Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-28
BATES SHUT OUT.
Maine Wins Her First
Championship Game.
BoWdoir- Colby Game Postponed
Because Of Wet Grounds.
Colby Leads in Collegiate Series, Boxdoia
Is Second and Bates Third.

Crono, Ne, May 36-tSpeciaD.-The
University Of Maine team won its first
gam" Of the champions series Satur-
day afternoon by shutting out Bates 3 to
O. 1t Was a pitchers battle and Frost
had the goods from the start. Besides
striking out nine men he allowed only
one hit and that in the ninth.
1t looked like an extra inning game un-
til the seventh. when Burns and Frost
got on bases by errors cf Kendall and
johnson. CUNT hit to center field. fill
ing the bases, and Chase struck out, but
Higgins scored two Of the runs with n
h;t and Quiut scored on Juhns"n's bad
throw to catch Higgins at second.
Bates was first at the bat and Capt.
Kendall tried to get one by Frost and
was out at first. Austin famed and
EOwman put q high foul into Mayo's NIT.
Macdonald struck out. Scales was out.
Wilder to Conner, and Burns got a high
one out to Rogers.
In the second, Conner popped ont to
Frost, then Rogers and Boothby failed
To fathnm the Maine captains curves.
For the home team. Frost flied ont to
Kendall ANA Quint struck out. Chase
got the first hit If the game in A hot line
drive to left field. Higgins was third
out Kendall to Connor
Third inning-Wilder was easy for
Chase ut center, Jordan famed and John
son was out, Scales to first. Gordon was
first man W for Maine. ana hit well over
first base. then stole second. Meantime
Macdonald foulcd ont to Jordan. Scales
hit and Gordon won't third, but ON the
next pitched bah Eo"thbv and Johnson
relayed the bah to Kendall and Scales
was ont.
Kendall came VI in tile fourth and gent
4 high one to QUnt, who muffed it and
"Hod' called it n fair ball Boothby
sacrificed and Wilder got first on Scales
error. Frost mixed signals and Gordon
got a bad crack on his finger. splitting
tn. nail. Gordon had to retire to tn"
bench and Blossom went in Kendall
got second on the passed ball but Austin
Conner and Bowman were down i'll or
der. For Maine. Burns and Quint were
easy for the infield and Frost struck ont
In the fifth, Rogers got first on ouint =
second error. Boothby sacrificed, and
wilder took advantage Of Scales error
Scales threw to Mayo and Wilder forgot
who had the bah till the boy from Blue
hill tagged him out. Jordan made the
third out with an easy grounder to Frost
For Maine, Chase and His gins flied to the
outfied and blossom hit to the imfield.
johnson came up in the sixth :nd tried
10 beat ont Q bunt down third base line
bHt Higgins was after it and he was out
lat first Kendall famed and Austin put
one down to Frost. Mayo hit well over
the iniicld and was forced out by Mac
Donalds sacrifice. Scales then got on.
when Wilder caught Macdonald at third
1t was Scales turn to get caught mapping
ana three were out. 1t looked like a no
hit no-run game for Frost.
In the seventh thu first three up were
easy outs to Scales. Macdonald and
Mayo. In this inning Maine scored the
three winning runs
In the eighth, RGnthby. Wilder AMI
Jordan stepped up and each looked at
three Of FrOst's twisters ana it WIS
Names turn 10 hit. Macdonald flied ont
to Kendall. Scales WIS ont, "Eke'' to
first. Burns got hit over Jordan's head
but Frost was easy for Johnson.
In the first of the ninth. after johnson
struck out, it looked like runs for Bates
Kendall got the only hit off Frost. Aus
tin sent questionable fir BAN out to
Macdonald. who dropped it ana Bow
mans free pass filed the bases with
only one ont. Connor and Roger, flied
out to Macdonald and Scales and tn,
game was Names, 3 to 0.