Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-27
Saturdays Game Increases
Augusta Teams Lead
WaterviIIe-F diIfieId Defeated 3
to | at Driving Park.
Rallowell Deals Out Defeat 10 Gardiner BY
Score of -Four 10 One.

of baseball Augusta beat the Water
villc-Fairtield team at the Driving park
saturday afternoon, this time by 4
score Of to |. The game was all that
could be desired in the way Of a base
ball game. and was also particularly
desirable from an Augusta standpoint
in that it enabled the home team to
keep itself in first place, safe and
sound.
St2ckpole and Jones We're the oppOS-
ing pitchers and they both did excel
lent work. Stackpole pitched winning
baNl, and 50 it proved, taken together
with practically perfect support He
however had nothing on Jones, accor l.
| ing to the Barlance of the CrankS, with
| the possible qualification that his sup
! port was not quite 50 perfect. and that
| he became more liberal with his free
| passes at times when they counted.
| These two things, couple of very time
| ly hits in the second and some base
| stealing by MesSrs. Henderson and
| Duff made the difference that entirety
accounts for the difference i'll the size
of the scores
And speaking Of base stealing it may
| be said that this Work wa: the feature
of the game. In tn" second Duff. An
guSta'S rev catcher. reached fiji st OH an
| error. and then very deliberately ANA
cody stole second and third He made
| no secret of his scheme. and with the
| Watcrville battery laying for him he
made good in both instances. though in
| the latter case it was dollars to dough-
| nuts that he would make it after the
excellent throw Farrell made, but Duff
| showed that he knew his business by
paSsing out behind Burke easy enough.
Mcpherson thought all this looked
easy from the SidclincS and when he
| cam" III in the third did exactly the
Samr thing. ana repeated his perform
anCc in the sixth, making q total If
| four stolen bases in the two times he
was up. which. as you will agree. was
very clever work. Tho grandStand a.
50 agreed and give Henderson Il good
| hanUout.
This base running caused the taking
| in of Doc" Abbott from left to replace
Farrell behind the bat, hut Docs"
good old whip was too much for the in
| field and his throws were q little too
strong, and Augusta kept up her pur-
Joining in the Same old way.
Perhaps the most interesting feature
| of the game was the sprint for first
by Stackpole. Jones sue ceIel in Strit-
ing him out in the seventh but the bail
was of a kind that Doc didn't hang
| on to. ana when Stackpole discovered
the situation. he started for first at Il
pace that reminded some of Il swim
ming expedition. lie isn't light Stack
pol" isn't. but lie made good time at
that.
The Augusta team as 4 whole PLAYED
f;,,x, /.
playing for some time past. That il,
when il got into q hole. it came ont
with a splendid raIIv. This kind Of bail
playing has saved the game in several
instances during the past 10 days, anI
it was the same Saturday. In the
eventh. with Hoyc on third and 10 one
out. il certainly looked like one run at
least for WatcrVilln. but it was q case |
where looks were deceiving. The next
man hit to Stackpole, who frightened |
his man back to third and then JUST
nailed the other candidate at first The |
next man hit to Henderson. and this |
clever first bascman put it to the plate |
IN time ~ atop Iioyc from scoring in u |
pretty play.
This leads us to speak Of Duff again |
II" looks good. His throws were first |
class and ~ made several nice foul put |
outs ana hi; has" running. us We have |
already said. Was among the h"st
things IF the game. And the wise ones |
@.,y j" didn't strike his pace. either.
y good word should lie said for
St1cEpolc'% and TWomhIy'S singles.
both Of which wor" of 4 Kind that
meant run
For Wat"rvillc. Hove made three hits
~ ,,f finn
half Of ~" number secured hv the yisi |
tors. The playing Of Burke aud Nc
taWl"y for tn" visitors was first class |
hcSrif" thc fat hat they have an e.
ror each. they both more than redeem
ing themselves during the game. And |
King. too. played fine game at first
nc always does. for that matter, VIXEN |
II" comes ~ Augusta. If he behaves |
hin''"it cl"fWhcra as b" docs when he |
can her" hc is as good as There W.
Augusta mad" two runs in the second |
Dur cn' on with MccawIey's erro- |
then stole tw" bases and scored on = |
single ~ Tvnmhly. after FnlIaneboe. |
and Henderson had been retired. Good, |
got gift and then Stackpole singled |
bringing IL TW"mhly. Tho nrxt man,
Bernard. Wa easily retired
AuEu&'h othor run came in tho |
eighth. Got" drew, stole second and
took third on Abhott's high throw ana
scored on sacrifice hit by Duff
Waterville'" run also came in tho
eighth. With two ont Abbott Single
and stole. and scored on q two-base
hit ny the talkativn "BaGgy" Allen.
Yes. twas good game, and everR&,
time we see WaterviIle here we wonder1
why she doesn't win more games. Tie
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