Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-07-24
GARDINER Wins
BY CLOSE MARGIN
FROM HALL0WELL

the second time in a week Hallowell was
nosed out by Gardiner. the game on Sat-
urday going to Gardiner by score of
2 to /. The game was warmly contested
and was of the brand that makes the
game famous. At the onset pitchers
battle developed and although Lindstrom
was at times a trife prolific in issuing
free transportation. he had rather the
better of the argument. Hallowell hit the
ball all right and Pearson did not have a
strikeout to his credit. The trouble was
not there. it was the lack of ability on
the part of the upriver lads to place their
hits in safe quarters, only four balls out
side of the safe hits going into the out
field.
Pearson allowed eight hits but kept
them well scattered, clever Unfolding
keeping the hit column of the visitors
from being larger. Much to the satsfac-
ton of the fans. Barrows was back in
the game and demonstrated his ability by
getting a single and a long double. The
latter would have been easily good for
three-bagger had Barrows been in gooo
trotting condition. Hauowell was out to
win by all fair means, and after allow
ing Barrows a runner in the first, Board
man thought he would take no chance in
the eighth and refused to allow runner
for Barrows in this inning A running
catch by Eastman in the fifth robbed
Lindstrom of probable triple.
1t in the first 1t looked as if the visitors
doctfn to fnp Tt,y,N
reached third safely but was retired at
the plate by quick return of the ball by
Eastman.
Gardiner started the scoring in the
fourth after Barrows had flied out to
Duncan. George Talbot was hit by a
pitched ball and took second when Muir
ray dropped Hayford's throw. Cobb fan
ned and "Spide" Eastman created a pretty
single to left, thus enabling Talbot to
cross the rubber with the first tally Of
the game.
Gardeners second score was made in
the seventh when Cobb was passed but
retired on Eastmans grounder to Lind
strom. the batter being safe at first on a
flelder's choice. Pearson plugged dou-
BILE to left and scored Eastman.
Then came the great eighth and ninth
in which Hallowell showed her fighting
qualities and chances for her in each Of
these innings looked very bright. Hay
ford opened up with a single to right ana
Lindstrom followed with one to left. Hay
ford. having taken second on a throw.
was advanced to third on hit Of the
boxman. Here's pretty kettle Of fish,"
thought the Gardiner fans. Men on sec
ond and third and no man down. Murray
Duncan and Dickinson. the head Of the
batting order. could only put up little
infield taps that retired the side. Gardi-
ner fame expected another In the eighth
but were disappointed and the wisdom OF
"Uncle Georges" refusal to allow a run
ner for Barrows became apparent. Mon
ahan retired. Murray to Chapman. and
Barrows knocked a long double to deep
right which, II It had not been for his
game ankle, would have surely been good
for three sacks. AS It was he was re-
tired at third on G. Talbot's tap to Muir
ray. Here again the lame ankle was re-
sponsible, as was apparent from his la
bored running. Cobb ended chances by
going down on an infeld fly to Murray.
Condon singled to right after Board
man had retired on an infield out, and
went all the way to third when Mer-
rill errored on Chapman's hit. Aube
then knocked long fly to Eastman
and Condor scored after the catch.
Hayfords out to Cobb. unassisted. end
ed the game. The score: