The Portland daily press., 1896-09-04
saw And CONQUERED.
Boston City Fathers Visit Municipal
Rulers Of Portland.
HUB MEN WIN THE BALL GAME
AT LONG ISLAND.

Victory Purely an Act of Courtesy on the
Part of Their Eosts--Shore Dinner at
Ponce's-Banquet and Entertainment
mt Riyerton.
Ths Boston city fathers came here yes.
terday.
They came, they saw the sights and
they conquered.
After meeting the gentlemen who
2 same here as the guests of the local city
government it is easy to see why Boston
Is one of the best governed cities in the
country. more genial company of
visitors never came to Portland and it
Is hoped that this will not be their last
visit. The party arrived at the Union
station at IL a. M, one hour ahead of
the time that the were expected. They
party took cars for the Preble house which
is the headquarters of the visitors.
The party was composed of: Aldermen
Charles H. Bryant JohnsJ. Mahoney,
Vim. F. Donovan; Coun cilmen John J..
Brock, Edwin II. Costello. Francis J..
Holgan, Thos. +. Donovan, John E.
Low.len, Nelson J. Southwiok, Patrick
g. a iddls. John I. Mahonsy, Jr., g..
Walden Smith, Timothy f. MCCARTHY,
G. c. Miller. F. B. Morton. Thos. L..
Noonan Chas. P. Nougle, Alfred New
march. WIN. M. Harrington, City Messen-
ger Edw.J. Leary; Clerk of Committees
John..F. Dover; Record Reporter James
~ VT ~,
E. Sillowav, Fred A. Robinson Daniel
J. Sheehan; Representatives to General
Court Mich ael J. Leary Thomas j. Do
Ian Harry Kissrnan, Geo. Bryant, B. K
Cloutman. E. Mahoney, F. Ksough, ].
Delehanty, J. Canon, Thomas Riley, W.
J. Donovan, James Coulter, James G.
Murphy.
The party first visited the city building
where the guests were received by the
Mayor and the reception committee and
shown about. After all had becomes
acquainted the elsctrios were taken for
Portland Pier where the steamer Mary
W. Libby was in readiness to take the
party to Long island.
There were ejghty-tw in the party
when the steamer started on the sail
down the harbor. The visitors were ac-
companied by the majority of the 10 cal
city officials, and ex-members of the city
government.
City Messenger Mcgowan had every ar
rangement so finely perfected that there
was no hitch in any part of the pro-
gramme.
A fine sail down along the inside route
was enjoyed and the party arrived at
Ponce's landing .eager to do justice to
d good shore dinner
Arriving at the Granite Spring cafe the
party enjoyed a good shore dinner to
which the party did ample justice.
Alderman Zsnas Thompson, in the alb
sence of the Mayor. sweloomed the visit
ors and invited them to unbutton their
''weskits' and eat hearty.
Then the bali game.
There have been many ball games be
fore this one. The Boston city fathers
have defeated the Gloucesters, Lowell
and Fall River daddies but they had to
hustle to defeat the local oustodians Of
civic affairs.
They had a craokerjack battery in the
Bryant brothers, Charles and J. f., but
they had "ringer" In the game in the
person of ex-Alderman John f. Dever
Mr.. Dever is the man who first started
a baseball kindergarten and had as pu-
pills Andy Leonard, Mike Kelley, Barney
Mclaughlin, Doc. Kennedy and Snap.
Lang. Mr.. Dover played the game of
his life and was instrumental in pulling
off the victory.
The teams lined up az follows:
The Observation-Disclosures. Charles Bryant
catcher, j. i. Bryant; first base, Leary ;
second base, Costello; third base, Ooul-
ter; short stop, Thomas Donovan; left
field, Alderman Mahoney; centre field,
Alderman Donovan: right field, ex-
Alderman Dover.
The Portlands-Catcher, Phillips:
pitcher, John B. Kehoe; first base,
Thompson; second base. Mcdonald; third
base DOugherty; short stop, Flahsrty !;
left field, Stephenson; centre field, Leigh
ton; right field, Illsley.
The umpires were Councilman G. Wal
don Smith of Boston and J. F. Boyle of
Portland. Both escaped alive, the vigil
lance committee having failed to perfect
an organization sufficiently strong to
carry out the lynohing programme
The game opened with the Bostonians
at the bat and the side was easily re-
tired.
In the second innings the visitors got
gay with Kehoe and hit the ball freely.
The result was that the Bryant broth
ers, Coulter and Mahoney each scored a
run and. the score stood, Boston 4, Port
land 2.
The Portlands then fell upon Mr.. Bry-
ants curves and hit the ball at will AL
derman Kehoe came tc the bat and swat
ted the ball for two bases. Councilman
Thompson, who years ago played on the
old Atheletics, was out at first Flah-
ertE, iiougherty and Mcdonald piled rl