The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-07-08
It WAS 4 PITCHERS
BATTLE
Skowhegan Victorious
Over Madison
The Local Team and Up-RiYer Play.
ers Play a Ten Inning Game. Score
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We have been trying to figure out
how it all happened, not the winning
of the game Friday at Fairyiew Park
but how there happened TO be three
or four hours of fair weather and dur
ing that three hours we had excite
ment enough to last US over the 4th
From the moment Allen called play
Bali there was something doing
four innings did not look very dan
gerous and it was only in the 9Th inn
ing that any damage was done. When
Laurey after making the two base hit
was scored by LaFleur. that gave
Madison their first and last run. Dur
ing the next five innings Madison
simply went up to the bat, took three
healthy swings and went back to their
bench, while others strolled toward
first, but never safely reached that
bag, for during the last five innings
| only three men to an inning faced
White. who wound up the game in the
10th by tanning two of the Madison
batters.
For the Skowhegan side things
started with rush. Alberts first
man up after Gray, Madisons pitcher
had wound himself up like a cater
pault and had hurled the ball with
such speed towards the plate that the
fans could hardly follow the course
of the ball, Alberts made a swing
and met the spheroid fair in the nose
straight at Bullet" Lawrey, but it
was coming so fast that even the
Bullet" couldn't field it, striking on
his foot and bouncing off into center
| field When the ball was finally cap
! tured, Alberts was perched on second.
The next man up McElwee, looked
over the offerings of Gray, found one
to his liking and proceeded to drive
1t at Mcdonald. At the crack of the
bat Alberts started for third, hurdled
the ball and Mcdonald very kindly
made bobble. the ball going into
left field and Alberts scoring.
The next eight innings were barren
of runs although in the ninth inning
Skowhegan had an opportunity to win
the game with a man on End, but
Gray was equal to the occasion and
famed the 3rd man up. In the 10th
inning, Skowhegan was not to be
denied. The first man up, Pooler
layed down a beautiful bunt that
caught LaFleur fiat footed and before
the ball could be fielded Pooer had
reached first. The next man up
Bradford, layed down a sacrifice. adj
, yancing Pooler to second. with one
out and a man on second Hunter
came to the bat and popped to Law
rey The next man up. White, look
ed over Grays offerings and on -four
wide ones strolled to first. The
next up, Alberts, the only man in
Skowhegan team that had hit Gray
| Will any CONSISTENCY iOOhth lh'iii
over and on the End ball pitched a
hot single between the first and sec
ond, that was too fast for Lawrey to
reach and the right fielder for Madi-
son in his anxiety to field the ball
kindly juggled the same and when the
ball was still in air on way to Mas
terman. Pooler crossed the plate with
the winning run. What became of
other runners, no one knows, for at
that point so may hats and caps were
thrown into the air, the scorers view
was INSTRUCTED and no one seemed to
have definite idea as 10 what became
of them.
It was pitchers battle all the way
through Gray having eight strike
outs to his credit, while White had
six Gray held Skowhegan down to
six hits while White held Madison to
seven. Gray gave only one base on
balls and White hit one man. White
in the sixth inning pitched only four
balls to Madison, retiring the side;
in the seventh inning pitched only
! five retiring the side and in the sth.