Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-16
At B00TABAY.
Crowd Promises to Break
All Records.
The Baseball Team Wins Its
First Two Games.
Bostos Yacht Club Fleet Will Ar.
rive This Week.

Boothbay Harbor, Me-, July Is
Boothbay still continues to receive and
welcome the, summer visitors that come
in increasing numbers every day. This
will probably be a record year at
Boothbay Harbor in point Of numbers.
Many drive into the town daily from
the inland places and every available
wharf and float is filed with launches
and sailing craft from the neighboring
resorts.
The baseball team this year is doing
excellent work and has yet to meet
nine that can beat it. After little
practice the team is now rounded into
good shape and is playing remarkable
| ball. Last Tuesday afternoon on the
| South end grounds they won from the
| strong Lewiston Independents team by
| the score of 10 to 1.
A fast game was played Saturday at
! tcrroon when the local boys met the
| MonaWi.. Of Portland, very strong
| amateur team The HarbOr team
| played clever ball and showed rare
| skill i'll every department. The score
by innings was:
1234 s sr7 h h e e
| Mnhawks. o o 0 0 l 3 3
| Batteries I;eaEe. Brown and Bowlby'
| Libby and O'llare.
The baseball games are causing
great local interest and are now great
| attractions to the fans from nearby
places. Some great contests are eX-
pectod a little later in the season.
| The Boston Yacht Club is expected
to he in Boohtbay Harbor next Friday
and saturday when it will end its
cruise. Extensive plans are being
| formulated tor their entertainment.
| The club annually pays a visit to Five
Islands and this year has decided to
! come to Boothbay. On Friday after
noon baseball game will be played
between a nine from the squadron and
| one from the town.
| Saturday. an open regatta will be
held for both sail and motor boats. All
yacht owners are invited to enter and
| time allowances will be given.
| The sailing boats will be divided into
three classes. The first class will
include schOoncrS. yawls and slOops
over IS feet over all; the second class
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sloops 81 feet 6 inches over all, and
not over 45 feet over all; the third
class will include schooners. yawls and
sloopS less than 81 feet, inches over
all.
The motor boats will be divided into
two classes: Speed boats and non-speed
boats.
The first and second prizes in each
1 IL 6 1,a
five dollars gold coins. The merchants
of B0othbay Barbor also offer a town
prize which will be awarded to the
boat. which in the judgment of the
| committee. makes the best showing.
TIL sailing boats will sail Il ten
miles course from Tumbler's island to
bell buoy OF Cuckolds. leaving it on
the port side. to red spar buoy No. 21a
off Ocean Point, leaving it to port,
thence to finish line. A reverse course
may be ordered. The power boats
will sail n 5I miles course to red spar
buoy No 21a off Ocean Point leaving it
t. Starboard and thence to finish line
| On Saturday evening the town and
| harbor will be brilliantly illuminated
and there will be a yachtsmcns ball.
| According to n custom the baseball
club will give their minstrel entertain
ment in the Pythian Opera House. n"xt
Friday evening. July 10Th. They arc
said to have some excellent talent
| among them and the entertainment
| promises to be an unepualled success.
The new steamer. Eoothhay, which
has just been finished at Philadelphia
and which will be added to the lleet OF
the Y. s. s. Co. which is running be-
tween Bath and Boothbay Harbor, is
very soon expected.
| Captain Brewer of the Island Rellf
has gone to Philadelphia after her
She will he good addition to the en-
ccllcnt service which the company IS
lrow giving
II Tho sad news Of the sinking Of the
kR"othbay schooner Natalie 3. Nicker-
| son which was rammcd by the steamer
| Romantic. reached this town Saturday
Most Of the crew were residents OF
RoohtbaT Harbor and vicinity. The
| schooner was built in East Boohtbay in
1901.
Tho latest arrivals at the Mena
warmct House are: j. w. Sturtevant
| Binghamton. \. Y: F.. A. Hussey. Mr.
and Mrs. J. d. Hunter w A. Hunter
Jr.. Mrs. f. Owentugh. Bessie Norman
New York, Gertrude Swcetland
INatick. Mass: Mrs. r. D. Waldo. Mrs
a. F. Maher. Miss NJ. " Woodwork
BOSTON: Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. French
Holyoke. Mass: A. F.. French
Iolyokc. Mass; Mr.. and Mrs. w T..
Head. Elizabeth Head. Bangor; NJ. d
Gregory. New York: George Fl. Guest
Helen NJ. Guest. Melrose. Mass; E. w
| Morse. New York.
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