The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-06-24
ERRORS WE'RE MANY.
Portland Players FieIded Poorly
and Lost.
GREAT WORK DONE IN THE BOX
BY McDOUGALL.

Another Lurid Exhibition by Umpire
BradIey-Lewiston Wins From Augusta
and Broclton Captures Another From
Pawtucket-New bedford Loses Hard
Game to FALL River.
The question which the five hundred
odd people who saw yesterdays ball
game debated as they sadly wendell their
way homewara from the sclassic shades
of Deering park, WAS which was the more
pitiable, the weird and wonderful
decisions of Michael Bradley, man who
was sent here to umpire because he was
out Of job, or the failure of our staff
of infielders to throw and catch the bail
in accordance with the prescribed rules
of the game Both were bad enough,
both were SO bad that they couldn't be
worse, and to settle it is good deal like
settling the old problem Of what would
happen If an irresistible body should
meet an immovable one.
1t is easy enough to tell what happened
yesterday though,-we got licked. That
tells the story very briefly and may be
that is about all you want to hear.
With the splendid, yes the phenomenal
work Of Nc Dougall in the box, Portland
should have won hands down. IL it had
not been for thu errors as yellow as a
dudes shoes, Bradley couldn't have
stopped us, and if it hadn't been for Brad
ley the errors couldn't have stopped us
IL AZ !,
our ruin, and the spectacle is a sad, nay
disgusting ons so reflect upon.
If golf, and pitching horse shoes, and
croquet dent take q big boom in this
city beginning today, why then it is dead
lucky for baseball, that's all.
McDougall was hit safely but three
times in the entire eight il nings that he
pitched, and each Of those came in sepa-
rate innings. Sweet work, that, anu a
silvery silver lining to the ilurky clouds
ofbasoball despair which hung over us all
the livelong afternoon, and are hanging
over US now for that matter, golden
ray of sunshine in a dismal DAY. Blessed
is McDougall, blessed the noble art of
twirling which he appears 10 have down
SO pat. 1t is some comfort to
reflect, small to lie sure, that
wnen theIe Goes come day
when umpires aIe appointed for their
ability and not becauss they want work,
and when tie srsor column sums up less
than double figures we will he in it with
the rest of the people.
The sworn 10 and attested records OF
this game, show among other things
that it was verr short being played in a
trifle oYer an hour and half. 1t also
appears thai the visitors scored two OF
their runs in tho first, two in the third,
an one in the fifth and one in the
eighth.
Now add that up sSix?. That's right
The first two came in on Cavanangh's
tumble of Radford's hit reinforced by
Simon three bngger and succeeded by
an infield play upon which SYRIA cuse
Hank also tailed. Radford and Simon
also got the two recorded in the third.
A base on balls and more errors than. il
costs dollars to nominate Mckinley, did
the trick
That may be hyperbole, kbut there were
lots of them.
Another base on balls to Radford, and
another error In the fifth and the boy
blue visitors had won the game.
The last run in the eighth was only
another story of errors, errors, errors.
Our runs were more honorably &C.
quired, being made by good hard honest
hitting off of George Wheeler, who is
supposed to be big league timber, and
who is too, in our humble opinion.
OF course the fielding of the visitors
was not perfect, but We earned two of
our foui runs.
In the first hit by Woods was followed
by another by McDougall and an error of
Roach, who dropped ball Wheeler
tossed him to catch man at the plate.
In the fifth, O'Brien dropped thrown
ball which gave Magoon a life, and
thereafter came singles by Duncan, Mus
ser and Woods. making three runs
You'll notice in this brief transcription
that nothing is said about where Brad
ley figured. We prefer to draw O ourtai n
over that paIt of the contest. Let it be
nameless forever more. And please Mr.
Morse be equally charitable as we have
been and ring the curtain down on this
mans career as an umpirs in this town.
Attendance 500. The score:
IL BANGOR.