Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-11
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Fairfield, Six to -Four.
Has Rather the Better Of Il
> From the Very Start.
Kehoe Pounded for Twelve Hits, but Nc
Duffy Allows but Seven.


Waterville and Fairfield was won by
Waterville. to 4. The game was play
ed in admirable fashion, rejecting last
ing credit on the performers.
Edwards was, probably, the most
valuable man for Fairfield, not reckon
ing the position in which he played. a
stop in the sixth, with Cowing at the
bat, two men on bases and two men
out, was the most effective display of
alertness seen during the day. The
game was Waterville's after the first
half of the fourth inning, although. of
course neither side really claimed to be
winners until the last inning was play
ed.
After this but one hit was made by
Fairiield-the three-bagger by Allen
and then Waterville had her own way.
The way our men batted kehoe, after
that was q caution. McDuffy and
circuit are the only men who failed to
hit the ball, after this stage of the game
mad passed, although nothing but ex-
pert fielding prevented much larger
score than that Waterville was able,
finally, to claim.
The story by innings can be quickly
plenty doing" there was plenty of ev
idence that Waterville had the better
of her opponents, Practically, from the
beginning Of the game.
Bradley opened the game for Fair
Iield by getting a single; Clark sacri-
feed, Taylor was out, Corcoran to
ConrOy, and Innes was out on a fly
caught by third baseman. WaterviIle
began the work of thu day with u rush.
circuit reached first on an error by In
hes: Reeve got a single which was Jug
glrd Ly Allen letting in circuit. Ready
came up for 4 tWo-bagger, scoring
Reeve. conroy was out, Allen to Brad
ley. The next three.
Three batters up singled but We're
retired by Cordcoran's grounder picked
UP in expert fashion by Clark. Score:
WatcrVille. 3; Fairfield, 0.
IN the following inning. Fairfield sue
ceeded i'll getting in her most effec-
tive work of the day. Rice hit two
Dagger; Barnstead struck out. Allen
reached first on an error by CorCoran.
Edwards singled and stole second, but
kehoe struck out, followed by Bradley,
who knocked an easy fly to center field.
ond half by flies knocked in quick sue
cesslon. "Baggy" threw a pickup to
first, from the bat of McDuffy. Reeve
and Ready were both out on flies to
catcher and center field.
In Fairfields half a succession of flies
and grOunderS retired Clark. Taylor
and Innes. Conroy knocked a grounder
to Clark which the latter fumbled, al
lowing him to reach first. Roderick
singled and Conroy took second. Cow
ing, however, was out at first. McLel-
lam reached first on an attempted put
out of Roderick at third and Corcoran
and McDuffy struck out. Score: Water
vile, 4; Fairfield, ..
In the fourth. Rice broke his record
for the year by striking out. Barn.
stead was assisted out by McDuffy at
st cond. With one out, Allen and Ed
wards each took a single and kehoe
reached first on Barnstead's out. This
was, by all odds. the most critical point
of the game. but the excitement was all
over when Bradley knocked an easy fly
to Ccrcoran. For Waterville, Corcoran
at the bat was out by a most phe-
nomenal catch made by Clark, and
ana heduy proved easy NlClllllS,
barely succeeding in reaching first.
For Fairfield in the beginning of the
fifth inning. Clark, Taylor and lines
went in quick succession. Waterville
furnished hardly more features in the
other half. Conroy and Roderick flied
out TO center and left field: Cowing
singled also Mcclellan. The former
stole third. but Corcoran was unable to
bring him in and was out on a foul fly
caught by Bradley.
Sixth inning-Rice took q base on
balls. Barnstead was allowed first by
ali error on third. An error by Cowing
allowed Rice to cross the plate, but AL
len, Edwards and Kehoe were easy.
With circuit out on a sacrifice, followed
by Reeve on a foul fly caught by Ed
wards, Ready. Conroy and ROderick
singled. the work of the latter scoring
Ready. COwing was out, Rice to Brad
ley. The score: Waterville, 6; Fair
field, 8.
In the seventh. Fairfield accomplished
nothing more than two pop flies and a
strikc-out. The team. however. sue
ceeded in holding Waterville down to
practically the same limit. Mcclellan
grounder between second and third,
Was the means of getting his forerun-
nor out at second, and himself out at
first by a double play made by Rice to
lines to Bradley.
There was nothing of interest to
tranSpire until in the beginning OF the
ninth. when Allen, for Fairfield, re-
deemed his not too fast work at the bat
by knocking out a three-bagger. With
three men out while he stood on third,
Fairfield's hopes of winning this decl-
sive game were at an end. The final
score stood: Waterville, 6; Fairfield, 4.
The most Indifferent observer could
not fail to see that Waterville's game
was won by McDuffy, who had excel
lent backing throughout. Wherever
crisis came with men on bases, the
third man almost invariably famed.
With pitcher of like ability in the box
for Fairfield. it would have been fool
ish to predict the outcome of the game.
Barring a possible change. the next
game of Waterville will be played with
Fairfield on Alumni field, next Satur-