Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-05-17
We LOSE ONCE MORE:
PortIands Carry Off
Their Second Game.
COMFY CATCHES THE CROWD
Pawtuckets Are Still Having That Run
ofBad Luck.

Pawtucket lost again yesterday to the
team that has downed them once before,
the Portlands.
As usual the visitors were out batted
and out-played at every point, but the
game was so close that an error with men
on bases meant the game.
In order not to break the general run OF
Pawtucket luck IL came in the seventh
inning. The Portlands had been, held
down to three runs until that time, when
they got three men on ases, and by errors
of Mather and Quinlin in fielding the
same ball, two men crossed the plate,
tieing the score, but more followed in the
same inning.
Clare pitched great game and Con-
naughton Is the hardest player of the
team. He never gives up.
Hamill did some tall work sprinting and
hitting the ball, but Quinlan led yester-
day dt the bat.
Cronin was always there at the base and
at the bat and "Chippy" Duggan made
some of his lightning throws.
Mather, poor fellow, is not playing his
game at the bat or in the field. II is i'm
possible to give any reason for 1t. He is
rated as one of the best second basemsn
in New England, yet this season, although
he tries hard, he makes more errors than
hits.
Yesterday he practically lost the game,
but the ball was q mean one and struck
something In front Of him and took bad
bound, but 1t struck his hands, wentlover
his head and let in two runs. "Billy" 10
not playing ball.
How the runs were made: Hamill hit
the first ball pitched to Stott and got his
base on that players error. He stole
second while Oonnaughton was being put
out. Stott to Rogers. Mather got his
base on balls, Cronin surprised everybody
by striking out, and then Quinlan cracked
out q single to right, Hamill coming
home and Msther taking second. Dug
gan then sent a double to right centre,
Quinlan and Mather both coming
home. In the fourth Clare sent the ball
over the right field fence for two bases,
and came home on Hamill's long single to
centre. In the NTH Mather got his base
on balls for the second time, went to
third on Cronins double to deep centre
and came home on Quinlan's single.
This ended the run getting for the Paw
tuckets.
For the visitors Annis got his base on
balls and to third by sacrifices by Kirmes
and O'Brien and home on Rogers three
base hit, he also coming in on Tobin's
double.
In the fourth, Burns got first on
Mather's error on his hit, went to second
and third on wild pitch, and came home
on Duggan's error of Lachance's hit. In
the seventh, after two men were out,
Kirmes got his base on balls, went to
second on O'Brien's single to center, and
each was advanced base on Rogers's base
on balls. Tobin then cracked the ball
down to Mather. 1t got away from him
and also went through Quinlan, the result
being that Kirmes and O'Brien scored,
while Rogers got home on the single Of
Burns, which struck Clare and bounded
to one side. This left Pawtuckets way be-
hind and they remained there.
In the fifth a pretty double play was
made. Annis was on second, Kirmes on
first and O'Brien at the bat. He hit to
deep center and O'Donnell. returned the
ball quickly to Connaughton, caught
Annis going home and by that time o. Don
nell had ran up to second. Connsughton
threw to him and caught Kirmes. "Con-
ny" made desperate attempt to score in
the ninth. He hit, got Hrst on a pretty
head slide, stole second and third and
dove again at the latter base, sliding fully
fifteen feet. The crowd went wild. He
was put out in an attempt to score
on Cronin's sacrifice.
Gray's umpiring is the. best the city :. has
ever seen.