The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-06-16
j. PITCHERS BATTLE.
kOrWan and KilIeen Have 1t Out Yes.
terday.

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Neither Hit 10 Any Extent But Portland
fielded SlightIy-Lewiston Wins Again.
The feature of yesterdays game Was
the alarming frequency with which runs
didn't drop into our basket. Thore ap-
peared to be several aice ripe ones on the
top branches, but, we shook the tree and
reached for them with a pole, and tried
to climb up, and still they persisted in
remaining where they were.
The result was we went homo with
an empty pail, and Mr.. Burnham's shoe
makers had three large juicy ones to
divide among themselves, or own COL
lectiyely, it doesn't make much difference
to them or ourselves either.
Long Mr.. Korwan acted as Brockton's
twirler. We have most distinct recollec-
ton of this slim young person doing the
twirling on these same grounds some less
than seventeen suns ago; and the impress
sion he left at that time has been in no
wise changed by his performance in
yesterdays setto.
He seems to % man we have no uss
for. He pitches his balls too swift. Our
people can't see them and whom they do
they show very little inclination to get
acquainted. A GOODNESS exists between
our young men and Mr.. Korwan's de-
livery; they do not speak as they pass by
and if they do it is as ships
that-pass-i the-night sort Of an ao-
quaintance; not that warm regard, which
we love to see the home hitters feel for
tbs opposition twirler.
And set in spite Of Mr.. Korwan's skill
We had a young man doing duty for US,
whose work was SURPRISING even that of
the artenuated shoe maker.
Harry killeen pitched most creditable
game yesterday. While we were getting
paltry seven hits off from Korwan, the
Brocktons were touching Harry for
paltry six. And it wasn't the fielding
either, for our error column is much
more oreditable than theirs.
1t WIS one of those games where tie
losing team outbatteti and outfelded the
winners and yet were the losers Just the
same.
Of course it is some comfort to think of
these things and that's why we're telling
you about it, but it is cold comfort just
the same.
Az Chimmie Fadden would remark,
what-t'ell? It's victory we want, not
base hits. It's to rise in the standing
column. not in the fielding averages.
Give US the very yellowest team in this
league, as regards tho failure to acquire
tsse hits and avoid errors, SO they win
games, and We will shout for them, tell
them they are the only people on earth,
give them anything they ask for.
Victories are what we want and that's
ali. Victories we must have.
But as we say, luck was 'fagin" us.
The tickle creature would have naught to
do with us yostertide. We were way out
of her good graces. Brockton's runs
there were three of them, were scored in
the third and sixth inning. Ours havnnt
Teen scored yet.
For the first two, an error by Cava-
naugh was responsible. Lang hit safe in
the third after Korwan had struck out.
Nadeau hit fast one to Cavanaugh,
but the young man fumbled it. Two
were now Oh bases. Mckenzie hit foul
filed the bases by giving Healey four had
ones
Nicholas Wise was the next boy to face
our party, and he in a very unkind and
ungentlemanly way cuffed the bah for a
very pronounced safe hit and the runs of
which we speak were theirs.
Too bad. WASN'T it; now honestlyP
We still kept at work at them, and the
fourth and fifth innings were shut outs
The sixth, Home Run breckenridge,
gave the people present an illustration of
how be wen his name, by which he is
known in every hamlet i'll thu land, and
in some foreign countries, including
Samoa AMI the Grecian Archipelago.
He made home run. 1t appears to be an
awful easy trick for that boy; he ought
to do it oftenor, not when he is here,
though.
With Breck's homsr the run getting
books were closed, and with nary mark
for ourselves. mot quites'' don't cut
very much figure, but we had an exasper-
ating lot of them. In the sixth we got
two men on bases and couldn't score. In
the seventh q couple. of singles and
sacrifice came trooping along like school
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