Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-30
GARDINER 2; TWINS 0.
Good Hitting in the Seventh Wins the
Game for Visitors.

Watcrvillc. Me. July 2?.-(SpcciaD--
The Twins bucklcd to Gardiner on
Alumni field Saturday afternoon after
one Of the snappicst, ferccst, Samie st
games of bah which has been played
this season on the local grounds. Tn"
score was even until in the frs: of the
seventh Watervill"S pitcher, McC"n-
nell. hitherto a perfect master of the
situation. slipped Il cog some where and
allowed three singles and q twp-bHE-
ger which ncttcd two runs. Tic game
was not won until this point; and with
the fatal inning given due weight, 1t
would be hard for an impartial obscrv-
| ~ to say which team should be accrrd-
| ited with having put up the best game.
| With practically all Of Gardeners hit
| ting crowded into one short inning and
with the Twins hits about as widely
| scattered as was possible, Il different
issue of the game would hay" been
| nothing short of marvellous. With this
single shak"-up the teams were evenly
| and steadily balanced throughout nine
| innings Of nearly crrorlcSS playing.
| Tie only error WAS made by South
Wen for Gardiner i'll the eighth and it
| bad. fair to prove costly and perhaps
| fatal. With one man down, King swat
| ted q single which WAS well tirlicd by
| Wilder. Abbott came up and repeated
| the same trick and both mon were adj
| vanccd to third ana second rcspcr;ive-
| " by. a throw by SouthWell to second
| which was Il tritlc wild. although re-
| covering by the almost invinciblc Raw
| ley With the best men in the local
| batting list up and only one man down,
the prospects for netting out VcnS"anc"
| were promiSil and the occupants OF
the grand STAN. fairly went wild.
Everybody was well satisfied with the
game rs there had not been q disan-
lointing moment when the interest
Tagged IN account of Indifferent play
ing. Tho suspense was quickly over,
however. when Allen and Eurkc failed
to connect successfully and We're out
ut first.
| 1t is. safe to say that the decisive
seventh when GARDENERS two runs We're
made and rbuut all of her hitting vas
accomplished WIS u .luinris" to friend
and foe alike. Dryers tWo-ha%c hit
| WaS furCnrdaincd and well calculated.
| II was Il beautiful missile sent into the
NEST vulnerable point Of center field.
striking disappointment I" the local
rnntcrS. After this was don" HaWl"y
thucGcd McConncll's' nit with hot
liner which could hardly b" seen until
il had been sent to first. II was done
before the batter had had time to
throw down his bat. Austin WAS al
lowed to walk and the real crisis of
the game WAS at hand. If Mcconnell
could only exhibit some of the superb
command which had been in evidence
all along from the star1, those two runs
would never have bc ado. Still No
cnnncll WAS not battcd heavily. Meth
~ one Of he singles which followed by
Wilder Moore ana Jones We're Knocked
fur beyond the diamond; but the first
two Glanced to bound just beyond the
reach of short stop and second base
rlan. Dwynr ana Austin wcr.. both
sc""cd by Wildcr's hit. although the
latter was subsequently caught at
tempting To steal second by FarWcll.
| With Moore and Jones ON bases, anoth-
or two scores might have been realized
had another trick of chance bounced
| the hit Of t'nwman Il nit higher 1t was
i difficult chance for Mccarlcy. a pick
up ana throw before he had recovered
his balance ana the batter was out in
the nick of time.
Watcrvillc, after playing an error
less game, seeing six of her opponents
struck out and but one given a base.
retired from tn" field with as much sat
iSfa"tion as a defeated team could dc
| sire. namely, tn" admiration "f her
friends and the respect of her i"cS.
Gardiner failed to attract any pr
ticular attention in the first half,
Sorthwell and RawIcy being assisted
out by Burke, and Dwyer being caught
out by Allen in easy style. When Wat
crVillc showed up at the bat the game
commenced. Allen secured q single,
was caught at second while fiurkr
reached first on ficldcr's choice. Barn
stead struck out.
Ther2 was nothing unusual to happen
but n monotnnv of StrikcCutS ana easy
groundere and flies until WaterNiile's
half of the fourth. Allen ana Burke
both hit Saf"ticS. but Abbott, having
reached first on a single was caught
trying 10 make third on Burke'S hit by
a splendid assist from right FIELD across
the Gidmcnl. Barnstead struck ont
; ana FarWcn flied out to Austin. ~
NOR effective work waa done until INC
: breakup e the eighth.
GARDINER.
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