Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-11
PETTINGILLs, IS; GARDINER. 6.
inc Visitors Not in Same Class and
Prove Easy Victims.

Inc ball game. Saturday, at the Cor
her grounds. PettiDgilrs Corner We
Gardiner. turned out to be what mich,
be called a 'razzle dazzling" of ,ho
Gardner team. This game was ex-
Fected TO be one of the best games vet
played at the grounds, and # was
rumored that Gardiner was going to
bring up the best iine of hall n,,,.o.e.
that has been seen on 4 diamond sinca
the League games, nd as thew had
some New York players in that citv tho
corners were expecting to See soma
thing and learn something in the lin.
of ball playing that they had not yet
learned And as Hall. the regular
pitcher for the Corners, had been called
away for few weeks, and johnson had
pitched and won a hard game. Tbnrs-
day, so that they did not feel like ash
ing hirl to pitch this game, they OH
tanned the service of Jack Phelan ono
Of Wate"ville's stars. that helped +,
win the contest against Fairfield. last
year, to do honors for the Corners
against the Gardiner crack team
The Corner club, as well as the crowd
was greatly disappointed at the game
that the GARDENERS put up, althuph
il was not the managers fault that tho
team was not all it was expected. az
three of his best men used him kind OF
shabby. in going back on him at the
last minute 50 that he was obliged 10
take any one he could get to keep his
word good. Still he had u good team
:, nj if fhnN hn ,In hn1
loa1ing they would have made it more
Interesting and the crowd would have
had chance to see i'helen let out, but
as it was, after the fourth inning, he
had nothing to do but play with them,
as the score was to i'll favor of the
Corners, his lighting speed and curves
up to the fourth inning gave them such
Il daze that they did not seem to get
over it the rest of the game.
Phclan tried to make it interesting
as possible from the fourth inning by
pitching easy to them, he would al
ways get the first man up at the bat or
at first. 50 that 4 double play would
settle it at any time. Then he would
let the bases get full by giving them
base on balls or letting them bunt it.
This gave the GARDENERS courage aud
they went at it in dead earnest They
.,anaged to scampcr i'll one score in
each of the fifth, sixth and seventh
innings. but these three runs were
made on errors, but tley did get three
earned runs in the eighth and NINTH
which made the score to 16.
Lancaster worked hard, but he had
ragged support and that together with
having his men go back on him at
the last minute would make any
pitcher downhearteci. On the other
hand the the Corners were hit
In fact it would put anyone in mind OF
a wood chopping bee; for every time they
would swing their bats a whack echo fol
lowed. Whether it was having a new man
whatever it was that gave them their
license to bat the way they did, they
certainly used it to the full extent, pound
ing out % hits with a total of 2S-some-
thing they haven't done before against
SO capable a man as Lancaster. Phclan
is certainly a slick article on ball dia-
mond. and it may be judged from the
way he circlcd the bases in the second
inning, making a single hit into two
Dagger and finally making 4 home run
out of it before the next man had a
chance to hit the ball. that he is some
what of a runner. The noteworthy feat
urcS of the game were the work of Pie
Ian and jackson and the batting of the
Corner team, and the good fielding Oh
Nelson for Gardiner.
1t is expected that the game, next
Saturday, with the Oaklands at the Cor
ner grounds will be a good one.
d.