The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-05-12
THE FIELD OF SPORTS,
The Visit of the Boston Champions
Here Yesterday.
The Home Team Makes u Good Showing
With the Championships Hits OF
Lampe-The Score Was BostonE9, Port
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OF course the Bostons did not try very
hard. yet they couldn't hit Dolan without
trying and some of them couldn't when
they did. His strikeeut of big, skilful
Tucker, after the latter had called the
chatting crowds attention to some point
over in the city where the ball would land,
was very clever thing to do. Dolan DEM
onstrated yesterday that he is pitcher,
and batter and ball player in general who
belongs to the same class as the very best
men in the league.
The big visitors had no need to bat Gam
non. when he took Dolan's place in the box.
He was either afraid they would or was
ratified, or is incapable of putting the ball
over the plate when he wants to. Five
bases on balls in one inning caused the
audience to call for Dolan. 1t was certainly
significant enough of pitchers ability to
call for special mention and suggestion as
t" how valuable such a man u.s.
!. The home boys played good game and
better still they batted Lampe just as if he
wasn't in the box for the worlds champions.
NinA hits with total of eleven and two of
the three runs earned is record to be
proudsof, and it's:.dollars to doughnuts that
Lcmpe was pitching for business most of
the time.
The great superiority of the Bostons was
shown in the ease with which they can
work together and take advantage of every
opportunity to get runs and prevent runs,
regardless of the luck, flor there is luck)
as well as merit, of base hits and errors.
To the on-lookers it was apparent that
they won the game with little effort. yet the
score, with the exception of Gannon's
bases on balls, doesn't indicate any great
superiority on their part. But every man
was SO thoroughly at ease in all con-
tingencies of the game that every point was
played right, when emergency demanded.
1t would have been more satisfactory to
the on-lookers If the Bostons had played to
win by as big score as possible, and it
would have been more courteous for them to
have done SO. Tickets were sold to people
who wanted to see the champions play ball
as well as they. could. OF course a glimpse
of their skill was obtained, but a full view
was wanted. Also it was to be desired that
our boys should benefit by contact with the
champions In all their aggressiveness But
they are a fine looking, good natured, gem
tlemanly set of men for all that.
Shumway played good game. He had
some hard ones to handle and he grappled
with them In highly satisfactory manner.
His two Dagger, also was a beauty and came
as naturally as if such things are not going
to be infrequent with our third baseman
Slater's two Dagger was just what was to
be expected, when there were men on the
bases. Keep on with that kind of stick
work. old man. It's the kind that counts.
of course we know that Captain Bradley
can runsup on slow grounders as well as
anybody else, and we like to see him do it,
too, whether he is playing with the Bostons
for fun or the Lewistons for blood.
Smith accepted all of his six chances.
He's all right, if Lampe's long arm and his
short body We're disastrous contrast the
first time at the bat. He hit the ball after
that.
That Lampe should strike out but one man
is.very gratifying Following is ,the score:
POSTON