The Portland daily press., 1895-07-23

1t Was Good Game Though-PortIand
Has No Reason To BE Ashamed of the
Two Recent Encounters With the
Championship Score Was Fall River
IL, Portland 2.
Yesterday the champion Fall Rivers
recovered from their temporary alteration
of Saturday and took revenge upon the
Portlands for the chagrin of that terrific
drubbing. They didn't have any picnic
doing it however, and if the Portland
boys hadn't strayed from the paths of
perfection more often than usual there
might have been more chagrin for the
champions. Klobedanz and Sullivan
were the pitchers and it must be admitted
that Duke rather took the starch out of
our big handsome twirler. He pitched
fully as well and he batted much better.
The game began with Slater at the bat.
Klohy was a trife wild at first. Slater
always takes advantage of such chances
and walks to first. He did this time.
But he didn't walk to second. He never
does that. Neither does he walk back.
He sails do WI to second and stops there.
He did this time. It's a way he has, and,
however, Objectionable to others it is such
pet hobby of his that it is rarely inter-
ferred with
Shaffer died at first, but O'Rourke
brought Slate in with a fine double to the
right field fence. How the crowd shouted
and laughed for very joy. 1t was going
to be Saturday over again of course. Base
ball cranks are ever sanguine and though
protesting great judgment and discern
ment, do not in Fact possess any at all. If
they did they would not be cranks.
But this is depression. Spill followed
O Rourke with hit to right, but Mike
Harrington was so lively with it, that
O'Rourke was nailed at home by one of
the prettiest throws of the season. Good
hart fouled out.
Sullivan also was wild at first, and
Captain McDermott is a good deal like
Captain Slater in taking advantage of
such weakness. He walked to first and
then galloped for second. Terrien had
him nailed before he got there, but Brad
| ley didn't think so and it had to be called
steal Then Joe Harrington drove the
ball for three bases. Rupert's hot drive
gave Magoon a chance to make a pretty
catch Hi Ladd actually struck out the
first time up, much to his disgust, but
nobody thought the worse of him for it
Klobedanz's rattling hit brought Har-
rington in and they had two runs, and
took the lead away from US at the very
beginning.
We got two in the second and took the
lead from them. They tied us in the
third We went one better in the fourth
and they tied US again in their half.
In the fifth, after two men were out
Rupert drove beauty over the electric
car track for a hom run. That put them
ahead and they kept increasing their lead
fbecause they played and pitched better to-
ward the end of the game, and we played
and pitched worse. That's the facts of it.
However, Slater's two two baggers were
worth the price of admission. In the
fourth, after two were out, Sullivan had
two strikes and three balls, and then
astonished everybody by driving a pretty
single down by second. Slater came up
and hit the ball with every ounce of
strength in his body. 1t went almost on
line right over Hi Ladd's head and
Slate reached second.
In the sixth Terrien went to first on
McDermott's error. There was one out
and Sullivan struck out. Slater came up
again, Fitzmaarice was play ing we'll to-
wards right, for the boys had been knock
ing Kloby's swift shoots over that way.
But Slater's bat was swifter than the
swift shoot. 1t got around in time to
catch the first one pitched and it went al
most to the fence, right over the middle
of that big hole between Ladd and Fitz-
maurice.
But it was no use. The pace was too
fast for us yesterday. After the first half
Of the game we began to weaken and
make errors. In the sixth Spill muffed
Reilley's fly. 1t was a long run, but it
was also square muff. M. Harrington
sacrificed, Stevens singled, Slater dropped
the ball, while tagging McDermot, j.
Harrington sacrificed and Ladd singled
The result was three runs, none earned
In the seventh, Kloby whacked the ball
for his third single, Terrien had passed
ball, Corbett fumbled a grounder,
o Rourke muffed a fly and they got two
more runs, unearned. In the eighth, j. |
Harrington's two bagger, Ladd's single |
and Fitzmaurice's single gave them two
earned runs.
The score:
FALL RIVER.
Alb r BH PO E |