Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-21
SIXTEEN INNINGS.
Maine Wins Great Game from
Colby, 3 to 2, at Watervi|le.
A Pitchers Game from Start to Fin
ish--Coombs Most Effective.
One of Greatest Contests Ever Seen
on Maine Diamond.

Waterville. Me, May 20.-(SpeciaD.-
The score stood just 3 to in Names
favor after she had battled with Colby,
Wednesday afternoon, for 1G hair rails
ing, heart breaking innings that lasted
nearly three and one-half hours. The
sun was sinking in the west and people
We're returning from their days work
when the final score was made although
the game started at go. People came
and went during the aternoon but the
game went steadily on, both sides play
ing as pretty ball as you can see any
where and hanging with the grip of
trained fighting bull dog.
Both teams had some terribly narrow
escapes from defeat and it fell to poor
old Colby to be the one to go done ct
last. But it was an honorable defeat,
and no one can blame the team for not
winning this game. Every one who
saw it can tell just where it was won
and lost. Some say it was in the first
inning and others in any of the other
innings up to the last and 10th, when
the winning run was actually made.
Colby pulled out of some mighty small
holes. sometimes by sheer luck, again
by phenomenal playing and the same
can be said of Maine. 1t will be n red
letter game in Maine college baseball
for many q year ana may never be
equalled. There was probably never n
better game in the past and it will
doubtless be a very long time before
there is another. 1t was COlby's fate
II lose and Mainc's to win, and after
all it looks something like a clear case
of simple fate. But when you look the
score books over you find that Colby
was unable to hit when she needed to
most. Time and time again a little
single would have meant the game, but
it failed to come. Frost was wild and
cratic at times, but when he got into
close quarters he always steadied and
pulled out. They couldn't box him.
There were times when a gambling
man would have Waged 100 to | that
Colby would win out, but he would
have lost.
Colby played as good a game all
through as Maine. She got one more
hit and made three more errors, but
she took more hard chances and made
prettier plays. She couldn't bunch the
hits and couldn't make them count
and that seems to be just why she lost
Three times at least hits We're made
with two men out that would have
meant runs had there been Il man any
where on the base lines.
Maine did not bat any better on the
whole but in better luck. Her hits
came at better times when they could
be made to count. They were not
-
them We're worth something while the
most of Colby's We're worthless. Colby's
| base running was good i'm this game
| and some of her fielding phenomenal.
Colby took eight stolen bases on Chase,
while Maine got but four on C0Wing.
| The number of innings played shows
| that the teams We're very evenly
matched and it was the fercest fight
seen on the Colby field since that
| memorable lS-innng game played by
| Fairfield and Waterville.
1t was clean and nice all through,
! there being no dirty work and but lit
| tie kicking. Both sides had what they
| considered good reason for questioning
! some of the decisions, but they gave
| satisfaction on the whole and nothing
| can be laid to the umpire that affected
the result. 1t was beautiful baseball
from start to finish and pretty near
phenomenal during the last half.
Ncazie, the first man up for Maine,
| took the first run. He started with
clean single and was neatly sacrificed
| to third by Chase and scored ON a wild
| throw by kcene. Mitchell got as far
| as third, but Collins was out. Coombs
| to Keene, and LARA bee died on a fly
to Abbott
Vail started the game for Colby ac-
cording to the revised batting list with
Il single that was as good as Veazie's.
| toombS followed with another one that
was pretty close to being an out. Cow
| ing was hit by the ball and the bases
were full at the first jump. This look
ed bad for the visitors. as Frost show
cd signs of being wild and something
of an inclination to ride on the ee-
waited. This impression was strength
ened when he gave w. league a walk.
forcing in a run. But Keene only
| knocked Il little one to Frost and
Coombs was nailed at the plate. Then
| Frost steaded and struck out Pugsley
and caught j. league on a big fly to
| Towse. This didn't look much like the
We're in Colby's favor.
Thatcher started the second for
Maine with a single. but Bird followed
with a fly to Craig and was doubled
with Thatcher. Towse struck out
Craig and Abbott both sent slow ones
to Bird in Colby's half and Were out
ut first. Vail was safe at first on an
, error by Collins and Coombs sent him
to second on a single and both moved
ahead a peg on steals Cowing closed
the inning with the assistance of Veazie
and Collins. Things were settling all
right and both teams We're getting
down to business.
! Frost got a single in the third for
! Maine but it was wasted and no one
scored. w. league started for Colby
With a single and went to third on an
error by Thatcher and scored while an
attempt was being made to catch
Keene. Keene got as far as third and
/, Pugsey to second but ]. league struck
out and both Craig and Abbott flied
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