Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-30
In Hair Raising Finish
from Winthrop, 5 to 4.
The Augusta Boys Bat Out z
Hits for a. Bases.
Abbott, Ready and Mcclellan Hit Three
EaGh---Kenny Pitches Good Game.

In hair raising finish Of 9 game that
was apparently lost, the Augusta team
defeated the Winthropa. 1T The Driving
park grounds, Tuesday afternoon, by a
score OF . 10 4.
The game was q first-ciasS example
Of Tho uncertainties uf the National
game and when it was all over the fans
were III ecatacieS Of delight and last
hight the boys in red We're the heroes os
. well fought battle. They played an
up hill game from the start. and in the
early stages, especially in the first and
81 cond innings when they had mon on
bases, the hits would not count the
batters POPPING them into the hands of
one OF the opposing players. At the
finish, though, every hing was Augusta.
In the eighth the~lorI" team went to
the bat with the 5cOr: 4 10 against
them, anu even the mott rabid of the
fans Were willing: % admit that with
the game that Winthrop was putting
up there was not n ghost of Il chance 10
win, but Fate dccread it otherwise.
Ready and Mcclellan singled and the
next two batslnen famed and things
looked gloomy, hl:t Carr:Ean came to
them with q. gift. mufilnE Il hit OFF
Sullivan's bat. THAI scored one run.
then Driscoll let one of Cramps"
tw.rlers so by and k"aly came home.
Morse called the catcher down, as the
boys say, and the latter Showed 4 dis
position to quit, but returned to the
game at tile earnest solicitation Of his
teammates, and caught good ball. IS
he always does. during the remainder
of the session.
In the ninth winthrop thought they
We're secure and went into the field
with that expression OF confidence that
once in while turns to that of defeat,
ana tho boys i'll red-well. they made up
their minds to do or t.it>-and they
didn't die. Abbott and Ready singled
Mcclellan placed as pretty n bunt as
could be seen in many = day. right
down toward first. He WIS out, but he
promoted both base runners. Then
Nickerson placed another in nearly the
same spot. was safe at first and Abbott
scored on Il beautiful slide to the plate
Penley remembered his earlier teach
ings about the ''Squo aZa' Play and hit
one to Bill Carrigan He stopped the
ball, but could not pick II up to throw
home and by the time he recovered.
Ready came home and the game was
won and lost.
u was a nice interesting game to
watch and each team :CDk advantage
of every opening. but sc -mingIy Win
throp was playing The Letter game,
having dash and spirit that was lack
ing in the home boys, and even they
We're disheartened. a thu fans back Of
the bench were doing some awful roast
ing and criucising Of plays. especially
when Il good chance to score was lost
This criticising is all we'll enough
2 little Of it-but when fans are person
al IN their talk. sonnet hing should be
done to curb their lack of manners.
Certain il is that NJ one of these critics
could go to the bat and hit a balloon,
md thus do not abide by that funda-
mental principle that reads something
ike do not criticlse your superiors"
Eddie kenniston pitched o nice game
OF ball, as good as anyone would lik,,
TO see, allowing but six hits and giving
but one free pass. ana contributing ono
hit to bis teams total "tiramp' Morse
was touched up for - hits with n total
of IA bases ana allowed three men 10
"'' ~ "oulu have won MS game,
however, # ne had been given support,
Tor our hits, with the exception of the
last inning We're scattered, and Carri-
sahS two errors We're directly rcspon-
sible fer the loss of The game.
WormWood contributed his usual or
ror, two Of them, GU. Of five chances
ana his performance at the bat was off
lor me pest he could do was To dis
tilleulSh pals from strikes in one in
stance and walked.
Doc Abbott made two errors on high
lies and Kenny made bad throy
ms being the ext mt q Augustus
llsures IN the error column. The rest of |
me boys played great ball. fielding per-
iectly and coming manfully to the res
cue AT The bat. in thA final innings.
h1fr nave been exciting gnmcs, here.