Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-24
boWdoin I axes Good Game
5 to z From Maine.
Colby Easily Trims the. Am
herst Aggies Five to Two.
Portland 6; Bates 5---TweIe Innings.
Brown Beats Harvard s 10 S.

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dom defeated Maine this afternoon on
Alumni field by the score of 5 to .. Names
fielding was characterized by costly err
rors and Frost was hit safely when hits
meant runs. Bowdoin ficlded to perfec-
ton and pounded Frost for 10 hits. Sparks
pitched excellent ball. allowing only three
] safe hits.
Blair played the star fielding game for
Buwdoin, securing six difficult chances.
| The Maine batsmen sent seven easy
chances to Sparks and were unable to
dodge the infield effectively.
Frost played his position well but poor
support ard hits at critical moments
gave Bowdoin the lead. Newenham, the
old Colby player officiated and CAV"
complete satisfaction.
| Maine took the field first and Abbott
headed the Bowdoin batting order. He
hit an easy grounder to Frost and Stan
| wood followed with Il similar favor to
| Higgins Files hit IL high one to Hig
| gins and Maine came to the hat The
| Maine batsmen had never faced Sparks
before and didn't learn many of his
curves in this game. as the score shows.
Macdonald failed to get one by Sparks
and Scales famed. Burns accepted a pass
to first but fell asleep and the side re-
tired.
| Sparks came up in the second and got
| first en- a bad error by Burns. Blair tried
the same place and was ont. Hodgson
looked a. three and meantime Blair was
on second. Green hit safely and scored
| I,r HicI to II
Maine. Frost got first en- Stanwood'a
| tumble of a hot ono. Qrh;nt sacrificed
but Chase famed Abbott dropped the
| third and Frost went to third and HiC
gins sent high one to McDade. Score
Bowdoin !. Marine o.
In the third. McDadc famed. Abbott
walked and stole second. Stanwood hit
| scoring Abbott. and stole second but
Files sacrificed and Sparks struck out
For Maine. Gordon hit a grounder to
Capt. Hcdgson. who refused to make an
error. Mayo. Names long-geared fresh
man, placed one well over the iniield and
scored on a wild pitch by Sparks. Mac
Donald was out to Stanwood ard Burns
lobbed one to Blair. Score: Bowdoin 9
Maine /.
Fourth inning-Blair hit and got to
| third on Gordon's error. Hodgson got
first on a muff by MAYO. and stole sec
ond. Frost pitched high one and Cor
don allowed Il score. Green was out
Burns to Mayo. Bower hit and got sec
Ond on an error by Higgins. Hodgson
had scored and there was only one out
McDade famed and Abbott sent a hard
one to Macdonald. who got under it,
For Maine, Frost was out. Hodgson to
first. Qunt famed and Chase sent an
easy one to Sparks. Score: Bowdoin 4.
Maine /.
| Nobody scored lin the fifth and sixth
although Sparks got hit and was left
on first. Maine was down in order both
innings.
In the seventh. McDade got life on an
error by Higgins. hut Frost and Mayo
caught him off tho bag. Abbott got one
| by Scales and went to third on a passed
ball. Stanwood hit along the right foul
line and Abbott tabled his second run
| Files and Sparks both famed. For
Maine. Frost was out. Blair to first.
Then Quint hit a beauty over Bower for
| two bases Chase was robbed of a hit
by McDade's difficult catch, but Higgins
hit double. scoring Quint. Gordon was
| third out. Blair to Green. Score: Bow
| dcin 4. Maine 9
| In the eighth. Blair popped out to
| Frost and HodgSon to Burns. Green got
| a scratch by Scales and stole second but
| Bower was third out to Burns For
| Maine it was one. two, three. and Hodg-
son, Blair and Sparks each got an as
sist.
Bowdoin came mp for the last rap and
McDadc got clean hit. Abbott sacri-
feed. but McDade could not score on
Stanwood's third hit. and Files and
Sparks struck out each for the third
time. Maine failed to reach first and
| tho game went to Bowdoin to ,.
| The lineup and summary: