The Portland daily press., 1895-07-06
WITH A BED TICK.
Portland Players Could Not Have
Hit the Ball Yesterday.
HOW THEY RAISED BREEZES
WHEN AT THE BAT.

Few Games After the Work of the Glori-
GUS Fourth-No International College
Contest-On the Franklin Park Track.
That was decidedly patched up team
that the Portlands put in the field yester
day to combat with the sprightly
youngsters from the banks of the Kenne-
bee.
y just think of four pitchers playing on
one team at the same time, one in the
box and three in the outfield-three men
who can neither judge fly ball, field
grounder or hit a balloon with sand
bag.
Chat was precisely the condition of
affairs yesterday and still we continue
to wonder at crime, riots and why the
Portlands don't win.
There is too much sentiment about the
Portland BASEBALL club. In the National
and Eastern leagues if a man cannot
pitch winning ball he is summarily re-
leased, but not of course until he has had
fair trial, but when men are retained
on salary of $50 for pitching $50 cent
ball, it looks like either sentimentality
or a lack of business management on
somebody's part. Here are men put in
the outfield where hitters should be
assigned who can't hit ballion with a
bed tick. Out fielders are usually hired
for their hitting abilities, and also not to
fall all over themselves in gauging fly
ball
Yesterday the Portland management
presented patched up team thato was
deplorable II
The game opened with Slater at the
bat. Bean fumbled his hard hit grounder
and the champion base stealer of the
league and the best player on the team
stole both second and third. Jack
Leighton then contracted "stitch" in
his side, struck out and retired from the
game. Goodhart singled over second and
Slater scored Goodhart very foolishly
tried to steal second and was nailed as
easy as you can sell gold brick to a
Bangor man. Magoon, who has greatly
deteriorated in his batting. flied out.
The Augustus evened up matters in
their half of the first. Bean singled
stole second, but was nailed at the plate,
but the visitors tailed by Doherty reach
ing first on the pust out and singles by
Baker and Connor.
The Portlands were shut out in the
second, though Webster singled and
stole second, where he was left, Dextraze
making a fine catch of Skaters fly.
The Augustus took the lead in their
Kelley sacrificed him to second Butler
struck out, but Dextraze singled and
Pickett scored.
No runs were scored until the fifth,
when the Portlands regained their lead
1t should be stated that the Portlands
crawled out of a bad hole in the fourth
The Augustus had three men on bases in
that inning, but the next three men hit
up pop flies to the infeld. In the sixth
the Portlands braced up little.
Slater led off with a fine two Dagger,
but Sullivan, who draws a princely
salary, drilled three large holes in the
atmosphere. Goodhart had better luck,
and singled to left, but again showed his
stupidity in base running by i. being
caught off first. Magoon's hit was
fumbled by Bean who had an off day, and
Slater scored. Killeen was safe as Con-
nor muffed thrown ball, and Magoon
went to third and scored on Webster s
single That ended our run getting.
The Augustus clinched their victory in
the seventh. Bean hit to Webster, who
fell all over the ball, and the former was
safe on first. johnson then came to time
with hit over Sullivan's head for two
bases. Sullivan misjudged the ball and
Bean scored. Doherty sacrificed johnson
to second, from whence he scored on
Bakers fine drive for two bases. Baker
was sacrificed to third and scored on a
wild pitch.
The features of the game were Baker s
batting, Dextraze's great catch which
saved three runs, Corbett's and Johnson
fielding, Slater's base running, Webster
running catch, Goodhart's poor base run
ming and the poor batting by the outfield.
The score:
AUGUSTA