Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-21
C0NY LOSES,
WaterviI|e Carries Away Scalp
of Local Team.
Another Close Game in the Inter-
scholastic Series.
Cony Loses Last Chance Of Winnino
the Pennant.

[ Close games seem to be the orde,
| in the Understandable League First
| Cony lost to Lewiston by a score Of
! to in "a protested game; then came
! The to game between Conv an,
| Edward Little with the former in fin,
lead; then the Saturday game at wa.
! terviIe in which Waterville was de.
| fcated by score Of 6 to by Edward
| Little; and yesterdays game was an
ether close one. tony dropped the
game by q score Of to s, the winner
being Watcrville High school,
This was an important game in the
series. If Cony mad won it would have
given them an excellent chance of
winning the pcnnant. The protested
game with Lewiston would have prob
ably made it Il sure thing. But as it
is Watcrvillc carried away the SCALP
OF the local team ana is Il long distance
on the way toward winning the first
place in the league. Anyway she is
near enough to make it interesting for
the leader.
Yesterdays game was Il little slow
but in some respects it was the most
exciting of the season. The tension
to which the nerves of all We're
WI OuSll up III li' :7'tiilt between t-u-
ward Little and Cony was greater, but
that contest lacked the exultation and
the accompanying depression result
ing from the sight of several runners
crossing the home plate. Yesterdays
game furnished this little incident in
several innings. First one side was
ahead and then the other but never
by Il safe score.
Cony ought to have won. There is
no doubt but that if the team had
played ball it would have been in the
lead at the close. but instead it lost
Tncrc were several places in the game
here it would have been very easy
to have won with Il little caution on
tire part of the local players. Dan
Cony allowed a run to be credited to
the visitors when he left his position
behind the bat ana went up to talk
t. the umpire without time being call
ed Then he lost the opportunity to
tie the score when he knocked Il ball
to the WatCrviIlc first baseman in the
eighth inning. He might have made
first base ana brought in Il score had
he run; but hc thought the ball was
foul and he didn't run until too late.
In the fourth inning there were mis-
rlayS enough to sink several teams
Three men cam" in, q part of which
ought to have been stopped had the
fieldCrs not been asleep.
In other parts Of The game the boys
put up 4 good ti-sut. Charlie Kinsman
was right ut home out in center field
as usual, ana 50 was Tuel. Bithcr, in
COny's left, didn't have a chance
Johnson was hit nard but he seemed
tn be up against some good men at the
bat.
The game also had several kicks
from the captain Of the local team. 1t
is not a usual thing for an umpire to
coach base runners. 1t is a feature
not rclishcd by the fielders and under
such circumstances a kick is justifi-
able. Russell umpircd his usual fair
and impartial game.
The WaterVille team was much
weaker in fielding than in batting
They rolled up a total of - bases but
had six errors to their credit.
The following is the detailed score:
ATERVVJI,E