The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-04-17
BOWDOIN BOYS Did THEIR PRETrIEsT
And Portland Players Had Hard
Work to Get the Odd Run.
The Presumpscots Again Find vIcto-
ry on the Colby Diamond.
Other Sports on the Day for Fasting
-Portiands, 2; BowdoIns, g.

A crowd numbering fully 5000 people gath
cred at the base ball grounds In Deering
yesterday afternoon to watch the base ball
game between the new Portland team and
the Bowdoins. 1t was a beautiful day for
Dali playing, nice warm sun shining. while
scarcely ripple of wind blew to interfere
with the comfort Of the spectators. The
grand stand as well as both Of the other
stands were full of people and seats were at
premium. Many who would have been
glad to pay any price for seat were Obliged
TO stand. but they took 1t good-naturedly and
were well repaid for their attendance. Men
OF all classes We'd with the small boy In see
Ing who could cheer the loudest for their
favorites or when good play was made on
either side.
Both teams took the field for preliminary
practice and limbered up for the contest
which was to come. At exactly 2.45 o'clock
Umpire Brown called play with the Port
lands at the bat and the Bowdoins in the
field. The Bowdoins presented Downes and
Fish as battery while the Portlands had
McDermott and Webster In the points.
The Portlands failed to score in their first
inning. and took the field, and the Bow
doins came In and succeeded in scoring three
times on two bases on balls. errors of the
fortlands and two base hits. This encour-
aged the Bowdoin boys and they kept 1t up
Tor the next two innings while the Portlands
could secure nothing but goose eggs. In the
fourth inning Collins went In TO pitch and
Shine to catch, and they concluded to put n
quietus on Bowdoins scoring which they
uid beautifully, the Bowd0in's scoring but
one more during the game. In the fifth the
Fortland5 scored their first run, and in the
seven th. after two bases on balls had been
given DAILY, lifted the ball for two bagger
which gave the Portlands two more runs
which was increased in the remaining In.
nings to seven, while the Bowdoins had to be
contented with six. At the end Of the ninth
inning the score stood to 6 with the Port
lands coming to the bat first in the tenth.
After McGovern had struck OUT, O'Brion
came to the bat and scored the winning run
Dy daring base running. The Bowdoins
failed to score in their half of the tenth and
the game was won to the Portlands after a
hard. uphill contest.
IL looks odd to see so close score between
the Portlands and the Bowdoins, but to any
body VINO saw the game 1t was easy to ex-
plain, Bowdoin presented the strongest
team that ever played here as the men have
been In the gymnasium all winter and played
like colts. every one Of them, while the Port
land men were without practice. save what
they got in playing the Bostons the other
day.
Spring went in to pitch for Bowdoin In
the sixth inning. and in the eighth he was
relieved by Plaistod who is left handler and
very effective. Packard and Newman
batted hard for the Bowdoins, and Allen
caught number of difficult flies in the out
field. For the Portlands. DAILY carried off the
h~a.s~s he-e-s, ,-a~~hfie rilai0u.H t,-r.rtoX,
Shine and Collins hit hard and often Though
not always safe. O'Brion carried Off the
fielding honors for tine Portlands, handling
the ball clean In every instance, while in the
sixth inning he made wonderful left hand
stop Of ground bali from the bat of Savage.
and got his man on first. Willis, McGoyern
and DAILY played well in the outfeld. ana
Phalen proved to be good man on first as
well as good batter Keay had an off day. |
his errors being particularly unfortunate in /
the first part Of the game. The umpiring Of |
Brown was fair, he treated both sides |
alike, and therefore he came In for the abuse |
OF the sympathizers of both tea ms, and ii |
was one OF the days when an umpire earns /
MS salary. Following is the score In detail: /
PoRTLANDs.