Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-31
Most Exciting Game Of
the Season at Winthrop.
Home Teams Wins in Ninth, 3
to z, from HanoWe|I.
Big Crowd at Top Notch Tension Through
out the Entire Game.


Winthrop defeated HalloweIl, yester-
day by a score Of 3 70 2, in the great
est game Of the season." It was that
and nothing less. There may have
been I'll kinds Of games in the past. AMI
there may be in the future, fast
g&mcs," interesting games hot
games or to be unusually slangy
swell games But the greatest game
Of the season has Je1n played. Put II
down in your diary, it you will, for
there can be 10 doubt about it, If yDu
were there you will agree with us, and
if yen were not, ask someone who was.
We say greatest pf the season, not
because il was the fastest" although
il was fast" not because il was hot"
although it was hot enough to make
you sweat: not becaus- il was inter
esting," although it WIS interesting a.
any in a dogs age. we say it was the
| greatest game becluse for cIoseness.
excitement. and Garrison finish and all
the other ingredients thai go TO make
up the national game 1t had all of tn.
contests Of the year beaten TO stand
still.
| Perhaps the greatest thing about
the game, Was the fact that winthrop
won the game when il was supposed 10
| have been settled, otherwise at least
| from a Hallowcll standpoint. With The
| score . To @ III their favor at the OPEN
| ing of the last inning and the visitors
| pitcher not allowing Il single hit the
| Hallowellites felt safe i'll their assump-
ton. And right here we ought to say
| HING q VII hn+
brown-eyed youth pitched a wonderful
game. Not a single hit was made off of
| him during the entire vine innings
And that's glory enough for any pitch
or in the Trolley League or any where
else. for that matter. He pitched good
enough to win half Il dozen games Of
! tall. Not a I hit establishes record
among the Trolley League pitchers
that will be hard TO equal and cannoA
be beaten. All glOry to William AMI
| his pitching and his curves and his con-
troll and his good ma ture for he has
| them all. AMI the last is rot the least
! Winthrop won the game because
well to speak in n gen arsIl way because
baseball is AN uncertain game IN
| expected things happen in every walk
of life in general. and in baseball in
| particular. It happened down on the
hill-encircled diamond. Saturday after
noon, and Winthrop won a great game
Every one there probably had a diff
| ferent idea Of the reason Winthrop
| captured the game. AS we said, the
most general reason. is because base
bail is uncertain. Many ether reasons
might be given if one is given to re-
ttectinG on such things. If one is
good loyal Winthrop man, ne will say it
was because Winthrop played in a do
or-die spirit in that last inning. And it
| would be the truth. The team played
with desperation and were rewarded by
Winning out. If one likes 10 see team
surprise another when the odds ara
against them. he would have enjoyed
the finish of that game. 1t was a good
deal like the way tha jars surprised
the Russians.
Again If one has the habit of living in
Halloween and is a little bit inclined -
indulge in the pastme called knock
ING. ne can lay ii onto the center field
cr fer the runs We're scored on his err
rors. Then again. if one is fair minded
he could not blame that individual
much. for these balls were coming right
along, and they would bother anybody;
moreover he was n new man and had
never played over there ard was not to
blame because it was up hill behind
him; nor again one couldn't blame the
hill for being there; il got there first.
so to speak, and hal i prior claim
still again, you couldn't blame Irish
and York, the two batsmen, for they
had right TO hit the ball anywhere
they wanted to Gf they could. To
summarize. We may say WINTHROP
captured the game because she played
to win in that last inning, and because
Hallowell's errors canfe along just
right, and because winthrop took 10 y
them rs though they We're peaches and
cream.
If there was anyone at the game who
did not enjoy the occasion. 1t was pro-
badly Umpire Knowlton. He certainly
had his troubles in The nifsth on a
couple of foul decisions. With the
bases full, York sent one inside the
schoolyard fence and the question be-
fore the umpire was 10 say whether 1t
was a fair or a foul bali. A great num-
Der of people on both sides of the fence
declared that ii was inside the line.
and if it was. the hit was home run
and the game was won
mere were otnerS, however. WHO eS
pressed doubt as to Whether il was 4
foul or fair ball as 1t sailed merriiy
over the fence. and the difference of
opinion bore a very close relation as 20
whether the party questioned was
winthrop or Hallowell supporter.
The umpire called it foul.
This and another decision on
grounder sent by York down the first
base line. which he also called foul.
created considerable excitement. II
they were fair balls. the local team won
the game three times, as d loyal VIM
throp man put it. If they were fouls.
why its all right. Anyway it was q
problem for the umpire end not for us.
so we win simply say that he called
them fouls, which satisfied the visitors
CONTINUED on PaGe rival