Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-28

on their Boston triE, who have passed
beyond, ara II. y Rrick Mortimer M
Rogers, Samuel Fuller ard Fred Web
Der
The record of the games played -
the pirigos during the three seasons of
1851. 1858 and 1889 have been preserV-
ed to p0sterty in an accurately kept
score book. Among these who kept the
old scores were Emmons Blaine
Walker Blaine, +. {. Dudley. II. 5.
Bicknell, Austin Achotn, George e
Macomber and 4. W. I'hayer.
Junior Champions of Maine.
Tn score book reerds thdt the Diri-
- Baseball Club from Augusta on the
KenHebee mas earned the title Of Jun
ior Champions of Maine. In 1857 the
Diriees scored Az runs to II FOR their
opponents, in 1868. 202 runs TO $50 for
their opopnents and in 1859, 347 runs II
207 for their opponents, making "a to-
tai of 1877 to 81 for the three years
covered by the record Tile DirigGs
were organized in the spring of 1861
and tie first match game, played with
Red Jackets of Hallowcll was Won b.
the Dirigos. 81 to 10.
The Old Score Book.
A Gage of the old score book has
somewhat different appearance from "A
page of the modern score book. The
full squares for recording each move
ment % the players are wanting and
instead very small space is left IN
which only few plays can be record
ed The heads over some of the side col
ufnns have Il peculiar sound 10 modern
ball PLAYERS. such as: Total hands
out. Total runs. Ely catches ana
Miss catches
Some of the scores are gigantic in
their proportions. For instance, in a
game with the Kennebec team, play ed,
JULY . 1851. The Dirigos We're winners
by IS runs, the total score being s. %
=. In connection with these scores
several points must be remembered. In
the game IS played then, first bounce
was alt. the bal Wis tWrIed by the
pitcher and never thrown, and the old
time pitchers were batted much more
heavily than those Of the present day
MASKS. gloves and breastpads We're
unknown The catcher had no protec-
ton for his face and the bah was
caught in the bare hand so that Fred
Parker's wonderful catches in the
Boston game were even greater stunts
than they appear ut first sight. The
players uniforms have a peculiar APP
pearance from The fact that knee
pants were not worn With them. the
players all appearing in long pants.
The Teams Played.
Among the teams played, whose
names appear in the score book, dur
ing the three wears that the pirigos
were champions were: Red Jackets Of
Hailowell. Oakland of Gardiner, Gush-
noe of Augusta. a Senior nine, cob
bosseecontee of Gardiner. Spartans Of
Winthrop. Odd Fellows of kents Hill,
Union of Lewistan. North star Of
Portland, Rising Stars of Portland,
Resolutcs Of Portland. I'airmounts Of
Marlboro Mass, EXcesiors Of Boston.
Stars of Boston, Bay State OF Lynn,
Passasa ssawaukeag of Belfast Unas
of Charlest0wn, Young Americas of
Walthdm. Lincolns Of Lowell Haver
hills of Haverhill and Kennebec Of
Hallowell Pine Tree of kents Hill
and Eurekas of riverside.
Game for Gold Mounted Bat.
one Of the most exciting games
ptaNeu ~ the Ilf1SoS III MdfuS loph
place at Portland. Aug. 10, 1868. when
the Dirigoes and the North Stars of
Portland played for the gold mounted
bat. The game was won by the Diri-
gos, IS to 20, but it was the hardest
kind of lighting, all along the line.
At the end of the third inning the
score stood II to in favor of the
North Stars and the gold mounted bat
seemed good ways away to Pitcher
Morse and Shortstop Parker. At the
end of the fourth inning Pillsbury,
who had been playing q very ordinary
game at first base, exchanged posi-
tons with Banding, the regular sec
ond baseman, the North Stars We're
shut out in the sixth and seventh inn
ing and the Dirigos increased their
scare, to 8, TO 10, to IA. to 16, and fl
nally to 90, while the final tally of the