The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-04-11
BASE BALL.
Portland Ready to Reap Harvest from
visitors-Points Abou. the New Team.

the New England league will not, Judg-
ing from present indications, affect the
league to any great extent, inasmuch as
there are other cities ready and willing
to fill the vacancy.
Salem should be first class ball town,
inasmuch as it is city of rising thirty
five thousand and has in its immediate
environs a large population to draw
from, consisting of the thriving cities OF
Peabody, nearly ten thousand in popula-
ton and a thriving manufacturing town,
Beverly, with population of about
twelve thousand and shoe manufactur-
ing town, Marblehead, with population
of about ten thousand, and various other
| minor municipalities. But the chief rea-
son for the lack of financial support in
Salem is its nearness to Boston. 1t costs
but trif1e more for a person to run into
Boston during an afternoon and see
national league game than it would to
visit the New England league games
The same is true of Lynn. In fact 1t is
now generally believed that a manufac-
turing city or town, is not a desirable To-
cation for a base ball team.
Portland is in a position to reap har-
vest next season from the large floating
population. The immense number of
summer visitors to this city en- route to
the various summer resorts swells the
attendance at the ball games to a marked
degree, and in this important particular
Portland has the advantage over some of
its sister cities.
The signing of Burke lends additional
strength to the batting accomplishments
of the various men already signed.
Burke, or as he is familiarly known to
Portland baseball audiences, as BLACK
Jack Burke is one of the most, gentle
manly ball players in the New England
league. Mr. Burke has invariably ex-
pressed desire to play in this city, as
he is a great favorite here. Burke's
stronghold is in his fielding. He can,
without doubt cover more ground in left
field than any man whom the writer has
seen play that position on the Deering
gfOuHuS. WHobuel LIS iiiiiooo Ae'oo VIII
ter has impaired his strength or not the
writer does not know, but Burke was one
of the few men in this league that could
be depended upon to line the ball from
deep left to the plate AS tor hitting
Burke is shrewd, safe and hard hitter,
who knows just what to do in q tight
place and generally does it. Probably
one OF the greatest outheids that mas
been seen here in recent years was seen
here with the famous Manchesters, Fort
lands old time yiyals. 1t consisted OF
Andrus, right heid; John Lelghton,
centre, and Burke. left held. Honest
John Burke will be'warmly welcomed to
Portland.
Notes.
OF the cities mentioned to take the
place made vacant by the withdrawal of
the Salems, Dover is the most desirable
The city has never been represented in
the New England league hence it would
be novelty in that hustling city. The
long .sirnnp'' between Portland and Low
ell would be broken thereby, rendering
the compilation of a schedule easier. 1t
looks now as if Dover would be the city
selected.
Mr.. Mclaughlin, better known as
Barney" ex-captain of the Portlands,
has announced that he is a little disfg-
ured, but is still in the ring.
Allan and Hinkley Of the Bowdoins
were in the city Sunday.
The management of the Portlands
should abolish the old scorers pen under
the stand. At every game it is occupied
by crowd whose remarks are easily au-
dible in the grand stand much to the dis
gust of lady and gentlemen patrons of
the game.
Madden, Flayin, Webster iand MCCOY
ern are in Portland, and all are open for
engagements.
A letter received from Brockton states
that Fred Doe has signed Cotter, the