The Portland daily press., 1886-04-12
BASE BALL.
THE GLOBE pENNANr LEAGUE.

THE GLOBE PENNANT LEAGUE.
A meeting of representatives from the ball
clubs in this county was held at the United
States Hotel Saturday afternoon, and q
league was formed to contest for the pen
nant offered by Mr.. Geo. B. Bagley, of the
Portland Globe. Clubs in Yarmouth. Cum
berland Mills, Brunswick, Cape Elizabeth
and this city were represented.
The representatives present unanimously
voted to call the association the Globe PEN
nant League" and then proceeded to organ
ize by electing the following officers:
President-J. NJ. Gooding. YsrmouthYille.
Secretary-E. c. Fogg, Portland.
Treasurer-R. G. HOstoD, Cumberland Mills.
DTt etors-o T. Despea1y Brunswiek p;,isnd r. r.
Schedule Committee-R. Q. Holston, +. c. Fogg,
o. I. Despeaux, j. M. Gooding.
1t was voted to play three games with each
club, and that $40 be deposited by each club
with the treasurer, as guarantee to finish
the season; the money be divided among
the clubs finishing at the end of the season
and to be posted previous to the opening
game; to adopt the National League rules
and the Wright & Ditson ball; that the
home club shall furnish the umpire, and that
the number Of members constituting each
club shall be limited to IA. but with the con-
sent of the opposing club extra players may
De added; that each clu) may pay Its own
expenses; also if any club fails tG finish the
series, their scheduled games shall be
decided 8 TO in favor Of the clubs who were
scheduled to play with them.
Inc committee VIII meet in this city next
Saturday afternoon, to arrange the schedule
Clubs desiring to enter the league can do so
by notifying the directors before next Fri
day night.
THE PoRTLANDs' TRIP.
Saturday afternoon, the Portlands defeat
ed the Lafayette College nine in Easton, Pa,
% to 4. Today they play the Lehigh Uniyer-
sity nine of Bethlehem, Pa.
NOTES.
Holland. of last seasons Portlands, was
ia town Saturday.
The Yarmouths will play the Bates Col
lege team in Yarmouth Fast Day afternoon.
The Boston Post says: SIN order to pre-
vent riot at Brockton we will say that A.
j. Quinn, one OF the newly appointed UNI
pires of the New England League, is not the
umpire Quinn of last years league"
Mr.. j. Albert Mills, secretary and treasur-
er of the Newburyport Association, was in
town Saturday, and was entertained Dy the
officers of the Portland Association.
Work will probably be commenced on the
Portland grounds this week.
The Shaw, Cooling q Co.'s base ball nine
challenge the Webb s. Cushing nine to play
them game of ball on Fast Day. at $50 a.
m;, on the horse car grounds in Deering.
The Baltimores defeated the Bostons In
Baltimore, Saturday, 6 to s.
Kllroy, Baltimore's twister, kept up the
prestige he gained in the games with the
Washingtons by striking out fifteen of the
Bostons in Saturdays game.
The Metropolitans have cancelled all their
dates with the Newarks, owing to the assault
made by Burns on Foster during Thursdays
game. President Byrne, of the American
Association, has notified all Association
clubs to boycott the Newarks as long as they
retain Burns as one of their players.
The Colby nine will be constituted as fol-
lows this season: Forrest Goodwin, p. /. f.
Larrabee, c.; S. Z. Webber, Byron Boyd and
j. A. Pulsifer on the bases, and FL. B. Put
nam and E. B. Gibbs in the outfeld. The
remainder will be chosen from the follow
ing: W. b. Farr, Woodman Bradbury, C. p.
Small, M. ii. Small and Abram Wyman. II.
q. Putnam will captain the team. Colby
also has strong reserve team.
The contemplated trip of the Boston
Unions has been abandoned
The Metropolitans of New York were
to play the Newarks in Newark, n. j.,
Thursday and Friday, but during the first
game dispute arose over the pitching of
Smith of the Newarks, the visitors claiming
he made balks, which ended in disgraceful
row and the games were broken up.