The Portland daily press., 1884-09-08
ATHLETIC SPORTS.

BUFFALos VS., cLEyELANDs.

BUFFALos VS.. CLEYELANDs.
This afternoon, these two fine League clubs will
contend in an exhibition game of ball on the Port
lands grounds at $50 o'clock. The list Of players
we published Saturday morning may be relied OF
as playing, and the game will be played by boil
clubs as If it counted in the League series. Mr.
Decker, Ia regular League umpire) who umpireC
the Providence Cleveland game Saturday will of
he1ate today and as is well-known, he is almost
perfect in his position. The contract with these
falos defeated the Bostons Saturday, by the fine
score of to in ten innings getting total of IL
hits on Burr, while the Cleyelands got hits of
Radbourne.
PoRTLANDs "a; MURRAFs L.
The Murray Athletic club of South Boston, an as
ISOLATION devoted to Athlete sports of all kinds
sent their ball club here Saturday to play game Of
ball with the Portlands The nine aid not do them
selves justice and at the conclusion of the third
ing their manager closed his score book, deciding
not to finish scoring the game. He said that he
never saw his club play poorly and he felt quite
badly to think they did not do better, of which he
is confident they are able. They have been playing
line games of ba II right along with the best clubs
In Massachusetts,, and are to play the Boston Re-
serves on the 22d of this month in Boston. If they
were not good club certainly the Reserves would
not play them. Their manager put MCNAMARA in
the box Che told our reporter that he had been re-
serving him for this game, and hoped for the best
results), and he remained there for only two in
nings when Hartnett was put in. In the first in
ming the Portlands only deserved two runs, as
chances to put out the side offered by Barnes
Fish and Malloy, but they were not accepted. The
result was that at the conclusion of the inning, the
Portlands had scored Is runs. The game for the
Murrays was decidedly poor one both in fielding
and batting while for the Portlands it was almost
faultess in fielding and terrific in batting. In the
first inning Callahan made a beautiful stop of a
hard hit ball at first, which won him the plaudits of
the Gro wd. aAbbott and Callahan played neat trick
on the first base, which resulted in put out Quin-
Ian got to first, in the 4th inning six balls and
Abbott and Fish got in position, when of course
Quinlan took his distance from first; Abbott who
had the ball, was watching for this and Immediately
threw to Callahan and before the runner could ever
move, Callahan had him out. 1t was neat trick.
Barnes made brilliant one-hand catch in the 7th
inning, of high fly to CENTRE which was loudly ap-
plauded. In the sixth inning Abbott's hands be-
came so sore that Callahan was called in and NAL
10y put on first, position which he is perfectly at
home in. Maloy we are glad to say, played SPLEEN
did game, both at the bat and in the field making
4 with total of hits and putting out three men.
We knew that he could play ball if he would only
wake up. We expect to see him follow up his Sat
urday's record. The Murrays gentlemanly lot
OF players and deserve credit for their appearance
on the field. Mr. Fessenden umpired the game fine
ly. The following is the score:
PORTLANDS.