The Portland daily press., 1884-09-23
ATHLETIC SPORTS.
Base Ball.
THE LAwRENcEs AGAIN ropA

THE LAwRENCEs AGAIN TODAY.
Again today the Lawrences and Portlands meet
Each OF the teams have won game, and today will
be the deciding one. Both clubs will no doubt
play hard to win, and yesterdays score shows that
the teams are quite evenly matched in both fielding
This afternoon will be the last chance to see the
Lawrence team he this season.
LAWRENCE IA; poRTLANDs 1O-EIGHT INNINGS.
Yesterday the above clubs met for the second
time this season, and the result was changed from
one week ago. when the Portlands defeated them
The game was commenced at 3 o'clock, with the
Lawrence team at the bat, Flynn leading off with
high fly to Fish, who dropped it. Kiley struck out,
and Bowen was sent to first on six balls; Bresnahan
got in hit and Flynn and Bowen scored. The next
two men were out, Barnes was out Abbott hit
safely and Fish and Malloy were out. The second
inning opened for the Lawrence with the first two
men out, and the next man struck fly ball (Which
belonged to AbbotD little to the left of second
base, and both Freligh and Abbott started for it.
together and lost it, steal and Flynn's safe
hit allowed a score, and the next man struck out.
Hatch led off for the Portlands with a pretty hit,
Gulliver got first in an attempt TO put out Hatch at
second but Bresnahan caught Jimmy mapping and
he was OUT it was neat trick Freligh got first on
Fish's muff, Hatch second, and Callahan hit safely
sending FreGgh in, Chatterton got first on wild
throw by Flynn and Callahan scored. Barnes was
out, and Abbott got first on Garvin's tumble Chat
terton scoring. Fish wound up the inning by being
out at first. The score to in favor of the
home club, and the Portlands shut out the Law
rences in the third inning and added two runs on
singles by Hatch and Callahan, and Fregh's double
The fourth inning opened we'll tor the Lawrences,
Fish struck 10 Hatch, who picked it up finely and
threw it perfectly to MalOy, who dropped it, very
bad drop too The next four men in succession cot
safe hits, but Jandron cut off at the home plate
by Calahan's pretty throw from left field to GULL.
yer. -Four runs were added to the Lawrence column
before the side out. The Portlands failed to
score in the fourth and fifth innings while in the
for five with total of sixth hits (making
five of the hits after three hands ought to have
been ou, and adding four more runs to their
The Lawrences had now a lead of five runs, and
both sides had played five innings. In the sixth
ming the Portlands made change Chatterton pitch
ing. Freligh catching, Fish in shortstop GuiVer to
his old POSITION, and Abbott going TO right-fed
This change of battery affected the Lawrence team
and they were BANKED while Malloy and Barnes
men, in succession, to bases called balls in the
seventh, after two men were out, and two of them
scored, the Portlands being blanked The Law
rences got another run in the eighth base on
balls Hatch's tumble and Keefe's base hit while
for the Portlands Barnes hit for two bases abbott
did the same, and both scored the errors of the
Lawrences. Fish and Malloy were cut. Hatch got
hrst on Garyn's tumble, and CULVER was safe BY
keefe's wild throw, Hatch scoring. 1t was now
the ball. owing to the shading of the trees and
after the Lawrences had played part of their ninth
inning, Mr. Fessenden, the umpire, called the game.
The score: