The Portland daily press., 1896-04-25

EBOWuOlns
The Portland ball team made it's
second bow out on the Deeriug
grounds yesterday, and on the whole they
stand better than they did the day be-
fore.
The way Mr.. Dodge failed to be nit on
Thursday oocasioned more or less worry,
and yesterdays game started IN to be
something similar in that respect. Be
fore it was all over. however, the idea
that the young men whom Manager
Leonard introduced to us can't hit was
in q measure dispelled.
A bail game never had a prattier or
more agreeable finish all around than
that Of yesterday, and every body who
paid in got their moneys worth.
The Portlands presented substantially
the same team they did the day before,
the only exception being that Buckley
and Mccoy made their debut as pi tohers
Both were hit little harder than we
would like to see them, but of course one
game doesn't count much either one way
or the other.
Thursdays verdict that the team is all
right from fielding standpoint was COIL
trmed again yesterday, and as has been
remarked above, the boys revealed the
fact that they Gan hit.
OF course it would have saved some
worry if they had done it in the first
instead of the last part Of the game, but
there, as far as enjoying ball game
is concerned there is nothing like letting
the other fellows get good start in the
game and then going in and pounding
out a viotory-pulling it as it were, right
out of the jaws of defeat, and running off
with it,
While as we say, this is very pretty,
still it isn't always safe and probably it
won't do to do. only, say once in while,
The credit for winning yesterdays
game belongs to Magoon mora than to
any one man, though it can't be denied
that Jack Leighton's home run in the
eighth was what tipped his associates off
of the fact, that perhaps after all there
was time to put to route the chocolate
colored insurgents from the island of
Cuba, or Joy street, Boston, or may be
both.
After that the runs came along all
right, not easy enough,es perhaps. but
they came and Portland won and people
were pleased, and the dark complexioned
young men did not appear to care, and
there was much happiness all around.
Until this time, though, the chances of
ourselves winning, were exceedingly dark
and gloomy; just as dark and much more
gloomy than the faces of this opposition,
which is usi ng superlative terms, youth
agree if you gazed into them.
Up to the time Pitcher Mccoy went to
bat in the beginning of the eighth inning
and allowed Twirler Miller to impact one
of his slow curves into his ribs, the visi-
tors had found in their way to cross the
rubber for scores some eight times, while
Captain Slater's men had been able to do
the trick just couple, which isn't very
many, as none realized better than this
same squad which was manoevering I'M
der our popular Paginnini at first sack
They realized it SO well that they tried
to do better, and they tried SO hard that
they did do better. wherefore this article
is more cheerful than it otherwise would
have been and we are great deal surer
that we have ball team.
AS has been previously remarked
Pitcher Mccoy led off in this inning by
catching one in the ribs. Grant fun bled
Tebeau's ground hit to short Slater
reached first, but Tebeau was thrown
out at second while. he was doing it,.
Grant to White. Musser singled and
Jack Leighton came to the bat The
game seemed lost, but jack somehow
thought it was worth trying for and so
pushed the sphere over right field fence
That was four runs for the inning, not
enough to tie, but sufficient to cause
and look around, and a few cheered.
That ended the run getting of the
inning, though Donovan showed his good
intentions by battin g out a double
In the ninth Slater and Tebeau singled
Fearing repetition of the home run per-
formance,- Miller gave Leighton four
wide ones in succession.
The bases were filled and Donovan was
at the bat. The proper thing to do under
those circumstances as you can see was
to lace out single, and Donovan adopted
this mode of procedure. It had the de-
sired effect, two runs came in and the
crowd was almost as much pleased as if
the contest was going to count one for MS
in. the New England league standing.
The score was tied and Hanarabap
lobbed one up to Grant and retired the
side.
Another inning to settle it
1t was at this juncture that Mr.. Ma
COON stepped forward and assumed re-
sponsibility for the remainder of the
game Patterson flied out to him. and
White and jackson were assisted out at
first by the same gentleman in way
that did ones heart good to see There
never were two prettier plays. The side
was out, but the game wasn't won ana
so Magoon had some more to do. 1t was
his first turn at the bat. He found he