Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-04
COLLEGE BALL.
Bates Defeats Colby and Bow
doin Whips U. Of Maine.
Former Does The Trick in Dull, List
less Game, Il to 5.
Latter Takes Its Trick in Better Game
8 to q.

WaterviIle, Me-, June 3.-(Spec:aD.-
Bates defeated Colby on the college
field, Wednesday afternoon, by a score
of II to in a dull, listless game. Bates
showed much better spirit, although
neither team seemed to care a great
deal how the game finished. 1t was an
unusually hard afternoon for baseball
as the dust was blowing in dense
ed with cinders and smoke a good part
of the time. The sky was overcast
with smoke SO that it was dark and
gloomy. 1t was hard to see the ball at
all times, hard to pitch and hard to
field,
Colby Gid not make SO many slips
that could be put down in the error col
umn, but showed lots of poor Judgment
and made foolish plays. The team
lacked life and ginger. Coombs pitch
ed good ball as usual, but was given
miserable support and the bulk of the
work. Outside of the battery the team
had only IL chances and did all its
foolish work on these. Coombs took
care of IA men and that was certainly
enough for mis- share. Bates batted
hard but a good many of the hits that
went clean could have been saved all
right had the fielders played their
game as it should have been played,
w. league, who usually plays strong
steady game in the field, had two arrors
to his credit. One of these was for
letting a ball knocked by Wood go
right through him so that the runner
scored on what should not have been
more than a double at the most and
really not more than a single.
In the fifth inning with two men out,
Nichols on first and Wood on third, the
former got to second while the latter
scored, Colby not being able to catch
either on account of slow work.
buchanan, who captaincd the Water
vile summer team, last year, was in
his old place in left field for atcs and
played the star game for his team,
taking four hard chances in the field
and pilinG up four with total of seven
at the bat. His home run was clean
and pretty. 1t landed on the outer
edge of the track by the corner of the
gymnasium and the fence and rolled
back down to the fence. All his singles
were good clean drives either to left or
center.
Bates batted Coombs hard all
through, but this is not to be wondered
at with the support he received.
Dwinell was the only man who could
not find him at all. striking out five
times in succession.
The visitors took their lead in the
third inning, Dwincll starting with a
strike out. But buchanan was hit by
the ball and Stone, who came next, put
a hot one through w. league, going to
third and scoring buchanan. toWing
dropped the third strike on Allen and
he was safe at first. stealing second,
Doe struck out but Wood took clean
single, scoring Stone and Allen
Nichols struck out, closing the inning
This made three for the visitors.
Bates drew blank in the fourth, but
an error and three singles nettcd three
in the fifth. a single, Il stolen base
and Bucknam's home run made two
more in the sixth. 1t was blank again
in the eight, but three singles and two
errors ncttcd four in the eight. The
ninth was n blank
The score: