The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-05-27
Belfast High VS.. Rockland High.


the Courier-C azette,
While it is an old story now many of
our readers will no doubt be interested
In the report of recent game on the
Congress street grounds by Frank H.
Winslow, city editor of the Rockland
Courier-Gazette, who is way up in G. in
the technicalities of the national game;
RoCKLAND Is, BELFAST
Rockland High defeated Belfast High.
Saturday, May 18th, in face of about as
many handicaps as the law allows. First
OF all 1t is no easy task for visiting
team to win in Belfast, owing to he
peculiar conformation of the grounds.
which makes accurate throwing to bases
well nigh impossible for players unac-
customed to them.
Imagine, then, how visiting team
can win after making 10 errors mot
counting four wild pitches) and giving
IL bases on balls. Sounds incredible,
doesn't it?
Such generosity on the part of pitch
ers had probably never been witnessed
in Belfast. Santa Claus Rose gave five
bases on balls, Kris Kringle Trueworthy
tributed five. Verify, the Christmas
spirit was abroad in the land that day.
Rockland, first at bat, got man to
third base, but there were already two
down, and Gregory's grounder to Salter
put an end to Rockland's hopes as far as
the first inning was concerned Belfast
scored once in that inning, after Kalloch
had made an eXcusable muff of a ball
that landed alongside right field fence.
The home team had the bases full after
that, but Sa ter grounded to Rose and
made the third out. Belfast again filled
| the bases in the second inning. with
only one down, but could get only one
run across.
Rose mean time had walked four Bel
fast men and showed such unmistak able
signs of having gone into the air, that
Coach Lamb substituted Trueworthv.
The home team was unable to bunch hits
off him, but was not obliged to, for the
reason that he gave eight bases on balls
and four wild pitches during the five in
nlngs that he remained on the mound.
Rockland had three goose eggs in a
row when the fourth inning came. Bel
fast will always remember that session
as The Fatal Fourth" The laos from
the LIMERICK City bumped the ball right
and left, to the great confusion of the
| Belfast shortstop. whose three errors
added to four clean singles, netted Rock
land six large, succulent runs. The WISH
tors INDUCED in an errorfest the same
inning, which ended with Rockland two
runs to the good.
Neither side scored in the fifth and
sixth, and each side made three tallies in
the seventh
1t was then that Coach Lamb showed
good judgment by sending Rose back
into the box, being enabled to do this py
the fact that Rose had been transferred
to the outfield after the second inning.
Belfast rooters were joyful when they
saw Rose on the mound again, for thew
figured upon repetition of his previous
wildness. They felt less jubilant when
he famed the first two batters, and then
administered the same medicine to Moves.
after Jipson had reached second.
The fact that Rockland had a lead of
six runs when Belfast came to bat in the
last inning did not prevent it from being
an exciting finish. With men on second
and third, E. Hatch drove the ball over
right field fence for double. This cut
the visitors lead to four runs, with only
one man down. Salter drew base on
balls, and visions of glorious ninth in
ming finish confronted the loyal support
ers of the home team. Rose here showed
his mettle by striking out the next two
batsmen and displaying speed with which
he had not generally been credited. 1t
was fine piece of work.
The star of the game was Gregory, the
Rockland shortstop, who accepted all of
his eight difficult chances besides making
three clean singles. His throw to the
plate, with the bases full, was classy
performance. The score: