Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-17
STILL IN DOUBT,
COny and Gardiner Tied
For the Per|ey Cup.
Each Make Five Runs in FRI
day Afternoon Game.
Cony Plays Better Baseball Than
The Down River Boys.

Crippled by the loss of the four bes
men on the team, but still with tn,
Cony spirit the local High school boys
showed superior skill over the Gardi-
ner High team on the Reuel William:
field Friday afternoon in one of the
best games seen in Augusta this year
but which finally resulted in tieASc0re
) to ;. Up To the eighth inning, the
Cony boys We're in the lead and but
for decisions OF Umpire Lancaster OF
Gardner which We're strenuously OBJ
jected to by the Cony captain and the
spectators, the Gony boys would have
won the game.
Heffsess did the twirling for the 10.
cal boys and proved a surprise. striking
out the down-riyer boys time after
time when hits meant runs He was
given an ovation as he came TO the
bat in the fifth. Hanks also played a
star game for Cony While Mitchell did
well behind the bat Davidson, Gardi-
ners southpaw, was batted hard and
proved wild at critical moments SAT
ford of Cony PLAYED a fine game in the
field. Fully 1000 spectators cheering
In the first inning. Glidden and Dun
can flied out to center. while Kelley
famed. For Cony. Thayer and Mitchell
famed and Thyng was out pitcher to
first
In the second, Eastman was safe on
Stuart's error. and went to third on a
Wild pitch. Talbot fouled out to Hatch,
and Eastman scored Davidson got a
hit. Sherman hit to second. and David
son was out. Sherman was caught at
second. For Gony, Hatch was out. sec
end 20 first. Stuart hit. Hanks was out.
third to first. Thompson hit. and Stuart
scored. Heffsess walked. Stafford went
10 first on Eastman's error, and
Thompson scored. Thayer was out,
pitcher to first. Score: Ccny .. Gardi-
mel |.
In the third. Wiley famed. Rlanch-
ard flied out to Thayer Glidden walk
ed. but Duncan flied out To first For
Gony, Mitchell walked and stole sec
ond Thvng famed Hatch hit and
Mitchell scored. Stuart flied out to
right Hanks hit for two bags and
Hatch scored. Thompson was ont. Sec
ond To first. Score: Cony 4, Gardiner /.
In the fourth. Kelley walked. East
man hit. Talbot famed Davidson flied
ont To Hanks Sherman hit but Wiley
famed. For cony. Hofsess famed
Stafford was safe on an error by third
1hayer bit. Mitchell famed. Thyng hit.
and Stafford scored from second Hatch
walked but Stuart was out third to
first. Score: Cony 5. Gardiner l.
In the fifth Blanchard walked. Gid
den tanned. Duncan was out, second to
first. Kelley walked but Eastman
tanned. Here the cries of put him
cut were heard as Umpire Lancaster
was roasting in fine style. For Cony.
Hanks flied to left Thompson was out
pitcher to first. Hofsess hit. followed
by another by Stafford but Hofsess was
caught.
In the sixth. Talbot hit for two bags
Davidson hit and Talbot scored. Sher-
man and Wiley were out by Hanks
and MacFarland, a pinch hitter.
famed. For Cony. Thayer was out
pitcher to first. Mitchell famed and
Thyng flied out to center. Score: Cony
;, Gardiner ..
In the seventh 1t was about Is min
utes before the boys would play for
Mr.. Lancaster was making Gardeners
I0th man. Glidden hit, was caught at
second. Duncan was out, second to
FIRST. Kelley walked. Eastman hit for
two bags but Kelley was caught at the
plate on perfect throw by Hatch.
For Cony, Hatch famed and Stuart
hit, followed by another by Hanks and
Stuart in trying to get home was
caught at the plate. Hofsess famed
Then came GARDENERS lucky inning,
for Talbot and Davidson hit, while
Wiley famed and Sherman flied out
to first. But then MacFarland got hit
by the ball, and with three men on
bases Glidden banged out a two-bae-
ger which Thayer got his hand on but
couldn't hold. and two huns came
across the rubber. Then Duncan hit
and another run came in and Kelley
finished the inning with fan-out. For
Conr Stafford flied out to Kelley.
while Thayer and Mitchell famed.
Score: Cony 5. Gardiner s.
NTH ninth. Eastman flied out to
secopG Talbot was out, second 10 first
and, Sherman banged one but Hofsess
made stab and held it, and Sherman
vas out at first. For Cony, Thyng flied
out to Talbot, the umpire famed out
Hatch. and Stuart was out. second Ia
first. Umpire Kelley, who had unpired
a fine game, then called the game on
account of darkness The summary:
CONY.