The Portland daily press., 1895-05-29
THE FIELD OF SPORT.
The Usual Lack of Gimp Pre-
vailed Yesterday.
WHEN THE VILLAGERS TACKLED
US IN DEERING.

Bangor Won and We Are in Fifth Place
toms Home Run Was All the Gimp
We Had.
The Lewistons came here for the first
time this season yesterday and as has
so often been the case in the years gone
by, the presence of the villagers on the
Portland grounds seemed to take the
gimp out of the home boys. They had a
new pitcher, left handed twirler, named
Whittier, recently released by Buffalo
He was rather wild, giving five men first
base, but with the gimp taken out of
them, the Portlands could not bat his big
curves, either at crisis or any other
time.
1t was just our usual bad luck, as the
weather, but a goodly number of cranks
assembled under the threatening skies,
and were surprised to see Edgar behind
the bat, Goodhart out in right field and
Gill on second base. They thought this
changing from one set of men to another,
and then changing back again did not
look very auspicious, knowing as they do
that constant changes do not augur we'll
for the winning capabilities of baseball
team. Perhaps this had nothing to do
with the lack of gimp, which lost us the
game. We had just as much right to it
as they did at one time, and a little more
We started in very encouragingly. Jack
Leighton waited for four, but was nabbed
at second, while Spill was safe at first
Then Magoon waited for four. A wild
pitch advanced them both base, and
Goodhart singled, sending only Spill
home. Magoon came in after Burke failed
to stop the throw in from the field. 1t
looked as if the new pitcher was going to
be a picnic, but he was the same little
left handed twirler, who at the end of
the game had allowed the Portlands but
six hits.
After the first inning we went out in
one, two, three order for four innings,
and the best we could do was one little
single. In the sixth Leighton went to
first on an error, stole second and reached
only third on Spills hit. Magoon flied
out to Petite. Goodhart's little grounder
was nabbed by Whittier, who caught
Leighton at the home plate. Then Gilps
hit sent Spill home and Goodhart to third
and Dooley's hit sent Goodhart home.
Two earned runs.
We had three runs but were still be-
hind, for Lewiston had four earned runs
to their credit. One in the first inning
was the result of hits by Flack and
Petite. IL the fourth inning they batted
out runs in. a way that was beautiful to
see, even for Portland audience. Burke
led off with clean single. Then graceful
Mike Slattery stood up to the plate and
raped away at the ball with the same
ease and skill that looks so easy when an
oarsman handles his SOULS or tennis
champion his racket. He sent big fouls
hither, and they looked SO dangerous that
it was just what was expected, when he
lined out beauty over left fields head
for two bases.
Then the big and Handsome Leblanc,
another veteran and eX-leaguer, stepped
to the plate and with that same graceful,
skilful way, he went Manager Slattery
one better and sent the ball to right
centre fence for three bases. 1t looked
very much as if Meagher the next man,
was down for home run, but it must be
said for Steve Ashe that he took his
pounding very cody and deliberately
struck out Meagher Jack Leighton got
under Quinlans fly, but Leblanc had time
to rim in There were three more earned
runs.
In the sixth Edgar was hit, but was
nabbed at second by Ashes grounder.
Then Jack Leighton, who had been
batting at the left-handed curves right
handed, resumed his old left handed