The Portland daily press., 1895-06-26
FIELD OF SPORTS.
Well, What Is AfOul Of the Port
land Club.
WE PLkg BAD ENOUGH BUT
THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE.
There Neyar Was Harder Luck Than Port
lands Yesterday-But We Played Very
Yellow EaII-It Was Close and Very
Exciting Game.


Exciting Game.
The rain stopped in season yesterday for
the grounds TO dry sufficiently to play upon
and in spite of the threatening clouds there
was a very fair attendance. The home
team. even in the gloomy weat ther looked
SO dressed up in their new white uniforms
that it was difficult to recognize them. and
when the sun occasionally shown. they
were simply resplendent and dazzling. OF
course Goodhart was the first to dim the
trousers with dirt, but it will be many a
day before Captain Slater's uniform is IN
he doesn't have 10 slide bases. He gets such
a tremendous start on the pitcher by The
insiduous motion of those legs and long
feet Of his that the catcher gets oesphorate De rate
Il wild, while Slate jumps on the bag
serenely with both feet andi the whiteness
of is trousers is preserved.
but this is depression. The tale OF woe
must be told and we might as well begin
now, OF course we started in with rush.
That's the way We 90. slater. who has re.
out at first. Butler smote Leighton in the
rrmp SO soundly that our plump centre ire
fielder froaned aloud. But he galll9eped for
third on PASSED ball. Magoon waited Tor
fous and stole second. Then he and Leigh,
Ion came home on Goodharts snleaala pa
The throw in and came home on DoheFty's S
tumble of Gannon's hot drive,
There were three runs to begin Win.
That was surely good starter and every
body took it for granted that our opponents
were a picnic and worthy of their position
as tail enders in the league.
Then got two more runs In the seoond
inning because of another tumble by
Doherty, base on balls by Leighton and a
very timely hit by Mssgoon; Then Butier ani M
catcher. writhed about for a while with
ANYTHING but genial look on his face:
Butler had been giving rlenty OF Signs OF
he had given three bases on balls, had MT
two men, bad been bit for three singles and
reas eoncludsd nf d0fS that he wouldnt pitch
more and walked to the bench. Coyle took
his place and immediately gave Cannon his
first on balls. Killeen flied out and the in
i he score was five 10 nothing Ia Port
lands fayor.. Then the Kennebecs began o
ball for one of The largest hits of the
season. 1t struck the big elm in deep centre
This stopped Pickett on second. McManus' s
single and Gannon's big throw in from left
field lar over Goodhart's head resulted in
three runs.
In tbs third, Manager Mahoney replaced
Dunn by Daniels. Little Jack began by
giving Daxtraze his. first. Then Johnson
singled, and by the help of spills error and
McMapus's hit they got two more runs. We
had get one more In the first half of the
third. by ~laier's reaching first on Dunn''s
put out and by Leigason's two bagger. 1t
fourth. They scored in that inning and We
didn't, 50 the score WAS tied. Thus they
came up with us from our lead of five to
getting score by virtue of two singles and
Spills second error.
cHt such caper, after his splendid work
OF late, We tied the score again in the
seventh, with Goodhart"s run. We couldn't
get any more IN the eighth, In spite of
Captain Slater's splendid start with his
second single. 1t was ope.two three out with
bases.
IN their half Daniels grabbed for Kelley's
hot one, but missed 1t and spoiled It for
p 6s bad
Then Bean singled and they were one
ahead.
We hcd chance in the ninth of course,
was hit for the second time. He stole
second like a runaway horse. No thrown
ball could catch him. Cannon drove a
beauIy lihe hit over second base and scores
of dalghted yells were half out of as many
tiroats. when they stopped and died. That
liner went STRAIGHT into McManus's hands.
Wasn't that hard luck?
e Then Killeen hit the bail hard and fair
but it only sailed into McManus's hands
Goodhart got desperate and made brea
for tIird. Kelley threw wild over Doherty's
head. Goodhart was some time in recover
DoheIty, who Lad chased the ball into the
grass threw it after him. It bounded
straight into kelley's hands and Goodhari
was out.
Was tine of great excitement and ex
asper& tion. That settled it of course. TIVE
We're out. killeen flied to centre and the
game was done. The score:
KENNEBEcs.