The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-09-22
An HLETIC SPORTS.
TIE 1AwRENcEs TODAY.

THE LAwRENCES TODAY.
This afternoon this fine club will appear on the
Portland grounds for the second time this season,
and they come with determination Of Wrestling
away from the Portlands the honors which were
ost week ago. The Portlands ought to play
good game today, and although the Reserves have
defeated the Portlands twice during the past week
1t does not hold that the Lawrence team can do it,
We should like to see the Portands win but if they
can't we shall expect fine game all the same. If
tho Portlands are defeated today, they still have
another chance tomorrow. Both games ought
to be fine exhibitions.
REsERvEs,7; PoRrLANDs, 2.
Saturday was dark, gloomy day, with heavy
mist clouds rolling in from the sea- and threatening
rain at any moment, but still some 800 or 900 peo-
pie we're present at the ball grounds to see what the
result of the second game with the Reserves would
be. The game was called at 255, by Umpire Fes-
sender, and the intention was to play quick game
on account of the threatening weather, it being
feared that rain would interfere and stop the game
before the ninth inning could be completed The
game was sharp and quick one; in fact it was
probably the quickest played game ever known in
this State-1h. 20m. The game was opened with
the Portlands at bat, and Barnes was quickly re-
tired on three strikes, Abbott was out at first and
Fish out on fly to left field For the Reserves, An
mis- was out at FIRST Moriarty hit hard for two bases
field, and Freligh sent the ball home speedily to
cut off Moriarty. but was too late Cunning started
for second, but CULVER cleverly threw him QUO to
Abbott From this time, up to the eighth inning
the Portlands were BANKED, although Fish got in
handsome three-bagger in the fourth, and was left
there. The Reserves were Dlanked in the seco nd,
but in the third Shaw gave Chatterton chance,
but a wild throw gave him base. Annis hit safe
ly and Moriarty got ia his second two-bagger send
ing Shaw and Annis home, The next two men were
out and Cunning hit for base Moriarty scoring on
the HIT Josseyn closed the inning by striking out.
In the fourth inning the Reserves added nothing to
their score. but in the fifth two more runs were
made on two singles and several wretched errors by
the Portiands. The Reserves retired in the
next Two innings with no score. The game now
nearly finished and it looked as though the home
team could not get score. Hutchinson went to
Dat IN the eighth inning, and struck out pretily;
CULVER hit hard to third base, who threw high TO
Josslyn and CULVER safe Freligh was lucky in
Duffy fumbliDg his hit, and both scored on SkeI-
toms wild throw to first The Portlands had now
two runs, doth on errors to be sure and only one
hand was out; the best batters of the team were
now coming, and Barnes hit a slow ball towards
third, which Conner heded and threw to first, but
II was not quick enough, and Barnes was over the
base before the ball reached there. It was good,
clean base HIT but Fessenden the umpire declared
him out. The judgment was SO bad that the audi
ence could not refrain from showing their dsappro
Datlon and administered q deserved rebuke to him
in long and continued hisses Once before this rank
decision, Abbott was victim to his poor Judgment
on the same base Such blunders as these and
to be passed by unnoticed. We realize that the DO
sitlon is thankless one yet the control of the
game is entirely in the umpires hands, and the
whole power rests with him to see that game is
played strictly on It's merits. The Rerves got their
seventh run in the eighth inning on base hit and
errors by Abbott and Barnes. The Portlands went
out in one, two three order in the ninth INNING and
the game was over The score: