The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-10-13
BASE BALL.
GAME TODAY.


Today the Boston National League team
and the Portlands play again on the home
grounds. Conway will pitch for the Port
lands, and it is thought that o O'Rourke's hand
will be in condition so that he can catch.
Burlington and Daily will be the battery for
the Bostons. The Boston team was paid
certain amount of money to come here and
play two games, and do not get percentage
as has been reported by some. The game to-
day, as yesterday, will be played strictly on
its merits If the day is pleasant there will
be big crowd present to see the game.
PoRTLANDs, 7; BosToNs, 4.
There was such difference in the express
ion on the faces of the Boston team before
they began the game with Portland yester-
day afternoon and after the game was .ended
that it was evident to the most casual observ-
er that something had failed to connect. The
boy pitcher, Madden, was in the box for
Portland, and his slow curves and drops
were so puzzling to the veterans that they
could not bunch their hits. On the other
hand, Stemmyer was hit so hard and often
by the gum chewers" that five of their sew
en- runs were earned. John Morrill, was una
bic to play and Burlington played in his
place at first base. Nash was absent so
Daily played at third base, and owing to the
exchange of Wise and Gore by the Chicago
and Boston clubs, the latter was in right
field. These changes did not weaken the
Bostons, as Daily played with one error that
did not effect the score, and made home
run in the 9TH inning. Burlington accepted
II chances at first base and made a single.
Cores error did not effect the score, and he
made one run with two hits, a single and
double. Stemmyer's error was wild throw
while lying on the ground. With that ex-
ception his fielding was perfect and and :sev-
eral of the Portlands were caught off bases
by his lightning like throws. .Sutton's errors
were costly, but for all that he accepted
several difficult chances. His errors were
all in the first inning. During the rest of
the game his play was first class.
The Portlands played Ia fine all round
game, making but one fielding error. REILLY
took O'Rourke's place in the first inning on
the latter being struck in the hand by Buf-
fngton's bat, and caught finely The play
Of Schoeneck, Kearns, and Hatfield,
WheelOck and Galligan and the batting of
O'Connell was well worthy of mention. The
running catch of Galligan's lin the 9TH in
ming and similar one by Johnston of the
Bostons, in the same inning were partcu-
larly brilliant
The game began with the Portlands at the
bat, Galligan getting first on tumble by
Sutton and second on wild throw by the
same player. Kearns sacrifice carried him
to third, and Wheelock's single brought him
home. Wheelock stole second and scored on
the muff of Shelters fly by Sutton.
O'Rourke closed the inning by a foul fly to
Cunning.
For the Bostons. Hornung hunted the ball
and beat it to first, stole second and went to
third on Sutton out, coming home on Cores
single; the latter going to second on Aliens
put out and scoring on Kearns' tumble of
Buffington's hit. Buff was caught off his
base by Madden's throw to Schoeneck much
to his disgust. Portland scored again in the
fourth on hits by Hatfield and Shelter and a
two base hit by O'Connell, earning two runs
They duplicated this IN the fifth on a single
by Wheeloek and doubles by Hatfield and
Shelter. Hatfield struck safe in the eighth
inning. The next two men went out, OCon-
nell, SchOeneck and Madden, all found the
ball, Hatfield scoring. Galligan closing the
inning by fouling out, leaving three men on
bases. The BOstonS scored two earned runs
by Hornung and two base hit by Gore.
From this to the end of the game they could
not touch Madden's delivery, aid went out
in one, two three order for the last four in
nings.
Naturally the result of the game was very
pleasing to the large audience, and Mana
ger Spence was heartily congratulated at its
close, Attendance 1910. Below is the score
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