Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-07-21
BELFAST WAS EASY MEAT.
WatervIIe Bats Miller Out and Wins
By Score of II to 3.

Waterville did just what the supporter :
of the team have been claiming all along
that it could do-rubbed it into Belfast
good and hard to the tune of 113. 1t was
an exciting game although the visitors
played loosely, making six errors. Water
VILE made them earn one of their runs
while the second was all but earned ana
the third was on the one error made
through the game By the home team.
Watervilla jumped into the lead at the
start and held it all through the game,
compelling the visitors to fight for their
life and to keep the score down. The
home team played a pretty game espec-
tally in the second inning and made Bel
fast believe she was up against the real
thing good and solid.
Buchanan was in the box and pitched L
fine game IN the whole, although he was
batted hard for spell. Murphy. recent
IL Of the Lawrence New England team
was covering third for the visitors, ar3
was the first man to find the captain. He
landed on one good and hard, sending it
out to left field. Mcconnell was laying
for it and would have had it easy but for
the teams that were lined up close to the
Shannon building and one in particular
that was inside the foul line. Mac" col
lided with this and lost the fly, although
he held his man at third Had the field
been clear it would have been an easy
out. This was in the fourth inning ana
the first hit Of the game.
And Murphy, by the way. who stopped
off while on his way to Montreal for this
game, found that he was in about as fast
company as he had just left. lie made
some very pretty 6Iandstand plays but
was not the particular star Of the game
by any means His questionable triple
was all he got with the stick, striking
out twice ana going Gown once on Water
ville's one error.
The bulk of Belfast's hitting was done
in the fifth inning, Ring starting it with
a clean triple. Duckworth followed with
double, scoring him for the first run
Miller and johnson both took singles but
two runs was all thai could be pulled out
or the bunch. There were but four hits
in the next four innings. so the fifth was
practically the only one where Bucknanl
was battcd at all hard. So his work
was good, everything considered. What
hitting was done b. Belfast could never
have won The game.
Miller, Be!fast's find" was in the box
for them and was treated just as a good
many thought he might Debated out OF
the box Waterville got his peculiarities
pretty well located in the game at Belfast
and was ready to drop on him in this
one. Eleven of the Is hits. were taken off
him. Doherty pitching but one inning and
giving four. Watefville went after him
without mercy and it was crack crack
ETY. crack. Shorty s. "Slashway' took
two nice ones, Phelan got two Cowing
three, Coombs three, and King a double
.'We'n put the wood to him the next time
we meet" said shorty" after the Belfast
game, and they did ii with a vengeance.
Doherty, the man who faced Fairfield
replaced him in the eighth ana was even
easier. Four pretty singles followed in
rapid succession and there's no telling
what the score might have been had rl
pitched nine innings instead of one.
Waterville made two pretty double
plays working them fast and clean. The
first was in the first inning and the sec
end in the fifth when it was needed prct-
ty badly. Nolan made up for this error
all right by one OF the prettiest plays
Sttfi oH tItS 1ciu THIS year. II WAS IN the
third and johnson was at the bat. send
ing out a fairly hot liner down towards
third base. Nolan was pretty well over
towards second al the time and had to
sprint lively to get near the ball, and as
it was he Just fetched it with a reach
and a sruni while ii, the air on a iumD
and with his bare right hand.
Phelan of course made his sensational
| catch. 1t was in the second inning and
was a beauty Mr.. John, who was in
right. had an easy time OF it, getting but
one chance but that was tough one and
when he took it very neatly the bleach
ers going into the air as they did for
Phelan.
It's only fair to Belfast to say that she
wasn't particularly strengthened by Muir
ply and considerably weakened by the
loss of Goode, a shortstop. He got swift