Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-08-24

Earned run, Radcllne l.. Iwo-Dase.nlts, CIa-
base, Lanen. First base on balls. Off Lsith q;
OF Adams l. Struck out, by Leith Z; by Adams
s. Left on bases, Radcliffe IL; McFalls 5.
Double play, Harrison to Clason to Cannon.
First base on errors, Radcliffe !; McFalIs !; HIT
by pitched ball. by Leith (Talcott). Umpires'
Clark and Davis. Scorer, Thayer.
MARRIED MEN IL; SINGLE MEN 10.
After the shower Friday afternoon
the married men and single men of the
village gathered their forces at the high
school grounds to play much talked of
ball game. 1t was sort of social affair
as we'll as ball game and there is little
doubt but that each side could have
picked a much stronger team If the
ability to play ball had been the only
thing considered.
Stan Wheeler acted as captain and
manager of the single men, while Bill
Motley was the leader Of the husbands
Capt. Wheeler's team was made up OF
the following players: Catcher, Mort
Bolster; pitcher, Stan Wheeler; first
base, Ernest Record; second base, Dr.
Rounds; third base, Clyde Hebbard;
short stop, Harold Fletcher; left field,
Sam Davis; center field, Louis Keen;
right field, Ed Jones.
Capt. Motley had an aggregation of
much ability, and after playing while
in one position his men would conceive
the idea that they could do better in
another place, and then would come an
exchange of positions. The following
men appeared on this team during the
contest. Catcher, Eddie Shaw; pitcher,
Hal Briggs; first base, Walter Gray; sec
ond base, Pert Hathaway; left field,
Frank Durham; right field, Herb Fetch
or and DIR. Stewart; Howard Shaw play
ed short stop, third base and first base;
Will Brooks, third base and short stop;
Walter Pike, short stop and center field;
Bill Motley, center field and short stop.
The game lasted five innings. Capt.
Wheeler winning the toss and deciding
to bat first Rounds, Hebbard and Boil
ster scored in the first half of the first
inning, Rounds got to first on pass,
Hebbard on strike out and 4. Shaw's
error, Bolster ON a hit. K. Shaw's
throwing to the bases was very poor and
helped the base runners along greatly.
There was no more scoring until the last
half of the second. Hathaway and How
ard Shaw then scored for the married
men, two errors, base on balls and
hit doing the work.
In the third the single men made their
total seven, Wheeler, Bolster, Davis, and
Record scoring, on three hits, two errors
and fielder's choice. E. Shaw scored
for the married men in the same inning
on his hit, base on balls and Gray's hit.
In the fourth, Wheeler, Davis and
Bolster scored again for the single
men, two hits and three errors made
these runs possible and gave them lead
of ten scores to three. This score re-
NAMED until the last half of the fifth
inning, which was to finish the game.
With their large lead it was evident
that the single men were willing Tor
their married opponents to score few
runs, but after they got the scoring
habit, pitcher Wheeler found himself
unable to stop them, and they put eight
men over the plate on six hits, two bases
on balls, an error and fielder's choice,
and also had men left on the bases when
the winning run was scored by Brooks,
who scored two runs in the inning, get
ting single and double.
Briggs worked hard pitching for the
married men, he struck out six, gave
only one pass and allowed nine hits.
His support was very poor great part
of the time. Wheeler also struck out
six, passed six, and allowed ten hits.
His support was fairly good.
"Todd" Lowell, Irving Barrows and
Eugene Lowell went to South Waterford
Saturday afternoon with team COM
posed OF Norway high school players,
and were defeated in good game by
score of 2 to l. Lowell and Barrows
were the battery, and the Waterford
team only made two hits off Lowell, but
the grounds were very poor and caused
the Norway boys to play loose fielding
game and the errors gave the game to
Waterford.