Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-15
'CONY AGAIN WHIPS GARDINER
and TIES WITH HALLOWELL FOR
TITLE KENNEbEC VALLEY LEAGUE

faces of the dopsters, Saturday after
noon at the conclusion of the annual
classic between Cony High and Car
diner high in that they had accurate
ly forecast the result, the Red and
White lads winning handily over
their ancient rivals 6 to 2.
Despite the intense partisan spirit
that is characteristic of all athletic
contests between the two schools, it
proved a somewhat drab matinee
with little to arouse enthusiasm. A
redeeming feature was the cheering
by the Cony students but this was a
good deal like the handle on a pitch
er, one sided, for Gardeners answer
ing yell lacked the usual volume and
defiance.
Babe Lapidus, the Cony ace, was
on the hillock and although in trouble
six of the rine cantos, pitched him
self out of some tight holes to the
dismay of the Gardiner contingent
as we'll as an interested delegation
from Hallowell that quite naturally
was hoping the down river boys
would cop thereby assuring the
Granite City team the cup, -mblem-
attic Of the championship of the Ken
nebec Valley league. But in winning
this game the Cony boys pulled
abreast of Hallowell for the top
berth. AS the latter school has closed
for the year it is unlikely that the
tie will be played off.
The Cony defense was tight ana
wobbly in turn and in the early
frames with a scant lead of lone
run, a victory for the Red and White
looked dubious. The greatest weak
ness developed around the middle
station where in addition to some
ragged work on grounders there ap-
peared to be a laxity of co-ordina-
ton in the matter of taking the
throw to head off base purloiner.
Cony took the lead in the second
when Pete Bradstreet strolled on
four bad ones. went to second on
TINY Overlock's neat suicide and
raced home on Bob Hayden's timely
tap to center A couple of goose eggs
was their portion in the third and
fourth but in the fifth barrage OF
blows and a costly muff resulted IN
three tallies. With two out Fletcher
and Lapidus singled and when Ware
dropped Goodies high one both Ecur-
ried home. This apparently I'M
nerved Red Davidson and he passed
Webb and with Goode on second Bell
raped him hime with pretty blow
to left center.
Lessard replaced Davidson on the
mound and got by safely in the skin
but was found Cor a brace of runs In
the seventh. Fletcher was safe. wnen
Rose messed UP his grounder ana
Lapidus promptly laid down pretty
bunt and was out at hrst. NlcklesS'
batting for Goode hit high one 10
H..
freed of the obsession of the im1 cssi-
bility of hitting a port slider. 'cacKed
ont a wicked liner, Fletcher going 10
third. Then Bell tol,ed off a double
and two tallies resulted. Bradstreet
wa, the third out. This ended
Cony's scoring. but it proved enough.
Gardiner grabbed run in the fifth,
with two down, Goggin was safe on
Webb's niscue. Ware was hit and
when Honk again slipped up on his
namesakes roller. Goggin skipped
home. Gardeners other tally was
registered in the eighth. Webb was
safe on Stiles bobble and after steal
ing second trotted home on Rose
beauty triple to left center. Rose
was out at the plate on pretty as
sist by Overlook, Stone was out on
Hazards roller and the latter was
thrown out by a pretty throw by
Fletcher. Gardiner got couple OF
blows in the final franc but they
were wasted, due in the main to poor
base running which was also true at
several other stages OF the game
Better head work on the paths with
a little more inside baseball would
have resulted in at least two more
runs and might have kidded old
Dame Fortune into grinning favor
ABLY, but it was not to be. The
score: