninth inning owing to
a fractured nose which he received
while running to first base. 1t hap
penad that the ball was thrown to
l<eene, who was playing first ana as
Dean slid to reach the base. Keene
stepped back hitting him upon the
nose.
Allen. for Bates. did the star work il
the infieid. lie made four putouts and
five assists without an error. Moody
showed up well running bases.
From the game, Saturday, II va ;
plain 10 see that both Colby and Bates
were strong at the bat, in fact the batting
was the principal feature. A game with
such batting work has not been witness
ed on Garcelon field before this season.
Towne and Pugsley both have regulations
as twirlers and the heavy batting batting
be attributed to the weakness of these
men. 1t is safe to say that ii would he
difficult to find three batterS on any
Maine college team as strong as MeserVe,
Cowing and Keene of Colby.
In the first inning, Saunders of Colby.
the left-handed pitcher, took Leighton >
place in right field. In the fourth inning,
and Allen, the substitute for Colby. went
shortstop for Cowing. In the first of
the ninth inning. Daley of Bates, took
Captain Deans place at first and Lang
took Daicy's place in the right field. The
thangc in the arrangement Of the Colby
men in the fourth inning, on the whole.
made the team stronger COwing as
catcher was 20. X.
The score in detail: