The Portland daily press., 1894-01-25
PLAY BALL.
How the Association Entered the Field at
the Animal Meeting.

A dozen gentlemen met at the ST.
| Julian hotel last evening to attend the
! adjourned annual meeting of the Port
| land Base Ball and Athletic Association.
The stockholders represented in person
| or by proxy, were somewhat late, and it
! was eight O'Clock before the gong rang
and the game commenced,
Mr.. Isaac c. Atkinson was elected
chairman and MI. Walsh secretary.
The records of the last meeting were
read and approved. The call for the stock
was made to show the amount repre-
sented at the meeting. Seventysix
shares were found to be on hand.
The report of the treasurer for the past
year was read and accepted. During the
season of 1893 the receipts amounted to
S71, s49. 90, and the expenditures footed up
to $11 ys17.T. Thus it will be seen that
the national game was financial success
last summer in Portland.
A motion was then made to proceed to
the election Of officers for the ensuing
year. Discussion was FABRICATED in quite
generally and objection was made that
the board of directors should be first
chosen, and that they should elect the
officers. All present began to crowd
around the umpire, who finally ordered
the constitution to be produced.
The vote on the directorate was then
taken and complbttee of three, Messrs.
Gage, Clarity and mcdonald, wasss::ap-
pointed to receive, sort and count votes.
Five directors were to be chosen and
there were two tickets in the field. One
had as members, Charles H. Ross,
Edward W. Murphy, George B. Bagley,
Robert F. Somers and Charles K. Gage.
The other ballot contained the same
names, except that Mr.. Isaac C. Atkin-
sons name was substituted in place of
Mr.. Cages. When the vote had been
counted it was found that all were
unanimously elected except the fifth
man, and the vote for Mr.. Gage and Mr..
Atkinson resulted in tie. Here was
fix, and the famous sixteen inning game
of 1872 promised to be eclipsed. Mr.. Gage
then arose and said that in view of the
fact that he should be out of town
during great part of sthe summer, he
would retire in favor of Mr.. Atkinson.
The latter desired also to be given re-
lease, but was prevailed upon to accept
An unanimous vote of thanks was
rendered Mr.. Gage for his work in behalf
Of the association for the past two sea-
sons.
2 The meeting then adjourned. The
directors will meet in a few days and
arrange definite plans fer the coming
season. After the meeting last evening
they appointed Mr.. Clarity, last seasons
manager to that position for the next
year.
Earned Runs
Will Mains is down with the grippe at
his home out in Windham.
How ike old times it will look If
Lewiston succeeds IN securing Sam
Laroque! He is one of the very finest
ball players ever seen in the New Eng
land league His work with the stick
here has always been noticeable, he be-
ing one of the hardest natural hitters
in the profession. Laroque belonged to
the strong $50 Newburyport aggregation.
Mccormick, of the Lewistons, was in
town Monday.
New York will probably secure the
Washington battery of Meekin and Far
rell. The latter played in this league
with the Lawrences and Salems of 1877.
Kid Madden is still disengaged. He
will not be long out OF a position, how
ever. The famous south paw twirler is
in the pink of condition.