The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-05-11
BLEACHERS WERE THERE.
An Old Time Crowd Greeted the
Portland Ball TOSsers
AND SAW THEM SUFFER THEIR
FIRST DEFEAT.

But 1t Was Hard Fought Battle and the
Local Players We're Beaten by Only
One Run-The Score Was Ten to Nine
for the Dovers-A Band and Drum
Major Made tho Occasion Impressive
Other Games.
Itwas great game and it was great
weather for great game. Nature
could not have smiled sweeter had she
tried. Luck favored our team in regard
to weather if it it did not in the game.
The ''fans" were disappointed at the
club being defeated in the first game on
the home grounds, but then it should be
remembered that there is an adage to
the effect that a bad beginning brings
good ending.
Upon the arrival of the Dovers a pro-
cession was formed in Monument Square
and headed by the American Cadet
Band, with Prof. Barrael as baton WELD
er, marched up Congress street and back
and then to the ground.
1t was an old-time Portland gathering.
All of the old base ball admirers were
out in force, including large percent
age OF leading business and professional
men. The ladies were out in full force
and young misses and mature matrons
eagerly watched the game and kept tabs.
The fans and the bleachers were in their
favorite seats and gave the usual gra-
tuitous advice to the umpire, ct ais.
At3.15 the bell rang and the Dovers
ran nimbly to the field. They are an un-
usually young and good looking team
of players and they can play ball. The
umpire, attired in handsome looking
| uniform, proved to be Mr.. Lyons of Bos-
ton, the ex-pitcher, and at present a song
and dance artist. The audience were
inclined to forgive him for the last of
fence, because he umpired good
game.
First the Dovers were cheered when
they lined up, and Deadly, the first bats
man for the Portlands, was warmly ap
plauded as he stepped to the plate.
Young was wild and Deadly was patient
and was given first. ssOld Reliable''
Jack Burke got a ringing round of APP
/ plause and the old war horse raped out
a clean single. Burke was we'll on his
way to second and when Capt. Rogers
tapped the ball to left for base, he
didn't stop to shake hands with the base
but kept right on for third. He
didn't miss connections either.
Smith, the diminuatiye, not
to be outdone by his big brothers, also
tapped the leather farafrom the madning
crowd and Burke scored the first run. A
base on balls and Mains's sacrifice let in
the second run.
,''This game is legacy to us" said a
big fat man, who had just climbed over
the fence, as Darrah opened the bank for
the Dovers. He hit the ball resound-
ing whach and it whistled by Clymer.
Darrah reached first and famed himself.
| Up came Burke and canght one of
Klobedanz's slow curves for single.
O'Connell went out on fly to Deadly,
but Reake and Slater toed the mark and
sent the Browns leather hunting while
the patter of feet across the home plate
seemed death rap for our team. Nj
land fouled out and REILLY brought in
another man with a single. Sweeney
followed. There were couple of men
on bases and they wanted to come home.
They did. Klobedanz had never had an
introduction to Sweeney, SO you couldn't
blame him for sending in a slow in-curv-
ing ball. Sweeney met it and it sailed
clean over Jack Burke's head. Burke
had to chase it nearly to the Back Bay.
The base runners hustled as if they were
after Office, and the bases were cleared.
Dovers 6, Portland. 2.
Six hits with total of 9 off our pet
pitcher. No wonder he was mad when
he came to the bat in the second. He
made vicious lunge at the ball and
sent it over the fence towards the Oaks.
Burke got his base on balls, took third
on wild pitch and when Smith flied to
centre, Burke came in. The Dovers
were blanked, and replaced Young in the
box by Mercer.
| The third inning saw the Dovers bat
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