The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-04-21
THE BALL GAME.


The Portlands Beat the Bowdoins 8 to 2.
Despite the rather frigid atmosphere
of yesterday the Portland base ball team,
adhering to an old time precedent, open
ed the season with the Bowdoins. There
was large crowd inside the enclosure
when the umpire called the two clubs to
position. Manager Clarity said that
$500 people passed through the entrance.
Grand stand and s'bleaehers'' were filled
and many sought, as point of vantage,
deep centre field. 1t was a good natured
gathering who went out to see 20 to 5
game with lots of smuggling, and came
away disappointed, yet pleased, if the
paradox may be permitted, at the amaz-
ingiy clever work put up by the collie
gians.
The collegians were obliged, on &C.
count of the illness Of their star catcher,
Mr.. Allen of Portland, to substitute a
local player, Flavin, the well known
catcher, and he came very near batting
out victory for the boys from Brun-
swick.
Manager Clarity resolved to exercise
all of his pitchers with the exception of
Madden, whom he will keep in the back
ground until big game comes along, so
the Bowdoin management resolved to
follow suit and in consequence it was
with difficulty that the scorers could
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The game opened with the Portlands
at the bat The Bowdoins put Earring
ton in the box at first and by consulting
the appended table it will be readily seen
that he and his compatriots puzzled the
big hitters of the Portlands as they little
dreamed of.
During the first inning the Portlands
realized that they had great deal at
stake but they were blanked owing in
great measure to the clever work of Cap
tain Hutchinson of the coIlegians.
The eollegians aroused spark of en-
thusiasm in the second when Sykes hit
hot groundert to Webster. The latter
fumbled and threw wide to first while
Sykes trotted complacently to second.
There was a genuine Bowdoin yell as
Sykes crossed the rubber owing to Par
rott's wild pitch. Then ensued one of
the prettiest double plays seen on the
Deering grounds for many a day. Chap
man got a pass to first and had evil de
signs on second but a lightning double
play by Webster, Madden and Kobe
danz electrified the spectators and in
duced loud applause and stopped the
collegians from doing further damage.
The Portlands. however, evened up
matters in the third with Deady's run.
The Portlands gathered in their second
run in the fourth. Hayes reached first
on called balls, and when Burns hunted
the ball, Hayes went to second; single
by Webster sent him across the plate.
In the sixth the Portlands purloined
another run. Burns was given first on
called balls, and without waiting for adj
vice he stole second A passed ball let
him home with the winning run.
In the seventh the Portlands put
Mains in the box with Hayes as his re-
ceiver, and considering the fact that
they had never before met, their joint
work was par excellence from baseball
point of view.
Hayes handled the thunderbolt deliv-
cry of Mains with perfect ease and the
manner in which he caught men at sec
ond and third by his lightninAlike
throws, commanded the attention and
applause of the spectators
In the last inning the collegians gave
the Portlands decided scare. Mains
was in the box and two men were out.
Fairbanks was given first on balls, and
Savage hit savage grounder to Webster
who furnbled. Flavin then came to the
bat and laced the sphere out for double
scoling Fairbanks. Hutchinson struck
out and the game was ended.
The score: