Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-26
Colby Carries OF 1906
College Championship.
Wins Tie Game From Bowdoin
6 to 0. Monday at Portland.


Portland, Me-, June 25.-(SpeciaD.-
Colby defeated Bowdoin to 0 this
afternoon on the Pine Tree grounds i'm
the game to settle the tie for the COL
lege championship of the State Inc
game was scheduled for last Saturday
but was prevented by rain and good
crowd was present today. Colby earn
ed it's victory and showed its SUPERIOR
ty at all points Of the game. IL was
as much better than Bowd"ln TO-DAY
in all departments of the game as
Bowdoin was better than Colby In the
game at Waterville June IL. and the
two games will illustrate the ups ana
downs and the uncertainties Of the
national game.
Coombs held BoWdoin down to hVe
scattered hits one a double. and his
team supported him perfectly, the only
error being the tumble of grounder
by Wiley in the ninth inning. Files,
the star Bowdoin pitcher, who has
hitherto been much more Of 4 puzzle
to Colby than Coombs has been to
Bowdoin, plainly had an off day and
was batted hard for the only time this
season. Colby got 10 hits off him, two
of them doubles by Coombs. In the
field Bowdoin had five errors. some of
which came at very inopportune times.
In the sixth inning Files retired in
favor of Sparks. and for the remain
ing three innings the Bowdoin fresh
man held Colby without a hit and
struck out four of his opponents in
succession.
Colby scored in the first inning,
Dwyer getting first on Blair's error
and coming home on CoOmbs double
to center. Colby's second score came
in the third as a result of a throw to
second by Abbott when nobody was
bothering to cover the base. The rest
of the scoring was done in the fifth
when Colby punched its hits and Bow
dom punched its errors with the re-
suit that four runs came in. Several
times In the game Bowdoin got men
on third. but the splendid work Of
Coombs with perfect fielding behind
him kept the boys from Brunswick
from scoring.
The field was In very bad shape from
the rain. The outfleld was little less
than a lake and several of the Colby
hits and at least two of the BowdOin
errors would have been easy outs on a
dry field. The large crowd was al
most wholly OF BowdOin sympathizers
but good plays were impartially al
plauded and all had the satisfaction of
seeing a sharply played game fought
out to the finish. Last year Bowdoin
won the Maine college championship
COlhV in no
this year the order is reversed. Bates
is third and U. of M. far in the rear
First innIng-Abbott led off with
hit Of the first ball pitched between
short and third Stanwood sacrificed
to pitcher. Files struck out and
Sparks was out, Reynolds to Wiley.
For Colby, Tribou sent little one to
Files and was retired at first. Dwyer
got scratch just out of Blair's reach
and Craig famed out. Then Coombs
hit for two bases. scoring Dwyer from
first. Wiley flied out to McDade
Score Colby. l; Bowdoin 0.
Second inning-Greene flied out a
high one to Tribou and Hodgson sent
another to illey. Blair was out, second
to first. For Colby. Tilton struck out
and Shaw singled a grounder out be-
tween second and short. Reynolds
famed and Palmer got hit In the foot.
Tribou hit hot one to Greene but was
out. Score: Colby Il; Bowdoin. 0.
Third inning-For Bowdoin. Bower
went out to center. McDade singled
over second and took third on a play
to catch him on steal of second. Eey-
nolds slipping in the water and miss
ing the throw. Abbott flied out to CEN
ter and Stanwood was out, Coombs to
Wiley. For Colby. Dwyer struck out.
Craig got a scratch by Stanwood and
Coombs hit another in exactly the same
spot as in the first for two bases. Will
ley then sent a little one to Blair and
Craig was out at the plate, Coombs
going to third. Then came a mixup on
signals and a throw to second which
allowed Coombs to score. Tilton was
out on a fly to Greene. Score: Colby 2.
Bowdoin 0.
Fourth inning-For Bowdon, Files
struck out and Sparks was retired,
Coombs to Wiley. Greene flied out to
Palmer. For Colby. Shaw struck out
and Reynolds went out. Stanwood TO
Greene, and Palmer was retired on eX-
actly the same play. Score: Colby ..
bOHuOln v.
Fifth inning-For Bowdoin, Hodgdon
lead off with q nice single. Blair popped
a little one to Coombs who made riff
ficult catch. Blair fouled out to Wiley.
McDade flied to Tilton. For Colby. Tri-
bou sent out a nice single. Dwyer made
bad bunt. but a poor throw by Alb
bott allowed Tribou to take third.
Craig singled and Tribou scored.
C0ombs sacrificed and Dwyer scored.
Wiley sent long one to left and Craig
came In. TiltOn flied to Files. Shaw hit
to right and then Wiley scored. Pal
mer was out. Hodgdon to Greene.
Score: Colby 6. Bowdoin 0.
Sixth inning-For Bowdoin. Abbott
was cut 10 Shaw. Stanwood hit for two
basea ~ inter-. Files fouled out to
Wiley ant Sparks went out, second to
first For c. t.,. Tribou went out to
Bower in a catch that was the sensa-
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