Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-14
ONE OF THE BEST.
Bowdoin Wins From Colby, 8
to 0, at Watervi|Ie.
Two Hits and an Error in the Ninth
Did the Business.
Wonderful Work by Both Pitchers for
Entire Game.

| Watcrville, Me, May 13.-(SpeciaD.-
to Bowdoin while poor old Colby had to
console herself with a big goose egg and
the thought of what might have been.
Wednesday, 1t was all done in one in
ming and that the very last.
! 1t was an awful game to lose and
great game to win and it made all the
difference in the world on which bench
YOU roasted. BOWdoin men will tell
you that it was the greatest game they
ever saw in their lives on any diamond
and Colby men will declare with equal
Vehemence that it was the worst (to
| losC) they ever saw.
| 1t was great day for baseball, bar
ring the wind. That was strong enough
at times to drive the Reliance across
the diamond at a winning clip.
| Then there was dust and smoke. 1t
looked at times as if all the dust in
tWaterville had been collected and
hurled onto the diamond at one time.
The wind blew from all quarters taking
the dust away and bringing it back.
s5econd-handed dust that had been pull
| ed into the lungs of the bleechers in
yell was soon settling on the spring
| bonnet of some fair Good in the grand
stand. The game was held up time and
| time again by clouds, but nothing that
| happened in the game can be laid to the
dust with the exception of a dead ball
| that the umpire could not see. and
! which he therefore wisely refused to
pass judgment on.
Bowdoins story is short one. Vail
was invincible for eight innings. Bow
fdoin men We're retired in regular order
inning after inning, not a man seeing
first in safety until the ninth. Colby
gave him perfect support, making no
errors and taking some mighty hard
chances Just as easily as a small boy
eats pie. Nothing could get by but
strikes and they flew thick and fast by
the visiting batters. Slowly and surely
Vail frightened his grip on Bowdoins
| throat and showed no mercy. He had
a iusty victim, but his grip was like q
wise and not even a Wiggle was allowed.
The dust and smoke came and went
and the small BoWdGin contingent in
the grand stand chcered Justify, but it
was no use. Every time BoWdoin
squirmed in Bobhy's grip there was
some one handy to punch her into sub
mission and not single hit could be
made.
Up to the sixth inning all the Bow
dom men could do was pop up fies or
strike our. Some of the flies were good
high ones, hard to get, and other We're
las easy as they make 'em. 1t was
beautiful work for Vail and the team
behind him. Vail inVinicble and his
men moving like clock work. 1t was
one, two three eight times in success
sion. In the sixth and seventh they
kept them on the ground all right but
Icould rot get them out of the diamond.
In the eight they got two on the ground
ana one in the air, Vail and Keene
handling one of the grounders IN hand
some style and Pugsley making a beau
tiful catch of the fly. Bowdoin was
Igettng terribly short of wind with the
fierce grip at her throat and Colby was
getting stony hearted. 1t was a choke
by Bobby and a stiff punch by the men
behind him until Bowdoin began to
wonder why she came to Waterville at
all. 1t was tough punishment and no
mistake for eight hard innings.
But in the ninth Bobby relented and
relaxed his hold Just a trihe. You
could hardly notice it all. but it was
lenough for 4 team that had been
breathing with the utmost difficulty for
eight innings. There was one fierce
struggle, the hold was broken and Bob
by was down in the dust. You can
easily imagine that Il team that had
been choked as he choked Bowdoin for
eight innings would show no mercy
when they got on top and they didn't.
Clark was the first man up and was
cared for easily by Pugsley and Keene.
Bly, was the first man to feel Bobby's
grip relaxing and took a single, the first
of the game for the visitors. Johnson
| followed and got a walk. White came
next and fought like q tiger, fouling the
ball again and again. No one kept
count but there must have been at least
six of them. Anyhow, the visible sup
ply of balls was exhausted and a new
| lot had to be opened So that there was n
rich harvest for the kids in the rear.
| But finally he met one fair and smash
ed it for a good clean single and BLY,
scored. while Johnson went to third
Munro died on q fly to j. league.
| Then Cox drove n fierce one to Pugslcy,
who stopped it all right, but with lit
tie time to spare for the throw and Cox
| landed safely on first, while White and
| Johnson crossed the plate. Havey gave
one to Craig, who stopped Cox at sec
ond and the inning was all over. But
game was won and poor old Colby had
one more fatal mistake chalked up
against her. This was the way the
winning runs were made, but Colby
really lost the game several innings
previous.
Colby had her first chance to score
in the third inning. In the first two
only one Colby man had reached first
safely, and there was really no chance
for run. But in the third there was
all the chance in the world and it was
recklessly thrown away, foolishly, some
claim, and others attach some lurid
adverbs that wouldn't go through a
printing press without setting some
thing on fire.
J. league started this inning with
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