The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-06-25
Base Ball.
THE EASTERN LEAGUE GAMES.

THE EASTERN LEAGUE GAMES.
The Easterns defeated the Old Town. !,
South Brewer. June 17th. to Q. Il 80
pitchers battle between Mcclellan for n,
locals and Howard for Old Town and each -,
found for five scattered hits. Old Town 70,
only one man to third base.
On the Congress street grounds June 17th
Bangor defeated Belfast. s to 3. piling up five
runs ON Beattie in the first inning. Wheeler
who displaced him, was more effective. Fox
for Bangor, held the locals to Eve hits and had
good support.
At Maplewood. June 18th. Belfast trimmed
Bangor by score of 10 to 4. It was free
hitting game. Bragg umpired good game
except for one very faulty decision at first
when Belfast runner was called out although
the ball was in air when the runner reached
the bag. Chase missing the throw but catching
the ball before it reached the ground, the run
ner having crossed in the meantime. The
Bangor Daily News says of the game:
Belfast surely had snappy outfit, headed
by the nimble Mr.. Foote. Harry Wormwood
the late New England Lacquer Joined the
Belfast team here and broke up the game with
nOmer Win Two men on ne also contributed
double and single and got three runs himself,
which seems to be starting in WELL
The boxman for Belfast was Temple, a
brawny six-footer of the same type of beauty
as our old college chum Hank Callahan OF the
Fredericton Pets. MIR. Temple attended strict
ly to business and although our men got to
him frequently there appeared to be lack of
sides being very fair pitcher, Temple is
something of batter and contributed brace
of doubles at opportune times.
The amount of the story was that Belfast
batted well and had about seven. eighths of the
luck while Bangor's dozen hits were scattered
and slip ups costly.
At Old Town, June 10Th, the Easterns de.
feated Old Town. to s. in an exciting game
marked by brisk eighth inning rally by the
home team. The Old Town fielding was de-
cidedly off. This was tough luck for Rip
McPhee, who pitched good ball and holding uI
well with Dwyer. Clukey. the former Colby
varsity shortstop, played part of the game
for Old Town.
Belfast was again victorious at Bangor last
Saturday, defeating the local team by score
of to 4. The Daily News says: Belfast has
a fine team, snappy and fast, and will make
things lively in the Gasoline League this sum.
mer. The boxman for the visitors was 70.
tund individual named Wheeler who looked toe
fat to pitch, but that didn't appear to bother
him much. He also had a good equipment
of horseshoes. rabbits feet and other charms
The modest and retiring Mr.. Foote was some
man with the stick, driving in three of Bel
fast's runs, two with clean singles and once
with an outfield fly, Foote received due credit
from the real sports. Nose Williams showed
considerable class in covering the grounG
around first"
In Old Town, June Goth. the Old Towns were
defeated to in ten-inning game by the
Easterns. The weather was very cold ant
raw and not conducive to good ball playing
but the contest was warm enough to keep the
crowd from freezing.
On the Congress street grounds, June 23d
before the biggest crowd of the season. ovel
600 people, Belfast gave their old rivals the
Easterns second drubbing to the tally of II
to 5. 1t was a game full of heavy hitting
Belfast hit Dwyer hard and often and punched
hits well. The Easterns touched up Temple
at times but he was strong in the pinches
The fea ,ure of the game was the hitting OF
Blethen, who also made a somersault cate
which was regular circus stunt.
At Maplewood Park, Bangor, Old Town de.
feated Bangor, to 6.
Yesterday Old Town played at Bangor anG
the Easterns in Belfast.
Thursday the Easterns will play in Bangor
Friday Belfast will play in South Brewer. East
erns in Brewer. Saturday, Belfast in South
Brewer, Bangor in Old Town.