Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-02
The Forenoon Game.

Portland High defeated Cony High
by score of to 3 in an II inning
game Monday forenoon on the Ruel
Williams Athletic Field. The game
was one of the Rowdoin League series
and up to the first of the ninth it
locked as if Cony had the game cinch-
ed with a score of to l in favor of
the Augusta boys. Costly battery err
rors were responsible for the change
in the result, tieing the score in the
last of the ninth and permitting the
visitors to score the winning run in
their half of the 18th.
First inning. Lang got base,
Woodman knocked a foul fly to Stew
art, Abbott went out Dickson to Mead
er, Meader covering the bag. Russell
flied out to Thyng. In Cony's half
Hatch struck out. Douglass flied out
to Dougherty and Dickson followed
suit to Woodman.
Second inning. Nutter got hit but
was out stealing, Stewart to Hanks.
Dougherty then struck out and Clark
went out, Douglass to Dickson. For
COny Meader went out, McCarty to
Clark. Thyng got life on an error
by McCarty Stewart went out, Nut
ter to Clark and Shaw got a base on
balls but Hanks ended it by tanning.
Third inning. McCarty went out,
Hanks to Dickson and Niles famed.
Lang got life on a muff by Allen and
stole second, but was called out for
not touching the bag when he tried to
come in on a, foul fly. Allen started
the inning for Cony by tanning. Hatch
ial 70
Carly to Clark.
Fourth inning. WOodman flied to
Thyng, Abbott famed and Russell
went out, Meader to Dickson. Cony
ripped things up in this inning and did
all their scoring for the game. Dick
son started with n hit and went to
second on an error by Clark. Then
Meader was safe on an error by Niles.
Clark then threw the ball over Nutter's
head and Dickson came in while Mead
er stopped on third base. Thyng then
flied out to WOodman and Stewart
walked and stole second. Shaw fam
ned, but Hanks was there with the
goods and brought both Meader and
Stewart in with a well placed single
Allen famed and ended the half.
Fifth inning. Nutter led off with a
hit. bat the next two men famed and
McCarty flied out to Hanks. For Cony
Hatch famed, Douglass got hit and
stole second. Dickson grounded out to
Clark and Meader was out. Nutter to
Clark
Sixth inning. Niles famed and then
Lang did the same. Hanks fumbled
Woodman's grounder and Woodman
stole second, but the next man famed.
No scores for the visitors. For Cony
Thyng famed, Stewart went out, Nut
ter to Clark and Shaw flied out to
Woodman.
Seventh inning. Russell got hit
stole second and came home on two
wild pitches. Nutter and Dougherty
We're seasy outs. Clark got a life on
Douglass error and stole second, but
McCarty went out Hanks to Dickson
Score Cony 8, Portland l. Hanks was
safe on first on an error by McCarty,
but was put out on fielder's choice at
second on Aliens bounder. Allen stole
second, Hatch famed and Douglass
went out. McCarty to Clark.
Eighth inning. Niles got hit. but
was doubled with Lang on a pretty
catch BY Stewart. Woodman flied to
Douglass. The first three men for
Coay We're easy outs.
Ninth inning. Abbott went out,
Douglass to Dickson. Russell got first
on an error by Douglass and stole sec
ord. Then Meader hit Nutter with a
pitched ball. A balk ball advanced
Russell to third and he came home on
a passed ball by Stewart. Nutter
came home while Douglass was get
ting Dougherty at first. Clark endec
the half by tanning. Score, Cony D.
Portland 3. Cony got three men on
bases with one out but could not score.
Tenth inning. There was nothing do
ing for either side in the 10th inning.
as they went out in one, two, three
order.
Eleventh inning. Abbott got hit,