Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-08-06
GARDINER, 1; AUGUSTA, o.
Game Was Short but Snappy, One Of
Best Ever Seen Here.

Interest in the crack Gardiner ball
team is now away up in the air, due
to the last game, played, Wednesday
afternoon, and when, in one of the most
interesting, most closely contested, and
shortest games of ball ever played In
this city, the home team won the vic
tory from the fast Augusta team I'M
der the management of Jack O'Mela.
To say that the game was a good
one is not enough, for all who saw
it spoke of it's merits and expressed
only satisfaction. The defeat is not
an inglorious one, for the visiting team
shut out it's opponents in seven in
nings finely played periods, and it was
from their inability to hit Lancaster,
the home pitcher, and almost perfect
fielding by the GARDENERS that the game
was lest for Augusta. 1t was rather
a pitchers battle, but the support of
both teams was of the gilt-edge order
and a credit to each nine.
Augusta went to the bat first and
Griffith was the first man up and
reached first on being hit by Lancas-
ter Johnson flied out to Campagna
and Bush got first on an error by
Beckwith, and Grfnth was put out by
Bredo while sliding for second. Hanks
was next at the bat and went first
on being hit by the pitcher. Bush
went second and stole third and Hanks
went second. With two men out and
a man on third and second, Hall re-
tired his side by striking out. In Gar
diners half, Turner went out, Hanks to
Griffith; Messenger knocked n fly to
Hanks, and Scott was out. Perham to
Griffith. Perham came to the bat first
in Augustus second and struck out.
Grier knocked q long fly which was
caught by Campagna, and Pinkham
struck out and the side went into the
field. In GARDENERS half of the second,
the side WAS retired in one two, three
order, ". d double play by Grier and
Griffith, and Augusta again tried to
make a score, but Pinkham struck out.
Griffith struck out, and johnson made
one of the two hits made off Lancas-
ter and reached first, and then Bush
flied out to Campagna. For Gardiner,
Beckwith made the first hit and stole
second in a pretty run. Morrell struck
out, and Beckwith reached third on
sacrifice by Lancaster, and two men
were out, Beckwith was on third, and
by Griffith assisted by Grier.
In the fourth the visitors again failed
to hit Lancaster and no man saw first
! as Hanks was out. Scott to Stevens,
Hall flied out to left field, and Perham
! struck out. Gardiner was retired one
after another in three flies knocked
by Messenger, Scott and Campagna, to
Hanks, Cormier and Hanks respec-
lively.
Grier, in Augustus fifth, was out on
a grounder to Messenger and Stevens.
Pinkham flied out to Messenger on
foul. Cormier reached first on an err
! ror by the catcher and got second. With
two men out. Griffith hit to Scott, who
with a throw to first again put the
| visitors down. Gardeners fifth was
! short one as Stevens struck out
! Bredo put an easy one to Hanks. who
threw to first base, and Beckwith re-
tired the side by striking out
Another goose egg went down for
| Augusta in the sixth, when Johnson
| knocked a foul fly to Stevens, who
smothered it, Bush was hit by the
pitcher and took his first. Hanks
knocked a pretty grounder to Messen-
| ger on third and here is where a pref
ty double play was made. Messenger
threw swift to Bredo, putting out
Bush, and Bredo snapped it to Stevens
J and retired Hanks. Harrington, who
| took Morrill's place at right field at the
! beginning of the sixth, now came to
the bat and reached first on a tumble
| Of a hot one by Grier and he stole sec
/ rington went third on a passed ball.
| Turner was out on q fly gathered In
| by Pinkham and it was right here that
the hit was made by Messenger that
| won the game. With Harrington on
| third, two men out, Messenger knocked
| a long hit to center field and Harring-
| ton scored on it. In trying to reach
second on his hit Messenger was put
out, Cormier to Hanks and Gardiner
was retired with q lead of one.
| In the seventh the boys from up river
! again went down by Hall striking out,
Perham being put out Bredo to Stew
| ems and Grier being out on another
| long hit to Gampagna, who seemed al
ways to be just underwhere the ball
landed. Scott came to the bat in Gar
diners seventh and was out on three
strikes. Campagna then got the only
| two-base hit made in the game, but
steal third. Stevens struck out again
and retired Gardiner.
In the visitors eighth they made
big try to put some men around the
bases. but failed to connect with Lam
| casters curvers. In this inning Pink
, ham knocked a pretty high fly to Cam
pagna i'll left field, Cormier struck out
and when Griffith came to bat he got
! his first on the only other hit besides
Johnson's that was made off of Ian
caster in the game. He stole second
while Johnson was in the batters box.
Johnson got first on hte only base on
balls given during the game Bush
was the next man UP and hit an easy
one to Lancaster, who threw to Mes
senger, who put Griffith out at third
and made another three out Gardiner
went to the bat in the eighth with Bre-
do the batter, and he hit easy to John
son, who threw prettily to Griffith.
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