Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-27
COLBY 10; BOWDOIN,6
Coombs Credited With Win
ming Gare for Colby.
Bates Loses a Pitchers Battle, | to 0,
to Amherst Players.
University of Maine Wins, II to 8, from
kent's Hill.

OcoAAAt'''
| or whatever one of hit pet names you
prefer, saved the day for Colby, Saturday
afternoon trimming Bowdoin to the tune
| of 10 to 6 in redhot game. Long John
| has a great knack of pulling himself out
| of holes and the smaller the hole the bet
ter he seems to pitch A good many teams
have thought more than once that they
had him, but it was always a pipe dream,
for when they looked he wasn't there. 1t
used to be that way when he was pitching
| for Cohurn and IL was that way last sum
mer with the Naterville and st. John
teams. Il takes a pretty hot aggrega udo1
| in doing it.
| Vail started the game for Colby but it
his of r. d did e na9 he e very
where near his usual form. He couldn't
seem to get the steam into them and
couldn't place them where fei Bo%doln had
any figure. Bobby is just as good man
as he ever was and someone will pay dear
lit was then evident that Bowdoin had him
captured. They had tailed up six with
total of eight hits and Were We're IN prime
along beautifully, dragging Colby along
like tin can hitched to a dogs tail. Peo-
pie began to talk Of Colby luck and Colby
out the size of the final score. Then
1 Coach Newenham put Mr.. John" in the
boX IN the first Of the , fourth inning mn S,.,
| initiation. 1t was a tough proposition for
a man pitching his first. college game to
go up against team like BoWdoln mat a
three innings. But Long John" took a
reef in his trousers, let his smile loose;
swung his long arms once or twice and
| in choking, binding clouds and smoke
from the engines in the yard came so
from the grand stand, but Long John
pitched right along in the same old way.
| Cool calm and bit sarcastic at times,
| perhaps he Topped them over.
| They came in all kinds of shapes and
with all degrees of speed Usually they
were where they We're not and sorPetimes
were and the tielders We're just where they
thought they wouldn't be- Cakes was the
first man to face him and he struck out;
Then White flied out to Joe Teague and
Ely to Pugsley. Then they knew that
Long john was in the game and had his
arm and head with him.
But it was n tough fight. Bowdoin can
never be accused of quitting in anything
and has a grip like a bulldog. She had
led from the first inning and didn't in
tend to be scared by Long John" until
there was occasion for it, But he didn't
worry any and kept plugging away until
he had EN- where he wanted them and
| then no quarter was asked or given.
| You see, Bowdoin had started out in the
first inning be getting two runs after two
men were out. White had flied out to
Coombs-then on secondhand BLY, to Abb
bot. Cox sent a nice little warm ground
| ed to COombs, who snapped it back to
| Keene as nicely as could be desired and
off the base and the umpire was quick
enough to see it, and that caused lots OF
trouble. Havey came next and whanged
out a handsome double. Nevers thought
| it was good and did likewise, and this
scored Cox and Havey. Munro struck out
but the milk had been spilled and it didn't
matter.
In her half Colby by the aid of couple
of errors and a walk took one run, but 1T
| wasn't enough. Bowdoin didn't do any
thing in the second and neither did Colby.
single. Cox was out Vail to keene Ha
vey singled. Nevers walked. Munro sin
ged This was enough to score Bly, and
| Havey and the visitors were three to the
good. Clark flied out to Coombs and
lieene cared for Hodgsdon alone
| Coombs took nice double in Colby's
made. Bowdoin drew blank in the fourth
| and Colby followed suit. Nevers took a
| single in the fifth but the other three men
| Colby stirred things up a bit in her half
| of the, fifth, three singles, an error, !;
stolen base and walk netting one run.
| little better but had practically given up
all hope of winning. 1t looked then like
Howdoin $ game from any point of view:
The sixth inning was the feature of the
game and was about as hot as any crank
could desire Bowdoin succeeded in get
ting Long john into pretty snug quar-
| ters and he looked to be their meat, dress
ed and cooked. Clark started it by get
| ting first on tumble by Vail and Stealing
second. Then Hodgsdon singled, putting
Clark on third and stealing the empty
second himself. This made a man on third
and one on second with no one dowr--a
pretty hot combination when a team
Even those who know Long John the
best didn feel quite easy about him just
then Il he lost his grip the game was
good hand hold either. But give him an ell |
and he'll take a mile every time, and in |
this case he pulled out and won the game |
right there. Cakes came next and was
finished with fly to Pugsley. Then White |
and Bly, struck out. Sounds easy, don't |
it? But if you had been there watching |
the balls and strikes counted and seen |
the narrow escapes from wild throws and |
how near they came to putting it out of |
the lot. you wouldn't call 1t easy by ant
means. 1t was as hot for Bowdoin as for |
Colby. for If one or both of the men could |
cross the plate it was clinching the game.
for Colby-or at least that's the way it
looked then although it afterwards proved
to be the game. So Clark and Hodgsdon
were left on the bases and Colby came in
Her half of the inning was a merry-go- |,
round. Bowdoin took a balloon ride and /
was bitter. medicine for the visitors but
hair-raising picnic for Colby men. Cap n
tain Cowing started in by striking out, II
not very promising start for such an II
inning but it went in this case. Vail
Walked. An error by Bly, saved Bill Il
Ieagne and put Vail on second. Then
Keene got corking single, regular hair
curler. scoring Vail and putting league
on second. Pugsley smashed it for a do,I
Bile, scoring league and Keepe.
Then the Bowdoin balloon sailed and
things mixed in great shape Pugslev
was caught at the plate but others were
not caught. The visitors did some ineffec-
tive throwing. Munro made an error.
I;riegs walked and Coombs got a single.
This balloon ride Melted three runs Cow
ing started the inning with strike out
and ended 1t the very same way.
This spasm Melted Colby six scores and
gave her. the game. She pushed the good
thing along in the seventh, and eighth,
doing some good hitting and getting tw.,
runs, but it was not so mixed as the,
sixth That killed even the BoWdoisi |
coura ge and she didn't make much or n II
fight in the next two innings. 4 little
squirt was made in the ninth that made
the Colby men even a bit nervous, bu.
only ore run was made. Colby tempted |
fate quite bit. however and If it hadn't
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