Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-07-19
AUGUSTA LUCK.
Rain Abruptly Ends Game
With Han0Wen
With Augusta In the Lead and
Playing Good Ball.
Dispute Ensues After Shower, But Umpire
Rules and Twas All OFT.

f'GTE S!O4HtS, yesterday alleTI'Dii- IL
waS, nT would haV. been festival for
the local boys. for they had found
Pug~ley, the opposing pitcher, Tor fpdr
hits and We're still ready for more when
4 sudden electrical shower came OYER
th,- field At the olOs- Of the second in
ming. 1t rai!l.-d if you We're there YOU
kno,- how hard. but to those who W|rr
not, il came down in buck@tfuls and
famed b. 4 high wind, found its way
up and down and all around the grand
stand uhrrr III" 80 spectators "f ~"
game had tIken refuge, and when 1t
vas over there We're hardly a person
present WhO had not suffered more or
l,-es fl Jm the water.
II ,yAe too bad that it was 50, for Au-
guetl never had, or ever will have a
better chance 10 win game. 1h-E
were right there with the goods fi-li-
ing IL perfection while the opposing
Iitrl.-r Was being found for hits and
TIL fellerz back Of him hal not shown
ul very we'll. TWO innings had b+tn
play-l. ana at the enl Of the second.
lust a. Pcnley had BEEN thrown out al
first. il began to come down Wlth Au-
gUSt4 I-a,ling with three runs. Every
oll.. IN the grounds made for the grand
stan: ana soon all We're huddled to-
g-ther offering as LITTLE surf1'r- a@ p"S-
sIbI.- for the rain to land upon Inc
umpire had called time and from tne
grand stand the Spectators watched
th.- water flow over the grounds in a
miniature river. This was at i-3s . clock
In IL minutes tim" the shower had
paes.l and an We're anxious to Sc the
pIav begin. but Manager PugSlcy mad
visions Of 1 defeat and would not lis
TN fur 4 moment to any thought OF
such thing and strenuOusly opposed
such plan to the umpire. After wait
lne fnf tha necessary half hour after
ill.,. can of time. the umpire, Reynolds
of CnIi,y-. declared the game off, owing
tn th- wet condition Of the grounds.
Previous 10 his declaring tho game of.
Man.ger Pnrintun. CAPTAIN Prnlry .tni
oth.rs vigorously stated their versions
Of the rules To the liking Of the Dia-
rncr..l." ana thez. protests were inter
loo ck,.,i with thu version Of Manager and
CAPTAIN Pugsley.
I:ut it vas no go. to use common
EXPRESSION, for the umpire had his WAY
and tn. game was off. The spectators
w+r,. disappointed. that is. the Augusta
contingent. as they had visions Of an
Other rictory, and they left the field
with regrets that they could not have
received their moneys worth Of ball
that they had paid to see.
No rain checks were in evidence. ow-
ing 10 an oversight by the management,
but tn. tickets given out at the game
will b.. good when the contest is played
of. 50 that it will in the end be no ma
4 a. f1r ar -
Of th+ controversy that cnsued be-
tween tho cessation Of the rain and the
declaring ofr of the game, littl- need be
elil for nh man was in sympathy
with his own team. the one seeing pos
sihIe defect and the other looking to
victory. words Were PASSED around pro-
mis-, unnsi. ana no doubt the PERSONAL
ifiee nr" now regretted. The game is
off ana That is the end of it. 1t will
have to be played off and it is 10 be
hoped thar in the next meeting the An
gu=tas will not only start in as they
,lid y-eter lay. but keep it up and land
victory in the Capital city. The fol-
lowing is The play rs far as concluded:
First inning-Hallowell at the bat.
The elme started in well and gave
promis.. of 4 good contest. Newenham
went out to Wiley unassisted. Carey
famed ana the side was retired by a
nice running catch by Abbott OF Blairs
hit nedr the foul line. For Augusta.
Craig hit to third and Higgins fumble'l
ana Craig landed on first. Abbott and
Penlay struck out. Carrigan hit safe,
but the side retired rs Cnwing went out
10 first unassisted. Score: Augusta,0;
iIallowcll. Q.
second inninE-IIiggins started for
first rs having dropped the third strike
Davis hit To Wiley and Pugsley went
out short to first. For Augusta. Wiley
ana Moody both connected for clean
singles. Wiley struck out and both
base runners made another bag by 2
passed ball. Watson famed. CraiS
cracked ont 4 "corker." good for two
bases, and Wiley and Moody scored.
Abbott hit 10 Aratl and the latter fun-
hled. Abbott landing on second ana
Craig scoring. Penlcy hit 10 short and |
Was fiel1cd ont ut first and the ram |
came in sheets while the anxious spec |
tators began to wonder whether they |
We're going to get home or not. without |
getting a thorough drenchlng. Score:
Augusta. 3; Hall0well, 0.