Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-08-16
FAIRFIELD TAKES THE LEAD.
Makes Five Runs in One Inning and
Wins, to 2.

The tioodoo has taken up a permanent
residence in Waterville. The yellow dogs
or black dogs of whatever kind of dogs
that went on the nerves of Fairfield are
kept at home to fight fees and the viii
layers are sweeping all before them. set
EN- up again SO we can knock 'em down.,
is their slogan and they go through the
land like a raging lion, while there's no
peace for Waterville. They had a nice
little pail of whitewash all ready for Wa
terville, yesterday, until Nolan kicked il
full Of mud so that 1t couldn't be used.
Waterville took slide. beautiful slide,
down cut of first place in the league
standing and the bleachers could not be
consoled. They've downed Belfast three
times in succession and Waterville twice
and they think they're 1t with big /,
and perhaps they are. Waterville misses
Shorty and hopes that shorty misses
Waterville and will remember what he
said when he went north.
But after all it's not so bad. There
haven't been any 16 to l defeats nor any
string Of six straight victories. The vii
layers certainly deserve a game or two
after all they've suffered, this season, and
the pendulum is going to swing back by
and by. So so it while you can, you fell
lows from up stream, and have all the fun
there is while the thing lasts, for changes
come often in this world and Watervilie
may be winning again, some day.
All the drubbing Waterville got, yester-
day, was in the first half of the first inn
ing and after that the visitors got all that
was coming to EN- and little more. 1t
was an unlucky combination of hits and
errors that did it and u combination tina,
don't happen every day. After this jam
boree only two hits and two runs We're
made and Waterville got as many off Mo
roney, after all, as Fairfield did off Nc
a place to stand on in first position ard
she lost her balance. that's all. The top
is going to be still smaller for Fairfield
ana it'll take cool head to stay there
Captain Allen OF the visitors, start 81
the fun with a single to left field. Nc
Govern followed and put an easy one to
Mcclellan, who was playing third. McLel-
Ian stopped it all right but slipped and
fell, being obliged to regain his feet be-
fore he threw. Even then he almost nail
ed his man. Then Taylor put another
easy one to MAC" and he fumbled. Smith
followed with a dandy to left and Allen
and McGovern scored while Taylor went
to third. Connors put out another easy
one that was returned to Cowing to catch
Taylor at the plate and Cowing lost him
Smith going to third on the play and
Connors as far second. Russell put
out good one to Nolan and died at first
Smith scoring on the play And Connors
going to third McHugh pumped little
| one out that was handled clean enough
but failed to be effective and Connors
scored on this. Sheridan put out nice
| fly to Randall and Moroney walked Al
len came up next for the second time in
the inning and struck out, ending the fun
for Fairfield and the misery for Water
| vile.
| This was the best thing Fairfield had
seen for the season and the crowd was
duly enthusiastic. 1t was great day for
| Fairfield if it did rain. But Waterville
| steadied and fought like a bull dog for
| The remainder of the game. so Fairfield
didn't have much more fun. Neither sids.
scored again until the sixth inning when
| Fairfield took one. McHugh started IL
| by making first on an error by Mcclellan
and going to third on nice single by
Sheridan and scoring on passed ball
Waterville gave Fairfield a scare all
right in the seventh and showed the old
| time ginger. Cowng, first man up, was
out, Connors to Sheridan, but Nolan drove
a beauty to left and then stole second.
King smashed another to right and scor-
| ed him King went to second on a poor
throw and stole third right under
'Redy's" nose. But he paid big price
| for the base by badly wrenching his left
wrist in the slide. The injury would have
put the average player out Of the game,