Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-07
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SWAMPS COLBY

waterville, Me. May 6.-(SpeciaD.-
Bowdoin II. Colby 4. This tells the
whole story Of the game between the
two teams on the Colby field satur-
day afternoon and represents truly the
difference in the playing qualities The
Bowdoin team which it had been an
nounced would be all new men as the
regular men had gone to train for army
officers came up with all of its regulars
in position and playing the game of
their life. Gately assayed to pitch for
Colby and for the first six and one-third
innings he got a ball near the plate
occasionally and when he did some
Bowdoin player hit it on the nose and
the Colby outfielders did a Marathon.
They got SO tired chasing the long hits
which the Bowdoin batters sent out that
it was necessary to make number of
changes. the old reliable Joe Deasey be-
ing the only one that had stamina
enough to play the game out.
The result was never in doubt from
the time the first ball was pitched I'M
til the last one and 1T was simply a
question of the size Of the score. Pen
dleton Of Bowdoin had the Colby bat
tiers eating out of his hand and they
did not get even nodding acquaintance
with the rlate until the bats of his own
team had safely sewed UP tie game
and then he let up little to help out
the Colby batting average and to give
his fielders some practice. Finn, Chap
man and Woodman all played a great
game behind him, Woodman in particu-
lar making a couple Of catches of balls
that were apparently safe hits and
would have been with less agile field
err. Colby tried three pitchers and of
the three Fahey. a Freshman who was
put in last, seemed the best but this
might have been because the Bowdon
boys were tired out with the running
around the bases, and anyway they had
scores enough Driscoll who looked
fairly good behind the bat in the Penna.
State game, was evidently sharing in
the general slump as the Bowdoin team
ran wild on the bases. The batting of
Fraas. the Colby shortstop. was re-
deeming feature of the Colby play, he
getting four hits in four times at bat.
one for three bases
The game was a long drawn out one.
lasting two hours and as minutes, and
the most Of the rather small crowd Of
spectators had left the stands before it
was over. To the Colby men the only
feature of the contest that they could
look upon and not regret was that the
team was certainly not playing the kind
Of baseball of which it was capable and
not anywhere near the game that 1t did
in the Penna. State contest.
Gately got along very we'll until the
fourth inning when the fire works be-
gan and before 1t was over four runs
had crossed the plate. In the fifth the
boys from down river garnered three
more and in the sixth when the fire.
works began again, Gately was yank-
ed and left-hander by the name OF
Klain was sent in to try his hand at
stopping the slaughter. He was greet
ed with three-base hit by Chapman,
who was at the bat, but after that did
fairly well. In the sixth Pendleton be-
gan to let up a little and Colby
scored two runs and in the seventh
they got two more but after that he
decided that four was enough and
closed the lid ....-.-..
The score: