The independent-reporter., 1910-07-07

been carried out in Skowhegan. AL
though the dark clouds disheartened
many in the morning, yet early in the
forenoon the skies cleared, the wind
blew briskly from the west and the
day was marked as being an ideal
July Fourth. The program had been
so well arranged by the vari-
Gus committees that cooperation
was evident the days performance
passed off without a hitch and every
body appeared gratified that he had
spent his Fourth at Skowhegan.
BY nine o'clock in the forenoon
crowds began to gather in the town.
The program began with concert by
Co. e band from the veranda of Hotel
Coburn. The selections were we'll
chosen and a great deal of credit Is
due the leader, Reynold Washburn
and every member of the band. Show
hegan is fortunate in having so good
a band. BY IL o'clock about 1900
people had gathered at Fairview park
to witness the sports of the forenoon
including ball games and minor
events.
There were three baseball games
for the day and three better ones
have never been played at the park. A
great deal of interest was shown and
excitement reigned the whole time
they were being played. The first
game was between the Solons and
Skowhegans. 1t took II innings to de-
eide IL, and Skowhegan finally won with
q score of 6 to 5. The pitcher for
Skowhegan was John Lewis of Bow
doin, who during his High school
course here was star pitcher for his
team Monday he proved an enigma
too hard for the Solons to solve.
Jones pitched good game for the
Solons. Errors were responsible for
most of the scores. Score by in
nings:
Skowhegan, 0 l 900 2 1 0 o If
Solon, 0 0 0 0 2 0 l l 0 %
Hits, Skowhegans, IL; Solons, 8. Err
rors, Skowhegans, a; Solons, 6.
Struck out, by Lewis. 16; by Jones, s.
Batteries, Lewis and Turcotte; Jones
and Board. Umpire, Parker. Time
hours, 13 minutes.
While the baseball game between
Skowhegan and Solon was going on
minor sports took place. The first one
was the 100-yard dash. Those who
entered this were Edward Snow, Ar
thur Merrill, Walter Ennis, Forrest
Carnage, Elliott Spear and John H
Taylor Snow received first prize
which was a Sc suit case; second prize
went to Arthur Merrill it being SO
hat; third prize, 50 pair of pants, went
to Ennis. Time was II seconds.
The potato race was a very excit-
ing event and those entering this
were: J. H. Taylor, Arthur Merrill
Forrest Carnage, Brooks Savage, Ell
liot Spear, Linwood Jewett, Allen
Wentworth, Roy White. The first
prize which was $500 travelling bag
was won by Taylor; second prize
$3.50 pair of shoes, went to Arthur
Merrill; Carnage got third prize which
was $1.50 straw hat.
The one mile race was without
doubt the most interesting sport for
the forenoon. Some good running
was done. The mile was made in b
minutes and 81 seconds, Edward Snow
winning the race. The half was made
in minutes, 35 " seconds. The prize
was a $1,000 suit of clothes The sec
ond prize, a $4.00 pair of shoes, was
won by H. E. Gerrish of Madison, and
the third prize, $500 pair of pants,
by Forrest Gamage.
The first thing on the program in
the afternoon was the baseball game
between Vassalboro and Madison
which, though somewhat one-sided'
yet proved interesting. The feature
of the game was the fine work of the
Madison's infield. There were num-
ber of errors made by Vassalboro's
second baseman. The final result OF
the game was to / in favor OF Mad
ison. Score by innings:
Madison, 0 l 0 0 3 l 3 0-S
Vassalboro. 90 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-1
Batteries, Vassalboro, Staples,
Keefe; Madison, Cavanaugh and Hill
ton. Hits, Madison, IL; Vassalboro,
4 Errors, Madison, g.; Vassalboro,
Z Struck out, by Cavanaugh, 10; by
Staples, 6; by Keefe, 2. Umpire,
Hawes
The racing at Fairview park start
ed about 1.30 o'clock. The first was
the 2.35 class vita $3.50 purse. The
result:
Zip b. g, A. H. Brsg Fair
neld k...... L L
Carlson, IN. g., by Ne on, L.
E. Prentiss, Benton 49,. 2 2 2
Ramrod. blk. g., by ftirling,
James Nutting, SkSwhegan 8 3
Doctor D., ch. g,.stanIey chal-
mers, Skowhegan 3........ 4 4 4
Time. 2QA 222L 230A