Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-17
Gardiner Team Defeated
By Augusta, I to 4.
In One Of Most Interesting
Contests Of the Season.
{. Remission Pitches Grand Game While
Johnson is Batted Hard At Times.

1t was great game, that in which
the Augusta team defeated the Gardi-
her team, on the Driving park grounds,
Saturday Afternoon, by a score Of Z to
4. a great game in many respects,
not 50 much because the Augustus
broke their string OF defeats, but be-
cause tlIer,- was everything in the
game that constitutes the essentials of
Il good sample Of the national game.
There We're errors and costly ones. at
thusiasti,; supporters of each team
feel blue ana then again there was bril-
liant l:rldmg. In the latter class was
Inc catch OF Cap. Wiley I'm right gar
den, in the third inning. Munro hit q
inner to Caps territory and in running
i'm lie made an error in Judgment, get
tms, too far i'll under. but that made no
difference, ne made 4 dive into the air
and when he came down the ball ncS-
tied in his NIT. The play made n hit and
brought Tie local contingent to their
feet.
IN all Augusta made five errors, two
of which came together in the third in
nmg and gave Douglass Il chance to
MAZE two bases. but that did not count
rs the side WAS retired with no scoring.
The other two We're made separately
ana one made by l'rnlcy made Il differ
enCc of two runs and also added two
hits to C;aroiinCr'S total. for if the play
nlu been made perfect and the runner
thrown ont ut first the side would have
been retired and the game would have
been over giving stone ana Munro no
chance to fat their batting average.
ON thc other hand, Gardiner made
seven errors ANA Ill of them, or most
OF them resulted in run getting. Three
of THESE errors are credited to Stone.
He did not play his game for which
there is evidently n reason. as he has
not been himself since the injury, re-
crivcd in til" game in Gardiner week
ago. when he janimcd his finger reach
Ing for Il low one. These We're eXcnSa-
bic. but the others were for the most
part the worst of errors in picking up
ground balls. with the exception of the
ON" credited to Allen. who made n bal
loon throw after neatly picking up Il
hit off CoWinS'S bat.
Then there vas different air about
the Augusta nor. They seemed to be
in the game having perhaps a little
more confidence owing to the presence
of Cowins Of Wnt"rville and Carrigan
but the most noticeable change was AZ
tn" bat. W. al know that they are
good. first -ClaS$ men as far rs fielding
goes, that is, they are good as the av-
er1ge. but when they came to the bat
they swung At the ball, not standing
a; the plate like WaXen images and
L.,
strikes As a result the bah went out
to the field and while the men We're
out they had the consolation of know
ing th9t they had hit it. and the spec
tators saw the other team work n lit
tic. Most Of the hits. those that result
"a in IN out. went into tho air rs can
he seen by tho score. only seven assists
being made by the entire Gardiner
team.
ON the Augusta team probably the
most interesting feature WIS the work
of T.. Remission. Eddie did not claim
to be a pitcher when he came to Au-
GuStl. but he demonstrated. Saturday,
that he is Z good one He struck out
nine men and with that gave four bases
on balls. That at first glance does not
show such extraordinary work, but
when it is taken into consideration that
this is the first game that he has
pitched. this year. and that under diff
ticulties, having sore finger received
in the game. Thursday, while catching
il WAS a great performance. He han
died himself well and with practice
will make one of the best pitchers on
the team. His handling of Beane's
drive in the fourth was pretty. The
ball came with lots of speed. Kenny
found it hot. but his fast work caught
his man at first It was one of the best
plays of the game.
Wiley also showed up well, handling
every chance that came his way and
he also secured one of the singles cred
tied 10 his team. Cowing proved n
monument behind the bat, coaching
the team all the time and it is without
doubt due 10 his head work and llnowl- !
edge Of the game that the score was
not different than the ending proved to