Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-24
COLBY DEFEATS BOWD0|N...
MAINE WINS FROM Bates.
Sixteen Innings Required to Decide Great
Battle of Pitchers at LeWist0n===Big
Crowd Watches Game at Waterville.
MAINE 8; BATES 2.

Lewiston, Me-, May 23-(SpeciaD.-
In the longest, closest and hardest
fought game ever played on Garcelon
field, University of Maine defeated
Bates in the 10th inning Saturday, 8
to 2. The game was replete with SEN
sational plays, wonderful pitching and
general glt-edge baseball. Both teams
played a marvellous game, fighting out
the long innings with desperate at
tempts every time they came to bat
to land a victory.
1t was virtually another pitchers
battle, Hartman, the Bates man, hav-
ing the better of Ryan for the IA in
nings in which the latter was in the
game. McHale came into the box for
Maine in the last part of the 14th and
his fresh condition showed up to a
good advantage over the little Bates
mans. Hartman was plucky, how
ever, and he finished the game. He
had IA strikeouts to his credit. He
gave 10 bases on balls. Many Of his
passes were given to keep the heavy
batters from landing a hit, which would
have meant the game.
The sensational fielding features were
a running catch by Cole of Bates in
left field of short foul fly from Pond 8
bat in the 18th and a one-handed catch
of a hot liner from Lamarey by
French of Maine in the 5th. Cobb's
catch of a Texas Lacquer which he had
to run hack for was also a feature.
The all round work of Foulton in the
field for Maine deserves mention. He
took six difficult chances of long f1ys.
In the 18th he robbed Stone Of what
locked to be at least another three
Dagger.
The day was ideal for baseball. 1t
was rather cold, although the work
show that they were bothered. The
grandstand and bIeachers were filled.
The Bates College Band and cheering
squad, under the leadership of Ike
Cochran 'O9, occupied part of the grand
stand.
The work of OBrien, as umpire,
seemed satisfactory. On several occa-
sions he gave Bates the little end of
close decisions the opposite of which
would have meant the game for Bates.
He seemed. to many of those stand
ing where they could see the plate. to
be a little off on some of Harriman's
curves. The lad was throwing curves
that broke very sharply but they had
to cut the middle Of the plate in Or
der to get the strike"
Maine is now one game ahead of
Bates. Bates has two games left to
play with Bowdoin while Maine has
only one game left with Colby. Should
Bates win both games from Bowdoin,
she would at least be tied for the cham
pionship with Maine. If Colby springs
some more surprises, the situation
may become still more complicated.
At any rate, by winning today, Maine
has show left for the big plum, and
although She lost, Bates still has a
CLEAN of hope.
The game really should have been
only nine innings long with the score
two to one in favor of Bates. Bates
made her two earned runs in the third
inning on hits by Lamorey and Stone.
Cobb made a costly error for Bates in
the seventh which let in the run which
tied the score. Maine had several
chances to, win the game after that
as did Bates hut neither team could
turn the trick until the 18th when a
hit by Coombs. an error by Hartman
and a long sac rifice fly by Mayo did
the business.