The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-10-14
BASE BALL.
SEVEN TO SEVEN.

6ENEN ~ oEN LIN
The Portlands' second game with the Bos-
tons was witnessed by nearly as many peo-
pie as the number present on the day before.
The contest proved an exciting one, the
score being three times tied, standing two
runs for each club at the end of the first
inning, six to six at the conclusion of the
sixth inning, and being finally tied again by
the Bostons' run in the ninth inning, when
the game was called on account of darkness,
each club having made seven runs. The
Bostons had made up their minds to win
and hotly contested the game. Buffinton
served as pitcher and did better than Stem
meyer in the first game. Morrill, played ON
first base. The Portlands' battery consisted
of Conway and Reilly. Madden, on the
day before, had proved too much for the
Boston players, and Conway gave them
plenty of hard work: He struck out nine
men and was not hit hard. Both pitchers
were somewhat wild at times, the cold
weather doubtless being the cause.
The Bostons were first at the bat Hor-
nung was thrown out at first, Conway as
sisting. Sutton hit safe and Gore was given
his base on called balls. Buffinton's sacri-
fee hit and MorrilPs single brought the two
men home and the inning closed with two
runs to the Bostons credit. In the fourth
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balls apd scored on Johnston's hit When
the sixth inning was reached, it looked as
if the PortlandS' chances were over. Gore
struck out. Then called balls gave Buff1n-
ton and Morrill, first base, and Allen, john
ston and Daley hit safe. Buffinton, Nor
rill and Allen reached the home plate, but
Johnston was thrown out at second base
and Dealy struck out before Daley got a
chance to make the next run for the visitors.
Dealy's run in the ninth inning completed
the scoring for the Bostons.
For the PortlandS, Galligan and KearnS
led off with safe hits in the first inning, and
the visitors helped them some by their
errors. In the fourth Hatfield was given
his base ON balls and then Scheffier added
another to the many home runs he has made
this season, bringing Hatfield in with him.
Wheelock scored on base hit and errors in
the sixth inning, and Scheffier followed him,
getting first base on called balls. Wheelock
made the closing run in the eighth inning by
as daring and lucky move as has ever been
attempted on the grounds. He had taken
first base on called balls and was on third
base, with two men out. Wheelock then
saw that none of the Bostons appeared to be
watching him and before the astonished
BoStonianS knew what was happening, he
had slid safely over the plate.
The Portlands showed their usual prompt
itude in taking chances given them to throw
men out while running the bases. In the
ninth inning, Sutton attempted to steal Sec
ond base but found that the Portland play
ers were too sharp for him. Conway threw
to Shoeneck on first base and Shoeneck sent
the ball over Sutton's head to Kearn's.
Sutton turned and ran by Shoeneck, only to
find that Conway had run down in time to
receive the ball thrown to him by Kearns
and throw the runner out before he could
regain the first base. Gore, the very next
man at the bat, was caught mapping on first
base and thrown out there. The score fol-