Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-07-30

citaivc Lewiston. celebrate their mi
tial appearance upon the home
grounds by defeating Rddcford to B.
The garnc was fine ono, fast and
clean. and with Il hal ir~ifting finish
two Biddeford mon on bases when the
third man "as out in tho ninth.
The ;5l fam, IN attendanCe got their
money! worth. as the journal prom
ised thcla they would. and there would
have tc"n many mere on hand to well
cor1o the team had there not been ev-
ery prospect nf a shower at about the
time rchcdul"d for the game. StilI the
crowd was very encouraging for n
starter and shows that Augusta wants
to see good baseball There will be
twice as many on hand this afternoon
when the same teams viii meet at
O'Clock. Yesterdays game was the best
kind Of an advertisement fer the sport
in this city, for everybody realizes
that the team representing Augusta
IS one of tn" fastest aGgregations that
ever played on II local diamond.
There were many familiar faces on
both teams and all of the players
knew they We're IN the home of friend
ly critics And how both teams did
go after that game! Both are made
up of gentlemen. but they are not the
kind that do things leisurely. All kinds
of fast fielding stunts were pulled on.
some of the circus variety, and only
Ordway of Augusta and Matthews. the
Harvard colored boy who plays sec
ond on Biddeford, had any errors
worth mentioning Both are star men
but the fumbe-bug stung them badly
yesterday afternoon.
Irish, of Trolley League fame. was
in the box for the home team and eX-
cept for the seventh inning he had the
Biddaford swatters just where he
wanted them. In that inning they did
things to him which it is sad to re-
member Wilson. McGraw. McDade
ana Caldwell. four Bowdoin men. were
guilty of a threebagger. IA double and
two singles in succession. Still this
combination netted only two runs
which was getting off mighty easy
Augusta got three of its four runs in
the fifth by virtue of two errors. a
hard hit over second a bunt and a
passed ball About that time the
crowd felt pretty good
II'C Etiiit was II very ihot ''iN' te'N
ing only hour and Is minutes. There
were no waits and most of the time it
was one two. three. The umpire was
big Schumacher. for the past two years
the Bates football captain. He was a
little off occasionally on decisions. but
his intentions We're always good and
his size is such that he needs no police
squad to protect him in case of a riot
Here is brief story of the game by
innings:
First inning. For Biddeford, Vance
got to first on the first of OllWay's
four errors. but he got no further. for
Allen popped out to Ordway. Mat
thews famed and Wilson went out
to left For Augusta. Ordway and
Breen We're 10th out. third to first, and
Pinkerton flied out to McDade in left
Second inning After McGr;iw and
McDade We're easy outs. Caldwell got
the first hit of the game. He was left
on first however. as O'Brien was out
on a grnunder to first. For Augusta,
Allen struck out. Morrison was out.
short to first. and Henderson got a life
on Matthew's error. only to be left on
second when Kelley famed.
Third inning For Riddeford. DwinaI
flied on. to Brecn Vance was given
base on halls. the only one of the
game, only to he doubled up hen Al
len flied out to right field. Fer Augusta.
Irish hit a red-hot liner to Caldwell.
Monahan hit safe to the same garden
and stole second. Ordway sent a s!z-
zler to Wilson which the latter stop
ped before he really knew it had lctt
the bat Breen was out, catcher to
first.
Fourth inning Three men came up
on each side Matthews and McGraw
were out by the srounder route and
Wilson popped out to third For Au-
guSta. Pinkerton was out. pitcher to
first, Allen sent out q long foul which
Caldwell got after Il magnificent run,
and Morrison was out, short to first.
Fifth inning For Biddeford. Nc
Dade was safe on a high throw by
Ordway and was sacrificed around to
third by Caldwell and O'Brien. Dwinal
was out, short to first. Then Augusta
began to do things, and when the
smoke had cleared away three runs
were scored Henderson was safe on a
wild throw by Wilson and kept right
IN TO third when Kelley bunted. scor-
ing on a passed ball. Irish hit safely
and Matthews threw wild, Kelley scor-
ing Monahan was out, short to first.