Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-03
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Home Team Loses TO-
Straight Game. |
Two Gardiner Players Injufe !
During the Play. !



straight game, in the Trolley League
series, on the hone grounds Saturda
afternoon, hy n score OF II to 4, by thu
Gardiner team. This game made tn
third victory for the Gardiner nine.
and they now continue to hold undis
puted possession of first place i'm the
parent to all Winthrop entnusia sts that
| something would have to be done IL |
Winthrop hopes to cope successfully
with the other teams in the league,
and the personnel Of the team may be
somewhat changed for the better ind
The near future.
| The game started in we'll and for
! -four innings was reasonably close. then
| the balloon went up and the visitors
secured eight runs, clinching the game
and making the fars interest wane to
4 considerable extent. There we've
times when Winthrop played ball. anH
in two innings the visitors went out in
one, TWO, three order, but that Was all :
Wormwood pitched poor ball from tie
start, and the way that Gardiner lined
them out was heart rending the team
making Is clean hits. only one OF which
was good for more than one base. ADD
ed to this, WornwOod received Door
support, his team mates making 10 er-
rOrs, this alone being discouraging to a
| pitcher.
1t is a fact that the score would have
been a great deal larger had the Wig
| itors played the game in the last three
| innings, bat having the game almost
TO a certainty they let up a little in
the play. especially at the bat.
Bean, the pitcher for Gardiner. prov
ed himself capable of pitching good
ball. if it We're needed, and the enthu-
5iastlt Gardiner fans look for him to
! prove 70 pc one Vi ~ ,. pitchers in
! the league before the season closes.
1t can easily be seen from the score
that the game was loosely played, there
being total of 16 errors. 16 runs and
10 hits made by both teams
Driscoll, the new catcher secured nv
| Winthrop from the Somerville. Mass,
High school team. showed the ear
marks Of fast man, and while he
made three errors. at other times he
more than made up for his apparent
failinss, throwing well to the bases,
catching several men trying to steal
With good pitcher in the box, the
outcome of the game would probably
have been the same, for the visitors
showed that they could play ball. at
its every stage. but it might have beer:
good deal more interesting
Turner, center fielder for Gardiner.
was hit on the ankle by a batted ball
during the practice preceding the
game, and in the fourth inning it be-
came so painful that he was obliged to
retire from the game. johnson. pIay-
ing right field. then went to center.
and Douglass the hard hitting man
aser," wen. into right garden.
Gardner was obliged to change play
ers again in the eighth. Stanwood. run
ming from second to third, ran into
Fifield. hitting him in the pit of the
stomach ard the latter was Obliged !,
retire from the game. Messenger then
went to third, and Kane. a substitute
went to left.
Thu one really good, interesting fea-
| ture of the game was the umpirinp II
was o. X, and at no time were the
decisions questioned, except by the
players who happened to receive the
Drunt of the decision. This though. II
natural and generally is the cause of
no comment. The story of the game:
| First innng-Gardiner at bat. Messen-
ges went to first on Clason's error and
stole second. Munro was out pitcher TO
nrst. ana stone famed. Clason made a
clean single, and was out trying to steal
Messenger scoring on the hit For Min I
| throp StanwOod hit one to first and was
| out HodSsdon secured free pass and
| Went to second on poor throwing but that
was as far as he could get. for Worm-
wood was out. short to first. and Hunt
| lngt0n followed second to first Score.
Gardner, ]; Winthrop. 0.
Second inniDg-Johnson walked. and
stole second. Scott hit to short but was
safe Mt first on an error by Keene, John
ont, second to first. followed by Turner
living out to left For Winthrop. Talbot
tlird on n sacrifice by Keene. Cary hit
70 second. and the bali was thrown home
IN an attempt . catch Talbot. but he
reached for three bad ones. and Irish hit
10 first Score. Gardiner. 2; Winthrop, l.
Third inning-Bean flied out to Irish and
Messenger and Munro both famed. For
winthrop, Stanwood hit hot. one to Cla-
Soa. and was fieldcd out at first Hodges
don don and Wormwood hit the air and the
inning was over with six men at the bat.
score: Gardiner. q Winthrop. !.
Fourth livingstone landed n safe one,
a1dL Ci 9, hit and was safe on first.
CIasQn purloined bag johnson famed.
Sc0te mt and Clason scored. but the for
mer was caught at second on a fine throw
~ bennington. For Winthrop. Hunting
1n flied to center Talbot and Keene
n were !, out; ,p pitcher to first. Score: Gardi-
Fifth inning-Fificld hit and was out on
the initial bag. Douglass connected for
q single. and Bean Tor a double. Douglass
,corng. messenger went out to left. fol-
lowed by Munro. second to first For
Winthrop. Carey hit for a single. made
second on h,a an error, but was caught max
coll was out. pitcher to first. Irish conid
not connect. Score: Gardiner, &; Win
thrOp. !.
Sixth livingstone and Clason wo,,rsa
Johnson. Scott and Fifleld hit safely
scoring Stone. Clason AMI Johnson
Douglass hit to the pitcher and WAS on
1t first. DIiscoll made an error on n
pitched ball. and both Scott and Fifield
scored. Messenger hit to short and Yves
nut at first. Munro connected for a sin
gle and Rean cantered home. Stone hit
safely, landing on first and promoting
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