The Portland daily press., 1896-05-12
BROKE EVEN.
Portland and New Bedford ODen
League Season.
GAME CALLED AT END OF TIE
ELEVENTH INNING.

A Stoutly Contested Battle in Which
Neither Side Could Get the Advantag ca
"A Similar Performance in Augusta,
The championship season of the Now
England league Of baseball players opened
In this town yesterday.
Manager Does whalers, from the good
town of New Bedford, came here to par
tioipate in the event. and for eleven mortal
innings, in three mortal hours, did these
youths-saye the word-struggle for SUI
premacy with our own colts until Um-
pire Hunt kindly rung the curtain down,
that we didn't win, but certainly glad
that we didn't get licked.
To that extent the bitter was mingled
with the sweet, but certain it is that no
one made very much of q 'sholler" when
the umpire ordered the opposing warri-
ors to lay down their arms and wait I'M
til the morrow. There were dishes to be
washed, COWS to Ee MIXED and hens to
be fed, and it never would have baen
right to have kept people there any long,
or than was done.
At the time the game was called the
| score stood four to four, two extra innings
Tint had been played not serving to give
either side the run required to win.
1t was very cold day. you may have
noticed that, and it was dreadfully
slow moving game. There were brilliant
plays occasionally and no evidence of
fntI Of csd do lint hoxx
when each inning was comp leted about
twice the time actually necessary, or ap-
parently necessary, had been consumed.
There was very little hitting and what
scoring was done was principally on
errors, though Portland did earn two of
the eight runs made. If New Bedford
had lost, it would have been certainly due
to First Baseman Birmingham, and if
Portland had lost it would have been
due to several things, which we may de.
tail to you later.
The game was called at ais, and when
the word was given some ESQ people, who
thronged the Dleaohers and the grand
stand, murmured "ah'' and the battle
was on.
New Bedford was to bat, and Portland
in the field. Harry Killeen marched to
the pitchers box and got good hand.
That department is all right for today,
was the mental verdict of the assembly,
which was true enough.
Gene Steere-good ball player too that
boy-was the first up and lined out a
single. after two strikes had been called
on him.
Killeen got one strike on Murphy and
then he too hit her out. One could
imagine mora suspicious open ings but
Walters flied out to Musser. Steere and
Murphy in the meantime have each
purloined a sack, to speak in ohsste
terms.
Very like run, Ell? Well it didn't
come and just what happened was this !:
Weddige hit a long fly to right field,
which Hanrahan got all eright. The
issue WITH respect to that fly though
was whether Steere could score on it.
The little short stop started for the plate
and "Red" started the ball on the same
mission. 1t was good race, but the
ball had the best of it. 1t bounded nicely
into Donovan's hands, Steere was tagged
and the side was retired. For the next
two innings there was no scoring.
In the third Portland opened the ball.
Cavanaugh was given four balls, Killeen
sacrificed him to second, Slater was
thrown out by Steere, but HaIlowell
urged the sphere into the small of Leigh
toms back. Two on bases and the yete-
ran Pat Friel at the bat. Patrick hit one
the ground to Birmingham, but the
tape-measure like first baseman hadn't
gos more than half way to therground be-
fore the ball lodged between his legs, and
leighton and Cavauaugh scored. No more
scoring until the fifth and then We gave
the other people their turn, which was
fair, as any one could see. With Delaney
out, Hallowell hit one onto the carpet
towards Killeen. 1t struck his hands