Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-08-15
An Interesting Game from
Augusta, Ten to Nine.
With Score, Nine All in Ninth.
Winning Run Is Made.
Augusta 0ut.haHed Fairfield Nine and
Then Threw the Game Away.

came up here from August, Monday
and gave the strong Fairfield team the
greatest surprise which it has had fol
the season. The result of yesterdays
game on Alumni field, between these
two teams, in mathematical terms Is
10 to 9 in favor of Fairfield. In point OF
the cleanliness of the playing as well as
in the number of runs made, Fairfield
was certainly stronger than Augusta
In point of active hitting, however
Augusta was in the lead after the sec
ond inning. Were it not for a few mo-
ments of wild, fierce batting on the
part of Fairfield, and surprisingly weak
fielding on the diamond on the part OF
Augusta, all of which took place in
Fairfields half Of the second, Augusta
would have easily won the game.
If we take into consideration that
Mondays experience with Fairfield is
her first game on fast diamond we
can easily account for the temporary
walk-over which seemed to sink all oi
her hopes for winning the game. The
playing was loose and ragged through
out the nine innings, but it was, never
theless, a good game to watch, mas
much as the scores kept pretty evenly
balanced, as general thing.
A detailed account of the game will
be necessary in order to do full justice
to both teams. One thing seems quite
certain, judging from after comments
which have since been made, and thai
is, that not only will Fairfield want
further encounters with these down
river players, but Waterville alse
sees in such opportunities ample in
ducements for realizing few financial
ly profitable games. which will, per-
haps. be appreciated by both teams
should arrangements be possible fol-
future games during the summer. Au.
gusta will be good drawing card fol-
Waterville-that'S an established fact
The game by innings:
The game opened with Moody at the
bat for Augusta. An error by Bradley
allowed him to reach first. Abbott sac
rificed. advancing him to second. PEN
ley reach first on another error by Brad
| ley, during which time Moody ran over
the plate. Nickerson and Sullivan did
not succeed in running to first. Fair
field Went down in about the time it
takes to count three. Score: Augusta.
1; Fairfield, O.
Augusta was about as successful at
/ the bat in the second inning as Fairfield
had been. Three flies in immediate sue
cession knocked to Taylor, did the work.
In the other half there was merry
go-round which was shared in, to a large
extent. by every member of the Fair
field team. Three costly errors, coupled
with heavy hitting with a base on balls,
netted Fairfield six runs. Bradley led
the batting list with q hit. Barnstead
struck out, Jones got first on an error
by Moody, Edwards walked and the
bases were full. Sherlock got a pretty
single which brought in two scores.
Leahey struck out. Allen nearly knocked
, Ingersoll from his feet with bounding
grounder, which he caught in sensa-
tional way at arms length above his
head. 1t meant a single for Allen, al
though it was well handled. The bases
were again full. Clark reached first on
an error by Ingersoll which brought in
Edwards. Taylor singled, bringing home
Sherlock and Allen. Bradley struck out.
! retiring the side. Score: Fairfield, 6;
Augusta. l.
In the third for Augusta. Moody and
Abbott singled and Penley walked. Nick
erson knocked out a single which scored
two of the men on bases. Sullivan and
Craig were easy victims. For Fairfield,
Barnstead took a base on balls, Jones
sacrificed and Edwards hit, scoring
Barnstead Sherlock famed. Score:
Fairfield. Z; Augusta, 3.
The fourth inning, netting Augusta five
runs. brought the score to tie Inger-
soil famed. Wiley reached first on an
error by Clark. Remission singled.
Moody did likewise and Wiley came In.
Abbott singled and while the left terri
tory was being measured Off by three
foot PAGES, Moody and Kenniston walked
home Nickerson struck a two-bagger
which scored Abbott. Sullivan was out,
assisted at first by Jones' Nothing do
ing for Fairfield and the score was: Fair
field, Z: Augusta. Z.
The story of the rest of the game Is
simply a repetition of good catches in
the outfield which were followed and
preceded by good work at the bat. Fair
fields menu was served in somewhat
different style and she was somewhat
more sparing of her hits, although
Moody in the eighth beat the record OF
the day by getting a three-bagger, which
was brought to its proper reward by
single from the bat of Abbott. In the
fish inning for Fairfield, Barnstead hn-
fshed out the game in the box and Trues-
dale succeeded him in center field Au-
gusta's men played their original posi-
tions throughout the game
The ninth inning won the game for
Fairfield the tie being broken by Brad
ley, who reached first on an error by
Ingersoll and managed to get around
the diamond while the next five up were
trying to reach first. Another error
brought him home The score: