Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-08-06
BELFAST, 2; FAIRFIELD, I.
A Game Worth Going Miles to See
Won BY the Visitors.

Those who are inclined TO think that
the Central Maine League games are
getting too much cut and dried should
have been at Fairfield, Tuesday after
noon. and seen Belfast cut the string
by winning out in pretty game by
the score of to /. 1t was the nrst
time of the season that Belfast has
been able to win from Fairfield and
they had to go the limit in this one AS
it was luck was with the visitors, as
Fairfield was in a hairs breadth OF
tieing several times if not winning out.
Just little single several time during
the game would have made a big
change, but that single would not
come.
Belfast will doubtless say that it was
on account of Doherty's fine pitching,
and they won't be stretching it great
deal either, while Fairfield can say that
it was weak batting and have equally
| good grounds for the belief.
The visitors made their two runs on
an error in the second inning. Goode
started this with single and Duck
worth followed his lead, the former go
| ing to second on an attempted ont and
| then to third on the single while the
| latter stole second. McGovern threw
| to catch Goode at third who was work.
ing for a big lead, and the ball went
lust trife high and through Smiths
hands. 1t was hard one. but still one
| that ought to nave been taken, and the
| muff scored both Goode and Duck
worth Doherty nyed out to Taylor,
while Graham and Farwell struck out,
closing the inning without more runs.
] This was the only slip made by Fair
! field during the game, the team playing
n beautiful game in the field. But there
was lots of bad news for the base run
ners. Thus in the fifth inning, Bushcy
was first man uD and drew a. walk
| McHugh sacrificing him to second very
neatly. but he attempted to take third
| as we'll and was doubled. Two men
were caught off third and four off sec
ond. Some of the decisions were pretty
close, but they went all right.
Bushcy pitched a fine game, keeping
the hits well scattered and striking out
nine men. He gave three walks, but
his control was good on the whole and
| they came over in all kinds of ways.
Doherty went into the box after pitch
ing eight innings against Waterville,
| Monday, and seven against Fairfield,
| Saturday, and only allowed four hits.
| He pulled out of some pretty small
holes and had things well in hand all
along.
Fairfield'S one run was made in the
sixth, Flood starting on the journey
with a single. An error by Graham
showed him along to second and hit
scored him. Both teams thus did their
scoring in one inning, drawing blanks
for the remainder.
Smith made n very fine catch Of Il
foul fly in the eighth. Logan put one
well into the crowd and Smith went
after it red hot, picking it right off the
side of a spectators face. The man
got a pretty stiff punch from the ball
and the nit, but Smith held the horse
hide just the same.
| The visitors started the ninth as If they
intended to put their runs on high Shelf
out of danger. Smith flied out to No
| Govern, but Goode and Duckworth both
took singles. Goode thought Duck
worth's, which went out into Aliens ter
ritory. would pass him to third but Capt.
Allen had his wing with him and made d
handsome throw across the diamond from
| the field and caught his man at third.
. Doherty struck out closing the inning
| without q run.
Fairfield came to bat in the ninth with
but one score to tie and two to win Me
| Govern put out a hard drive to right,
just outside the foul line \ few feet
more the other way and it would have
been good for two sacks and perhaps
| three. When he hit it again Goode Cob
bled it, throwing him out at second. Al
len followed with a single, q wild pitch
| advancing him to second The crowd
went into the air and began to cheer II
win. But Bushey popped one into the ar
for Goode and McHugh put an easy one
across to Graham and it was all over. ii
was one of the best games in the league
series so far and the crowd was delighted.
The scare:
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