The Portland daily press., 1897-06-09

A Sensational Finish of the Lewiston-Ba
gor Game-Young Gilbert Makes a
Startling PIay-Beifast Nearly Shut Out
BY Augusta.
The Portlands laid up a couple of games
to go towards the championship of the
state next fall, as result of their engage
ment with Rock1and in the cool of yester-
day afternoon which means all the after
noon in this case.
The first game was forfeited to Portland
during the first of the fifth inning, by
Umpire Bradley, and the second was
taken from the visitors in the old
fashioned way of swiping the ball and
running around the bases.
The score stood 9 to 2, when the first
game was awarded to Portland, and so
we don't consider that we robbed the
Lime Burners of anything even if the
full compliment of nine innings hadn't
been played. Without doubt the news
they would have carried home would have
been much sadder even than what they
will be obliged to tell as it is.
The dispute came when Captain Wiley
and Manager Quinn attempted to run the
game instead of courteously permitting
the umpire to do it, as the people who
make the rules, intended he should.
| The trouble came at the first of the fifth
inning when DIESEL smashed the ball out
to left field fence. The sphere banged
against the yellow section of the en-
closure, which Mr.. Beeman who builds
pepsin gum is paying for this year, and
which is in fair ground. Mr.. Quinn and
Mr.. Wiley, however, persisted that the
ball impressed itself against the dark red
section which some other man is paying
for and they persisted in maintaining
their ideas a great deal longer than there
was any necessity for, until the game was
finally awarded to Portland. The UNI
pire's decision was right and the game
should have been awarded to Portland as
it was More than that the Rockland
management should know, if they care
for tips of this sort, that they will draw
much better when they favor Portland
with their presence, if they devote more
energy to playing ball and less to exercis-
ing their lungs. They are completely out
classed by the home team and in fact are
hardly fast enough to make a game in
teresting even.
The second game was won by Portland
early in the session. Rockland selected
young Mr.. Bass for the second attempt
and the lad did not do badly at ALL With
fair support he might have been able to
keep the score somewhere within bounds.
AS it was when, he wasn't hit safely some
one would make an error, and so the
young man hardly had a fair show.
The Roeklands made all four of their
runs in the sixth inning, when Pitcher
Miller who had officiated for ten innings
already, appeared to lose his speed. Three
singles, a couple of doubles and four bad
ones, were responsible for the extra in
ming. Engel relieved him after that and
in the three innings following only ten
men went to the bat, the extra man
coming in on an excusable muff by
Houle. The latter redeemed himself later
by fine one hand catch.
DIESEL also gets good mark by fine
stop and throw. For Rockland Sheehan
and Fitzpatrick both played good ball
Chestnet made good catch of fly out
by right field fence. Dave Coughlin led
the batting for Portland which is no un-
usual thing for David, as you well know.
In the first game Nichols put the ball
over the right field fence with two men
on bases at time when we didn't know
but runs might be at a premium in our
side. Attendance 400. The score:
| PORTLAND