Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-08-08
WA 2; BELFAST, 2.
Hard Luck, Bad Errors and Weak
Batting Lost the Game.

Fairfield was downed by Watervile
once more, Thursday afternoon, by a
score of to in Il fast, hard game.
The home team had some hard luck
ana made some bad errors, and this
with weak batting tells the story. A
new umpire was imported from the
Northern Maine League and failed to
give satisfaction. One decision was
against Fairfield and one against Wa
terville, no one being satisfied with
either. one was Il ball that was
knocked to Girard by Connors in the
seventh Which was called fair almost
without exception by the crowd and
foul by the umpire. Girard threw wild
to first on it and if it had been called
fair might have made a difference in
the game. Then in the eighth there
was another decision of Il like nature.
Sheridan knocked the ball to Davis.
who had some trouble with it but who,
according to the almost unanimous de-
ciSiOn Of the crowd, Fairfield included,
got his man, although the umpire call
ed him safe. There were other de-
cisions not so marked as these two.
Fairfield rather getting the worst of
it on the whole.
Ipul IL must 1iOl We tIittt
Fairfield lost wholly on account of the
umpire for that is Il question of doubt,
as no one can tell what might have
happened if the decisions had been
different. But there was considerable
dissatisfaction among the supporters of
both teams over the decisions.
Cowing got the first run for Waterviile
in the second inning, going to first on a
single, second on Il sacrifice by Davis and
scoring on an error by Fllod. Fairfield
tied in the fourth, Allen making the run.
He started with fly to Mcconnell VINO
| misjudged it on account of the wind, ana
got as far as second on this. Then Nc
Hugh put one out. a hot one about half
way between second and third. Dono-
van went after it and just reached it with
one hand. slipping in the mud in the cen
| ter of the diamond. This forced Nolan u
| 90 into the mud and he, too, slipped be
fore he fairly got hold Of the ball, Just
| losing his man by Il hairs breadth. This
| play put Allen on third and a long fly to
Coombs by Sheridan scored him.
But Wdterville pulled ahead again in
| her half of the fifth and here's where
| Fairield's hard luck came in Mcconnell
started the inning with a hard drive to
| left and was sacrificed to second by King
| although Smith failed to get his man.
While Girard was at bat Moroney threw
| one wild. the ball striking just in front
L
| head, out across the track behng the
grand stand into a pile of brush up
| against the fence, where it took gam;
Of kids u dig it out later. This scored
Mcconnell and King
But just previous to this Donovan hal
| mixed things up in great style by pop
| ping up 4 little fly that fell at Sheridan s
| feet just in front of the base. The UNI
| pire failed to call infield or outfield hit.
as he should have done. as first and sec
| ond bases were occupied with no one out.
King and Mcconnell held their bases,
leaving donovan out in the cold. The
| umpire seemed phased by the situation.
but after consulting the rules declared ii
an inffeldt fly and Donovan out.
Watervile earned the fourth and last
run in the seventh. King started it with
| a single. Donovan sacrificing him to sec
ond. and n pretty single to center by Gil
rard scoring him. Fairfield got the sec
ong run in the eighth, McGovern start
| ing with a single to right and stealing
| second Allen and McHugh, the next two
men. were out and then came the decis
| ion on Sheridan, McGovern scoring on the
play
The following is the score and the
| league standing: