Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-24
MERRY-e0-R0UND
Ceny WaIIeps Hs|bweN 10
The Tune Of Is to |.
Failure to Solve Halyey's Bend
ers Responsible for Defeat.
Cony Players Bat Like Fiends..hal.
I lowell Shows Lack OF Practice.

1 If the Halloween Higa nine came Y
Augusta Wednesday afternoon. wit.
| TIN. pectatious Oh winning from ConS
1iheir hapeS were sadly shattered. foi
Ineyer inGi long period of years has a
1It3tIoeeH baseball team been foreet
! ia swallow such hitter pill rs they
4 dia Wednesday Why. ii was simply
line easiest kind of proposition
paine. the supposed to- be star
fxirIer Of the Granite city boys, was
hammered All over the lot. The final
| sfore was - Co /. with cony on the big
| end.
The game started off with Cottle u
the bat. Three unsuccessful swings
nj achnttcr' Harvey's benders was utt
hest the batter could do. Gray. TIT.
next man np. sent a weak grounder To
Harvey. an easy ont. Harvey To clark.
Paine grounded 10 Clark ending the
inning
Mitchell The first hIts up for cony
got fIrse 81 sanf erDrfibs Ranneiis
stevens MO f6iFweis Singled to CEN
ter. Benn was given a free passage.
nIling the bases. AT this point came
about thef only siip-up that Cons
nl9ut. iStR ReA
third. when Niles snapped the ball -
Gray, catching Mitchell mapping b.
abont five feet Harvey. the next man
up. was out, Paine 10 cottle. Herr
is where the balloon started on Its
long journey. Nyer was safe on ali
error by Hobbs. Taber connected safe
ly. Clark came across. also. with sin
gle. putting four runs across the plate.
Folsom struck out.
In the second inning. Halloweh
could do nothing With Harveys deiiv-
cry, and simply went out in order. In
Cony's half of the second inning con.
ditions We're much the same as n the
first, everybody was doing il. two two.
baggers and three singles. netting fhe
runs. was the result Every Cony bat
ter who faced Paine just took a
healthy swing. and drove the ball L
the woods Two runs in the fourth
inning and two in the eighth ended the
scoring for Cony. Hallowell scorei
their only run in the eighth inning
when Carey was safe on an error BY
Clark. and screening grounaer y
Runnells, to faber, sent Carey across
with Hallowelfs lone tally.
III the seventh inning Mitchell. who
had been playing in superb FORM was
injured by getting a foul tip off the
bat. making ii necessary fer him TO re-
tire. Harvey went from the box, to
/ ehind the bat. Young Brennan going
in to do the twirling The count was
two balls and Two strikes on Paine
when Brennan began to twirl. The
batter. walked. "Doc" Niles failed to
connect with Brennans offerings and
therefore famed. Hobbs, the next
man. was an easy out. by the Murphy
Clark route.
Cony hit the bali in fine fashion,
FOLSOM and been being the only ones
who failed 10 connect for at least a sim
lyle Harvey had the Hallowell batters
|eating out of his hands, striking out
seven men, ard not allowing a single
Init brennan, who succeeded Harvey.
pitched fine ball. only one hit being
made off his delivery, and that one
|mas bad liner which got ny Taber.
lie also secured two fine singles. The
Features of the game were the hitting
of Myer and Harvey's pitching. Hal
lowell show ed great lack of practice
both at the bat and in the field