Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-15

contributed no small part to the
smoothness with which the fair has
been conducted.
One of the little known activities
| but highly important to the success or
! the fair. has been the placing or sX-
/ GibitorS and visitors who are Cnabie
10 obtain accommodations at the no.
/ tells in rooms in private familleS, ms
! being done under the direction Of the
| Chamber of Commerce, Emery l.. Hes
| arty being in charge. Several hunoreu
| persons were accommodated III TINS
way, members of the Boy Scouts be-
| ing on hand to guide TO their rooms
| any who needed this service.
| The midway this year has been I'M
der the direct charge of George Perry
who for many years was the marshal
at the fair. Mr.. Perry has been very
successful in smoothing out the little
wrinkles tlat have developed in the
handling Ct the many fakirs and no
matter how angry a man was, after ne
aid talked with George little while,
he went away with smile. assuring
| Mr.. Perry that he was mistaken and
| that the place was just what he want
ed.
! The starting of the races has been
f. in charge of Frank n. Nining of st.
| Adams anu his usual splendid work
| has been {. feature of this department.
When Frank says go the field is in
as good condition as it is possible to
| get it.
| In spite of the strike on the street
| railway, the crowds were handled in
good shape each day and no one who
| trouble in getting to and from the
grounds.
One of the features of the fair this
year has been the automobile exhibits
of which there have been an excep-
| tionally large number. All of the ex-
hibitors report that much interest is
fully expect that several sales will re-
suit from their exhibition here All
of them say that they have never seen
the interest in motor vehicles better
and that the prospects for a prosper
Gus season for next spring are of the
best
The exhibitors and fakirs who were
at this fair will split up into small sec
tons. going to the smaller fairs in
other parts of the State. Hartland.
Monroe, Gorham and Skowhegan will
take many OF them, while still others
will go directly out Of the State from
Waterville.
Oakland S, Pilgrims I
Oakland closed a week Of victories
Friday afternoon by defeating the
Pilgrims Of Lewiston by a score of 5
to l at the Central Maine fair. The
game was close and interesting one
until the Stl. inning when the Oak
land team got to Breen. who pitched
for the Pilgrims, and before the in
ming was over had scored five runs all
of which were earned. Up to that time
the one run scored by the Pilgrims
in the second inning had looked as
! formidable as German trench brist-
ling with machine guns, but when the
| boys from Oakland go TO going there
was no stopping them and they con-
tinued to send across runs until they
f! had the game safely on ice
/ Among the Oakland PLAYERS who
have distinguished themselves in the
series are Dowell, the old Eastern
Lacquer. who has played a fine game
at first and third base: Allen of Fair
field. whose hitting and head work
have contributed materially to Oak
lands victories: Neptune. the Old
Town Indian, who has played fine
game at second. and Landry. the Fair
field hoy who has been the strong man
behind the bat. The four games
which have been played have been the
hest ever seen at the fair and have
furnished some real exciting baseball
sport. The score: