Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-06-06
Base Ball.

The ball game at the High School
grounds Memorial Day between the
town team and the toy shop was as near
q base ball comedy as one would ever
wish to see. The game was little better
than batting practice for the town team,
who hit the ball hard and scored almost
at will. The toy shop on the other
hand could do nothing with either
Coles or Fifield's pitching. The game
was called in the 9Th inning after the
town team had batted once through
their batting order and the toy shop had
been unable to secure put out. The
final score was town team 3s, toy shop 3.
The sled factory team went to West
Paris Memorial Day, and was defeated
in close game by a score of to 2.
The feature of the game was triple
play by the sled factory, the play being
made possible by some of the West Paris
men not knowing the rules. Harold
Briggs Of this place played a nice ga me
for West Paris.
The Radcliffe team of Norway opened
the season with Bryant's Pond at that
place Tuesday, and although the team
is supposed to be much stronger than
last year, they were defeated by score
of 6 to3
BRYANT's POND @; RADCLIFFE ..
The one thing which prevented Rad.
cliffe of Norway from defeating Bryants
Pond at the fair grounds Saturday after.
noon was young man from Bates Col
lege by the name of Currier, who pitched
for Bryant's Pond. 1t would have beer
hard luck indeed If he had lost after
pitching the game that he did. He hat
great speed, fine control, and all tina
goes to make up a fine pitcher. HI
fielded his position in nice shape, struck
out 10 men, allowed Norway but 9 hits
and gave only one base on balls. Bry
ants Pond did not give him the best o
81 pport, so that Norway was able tt
score 5 runs. Mcnamara was wild ant
ineffective, Bryant's Pond almost Away
getting the necessary hits when hit'
meant runs. He, however, received bet
ter support 80 that the game was KEEP
even up and exciting to the last.
Each team scored one run in the secont
inning, each run being made on errors
Norway was the first to score again; il
the 4th they earned run on hits b.
Cole and Bonney and sacrifice hit by
Lowell. Bryant's Pond tied the score il
the sixth on hit by F. Farnum, a sacri
flee hit by Currier and single by Cole
Neither team scored again until the
eighth when Mcnamara went into thu
air, hit the first man up and allowed thu
next five to single, giving Bryant's Pont
runs and the game. Norway CAM
within one run of tying the score in the
half of the same inning. MCDANIEL
singled, Lanigan was passed to first
Wood struck out and then Cole came tt
bat and drove out clean three-bagger
scoring McDaniels and Lanigan, he him
self scoring on an error by Bryant
Ponds right fielder. Although boil
teams got men on bases in the nintl
neither was able to score.
Besides the pitching of Currier, tin
feature of the game was the playing o
Cole of this place for Radcliffe. HI
made a nice catch in right field in tn
4th inning which prevented Bryant
Pond from scoring runs and at the ba
figured in every one of NOrway's scores
scoring of the runs himself and driv
| ing in the other on his 3-base-hit il
the Sth inning. 1t is the opinion of
number that if he had been put into TIT
box in the Sth when Bryant's Pond wa
hitting Mcnamara hard he could hav
stopped their batting streak and VOL
the game for Norway. The score: