The Portland daily press., 1895-06-15
FIELD OF SPORTS.
The Ball Game Ended in a Bad
Mess Yesterday.
UMPIRE MURPHY GAVE 1T TO NEW
BEDFORD 8 TO o.

One More Run but the Umpire Didn't
Give it to Us-He Was Wrong There but
We Were Wrong in Refusing to Play.
Up to the ninth inning yesterdays
game with New Bedford was very slow
and tiresome as game, and very ex-
asperating to the audience But in the
ninth there was excitement enough and
almost little too much.
We begun we'll and got two runs in the
first, by virtue of Goodhart's homer over
right field fence. We didn't get another
till the fifth. Then we ought to have had
two, and that's where the trouble began.
Up to that inning the New Bedfords had
made nine runs, by heavy hitting OF
Daniels and errors by Slater and Corbett
and Goodhart Our goose was cooked ap-
parently. But in the fifth Slater got first
by waiting for four, with that splendid
GOODNESS and judgment that never fails.
him. He stole second, of course. Spill
Spill stole third and second. Goodhart
made another fine hit into right centre,
his third for the game, and then he made
the great mistake of the game. He tried
to make two bagger out of a single. but
he was nabbed at first. Slater had of
course gone home and Spill had plenty
of time to get there, but he very foolishly
trotted in never dreaming that Goodhart
would get nabbed at second. But he was
out at second before Spill got home and
he was the third man out So Spills
score didn't rightly count. But Umpire
Murphy didn't see whether Spill got
home or not. He was justified in not see
ing it, perhaps because such splendid
base hit as Goodhart's was a free ticket
to home plate to any man who had sense
enough to run and not trot. Therefore he
didn't look towards home, but watched
the play at second, where Goodhart was
out.
Then developed Murphy's weakness.
He refused to decide whether Spills run
counted or not. Had he said one thing
or the other then it would have settled it,
but he wouldn't say.
Somebody shouted that it was Official
Scorer Shirley to say whether Spill run
out before Spill got home, Mr.. Shirley
could only say as his opinion that
Spills run did not count. The New Bed
fords were so far ahead that nobody
cared, and only one score was placed on
the board for that inning.
But Jack Daniels took a brace in the
box and the boys did also at the bat. The
New Bedfords got no more runs. We got
another in the sixth, two more in the
seventh and then Monahan went to pieces
in the ninth. With three men on bases he
allowed Corbett four balls and Magoon
was forced home Then he hit Leighton
with the ball and Dove was forced home.
Then Slater was hit by the ball. of
course, and Terrien was forced home.
This tied the score and the excitement
was tremendous. Doe sent Mopahan out
of the box and put in Friend. We got no
more scores
In the last of the ninth we shut out the
New Bedfords very prettily, Jack Daniels
striking out Delaney for the second time.
Of course then, if Spills run had counted
we should have had ten scores to their
nine, and won the game.
Captain Slater began to kick. There
was great runpus The umpire
wouldn't allow the run, and finally the
home management told the boys to play
out the tenth inning. But the boys
wouldn't do it. They waited so long that
Murphy declared the game forfeited to
New Bedford 9 to O. 1t was foolish not
to play the tenth inning. Split milk
can't be recovered. The time to kick was
when the disputed run came in. Then
| Murphy ought to have been forced to
decide, and settle the matter. The score :
PORTLAND.