The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-04-21
BASE BALL.
Opening of the Season In This City
on Fast Day.
GAME TO-DAY.

GAME TODAY.
The Portlands will play the Bowdoins
this afternoon. Kimber and Riley will be
the pitchers for the Portland. The game
will be started at 2.15 to allow the Bowdoins
TO get home on the afternoon train. The
management extend an invitation to all the
news boys and carriers in the city to attend
the game this afternoon. They must bring
card signed with the editors name and pre-
sent them at the gate.
Flaherty will umpire the game today.
The Presumpscots play here next Tuesday,
the Colbys Wednesday, and the Maine State
College Thursday.
PoRTLANDs, SO; COLBYs, 8.
The base ball season opened in this city
Thursday afternoon. Thirty-fve hundred
people were on the grounds, filling every
seat and lining the fences in both right and
left fields. The day was as fine as could
have been expected and the grounds were
pretty dry. The Portland team for 1888 Is
dressed in the same colors as last year, white
and red. The caps are made Of alternate
stripes Of the same colors. 1t Is an athletic
looking lot OF men, well formed and evident
ly used to handling ball. As far as could
be judged from this practice game there Is
every reason to expect good work from m
when the league season opens.
The Colbys were opposed to the POrtlands
and gave them some lively practise. The
College boys won many words Of praise for
their agility and snap and it was remarked
by more than one Of their sOpp0nents that
they are likely to give the other college
teams in the State League hard work to de-
feat them. They batted well and ran bases
better than any college team that ever came
this way. A little more steadiness In the
field will be gained by further practice.
Two umpires, Small and Flaherty, one be-
hind the bat and the other back Of second
base, gave good satisfaction. The Port
lands, although troubled little at first by
the college pitcher, soon got to batting and
rolled up big score. The new men gave
evidence of being able to hit the ball hard,
and considering their lack Of practice, did
frst-class work IN this respect, They all
bach led, getting seven hits with ten totals
with seven times at the bat. KoOns. Prince,
O'ROurke and Mitchell hit the ball safe most
Of the time, while no one did any weak bat
ting. The Portlands ran bases well all
through the game. The Colbys earned
sons and single hit by Gilmore. The rest
of their runs were obtained, one at time,
on errors of the battery mostly.
The Portland pitchers, McAuliffe and
Mitchell, handle the ball well and have good
speed, the latter In particular being very
only indicated as yet. Kimber has not vet
been seen. Koons and McCloskey seem able
to do good catching. Householder on first,
Fusselbach on third, and O'Rourke at short,
considering how little they have played,
showed themselves good men. Myers had
little to do at second. but he Is light on his
feet. good worker and 1t looks as if.i he
would make quiet efficient manager. Ii Is
rare thing for Portland to have good
PLAYING manager. Slime did not play but
will probably be seen this afternoon. The
out felders are without doubt good men.
When the spectators left the grounds there
was an evident feeling Of satisfaction among
them and the verdict was that the team had
acquitted themselves well in the opening
game. They did better than our teams OF
former years at the opening for this team
has had no practice together. With harmo-
ny in the team, all pulling together and bent
on winning, there Is little doubt that the
name Of Portland will not occupy the foot Of
the list in the league record. The score fol-
lows: