Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-09
BANKERS win.
Defeat Old Rivals, The Law
yers, Is TO 9,
Saturday Afternoon, on the
ReueI Williams Field.
Game a Thriller, and Close Up to
The Last Inning.

ne Hlucn-talked-o OF baseball game
between the Lawyers and Bankers was
successfully pulled off, Saturday aft
ernoon, on the Reuel Williams field
with the grandstand and bleachers fill
ed to their utmost capacity rhe
Bankers won, Is to 9. The PLAYERS on
both teams began to assemble on the
field soon after the noon hour in or
! der to get into the best physical con-
dition possible for the great struggle
1t was 2.30 when the Lawyers trotted
out on the diamond for a little work
cut, and they We're loudly cheerGd
They were soon followed by the Bank
ers, nine husky warriors with look
of determination on their counte-
nances. Eden Hanks was slated to
umpire and at exactly O'Clock, the
great contest was on, all friendship
ceased. After Hanks had announced
that Harrington and Maher would be
the battery for the Lawyers, ana
Partridge and kinsman for the Bank.
ers, the game was soon started. This
Will be a seven inning game" said
| the distinguished umpire. play ball"
Then the once mighty pitcher of old
BoWdoin. Frank G. harrington, wound
up and delivered the first ball. Strike
one" says Hanks. Charlie Kinsman
was the victim. he went down on
three just like that first one. Bob
Partridge then came to bat, and
strange to say, County Attorney FISH
er, who was in left garden, saw the
ball soaring from Bob's bat straight
for his hands. The left gardener, in
his excitement, turned somersault
and dashed madly after the ball. Wo-
men were GREATNESS in the stands I'M
| til it was learned whether he had
made a successful catch. In spite of
j the loud appeals of his brothers to
freeze on to it, he muffed. Partridge
, started for second at breaknecli
speed, harrington snapped the ball TO
Marchie, and Harold was there with
the goods. Partridge started back for
first but was nailed for the second out
by the Murchie- Titcomb route Thyme
failed to connect and therefore the
Bankers took their first outs.
Judge Maher was the first on deck
for the professionals, but as Bob
Partridge was in superb form for the
Bankers, Ben failed to connect safe
ly, and therefore was retired on
strikes. Martin and Beane. the next
two men up, We're both issued passes,
Pitcher Partridge not being willing 10.
take a chance on allowing them 70
connect. Martin stole third and came
home on passed ball by Kinsman,
for the first score of the game. Then
the automobile horns commenced to be
prominent. Violette went to first on
fielder's choice, and when Beane at
tempted to score he was nailed at the
plate by a perfect throw by Webster
to Kinsman. Titcomb flied out to
Thyng.
In the second inning the Bankers got
to Harrington for two safeties, aided
by bad error by Fisher, which net
ted them two tallies. putting them in
the lead harrington was forced to
retire in this inning in favor of Mar
tin, who pitched gilt-edged ball until
Ben Maher decided in the fatal sew
enth that Violette had better take the
mound. The lawyers scored one run
in the third, while the Bankers sue
ceeded in getting four on some fine
hitting. In the fourth, fifth and sixth
innings the Lawyers took brace, and
when the sixth inning was finished
they were leading the Bankers by
9 to score
Both teams went into the final sew
enth with determination, the Bankers
bound to overcome the lead and the
Lawyers determined that they should
hold them. But what was the result?
Sad but true. the Bankers ran in five
scores, putting the game on ice. Ben
Maher held several consultations with
his box artist and tried hard TO pull
out victory, but to no avail. When
the seventh was over the ex-judge of
the municipal court tried hard to ar,
que that the game was to go nine al
nings, but his motion was overrulcf.
The great struggle was over and the
Bankers had won.
The game was very close and ex-
citing until the seventh inning. and
the old-time stars showed that some
of them still had the goods, in fact
most all of them. Martin, for the
Lawyers was the hard hitter, getti'.g
a two Dagger and a three Dagger out
Of four times at bat. Captain Titcomb
put up a steady game at first bas.
Kinsman caught Partridge in fine
form. BODICE was the stick artist ~
the Bankers, although almost every
one connected for at least a single. II
is understood that these two great
teams are to clash again, IL there are
no invaIids as the result of Saturdays
game.