Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-11
Gardiner Wins From Au-
gusta, Seven to One.
Some Good Ball Mixed With
4 Poor Article.
Kane and Watson Pitch Good BaII-..Latter
Lacks Support at Times.

Gardiner defeated the Augusta team,
on the Driving park grounds. yc*tc'hay
afternoon, by Il score of I To /. ThlS IN
Il few concise words tells the story of 4
cOnglomcration of everything that goes
to make uD q baseball game. If you
were there you know just what game
Augusta can put up, at times. After
playing an crrorlcSs game with the
same team, at Gardiner, Saturday, tn,
local boys must have moderated their
opponents or did not care to make it
two consecutive victories anyway there
was !, something the matter and at
times there were some Of the dopiest
plays that it has been the pleasure 60
of the fans to witness.
There was part of the time that
the team did wake up and play bali
putting the opposing batsmen out in
one. two. three order. hut it WAS so sell
dom that :ou could hardly notice it at
/ all. 70 pick til" weakest point would
be to probably cOnGcmn the CoacEing.
| for it Was bad. II til" third inning
Craig had reached third base and Pen
| ley made second. and after two balls
| had been pitched to Moody at the bat
PcnIey made for third. running Craig
| off and he WAS caught in by-play,
Davis to Allen. Another time Files was
| sent down to second about the time the
| ball had landed III the catcher's init
| and II" WAS caught and in many ways
| the poor base running and poorer
| judgement cut Oft runs. There were h.:t
| two innings il which Augusta did not
have men left on bases. the seventh
! and eighth.
| Gardiner played a fair game Of ball.
| but nothing NOR" than fair. in fact
| they will nave to play better ball than
| thcy did. yesterday. to win the cham
pionship. In the fourth inning they
| tried hard to duplicate the base run
ming Of Penlcv. when Reane tried to
run Clason off third. The play resulted
! in put out for Craig. he catching
| Beam retreatinE to second. Scott of
| the visitors showed up well 1T the bat
getting three hits with Il total of four
bases i'm four times up, but in the field
he WAS wccfully lacking, making four
errors Allen also contributed one t.
| the error column.
Kane pitched Il good game and al
| though eight hits were secured off his
| delivery, they were scattered. He al
lowed but ono free pass and that was
| the second man at the bat in the first
| inning. He had better support at criti-
| cal times, too. and after men landed on
second or third he came down to earth
| and used his bcnders with puzzling ef-
feet on the opposing batsmen.
Watson pitched good ball and with
| better support might have pitched even
hotter than he did. for the support that
| he received at times WAS heart render
| ing. lie gave three free tickets. struck
! ont six mon ard contributed one hit to
| the total. Perhaps the best game pla yei
| for the Augusta team WAS that played
| by f.. Remission. the catcher. He fattcI
| his batting average at the expense Of
Kane to the extent of two singles and
Il double in four times up.
Ii is bad practice to knock" on gen
| cral principals. but the fans certainly
hal some cause for their nagging re-
| marks and disgusting looks as they
came away from the grounds. They had
witnessed a poor exhibition and one
that it is safe to say. will not be re-
pcat"d during the remainder of the
season, as the management will take
steps at once to stop up the leaks, made
apparent by the play of yesterday.
The umriring was the one fcatur,
of the contest. that to the unbiased and
nnintercstcd spectator was anywhere
near standard Parker has demonstrate
cd in previous contests that he is thor.
oughly capable Of handling the indi-
Gator and his decisions were for tho
most part Inquestinned. by this. it is
not meant that there was no kick. for
80 one man can please everybody. Int
he was nearly always correct in his de-
cisioDs. ut least having the courage Of
his convictions
Cap Cla&on persisted, as he had IN
the contest i'll Gardiner. in calling
strikes as the ball would fly to the
plate but its effect was entirely lost on
the umpire, who quickly closed his
mouth.
1t takes all kind Of baseball to mot,
a good interesting game, and tbc