Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-05-05
| ON THE DIAMOND.
Bates Takes Opening Game
From U. Of NJ, 6 to 3.
Harvard Easily Defeats Colby, 9 to /,
Saturday, at Cambridge.
National, American, New Enoland
League and Other Games.

| Lewiston, Ne, May 4.-(SpeciaN Sat
urday afternoon WIS the first time for IN
season that the Bates nine has appearc,
on the diamond against a Maine colle,,,
team. The University of Maine with :
lstrong team came from Orono. hopjng T,
uphold the record she established in foor
ball, last fall, But the game ended with ;
score of to 5 in favor of Bates If i.
generally thought ut present that tn,
University of Maine is something TO h,
feared in athletics of any sort The re
suit of the game is considered a great
| victory for Bates and the baseball en-
thusiasts predict this as the beginning o,
what is hoped will prove to be a success
full season for the garnet players.
Both teams played fast baseball and il
vas a close, hard-fought game from tho
first to the last inning. Bates. however
| showed her superiority both in the ticl.
| and at the bat. The Maine bows Wer,
| weaker in team work than their oppo.
nents ard failed to make as many hits
| The weakest point on the Maine team
was behind the bat. Otherwise the team
played evenly.
| Townc for Bates pitched a first-clas IS
game allowing only seven hits. Stone
likewise caught an equally good game
/
either Chadbourne or Violet for the Uni
versity OF Maine. Parsons put up a star
game on third base. Everything that
\ came hi.; way was taken care of in swift
order. He started double play and made
several pretty stops. making in all three
| assists, without an error throughout tn,
game. Parsons is playing on Il college
| team this year, for the first season. and
his work today indicates that he will be
a valuable man for the infield. Allen
played, as usual, a steady, strong gam5
| on second base. C.ason at shortstop did
good work, making but one error Cap-
| tain Deane played first base to perfec-
| ton. For the outfield, Bucknam played
| the best game. making one grandstanl
| play by sprinting several yards after a
| swift liner just over the third baseman' 5
made one phenomenal play by catching
a fly in his left hand. AT the bat Moody
the center fielder did some heavy work.
| Clason, Allen and Stone however. did
| the best work at the bat.
For the University of Maine, Mitchell
| pitched an 20. X" game. His control
was excellent but he was rather weaker
| than Towne in speed. The best man in
| field. He was sure of anything within q
reasonable distance of his position. Davis
on third base played snappy game. His
work showed up the best of any in the
well but not equal to Davis. Carr, the
captain. made one or two first-class plays
but otherwise his playing was not up to
Davis. At the bat, Chadbourne, who
played as catcher the first seven innings.
was on2 of the heaviest men. Larrabee
and Collins also usually managed to find
where TOwne put the ball.
| The weather was cloudy and rather cool
but fair crowd was present. The base
BAH diamond was not in a first-class con-
| dition owing to the rain of this fore
noon The game was called at O'Clock.
| The u. of NJ. boys We're the first to 20
n va n ha fire
man up, n free pass to first base. Thatch-
| er went out on pop fly to ~Towne. Carr
was put out on strikes and Davis knock
ed a hot fly into the left field which
| Bucknam got. For Bates Deane vert
out on first by an assist by Thatcher.
| Parsons followed suit but Allen got hit
Stone flied to Larrabee.
| During the second inning both sides
| scored twice. For u. of NJ. Mitchell
went out on a fly to Clason. Chadbourne
got a base hit. Larrabee made a two
base hit, scoring Chadbourne. Collins
went out on an assist of Aliens, but Lar
rabee scored on a wild throw by Towne
| TowSe went out on an assist of Clason
| For Bates, ClaSon got a hit. Bucknani
| tried to bunt but went out on fly Ia
| Mitchell. Moody made a two-base hit
grOunder thrown to first base by Davis
| Moody scored on an error of Davis, whG
threw wild to first. Towne was put oul
by fly caught by Davis. Score: Bates
IL; U. OF NJ, 2.
| In the third. Bates scored twice but u
of Nj. failed to get run. Holmes got
| first base on an error of ClaSon s
| 1Thatcher was put out on a bunt to Deane
Carr went out on fly to Bucknam. Da-
Wis went out on an assist by Towne. Fol
Bates, Deane made safe hit. Parsons
J hit a fly to Davis who caught and threw
| to second thereby also putting Deane
out. Allen got n two-base hit. Stone got
] two bases on an error of Davis and AL
| len scored. Clason made a hit, scoring
Stone. Bucknam went out on a tly t.
Holmes in center field. Score: Bates, 4
U. of NJ, 2.
| In the fourth neither team scored;
| Mitchell and Chadbourne both struck out
| Larrabee got first owing to an error by
Deane. For Bates, Moody. went out or
a fly to Larrabee. Lang singled. TownG
went out on bunt to Collins. Deant
knocked fly into the left lielders hands
| In the fifth. both sides scored one run
Towse got first base on hit. Holmes
went out on an assist by Parsons
| Thatcher was out on a foul to Townc
Carr hit, scoring Towse Carr was pu'
out while trying 10 steal second. Fol
| Bates. Parsons got first base an error
| by Davis. Allen went out an assist
by Mitchell. Stone got a base on balls
| Parsons scored on wild throw TO Carr
on second. Clason went out on an assis;
to Deane by Carr. Bucknam was put
out in the same way. Bates, 5: e. OF
NJ, 8.
| In the sixth no ruhs were made. Davis
was put out on an assist to first base by
| ClasOn. Mitchell got first base on a hit
| just over Parsons head. Chadbournt
struck cut Larrlbee went ont on q hy
| to MOODY. For Bates, Moody got hit
| While the next man. Lang was beins
struck out, Moody stole second and third
| Towne was put ouI on an assist to Col
ins by Mitchell. Bates. ); T. of NJ. B.
| In the seventh. Bates scored one run
| Collins went out on an assist by Allen
| to Deane. Towse was nut out in tho
same manner. Holmes made hit am
! got first base. Thatcher was put out or
| n grounder to Deana. At this point Vic
let took Chadbourae'S place behind thf
bat Fer Bates. Parsons went out on al
assist by Carr to Collins. Allen was pu
out on n fly to Larrabee. Stone made /;
safe hit and while Clason was Mt the -ba
scored on "blocked ball" Clason wen
out on an assist by Mitchell. Score,
to in favor of Bates.
| In the eighth. Carr singled. Davis bea
out a grounder to Parsons. who HANDLED
the ball to second in time to nut ou
Carr. ard Clason on second threw to frs
putting out Davis on a double play
Mitchell was out on an assist by Parsons
For Bates, Moody struck out. Lang wen
out on an assist by Mitchell, and Town
did the same thing.
I.arrabee flied out TO Parsons. Collins
went out on an assist by Clason to Deana
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