Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-11
MILLIONAIRES CRAB 5 TO 4 WIN
after TRAILING FOR SIX FRAMES
EASTERNS AT AUGUSTA 40 TODAY

Trailing by three runs and with
only three frames to so, the Million
aires came from behind in dashing
style and snatched an to 4 win
from the crabby Old Town outfit on
Williams field yesterday afternoon
Hitting Alexander hard but not safe
in the early cantos, the Houser men
began to bunch 'em in the seventh
and continued the shooting in the
eighth to make the margin safe.
Don Brennan hurled good game
outside of the fifth when he was
many runs. Mixed up with the safe
taps were a couple of sacrifices and
a couple of close decisions. Three
double killings, one by Augusta and
two by Old Town helped to keep
the score down.
The Old Town bunch is the crab
best seen here for several moons.
It's praiseworthy for q team to fight
for square deal; but it's another
thing when the idea is oyerworked.
There may have been a reason for
90 per cent of the kicks registered
but the other 80 sure did make the
fans weary. Marking the difference,
the Augusta lads apparently got the
short end from the arbiter in the
early frames, but kept on playing
ball and later in the matinee
crashed out win where decisions
did not count.
The visitors counted first in the
third. Alex got life when Nor
rell messed his grounder and took
second on Smiths sacrifice Kill
patrick failed to get Silva's blow,
Alexander going to third. Alex at
tempted to score on +. LIQUIDS tap
and was thrown out at the plate.
silva took third on this play and
when Higgins attempted to pick him
off third, the ball hit Silva and
bounded into the crowd. Silva scor-
ing. KRISTEN went out.
Old Town grabbed a cluster of
three in the fifth. E. Loud led off
with double and was safe at third
when Alexander dropped the ball.
1t was a close decision when Bren-
nan pegged in vain to head off Loud,
Smith singled and Loud tailed. On
SllNas rap Alexander was out at
third. F. Loud sacrificed, both run
ners moving up and both scoring a
moment later on kirstein's tap to
right. Neptune Whitfield.
Augusta got one in the fourth on
a brace of triples by Clancy and
Higgins, but three other men went
out in quick order. After being
nanked IN the fifth and sixth, the
Houser men opened up savage on
Alexander and hung up four runs
on hVe hits, walk and a wild pitch
Inc team batted round in this frame
ana Alex was plainly tired at it's
END. The barrage was continued in
me eighth and three sacrifices com
p!ned with some excellent base run
nlng Melted three TALES.
1t was ladies' day and a roodIv
NUMBER were guests of the manage
inenl ior the afternoon. There
PROBABLY would have been many
more OUT the overcast sky kept them
away. The Millionaires will be seen
in action again TODAY when 49,.
Strong Easterns who are leading the
league will make their initial ~
pearance on the Williams rropnds
Inc local boys will work hard fo
4ahd TINS game as it means 'undis-
Puted possession of the sun berth
Brown or Ackerly will do the twirI'
ing; The game will be called a.
4.lu sharp. Fans are urged to turn
as the is the last home game untiI
me mode of next week.
saturday the Augusta team ri,,
20 10 PORTLAND to play the strong
Team that represents the Forest
lily this season. Fans who own
autos and who are planning RI ~
tend and are willing to take a ,one :.
payer or two will please Get IN
Iouch with Herbert Folsom seorn
tary OF the Chamber of Comnereo
some time today. The score: y
AUGUSTA