Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-21
Down IN DEFEAT.
Winthrop Team Loses to
Augusta, 4 to z.
Game Is Well Played Contest,
With One Exception.
Wormwood Fails 10 Play According 10 Or.
defs---WaSon'S Work a Revelation.

Winthrop, Me, July 20.-(SpeciaD.-
In one of the most exciting and in
tensely interesting contests of the sea-
son. Winthrop bowed her head in de-
feat to the Augusta Trolley League
team by a score of 4 to 2, this
afternoon 1t was Il grand con-
test, and one that Winthrop might
have won bad the necessary hit been
forthcoming in the ninth inning. With
a man on second and third, Talbot was
found waiting and famed at three
pretty ones and the game was Ove-
with Win;hrOp's rising hopes blasted
and to the great joy of the visitors.
1t was Il great game. one that VIII
go down in the history Of baseball here.
as one of the most interesting and at
the samctime disappointing that has
ever been played on the local diamond.
The crowd was II large and enthusiastic
one and in justice to the home fans it
may be said that none We're forgotten
when it came to cheering a good play.
And there were lots of them too, and
the way the hard infeld drives were
lldIluleu Wy 1tillt'N, 'otdtlN oou dilu
Huntington was Il revelation.
The cheering was one OF the features
of the game. especially in the ninth
inning ami this, with the monotony Of
passing trains made an exciting after
noon.
The opposing pitchers were Watson,
for Augusta and Files for Winthrop,
and the former had the better of the
contest throughout having IL strike
outs to his credit and holding the home
boys down to four hits. Files faired
not so WELL for his former team mates
touched him up for II hits, with total
Of Is bases but he allowed several free
passes.
These hits were not so bad except
in the sixth inning. and had the local
boys played the game as Captain Stan
wood directed the contest might not
have been over yet. Wormwood in par
ticular wanted to play the game him
self and when told to cover the bag,
he simply did just as he had "a mind
too. He refused to cover up and this
directly resulted in one of the visitors
runs and also accounted for one of the
hits off Files. winthrop fans were dis
appointed in his playing although he
did recover somewhat in their sraces
in the ninth inning by connecting for
a single.
Driscolls work as catcher came in
for some condemnation but the three
passed balls were directly the result
of the battery misunderstanding the
signals and this too. was a working
detriment to Winthrop's success.
Tho work Of Carrigan, as coach was
at all times apparent. He played a
game himself on the coaching lines. en-
couraging the players and in Il meas
urc directing many of the good plays
of the game.
Capt. Stanwood at second played a
superb game accepting all of the nine
chances III nice easy manner and
contributed ones of his teams four hits
But their were times when the special
tor could see an evidence of done"
play. The most noticeable Of which was
Carey throwing the ball underhand
rolling it on the ground when Penley
was running home in the sixth. At an
other time he threw wild to the plate
and his records of four times I'D. no
hits and blanks the other spaces ex-
cept the error column shows IN in a
Tad light.
For the Augusta team perhaps the
most noticeable work was that of Sul-
Ivan behind the bat. He proved him
self to he a valuable acquisition to the
team. at all times keeping Winthrop
baserunners near the bases and allow
ing Few to steal. even on a slow de-
livery. Cap. Wiley too, played a fast
game and he was right there at tho
bat scoring two hits in four times IN
and would have scored another had no
not been robbed by a brilliant runnip.
catch by Talbot
1t was not a defeat to be ashamed
of and while Augusta played the host
game. having the more effective mitch
er. local fans are willing to admit tb.t
the game was q good one. and will do
much to add to the already intense
interest of local fans.
The same teams will play another