Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-27
WEIRD WATERV|LLE OUTFIT IS
EASY FOR AUGUSTA LEGION BOYS
Legion 9, Waterville i.

From the Businesses, from the
plains, from the labyrinths of the
Elm City there came Saturday
motley crew whose heralds had pro-
claimed it a worthy foe to clash with
Augustus main boast in the matter
of baseball in this A. D., 1925. But
alas and alack, the courage and
temerity of the heterogeneous invad-
ers was all out of proportion to their
judgment.
Earnest in their desire to give
baseball hungry fans some SEM
blance of what has gone before, the
American Legion boys were sadly
taken in by some ballyho guy who
visioned a shekel shakedown and a
merry matinee for denizens of the
sandlots.
All of which leads the avid reader
to query just what happened out of
the ordinary over on Williams field,
Saturday afternoon. Well, to begin
all over again, as the professor said
when he had counted a million, the
local Legion post had arranged to
have the cream of the Waterville
twilighters journey here to try con-
clusions with the leaders in the
Capital City Sunset league. There
came instead a flock of over ambi-
tious youngsters and discrepit veter-
ans NJ the showing they made was
indeed sorry one.
There was only a small attendance
of the more rabid fans to witness the
debacle. The visitors never had a
look In. They had about as much
chance as the oft referred to snow
ball in the healms of--the neither
regions. Playing errorless ball and
spanking the apple in good style, the
Legion lads nevertheless registered a
hollow victory.
After flanking the Cadillacs Gas
they termed themselves)) in the
opener the doughboys proceeded to
slip over couple just by way of in
PRODUCTION. Littlefeld's patience was
better than McDonald's control and
Jimmy Comedian. suave arbiter,
waved him to sack No. /. Then
Marchette. the backstop who was
with Dewey at Manila, let one
through him and Lit roasted on Sec
ond from where he scampered home
on Giroux's hot one to left. Jack
McDonough. erstwhile diamond die
tator but at present stopping 'em at
the trouble corner. also strolled.
Leo Beaudoin picked bad one and
popped to Mcdonald. but Chet Has
keil screened one to left and Cir
oux counted. Overlook famed and
Froberger went out at first.
A couple more were added in the
second. Bonny Marston clipped off
one-station trip and Clutter Har-
vey willingly laid down his life to
put him on second. Then when Row
messed up Littleneld's grounder
sonny took third and both he and
Littleheld Tailed on Giroux's timely
blow. The latter was nipped at sec
ond on the throw in. Mac lofted tn
Ivers. ~
Chet Haskell singled with one ont
IN third, stole second and raced to
thlrd and home when the visitors
began to see who could heaye the
PHI the fartherest. Overlook and
frooerger Whitfield. Another run
came in the fifth>when Mac leaned on
one Tor a two-pillow trot and after
Leo mad skied to right went home
on Chets third tap Of the matinee.
aaskeli was caught mapping at first,
overlook walked, but Froberger
famed.
The visitors wobbled in the
seventh registering three miscues
which with a walk, wild pitch and
Overlock's corking double netted
three counters.
The one lone tally of the Caddies
came In the sixth when Marchette
walked. took third on Roy's safety
ana toddled home on Burgoin's
Outstanding features of the game
was the hitting of Haskell and III
,ieheld's remarkable stop of Iyer,s
nlt over second. getting his man at
nrst with Beaudoin making a pretty
out a1ter a difficult peg. The score:
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