The Republican journal., 1922-08-24
"reminiscences of Belfast Baseball

| Very frequent references are heard OF
the early days of Belfast's crack base
ball clubs and access has been possible,
| through the courtesy of Charles w.
Frederick, to their official score book
with its wonderfully interesting records
and also to the retentive memory of
some Of the boys of those days.
The first game ever played by Bel
fast team was in this city, when The Pas
sagassawaukeag sa Club met the Liinerocks
of Rockland. The Passagassa waukeag
was organ zad in 1866 and consisted of
Richard H. Moody, p.; Ross G. Lewis, !;
w Waldo B. Washburn, S.. Thomas B.
Dlnsmore, To-; Avidia Hayford, 2b /;
Charles P Hszeltne, 3b; Walter Cot
trell, IT,; Alfred A. Small, CT Charles
O'Conneli, ri. OF these Messrs. Dins-
more, Washburn, Hazeltine and O'Con-
nell are living. This club played the
Dirigos of Augusta at Augusta, July %,
1870; the Cor glomerates of Waterville at
Waterville, July %, 1870; Una of Jack
son at Belfast, Aug. 10, 1870; the Allan
tics of Bangor at Belfast, Sept. 2, 1870.
They lost only to the Dirigos in a total of
80 to 80. In some of these games Robert
p. Chase caught and Augustine Colburn
was centre field and both are living
The Pastimes succeeded the PassaQas-
sawaukeags June 7, 1871 and have the
following records: Star of Thorndike at
Thorndike, June 7, 1871; Atlantic of Ban
gor at Bangor, July 20, 1871; Atlantic of
Bangor at Belfast, Aug. II, 1871; Light
foot of West Waterville at Belfast, Aug.
l8, 1871; Dirigo of Augusta at Belfast,
Aug. Io, 1871; Liberty of Liberty at Lib
erty, June 8, 1878; Boston of Boston at
Belfast, Aug. 7, 1872; kesolute of Port
land at Belfast, Aug. l3, 1872; Chicka
waukie of Roekland at Rockland, Aug. l,
1878; Resolute of Portland at Portland,
Aug %, 1878; Atlantic OF Bangor at Bel
fast, Aug. 90, 1874; Androscoggin of
Lewiston at Lewiston. Aug. 6, 1875; o.
c. d. of Camden at Belfast, Aug. II,
1875; Wassaumkeae Of Stockton at Bel
fast, July 81, 1877; Clipper of Rockport
land at Belfast, Aug. 8, 1877; Asteron of
bucksport at Belfast, Aug. Is, 1877; Dir
ieoof Portland at Belfast, Aug. 81. 1877;
Bangor of Bangor at Belfast, Aug. 29,
1877; Bangor of Bangor at Bangor, Sept
1, 1877 The home team won thirteen of
the above games, but lost to the Bostons,
35 TO l.; the ResoIutes, 80 to IA; and 10 to
3; An0IoscoggIns, IL to /; Dirigos, 10 to
3; bangor, to III and % to l8.
The Boston Club was known as the
famous Red Stockings and held the Ma
tional championship at that time Their
club iDcluoed we'll known names IN base
ball, G. and II. Wight, Barnes, Leonard,
McVey, Spaulding. Gould, Schoffer. RoR
e.s.
The Belfast Club succeeded the Pas
times Aug. 20 1879, and has the follow
! ing in the record book: Camden OF Cam
den at Belfast, Aug. 26, 1879; Our Boys Of
Boston at Belfast, Aug. 29, 1879; Our Boys
Boston at Belfast, Sept. 8, 1879.
Among the later players appeared the
names of Augustus II Kelley, b. n. 5.
Principal, now of Boston; Fred v. Cot
| trell of Belfast and Boston; Forrest 4
Cottrell, now of Rockland, and Llewel-
lyn Wood, late of Valhalla, N. Y.
Among the umpires of the three teams
are the names of Robert P. Chase, Z. j.
Payson, U. S. c.; James S. Hartman,
Thomas B. Dinsmore, NJ. I. Marshall,
now of New York, Charles O'Connel
and A. H. Kelley.
The scorers included Charles E. John.
son. Waldo B. Washburn, James S. Hsr-
riman, E. j. Morrison. N. c. F. Wheeler
Horace Thurlow, Charles A. Sibiey, now
OF Curtis. Neb., and for many of the
more recent games, Charles w. Freder-
ick.