Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-24
Fairfield Trims Water
vile, Seven to Three
Three squeeze" Plays in the
Seventh Does the Business.
TayIor's Phenomenal Hitting and Rice's
Fielding Features Of the Game.

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VAS the date for the commencement of
| ,b. sacoud i'm the series of baseball
Games between Waterville and Fair
| field 1t was played like its predecessor.
| op Alumni field and there were said to
have been at least 1000 hands waving at
different times. Terms of derision and
| encouragement confused the air until
| the fatal seventh inning, when vic
| tory was won and the game was lost.
Fairfield won the game by score of
: to ,. Fairfield owes her unexpected
success to three Squeeze plays
worked in succession in the seventh in
ming. The features of the game was the
wonderful hitting of Taylor and the
star fielding of Manager Rice, who
played his first public game Of the sea-
son after several years retirement
from use Of the nit The story of the
same by innings:
First inning-Cochrane struck out.
Reeve got IL safe hit. Ready went out.
Sherlock to Bradley. circuit was hit by
Al pitched ball. ROderick reached first
base on an errGr by Clark and the
bases were full, but COWing struck out.
retiring the Wdtcrvillcs. In Fairtields
half. Allen hit safely. Sherlock sacri
feed and CocEranc caught a fly. Trucs-
dale was put out at first.
Second inning-Allen captured Nc
Lellans fly. Thatcher struck out and
Allen frOZc on To CougElin'S fly. In the
other half, Edwards struck out and
Rodcricll caught "A pretty fly from the
bat of Bradley. CouShln assisted Rice
out ut first.
Third inning-Cochrane walked.
Reeve knocked the ball and reached
| first. Rice caught the ball on the bound
| and put it on Cochranc running be-
tween second and third. He repeated
| the trick on Reeve. circuit got Il safe
| hit ami stole second: but Roderick flied
| out to Truesdale. In Fairfield's half.
Clark flied out to Cowing; Kehoe was
assisted out by Reeve; Allen hit safely,
but Sherlock was out at first.
Fourth inning-Taylor pulled down
| COwing's fly, but erred off Mcclellan
| TrucSdaic dashed the hopes of
| Thatcher and Bradley caught Cough
| Inns foul fly. Up to this time not a run
| had been made by either side, but Tay-
lor Knocked the ball to deep center
| field, making a home run. The Fair
field enthusiasm at this stage i'm the
| game was almost such as to danger the
| framework of the grandstand There
was nothing more doing for Truesdale
| flied out to Cochrane. Edwards struck
| out and Bradley flied out to Reeve
! Score: Fairfield. /; Waterville. 0.
| Fifth inring-Cochrane took base
on balls Reeve hit swift one ticking
'IdrkS glove. a hit Ivy Ready put three
ON bases. Cochrane was out on clean
t"ldng by Bradley. Clark and Sher-
i"ck. oE"uttS hit scored Reeve. Rod
'f1ck "rGt ont to TrueSdalc. and Cow
ing again fell Il victim to Kphoc.s
Twill Rice flied foul and circuit made
Leaf catch. He made Il pretty assist
OH clark. retiring the latter at first
hchoc hit Il two-bagger and got third
";l Il tumble by Thatcher. Roderic,,
fuied down n fly knocked to him nv
hoderick into left fell Score: Fairfield
L. Waterville. l.
HiN'h lnHInS-MCLcllan knocked :,
Nl"h'id'r bctWccn second and third
| 'h'''ch'f got Il scratch hit ON Il srolInder
""Shhh Sicriii""d. E.ddi" Rice mad. =,
''"Sa'i"hii one-hdutl'd catch off Corcor-
IN mat appeared to surprise himself as
hiuch as anybody else Reeve made tbo
thitd out to Sherlock. Fairfield made one
more III its Ealf. With Sherlock ont ar
lrS'' Mcclellan erred on Taylors Nv Tny-
i"r Stoi" second. TrueStlHlc got first on
It" error ny kcad"y and Taylor reached
nome on an error by corcoran. Thinrc
io"N"d blue for WaterviIle However
''uoSd"I" was out assisted by Kcadov
ana lowing. Reeve getting the putnut
~" f-"W'irhS WAS the last man ont on
"uEhilE assist. Score: Fairfield ..
Nat'rvili". ]. and then came the fatal
seventh inninE-Watcrvilc lid nothing
IN THIS half. kcad"y went out to Tr,lcs-
Gale circuit struck ont. Rodorick rot
i '"p-bhEger. hut Cowin= made the third
out at first. In FIiIiiclds half the deadly
S1hfez" play was worked thrcc times
WIN deadly eject BRADLEY went out to
| iO"i"rhH. Rlr" got Il neatly PLACED sin
gle mt" McI' Hans territory. Clark got
a base on balls ana Rice went to third
OF CouGhlin ; wild throw. Kchoc hunted
ana IN the miXup which followed Rice
scored Allen hunted and Clark came in
Sherlock hunted ana Eehoc scored Thor.
WIS no" = merry round. Allen gettin:,
second an an error ~ Corcor,n and,
stealing third. Then came Ta;.Ior's tbroo-
hLEgcr "ud IL, rest Of tho bunch u,,ltzaJ
IN. TrucSdal' and Edwards ended the
agony by stirling out leaving TayIor o.,
third. Score; Fairfield Z: Waterville.
ElEhth notwithstanding the fate
of tn" previous inning Waterville showed
considerable spirit and y determination
I" die hard. Mcclellan got Il dandy hit.
p; nicely placed just beyond second bas,
Rlce again distinguished himself bv going
after and getting Thatchers fly Cough
I'm got a hit and. on a double steal went
TO second while Mcclellan scored. Cor
4. coran flied out to Truesdale and Edwards
secured Reeves foul fly Bradley flied
: foui To circuit. Rice was out to McIel-
ii'r. Clark got to first on Rodcrick's or
ror and Mcclellan made the final brilliasSt
play for Watervillc by getting Kehoe S
fly after hard run.
Ninth nninG-Whcn Keadey started off
Tor a two-hase hit it looked as If some
thlng was actually about to happcn: and
when he got third on Brddlev's wild
:. throw there was a decided change in tn.
atmosphere. circuit was out ut first or
8 Rlce's assist. but Keadey scored on the
viz GOT