The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-07-23


That seems to express great deal and
really contains moth ing to offend the
most delicate sensibiliites. If you ware
out there you know how to translate it,
and if you were not you won't need to.
Really, every change that is made in
our team seems to make matters worse.
Each days sun as it bursts in its efful
gent glory from the East, seems to find
o more demoralized and more utterly IN
competent, ball team in Portland. 1t
isn't that tho nav men are SO very much
worse than the old men but every time
anything is done to help matters, the
whole blame combination seems to drop
notch, and there We are worse off than
ever.
Yesterday we came out on the grounds
and found Bono, who may be star polo
rusher, hut isn't much of a rusher as q
ball player, displaced BY ono Parent
small little man not unlike his predeces-
scr Bone, in appearance. He differed,
however. in one respect though, he only
made one error, while Bone generally
had TO have two. He didn't show much
disposition to hit, and Bone didn't. Ee
fsIded fairly we'll, but in all decency
should have run up on a slow grounder
that was hit to him once, instead of walt
ing to see if it was hit hard enough to
reach the tase line. All these little ex-
periments are interesting enough in their
way, but people are getting So old fash
ioned they don It care for them. Next
time Mr.. Pare Mt try and see how near to
the plate you can stop the ball. That is
much better way TO do.
Young Mr.. Thomas was our pitcher,
which goes to show one thing if no mare,
that patient waiter is no loser. Thomas
has been waiting around here now some
'steen or steenteen weeks to get chance
to go against q real live New England
league club, and he got it. To tell the
truth the boy didn't do half bad. He
pitched better game than one Of our
high salaried twirlers has in month,
and with decent work behind him would
have won. He struck out Nadeau and
Home Run Breckenridge, md that is
something of an accomplishment in it,
self.
The visitors took the lead in the first
inning, and were headed but once. Ma
deau led off with hit, stole second, and
came home on Slater's error and Bite
lows nit. Buelow also scored on errors.
We nude our poor. weak nttIe incense
Quental bid for the game in the fourth
Magoon went down ON four bad ones
with Magee's compliments. Duncan hit
for two sacks, and Musssr singled, scor-
ing Magoon. O'Rourke advanced Du a.
can and Musser, and Woods singled scor-
ing these two. Mr.. Parent was invited to
take hand in this worthy work, bat
failed to respond. We were one ahead,
but the visitors took these runs back all
right wheI. they oams up. McKenzie's
double and Sullvan's single did the bus
mess, aided by lots and lots of errors.
Ono came in the fifth and one in the
seventh for the visitors. iand one in the
eighth. We made another squirt in the
eighth, earning q couple of runs on good
clean hitting, and another on a tumble
by McGee. gs9
The ninth netted no runs, and we were
actually defeated. Sarcastic.
Skaters work at first was of the yellow
est description. The old man seems to
have lost his heart or his grip, or some
thing.
Magoon and Musser made some re.
markably brilliant plays, and Duncan,
of course. tielded and batted well. He