Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-17
High School Ball Team
Wins from ha|Iowe|I.
Takes a Nice, Pretty Game 8
10 4 from The Visitors.
Eastern Star Remembers Mrs. II. E.
Fosters Birthday.

another victory in baseball, having met
ard defeated Hallowell High 8 to in
fast and snappy ga me Saturday. Both
| teams We're after the game and both
+ teams played good ball. Cary was the
star of the visiting team and put uI
a great game on first base. Wood
pitched an excellent game, allowing
only five hits and turning in a strike
out record of seven The Winthrop
lads were stronger at the bat and
touched Fuller for eleven singles
Neither team was able to touch the
ball for more than a single base.
Cary was the first man up for the
visitors and reached first on an error
by Norcross and stole second and third
i'll succession. He got no further, how
ever, as the next three men went out
in order.
Only three men were up for Winthrop
in this inning, French and Maxwell
sending long flies to center field and
Bell popping out to short.
1t was one, two three order in the
second and Winthrop only got one man
on first.
In the third an error by French put
Fuller on first, but he was caught in
an attempt to steal second. Quinn
made the first safe hit FOR Hallowell
and Cary duplicated it. Quinn tried to
score on the hit and was out at the
plate. An error by Maxwell gave Fall
conf a life hut Fish struck out and re-
tired the side.
In the last half of this inning VIM
throp started the scoring Heon's fly
to left was muffed by Quinn and Booth-
by was passed to first. French knock
ed hot grounder through the infield
and Heon came in with the first run.
Bell singled, scoring French and was
sacrificed to second by Maxwell. He
scored on a passed bali by Falconi.
Wood made a bid for hit to center
but Austin gathered it in. closing the
inning with the home team three scores
to the good
Both teams had men on bases in
the fourth but neither was able to in
crease the score.
The fifth was Hallowelrs great in
ming. Gray reached first on an error
and Fuller raped out a single. Quinn
reached first on French's error and
Gray scored. Cary was hit by the
pitcher. filling the bases. A hit by Fal-
conf scored Fuller but Quinn was
thrown out at third Fish hit safely,
scoring Cary and Falconi A. Falconi
was out at third but Fish scored Wood
was wild and hit Fuller and gave Pat
terson pass to first. Right here, how
ever; Gray was thrown out at first by
Maxwell. ending the inning. The Wis
itors We're now one run in the lead with
a score of to g. -
Winthrop did nothing in this inning
and Hallowell was unsuccessful in the
sixth
Maxwell singled and stole second.
Wood also singled and the second base
man fun1bling the ball gave Maxwell a
chance to sprint home with the tieing
score. An error by Cary let Fortier to
first. Osborne famed. Norcross hit
scoring Wood and Fortier. He tried to
reach second on the throw but was
caught by Falconi. Heon was out at
first. Score to 4.
Neither siGe tailed in the seventh.
Hallowell started the eighth with a
man on first. Gray raped out a Texas
Lacquer which French made a long run
for and succeeded in gathering it in,
and snapped the ball to first for a fast
double. Fuller was out at first.
Winthrop scored twice in the eighth
but strikeout and sensational
double from short to third put an end
to the inning. Hallowell was quickly
retired in the 9th inning, leaving the
score to 4. The score: