The Portland daily press., 1897-06-10
SEVEN INNING PLAYED.
Then Rain Stopped Yesterdays Ball
Game.
BANGOR TEAM DEFEATED BY
SCORE OF SEVEN TO TWO.

| Another Sensational Episode in Yesterdays
Lew iston Game-Player Pulsifer Car
| ried Off Field by Observation-Disclosures
Defeated BY Augusta.
The self control which the weather
manifested the first two days of this
week, was strained to the bursting point
yesterday. The desire to rain overmas
tered all considerations. and just as the
ball game was drawing to close the
charming little droplets commenced to
patter down again and the jig was up.
| However, the wet held back long
enough for seven innings to be played
and SO we can't complain. Some people
| make a holler about weather on general
principles, but this is wrong. In speak
| ing of it you should compare it with
prevailing conditions, and that done we
may say that yesterday was beautiful
June day. OF course it is no more fair to
compare a day of this summer with the
days of any other summer that ever was
than to compare national league ball
player with an Aroostook county league
tosser. You may say that all this is not
germane to yesterdays game, but if it
affords consolation to any poor down cast,
broken hearted rooter then l am content,
and will try to make up for the apparent
lapse some day, when there isn't SO
much to bring despair to the heart of
| him who likes to get into the air and en-
| joy an afternoons SPORT
The victory was an easy one for Port
land and the game was without special
features. Indeed on the whole it was
much like the day Stevens was down to
twirl for Portland, and young man
named Cronin was selected from Bangor
bunch to do the trick for the down east
ers. Portland found Cronin much
easier puzzle to solve than Bangor found
Stevens, and that in word tells the story
of the game.
In the seven innings which Bangor was
permitted to play, they scored two runs,
while the home players managed to col
lect seven in the same time. To tell you
how Bangor's came: In the second inning
Meagher led off with hit Trainor flied
out to Houle. Then Trainor hit for two
bases and the veteran second baseman
completed the circuit of the sacks
Mackey hit to Houle but this time the
Cohoes youth did not squeeze the sphere
hard enough and it took roll in the
grass
| Pitcher Cronin gave the lad another
show, but the trick didn't work second
time and two were out Young Mr.
O'Connor, who is small, but is hitting
very clever for the River Drivers, was
next up, and a hit meant run. Stevens
tsaw the point and prevented Bangor from
doing any further business at this period
by striking him out.
| The other run came in the sixth. Nc
Kenzie hit to Houle, who got under it by
a hard run, but dropped the ball clearly
enough. Trainor was thrown out by
Roussey, but Mckenzie took second and
scored on Mackey's safe hit. Cronin
drove one into the air which Roussey
gathered in and again it devolved on
Brother O'Connor to save the day. The
boy made an honest try and there were
times when it looked as If the ball when
it was found would be out in Mr.. Some
body's front yard, who lives next door to
the fence. Polhemus showed how foolish
| it would be to go that far for it, for by
a grand run, he managed to place his
palms-palms of victory ?-upon it and
| again the side was out. 1t was the star
| play of the game, and Mr.. Polhemus
acknowledged the loud plaudits of the
| ii oJ1o
| David Coughlin scored Portland's first
tally in the first inning. David intro
duced the subject in that happy way for
which %ss he is so famous by smashing the
ball to left field for two bases. He scored
ON Houle's put out. Beasie hit safely
and Houle who had taken second came
| in. Houle and Roussey hit safely in the
| third. Each stole second, and scored the
| latter on MacKenzie's tumble Mr.. Mac
kenzie helped us amazingly in the seventh
4 to acquire the other three runs, which
4 we didn't need, but took just to show
that we are after everything that comes
our way Singles by Coughlin, Roussey
and Polhemus also aided materially in
the acquisition of these three TALES.
| The rain had been falling gracefully
the last two innings and after Portland
had been retired in the eighth and Mike
Meagher for Bangor had also been retired
Mr.. Bradley pulled the string and the
1 days event was over. DIESEL work at
short was the feature of the game his
| marvellous stops and accurate throws
doing much to enliven what otherwise
might have been rather dull afternoon
| Attendance 300. The score: isa
| PORTLAND.
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