The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-09-11
ATHLETIC SPORTS.
Base Ball.

PoRTLANDs 8; BANGoRs 5.-THE HOTTEST GAME
EVER PLAYED IN THIS STATE.
Yesterday forenoon the Portlands and Dangers
played game of ball in Maplewood Park at an
gor with the above score. The Bangors had OBJ
tanned the services of Nichols and Richardson the
superb battery of the Beaeons, the finest amateur
nine in the country. The game was a pitchers
game clean through, the honors being especially
divided between Nichols and Fish. The Portlands
were blanked in the first two innings while the
Dangers got run in the first and we're BANKED in
the second. In the third inning the Portlands got
run, and the Dangers also. The Portlands OPP
ened the fourth inning with Fish at the bat and he
was disposed OF by Donahue on the fly; Callahan
then got in hit and was followed by hits by Chat
terton and Hutchinson, scoring two runs. With
only one base hit, the Bangors scored two runs,
leaving the score at the end of the fourth inning
to in favor of Bangor. The Portlands got two
base hits and run in the fifth while the Dangers
were BANKED. Both teams were blanked in the
sixth, and Portland got in man in the seventh,
retiring the Bangors in the seventh with another O.
The score at this point to in favor of Port
lands, both teams having finished their seventh In
the eight inning the Dangers tied the score again
and from this time the playing of both clubs
was superb. In the ninth inning the first man for
the Bangors hit hard for three bases the next man
was out, and the following striker hit hard to NAL
10Y. who seeing the man on third running home
sent the ball hot to Abbott, who captured the run
ner. while the striker who hit to Malloy got his
first. Two hands out with a man on first Fish
struck the next man out. The game was still tied
and the excitement was intense, both among the
hundreds OF witnesses and the players. The Port
lands went out in one two three order in the tenth
inning, and the Bangors did likewise in their half
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and fly to first settled the eleventh for the Port
lands, and base hit, two struck out and runner
caught while trying to make second, wound up the
Bangors. Eleven innings was the largest number
ever playedin this State before yesterday and when
it was seen that another inning hao got to be
played, the excitement was great The last three
Innings were entirely the property of the pitchers
but 1t was evident that break must come soon
Inc Portlands being more experienced than the
hangers, 1t was hoped and expected that they would
continue their steady work of the former innings
Inc nope was gratihed, Hutchinson. the first bats
man got his base on balls, wild pitch gave second
Gulliver got in base hit sending Hutchinson to
third and stole second; Freligh struck out and
Barnes stepped up to the plate and struck the sec
ond ball pitched way out between left and CENTRE
sending Hutchinson and CULVER home. This was
the place to put in base hi t and Barnes knew it.
WASN'T ne glad. You couldn't hold him. He stole
second, and Abbott was out on fly to third base
Fish hit long single in the same place that
Barnes did, sending the latter home and Callahan
struck out, leaving Fish on second. Three scores
70 tie and four to win. We're the Bangors equal to
IL? The first batsman hit long fly to centre field
put Barnes was there, and feeling the way he was
1t could not be mutfed by him and it was not: the
next striker hit high fly right over the head of
Malloy on first but with the Ciisadyantage
OF the full glare of the burning sun in his eyes It
dropped into his hands and stayed there how the
crowd did cheer; and by the way it was very i'm
partial audience. applause being bestowed on each
clup, at every tine play. Two hand out, and three
runs ahead the Portlands commenced to feel that
the game was won. Abbott played under the bat
during the whole of this inning, and made some
me stops, while Fish was pitching in magnificent
form. The next man at the bat struck the air
three times, but Abbott dropped the third one and
the man started for first Abbott picked up the ball
and with the man not ten feet from the base made
beautiful throw and cut him Off thus ending the
best and closest game of ball. we think. ever wit
messed in this State The score: