Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-28
MAINE STOPS COLBY
IN COLLEGE SERIES
TIE WITH BOWD0|N

oioIo, NdN -O-Malne lOOEeu IKE
a real ball team for the first time
this season when they took Freddie
PARENTS fast travelling Colby nine
INTO camp by a three to two score
on Alumni Field Saturday afternoon.
Maine played "heads up baseball
throughout.
The teams were evenly matched
but the Bears took advantage of
johnnie HoWard's two errors in the
second and with two hits scored
two runs. BY Il base on balls. two
hlts, and error by Jowctt and n
sacflilce ny, Colby scored her own
team in the sixth
Both teams went down in order in
the first inning, hut in Names half
OF the second, Lunge started with a
nice two Dagger Howard booted Os-
goods bunt. and then fumbled a
bunt by Stcarns, filling the bases
Foster came through with a clean
single over second. scoring I.unge
and OsCood. Good work by Johnnie
Lanpher prevented further scoring.
when his snap throw caught Stearns
off second, and after Jowett popped
up to ROYAL. 'oster was caught
stealing, 1anpher to Franser
Maine threatened again in the
out, took second on Dunham's sacri-
fee, but was left When Shannahan
made nice catch of prescotts long
1lN. Maine was also dangerous in the
fourth. OSSOod got q clean hit and
StoarnS drew a pass. Foster famed
and Royal ended the inning by max
ing nice stop of JOwetts hard
drive over third. and touching the
base for the third out.
Colby had little to offer until the
fifth, when MCGOWAN. first man up.
singled. Iunecr fumhled Eager
Strom'S grounder loosing an easy
double play. but got his man at first.
Cooney made nice play on Ian
piers drive. which detected off
]oWetts glove. scooping the ball in
back OF second base, his peg just
nippins.
Colby did all her scoring in the
sixth. Shannallan and ROYAL singled
on two successive pitched balls.
Shannahan was forced at third on
Fransen's bunt. Both runners moved
up when JoWctt threw wild TO see
0nd. Royal scored on Wild pitch.
EranSon scored on Wilson's long fly
TO left field Durham made a pretty
running catch on McGowan's fly in
deep LEFT center.
with a long homo run which rolled
to the running track in left field
After this, neither team had men in
position to score.
JCWett had q shade on Howard In
the pitching. although tho hits wesc
even. Jowctt always kept ahead of
the batter and Was never seriously
III the hole. He struck out nine and
issued enc pass, While Howard had
only three strikeoutS to his credit
and gave tire" free tickets TO first
C0ibN's outficld had eight putouts,
showing that the Maine battcrs
were getting n good hold on the
Colby pitchers curves. Foster was
responsible for all OF Nainc's runs
his single in I'll" second scoring
i.unge and Osgood, and he sewed mp
the game in the sixth with terrific
homo ran smash.
Cooncv. who replaced McKcchnie
on second, after n layoh' of three
weeks played nice baseball. fielding
his only two chances and getting
orc Ion" single out Of four trips to
| the plate, only to he robbed of an
/ other NY Shannahan. who made a
! Shocstring catch of Cooney's long
! drive in the first inning
| johnny l.anphcr played sweet
game behind tho bat. his throwing
| WAS perfect catching ono man steal
| ing ana getting another off second.
| Fagcrstrom had four pWtouts in the
/ outfiold. all of which were difficult
! running catches.
The result Of this camc puts How-
dom in first place. With Colby.