The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-07-16
VICTORY At LAST.
Portland SignaIizes Its Return to
Home Grounds
BY DEFEATING LEADERS IN WE'LL
PLAYED GAME.

Walter Woods Pitches Good Game of
BalI-Out Fielder Hill Shows Up Well
Bangor Badly Beaten-Other Games
Prevented BY Rain.
Our vanquished and battle SCARED
company Of ball players, whom we dis
patched some ten days ago to invade the
sacred soil of Massachusetts retreated to
the friendly shelter of the walls of
Deering grounds on yesterday and thars
to everyone's surprise evinced the dispo-
sition and the ability to hold their own.
awhile at least, on their own domains.
Captain General Leonard brought some
reinforcements with him, III the shape
of two new men, Bone and HID, and the
latter of these two won the game for
US.
We hesitate to say word of common
dation for these men, for there have been
some less than steen players brought here
this season, and allowed to return before
even man gifted with second sight could
tell whether they were any use or not.
IL is embarrassing to praise tho work of
o ball player, and the same evening read
in the column of reptile contemporary
that he has beer fired. 1t is apt to crsate
the impression that either the writer or
the management DOESN'T know much
about players any way.
For this reason we forbear to say the
kind things that should be said of Mr..
Hills home run, and his two Dagger and
his single, bunt hit W hioh he beat out
in elegant style.
Each one Of these events contributed to
our ruu getting and also to our winning,
and are worth half col umn but the
oommendatory adjeetives which are fair
ly dropping from the end of this lead
pencil are suppressed. They shall be
kept where they are until they sour
and become other kind OF adjeotives. As
II rule it has been the other kind that
havs been mustered into service.
Now yesterdays game was won by
ourselves. 1t was won chiefly because
we played superi or game in the field,
and batted little harder than the three
and half times "chnmpeens'' were able
to do. And too we almost lost by one of
those absurd misplays which spoil our
| chances so often.
Portland presented Woods in the box.
Hill was in left field, and the young gen.
| tleman who wishes to be known as Bone,
and whose real true name is Fitzbone, or
Fishhone or something like that at short.
Bonesis polo player, and Is regarded as
promising ball tosser. We trust that he
will redeem his promises. There have
been more promises than fulfilments
in the Portland ball team SO far this
| season. The remainder of the team waa
made up rs of yore.
The visitors matched the Western
| Leaguer Hallowell against us. Honors
were about even In tho box, as far as the
bits recorded are concerned. though but
| for an error on Musser's part we would
have shut cut this soul terrifying troupe
from Mt. Hope bay, and they would have
found Mr.. Woods for just four insignifi-
cent worthless little singles, which would
| have cut no more ice than the gold men
did In the Chicago convention.
Portland's first run came in the first
inning, when with two men out Br'er
| AA@'t DpA AOh do tdo Dtt1i GBiy anu UIofc IL
over into the road, thereby making his
debut. The ex-Metropolitan banged it
again in the fourth for two bases and
helped rs thereby to anouher'run, Musser
driving him in. Two runs for us in the
sixth, and again the former Freedmanite
figured in the combination. leighton
had singled sweetly, and Hill had in
structions to bunt. He hit on third base
line and beat the ball. The bases were
filed by Hallowell dropping ball tossed
him by Doc Kennedy. Then cam three
| flies in succession to right field. all
caught to be- sure, buts that didn't pre-
vent our tallying a couple of times, just
as hard.
Now it went along to the eighth inning
and we began to have en- ambition to
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