The Portland daily press., 1886-02-26
BASE BALL.
The Portland Club Completed.

NOTES OF INTEREST CONCERNING FuE
TEAM
A letter was received yesterday from Man.
ager Spence, which stated that he had sign
ed Joseph j. Reilly, of New York as the
eleventh man on the Portland team. and this
completes the makeup of the team for tha
coming season. Reilly was Hickman's
old catcher on the Newarks, and is said to be
fine player He received fiattering offers
to play on the Metropolitans and the Wash
ingtons last season, but preferred to play
with Hickman. We are not able to give his
record, but shall do so in few days. He is
now in the employ of F. B. Thurber Of New
York, the extensive dealers in canned goods.
Hermann Fl. Kiffe, of Brooklyn, n. Y,
has secured the contract for making the uni
forms, and is now at work upon them. Wa
have given description Of them previously.
The material is heavy and will be made up
in the best style
As before stated, the team viii report 70
Manager Spence about the first of April,a
before coming here will make southern
trip. Several games have already been ar
ranged, one with the Newarks, the condi-
bioAio VI MllSn 11ACkludu ana Rcllll
shall be the Portlands' battery. and that
Hatfield shall also play, the Portlands re-
ceiving a larger per cent of the receipts fer
so doing. The Newarks were the champions
Of last seasons Eastern League. Four
games have also been arranged with the
Hartfords, Of Hartford, Conn, the first two
to be played in Hartford April 10th and 18th
and the last two in this city April 26th and
goth.
Manager Spence wrote to Presidents Watex-
house to know if the club should play Sun
day games while on its trip South. A meet
ing Of the directors was called, and the vote
was unanimous against so doing And 10
was the proper course, too.
Cavanagh, who will cover first base, played
in 81 games on the Torontos last season. and
had the following record Fielding, put out
3o5; assisted, 8: errors, IA; average fielding
record, 957 Batting-At bat, 125 times;
base hits, 35; average batting record, .27s.
Mr.. Spence says Cavanagh felded more
ground hits than any first baseman he ever
saw. and saved the inield many errors.
O'Rourke, the Portlands' catcher, must
not be confounded with the O'Rourke OF the
Binghamptons. He never played outside of
New York before last season, when no
played on the Torontos.
Our Bob" Wheelock has entered the
Portland Turnverein, and is now n active
training daily. He says he will not be be-
hind any of them at the close of the season.
Tim. II. Murnan, of the Boston Sporting
Times, says; Hickman, who has besa
signed by Portland, is without doubt the
finest pitcher in the New England League"
The secretary of the Portland Association
desires to obtain boarding place for the
whole team of eleven men. Parties desiring
to take them can learn all particulars by ad-
dressing at once c. j. Wiggin, Boston q
Maine Transfer Station.
Manager Spence in letter regarding the
team says:
We are now in great shape as to players and IL
is team that will play fine ball, and thanks to
our three batteries VIII always be In fine form to
one whom would exchange for any diSengaged
player today; and say it withous any desire to
brag, that in team work we will be points ahead
OF any team in our league. Ii is a stronger team
than at first intended to secure. Would like to
add, also, that our players are cheaper at the
salaries they will receive than experimental
players would be at half the amount, as your trial
man in losing games not only causes you expense
in securing another TO fill his place, but causes
falling of in patronage owing to the public un-
certainty as to the merits of the new conner. In
our team we have skill, speed, youth and ambi-
ball. and in addition you will see set Of young,
intelligent fellows whose appearance and deport-
meht VIII not fall 10 impress the public t2YoraDlY.
A Baltimore letter in the Philadelphia
Sporting Times says of Mr.. Spence:
Many Baltimoreans are glad to see that Harry
man made many friends in his short sojourn here
with the Monumental Club, with which he did
wen Wohoeriui . tnlngs consaeTng the want oI saplIal
made good selections and prevailed ON the boys
to play ball for all they were worth, and that s
all the best OF managers can DO. success TO hinR.
HAvERHILL LOSES PRINCE.
One of the best players in the New Eng
land League last year was Prince, who sign
ed early in the winter to play with the Hav-
erhills for the season Of 1886. He was to
cover first base, but Tuesday he sent word to
the manager of the club that he should be
unable to play ball this year, as he has Sc
cured an excellent business situation. His
withdrawal deprives the Haverhills Of
heavy batsman, and leaves them without q
first baseman. Manager Seelee is CORES
ponding with Hartnett, the big South Boston
boy, who was with the BiddefordS and Port
lands last season. In all probability he will
be engaged to play first base. He is an ex-
cellent fielder in the position and q good
batter.
Slattery, who made his debut with the old
Boston Unions, and is to play centre heid
for the Haverhills this year, will probably
captain the nine. Is LHOuSUb 10 De LILO
best man for the place of those who are now
under contract with the club.
Manager Seelee was in Boston Wednesday
looking after good men.
sALEM's PROSPECTS.
The prospects are very good for the forms-
ton of New England League club at Sa-
lem for this season. Mr.. Bacon of Daayers,
Mass, who will manage the team, was In the
city yesterday, consulting with the Portland
management, and he informed our reporter
that he had already signed six OF his team
and will soon have the full number when the
names will be made public. Look oHt for
Salem.
BosToN's CLUB.
The Boston Post of yesterday speaks Of
the prospects of New England league club
in that city as follows:
In an interview Wednesday Mr.. Mullen
stated that the report of the collapse of the
new Boston team was unfounded, while
Manager Murnan denounced the statement
as an outrage. The publication Of deroga-
tory paragraphs of this kind without founda-
ton in fact is worthy of the strongest con-
demnatioH. 1t probably emanated from
some young and inexperienced reporter, whe
was given steer by the boys.
NOTES.
The second meeting in regard to the pro-
posed New England League club at Man
chester was sllmly attended, and the interest
seems to have died out.
Newburyport will have bang-up team,
backed by management crsmmed with
money and pluck, but if they propose to
play on the old grounds, it is in order 10 sug-
gest that they erect band stand for the T. T.,
provide the c. t. with yacht, and the l Z.
would be justified in at least asking that
tunnel be put through the big knoll in order
to give him an occasional glimpse OF the
game.-BOston Post.