Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-06
haloWen Beats ". & F.
Twice on the Fourth.
Rain Prevented Forenoon Games
and Spells the Augusta Game.
6aIdIAsr Beats Augusta Thursday and Ties
for tho First Place.

A thousand or more baseball lovers
gathered at the Driving. park We'd
nesday afternoon and enjoyed one of
the best showers of shOwery season.
Though there was nothing on the tickets
guaranteeing the feature, it came just
the same. and was decidedly interest
affair. The weather had been show
ing signs for some time before, but
those gathered did not take it serious
ly. for who could think of what the
weather was to be two minutes ahead
with q game like that of Wednesday
holding the boards? Nevertheless, 1t
was the kind of weather that forces it
self on the attention Of the public, and
the worst thing about it was the fact
that there was lots of it,
The game was four innings and a
half old when the shower came. The
score at that time was to l in favor
Of Gardiner and the exhibition that was
being put up was exactly the kind that
all like to see. That is to say, it was
fast. clean and interesting baseball
Eddie Remission was in the box for
Augusta, and he was pitching the
kind Of ball that wins games. Gardi-
by the name of Light who was an in
teresting candidate for the Augusta
batsmen, and one whose pitching
seemed to bother them. He was
in a rather embarrassing position when
the shower struck. however. with the
bases full and no one out. AS to how
he would have come out would have
been interesting to have SEEN
1t was right then and there tat the
Augusta supporters expected to win
the game. AS 10 whether their pets
would have succeeded. is something
not yet settled. Perhaps so. Perhaps
not. A great deal would have depend
ed on Mr.. Light.
The game started in well for Gardi-
ner. Dwyer reached first on an error
Reilly was out at second in the same
garden. Dwyer going to third. Then
Mr.. Bowman sent one to third, and
Dwyer tried to scoree, but was unable
to do SO, because of the fact that Whit
ney was there with the ball awaiting
his arrival. Austin in the meantime
had come to third, and when Whitney
kindly threw to second to draw him
off third, he succeeded admirably, but
there was no one there to make the
short throw back. and Austin succeed
ed in doing what he had been praying
fOr-cross the plate. Moore was easi-
ly out to Moody.
Gardiner got two more in the fourth
on a couple of singles by an error.
Austin hit stole and went to third on
hit by Moore. Then Vaughn sent a
little one to Remission, who made a
bluff throw to first which drew Aus
tin off third, but in the see-saw Austin
was hit in the back and scored nicely.
The play by Remission was clearly
the prettiest of the day. and deserved a
far better result. Moore scored on a
sacrifice by Pinkerton.
Augusta got her run in the fourth.
Lang went to first on an error by
Light. Then Dwyer threw wild to
first to catch him mapping and the
ball went SO far into the field that Mr..
Lang reached home. Things were
looking rosy for Augusta in the fifth.
as already limited. Remission led off
with a single and Moody got a double
and then Abbott got a base on balls,
and the bases were full. There was
two strikes and three balls on Carey
was the festivities closed.
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