Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-28
SEASONS BEST CROWD SEES
M|LL|ONAIRES TRIM TACONNETS

The banner crowd of the season
Saturday afternoon saw the Million
aires wind up week of victories when
they easily won over Baggy Aliens Ia
comets of VAUDEVILLE. IL to /. 1t was
a one-sided affair with the Houser boys
getting away to an early lead which
the Elm City outfit seemed to take for
granted and appeared content to trail
Slate. Augustus new twirler, was
not forced to parade much of his wares
owing TO the nice bag of blows regis
tered by his teammates and the at
times remarkable defensive work, es-
pecially that of the inner works. with
Shorty Fitzpatrick and Nal Morrell fea-
turing. Shorty hoped, skipped and
jumped for IL opportunities for a
thousand mark and was the pivot per-
son in two lightning double killings
instigated by Nal, whose four stops
were classy gems of fielding.
Clouting Clancy, whose special forte
is riding 'cm over the fence, was con-
tent with a brace of bingles of the sim
gle variety. 1t is manifest that he is
marked man, and not only are the
hurlers chary about putting the pill
over the pan to him but the outer gar
deners move back in unaccustomed po-
sitions TO grab his lofty larrup.
Small, the fleet center guardian, was
the big noise, hitfully speaking. Two
OF his three cracks came with two and
three on and were productive of half
the tallies registered. Every Million
aire got one or more blows and the
tout ensemble made for a lop-sided
count which the crowd failed to get n
thrill out of and it had recourse to
other phases of the game, notably ap-
plause of the snappy fielding and the
heroic efforts of Bragg. the opposing
finger who in the face of adversely
Eept on saving wood.
The former Iewrence High hurler
although touched up freely would have
made much better showing if he had
been accorded better backing. In addi-
ton to the lapSes on the part of the in
field. his battery mate, Johnny Lam
rher who apparently had nursed a
crouch to ripe maturity, stopped over
completely and staged an affair which
for imbecility should have been award
ed the red flannel syrup pitcher.
Johnny, rated as one of the best
backstops in the league, is deplorably
temperamental Certainly the soft
pedaD, but because the kid hurler
crossed him up a couple of times 1t
surely was no excuse for the bawlinE
out he voiced. His continued raZzing
finally forced Bragg to quit in disgust
| and then Baggy Allen ambled out in
the role of peacemaller. Both were ad-
amant, however, and after wranglc
Phillips was put behind the plate.
Bragg resumed his hurting. while John
ny picked out an isolated seat in the
dugout and sulked the remainder of
the matinee.
Three singles and n miscue accounted
for the first brace of Augusta runs
in the second, and like number was
tailed in the third on two singles and
double. In the fourth three singles.
couple of walks, a steal and n wild
pitch Melted four more. A double, sim
gle and error added two to the total
in the sixth. A single and double
in the eighth ended the scoring for Au-
gusta.
Taconnets' lone tally came in the
ninth on the only two solid blows of
the matinee. A single by Cutler and
Growers two-cushion crack to left
center.
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