Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-08-10

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m NV their grounds.
MfN/ NJ our boys should
T~1 get 50 badly
@1h-. trimmed in the
first game be-
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teams Ia ,his city? Vel, that is just
what happened Saturday afternoon at
the Driving park in tho presence OF
about 500 enthusiastic fans, and the
score OF to | was not close enough
to give anybody heart failure in the
ninth. Still. IT was great baseball. with
sharp and almost perfect fielding by
both teams and a lot of the good old
fashioned swatting that We all like to
see. The only trouble with this de-
partmcnt of the game was thar Il large
majority of the swatting was done by
the gentlemen from Portland.
1t was mighty good baseball from
start to finish, and all hands got their
moneys worth. There was 40 kick
coming Oh that score. but after the
two games with Biddcford Il week
earle" everybody rather expected to
get about 81 worth of baseball for
quarter with Il ninth inning victory
thrown in.
There were evidences Saturday that
it was not Pitcher ThoiurSon'> day.
The way Portland took to his delivery
was a sight to behold. Perhaps there
was Il girl in the grandstand who
made him nervous or perhaps his arm
got rusty during the wet weather.
Then again probably it was not his
fault at all. but it just happened to be
the day when the Portlanders had their
eye on the ball, The manager of the
Portland team took advantag" of the
rainy weather to run off to Franklin
county and get married. and probably
his boys thought they would celebrate
i'm his honor. Augusta would have liked
it much better if they had waited to
celebrate over at Bangor this week.
AS has been minated, Portland won
the game by hitting the ball, Thirteen
hits for IA total of II bases tells the
story of their victory. or their eight
runs. six were earned. They opened up
for business in the very first inning ana
before the crowd fairly realized that
the game was on they had banged out
four hits in succession. two doubles
followed by two singles. bringing in
three carried runs. Then four innings
passed i'm which they got only two
hits and those did them no good. In
the sixth three more hits, one Of them
double. brought in two NOR. earned
runs. The three remaining runs were
tailed in the ninth on four hits and an
error.
Augustus solitary run was scored In
the fifth by Black, the new man, who
replaced Kelly in the right tield and
who, by the way. is one of the best
men on the team He got hit. stole
second, and came home on the hand
some double by Breen. In ono inning
Augusta had two men on bases and
only one out but a snappy double play
dashed the hopes of the crowd. In an
other inning runs looked sure. but
Monahau was caught at the plato and
Finkerton was hit by batted ball be
tween second ard third and it was all
off again, johnson was pitching great
ball Saturday and hits came scarce
and hard. Some of the boys declared it
was far the best work nc has done I'm
the box this year. He was given per-
fec; fielding support. especially bril-
liant plays being made by all the in
fel'iers while Roper gathered in four
good ones In center.
The home team did equally sharp
work i'm the field The errors charged
against Hreen and Pinkerton were
both wholly excusable Both were on
extremely difficult chances after hard
runs. Lots of players would have eS
capped errors in such cases. hut the Au
gusta boys are not that kind They go
hard every minute Breen die star
work out in the sun garden. having
five putouts ard one assist. several of
them being of spectacular nature.
The other Augusta outtielderS had no
chances but the infield was kept very
busy.
The crowd WAS large and aprr@cia-
tive. As i was the only game. how
ever that the weather allowed for the
week the gate receipts were not large
enough to allow the management a
Sunday free from WORRY There arc
three games scheduled for the home
grounds this week. and il the weather
is pleasant good crowds are assured at
every game. for the lovers of baseball
realize that gilt-edged article is being
SuppI1eO mere. w Ill OF NDSt. iipl dllu
clean games are assured.
On Tuesday at As p. M. the post
poned game of last Friday with Port
land will be played off. and Augusta
will be out for revenge. AS the general
closing OF stores and offices planned for
Friday from to s WAS not carried into
effect on account Of the rain. i is pro- |
posed to close up on Tuesday from to
6 and give the game the big crowd
that was planned for last Friday at
ternOon On Wednesday and Thursday |
afternoon Biddeford will be here again |
and Augusta knows the kind of ball |
they can put up.
Here is the summary of Saturdays
game: !
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