The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-05-23
PORTLAND HIT THE BALL.
Victory From Bangor Batted Gu,
Yesterday.
THERE WAS FREE HITTING ON
BOTH SIDES.

at One Timetit Looked Black For Us, But
Everything Was Settled in the Sixth
Lewiston Again a Loser-Gsreat Victory
| For New Bedford Over Fail River.
| If didn't have the sad sun-tanned face
OF little Tomasso Braham before me as
I write; if the pathetic pleading look of
| that small countenancs as Its sole propri.
etor walked from the box after having
| suffered the worst fusilade Of the season
| for single inning, did not stare at me
like wrath might put more of JOY in,
to these humble annals I have to record.
However. there is gladness; in spite OF
Tomasso's hard fate, in spite of his sad
d ened brow, there is joy in our camp to-
night.
| This prelude may haov given you an
| inkling Of the fact that yesterday we re-
| ceived the Bangor barons in our own
| back yard, and to GIL CITE from the geniel
| first baseman of the Dump Rangers, we
dumped de life out of 'em."
The scoring for both sides began in
the second inning. Portland led off and
liz oAOIi 10 1ifoly WY ~ 'Sonoo Us
| though already the game was won.
Duncan had gone out, Radford to
O'Brien, when Magoon drew a base on
balls and stole second. Woods got hand
when he came to the bat, as he most al
ways does. these days, and as he deserves
too, bless him, and drove the ball out to
centre for q clean beautiful single. Hen
1oA ha ko1 4
over the rubber with run number one.
Tomasso let BlaBey walk, and then Dom
ovsn and Mccoy got after the little twirl-
er to the extent of couple of singlss and
we were four nice runs, a comfortable
lead as we thought.
In q measure that W as a mistake. Ban
gor took its turn. Blakey fumbled an
easy one which Tom O'Brien pushed
down TO him, and Ned Hayes singled.
George NJ GORE tapped one into the air for
Magoon and then Sir Robert hit to the
man from Gov. Altgeld's state. Hayes
| tried to run to third and it looked like
an easy out, but Blakey threw over Ma
goon's head and their first run was
scored. Two others came long later on
an attempted put out and an outfield
play, and our lead of four didn't look so
droadfuliy "all fred'' big.
In the third Musser came back to earth
after an absence Of about week and led
eff with a doublo and was sacrificed
around to home
1t was in the fourth that the clouds
came up and darkened the sun OF our
hopes, and brought grief to orr hearts.
Hayes was the first man up and Dono.
van, who was our riday's left fielder
We have one for every day-mufPed the
fly which the fat and jolly back stop
drove out to him. Singles by the two
Moores followed this misplay, and Bra
ham tried the high fly experiment on
Woods 1t didn't work and he was ont.
There were now three on bases and one
out. Mccoy forced run in on four
balls, and then Sharott hit into the air
for Magoon. The side should have now
been retired, but instead, Hank Simon
had turn at the bat. and the Eastern
league graduate hit for a double and
cleared the bases. Henry followed with
single, allowing Hank to tag the rub
Der, and there you have it five runs and a
lead of three. That lead looked big, that
is it did look big until after our turn in
the sixth. Life Is too short to tell you
all about that sixth inning. After the
cylone was over it was found that Tom
my Braham had been landed on the
bench, that thiI teen men had been at the
bat hitting tho ball for nine with total
Of ten and scoring nine runs.
That was all that was required, and the
fact that We got a few runs thereafter,
and they got few didn't cut much ice
and will not interest you greatly.
Gildea who was substituted for Braham
did no better.
After Donovan had muffed couple of
/ flies in the left field he snapped places
with Woods who also muffed one.
Blakey made two very orange errors at
short in the second, but after that played
the position nicely, making one beautiful
pick up.