Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-07

at third, who threw low to the plate t.
catch Buckley, and the bali went intc
| the crowd near the home teams bench
Umpire Bradley shouted Block ball.
and before Portland recovered and LANDED
the ball in Sullivan's hands in the box
| Bean and Butler had scored.
Such shouting, Why, the crowd i'm
mediately began to increase, for the terrific
noise was heard down town and people
focked TO the grounds to see the fun.
Sullivan then fooled Conner into strik
ing ont Terrien dropping the tall anc
catching the man at first. Doherty got {
single to left and Pickett flied to Magoon
/ Portland scored no more during the
game, getting but seven men at bat, with
only one hit.
Kelley faced Sullivan with a confident
air In our half OF the eighth. Sullivan
looked anxious and ratified, and talked il
all over with Terrien. The crowd still
shouted Finally, Sullivan sent in hot
one
lone ball said Bradley, followed
closely by " One strike"
Oar big friend Sullivan then felt pretty
well He didn't feel well at all, when
Kelley fell upon the next ball pitched and
pushed it through the air, clear TO the
fence. Shaffor fell down and Kel was
safe Mt third. German fouled OUT to Ter
rien. Niau was out, Corbett to Slater
Then Woods got ia his third error, by
muiiiing Buckleys fly, an easy one and
Kelley scored Bean flied to Slater.
We kept the same thing up in the ninth,
worth. on the coaching line at first. de
yotcd one hand to the runners with Get
away" and the othtr to the crowd with
keep it up, boys" They did
Dick Butler stepped to tho plate. Sulli-
van sent in one wide Of the rubber. He
shot another along a. If from cannon.
Butler met it on the trademark and sent
it to right for single, following the deed
up with a rafting steal of second in few
seconds Common went out. Spill to Slater.
Doherty our Mike, then said Howdy"
to Sullivan. NJ J. already had one hit,
pounded the first ball pitched afar into left
field and Butler came home, tjeing the
score, amid such storm of cheers and
shouts as is seldom heard on ball field.
Pickett then came smilingly up. 1.-Two
strikes" was heard, and only two balls
pitched lone ball, shouted Bradley,
and Doherty stole second.
Then Sullivan determined to do or die
He hitched up his pants, hid the ball be-
hind his left-hand glove, took just the
attitude shown in the cut above (though
Suly is better looking than that chap
and let 1t CO.
Had it not been for the grand stand it
would be going now, for it had terrific
speed but was II wild pitch Doherty
logged home and the game was ours, II to
10, a game pulled out of as tight hole as
was ever seen here or elsewhere
Did the crowd shout? Well, didn't you
hear them? Rather
Tho pleaSantest event of the day for
Pitcher Sullivan, and one that was
heartily applauded by everyone present
was when he first came to the bat, in the
second inning. Umpire Bradley called
"Timc, " and when Sullivan looked around
to SEQ what the trouble was MIR. Bradley
approached, and, in behalf Of Portland
friends presented him with very hand
some goldheaded cane. Mr.. Sullivan
bowed his thanks and hit out for single.
The names of the donors are: p. j. Sulli-
van NJ. J. Sullivan, Ben Wolf, Hiram
Wolf c. j. Murphy and NJ. J. Flaherty.
Viau pitched an elegant game. Butler
caught as well as he ever did in his life
Kelley was right at home on first Cor
man had bat three chances, taking two
Doherty played good ball, excepting that
error In the second. He always plays
good ball. Joe Bean scooped everything
that came his way and lined 'em across to
KEEL like rifle ball Connor lost his only
chance. Pickett lost one but made two
beautiful catches. Buckley had seven
long flies and took care with ease Of every
one.
Terrien is good catcher and did good
work Sullivan we have spoken of enough,
perhaps, already. Poor Sully! Slater did
fine work at first. Corbett, with the ex-
oeption in the second, played a good
second. Magoon at third was also all
right, had he not thrown poorly in the
seventh to the plate. Spill took his two
chances like man. Shaffer had two
chances and o Rourke one in center. tax
ing all, but Woods while he did grea.
work in the first, made three costly errors
Mr.. Bradley had number of close de
cisions, and got out of all hard places in
pretty good shape, the causes for kicking
being about evenly divided. We still
think that Mr. Bradley intends to do the
square, honest, impartial thing in his UNI
piring.
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