The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-04-26
ON THE DIAMOND.
BOW the Portlands Pounded the Ball
at Taunton.

at Taunton.
IL was an Easy Victory for the Maine
ieam-saturday's Battle in the Big
| League.
| Iauhuon' Mass, April 24.-Portland
ueieaceo TAUNTON this afternoon by hard
hl5tlhg, pounding both Sertsch and Null
len oil over the field. Taunton played a
sooa batting and fielding game, but
could do nothing against the superior
hitting OF their opponents. The features
were the batting OF DIESEL, Malloy,
Coughlin, Polhemus and Nichols, and
the fielding of Hickey for Portland,
Stanhope's batting and catching and the
infield work of Irwin and Andrew and
j. DelanY. The score:
Portland, 0 o 5 Q 4 8 Ole
taunton. . ! 4 3 0 0-10
Batteries-Miller and Nichols; Sertsoh,
Mullen and Stanhope. Base hits-Port-
land, 10; Taunton, 8. Errors-portland,
5; Taunton, 5.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Klobedanz Gave Out.
| Baltimore, April 24.-The champions
succeeded today i'll making it three
straight from Boston. 1t was clearly a
pitchers battle until the seventh inning
when Klobedanz gave out and allowed
two singles, double and two triplets,
netting five runs. Duffy's running catch
of Robinson's long fly in the eighth was
| a feature OF the game. The attendance
was 5000. The score:
Baltimore, 0 0 ! o o 5 x-7
| Boston, 0 0 0 0 D / OIL
| Batteries-Cortett and Robinson;
Klobedanz and Yeager. Base hits-Bal-
timore, 10; Boston,8. Errors-Baltimore
| 3; Boston, 2.
Washington's Came
Washington, April 24.-Norton was
able to keep the visitors hits scattered
today except in the third. This. together
with the Loose fielding Of tue Brooklyns,
gave Washington the game. Attendance
| $3.50. The score:
Brooklyn, 0 0 8 1 o 1 0 O-6
| Washington, l 0 @ 3 3 KS
Batteries Kennedy, A. Smith: Norton
and MCGUIRE Base hits-Brookiyn, Is;
Washington, s. Errors Brooklyn 5;
! Washington, 4.
Pounded MeelSin.
| Philadelphia, Arril 24-The Philadel-
phias whaiied Joustt Meekin nigh,
today and defeated New York hands
down. Their record WAS II hits. The
game was an ordinary one and outside
of the local clubs hitting the only note
worthy featYre was Lajoie's individual
batting. He had two singles, double
and two triple baggers. The attendance
was 2,762 The score:
Philadelphia, 2 l 2 9 0 0 8 0-12
New York, y 0 0 ! 0 0 2 o. 4
Batteries-Cars and Clements; Neg
kin and Wilson. Base hits-Philadelp
II; New York, 0. Errors-Philndelp his,
6; New York, 4.
How the Reds Beat the Colts.
Cincinnati. April a. Good fielding
and timely batting won the game for the
Reds today. The Colts started off as
sure winners but finished weak. Not an
error was made by either team. Roger
| Deuzer was in the Lox for the Chicagos
and pitched good game, as also did
Dnmmon, the new left-hander of the
Reds. The attendance was 8, coo. The
score:
Cincinnati, oil 10 0 2 x-4
4 Chicago, 0 Q 0 l 0 0 0--s
Batter e;-Dammon and PETIT; Derze1
and kittredge. Base lncinnati,
Is; Chicago, 8. Errors-Cincinnati, O;
Chicago, 0.
The Colonies and the Indians.
Louisville, KY, April .4-The in.
dams were none again in a slow but i'll
teresting game. The score was close until
the ninth inning when the Colonies
batted out four runs and olinched the
victory. Burkett was put out of the game
in the first and O'Connor in the ninth
by Umpire McDermott for abusive Ian
guage. The attendance was $500. The
ecore: ,vofarah +,
Louisville, O o 0 90 As
Cleveland, . 10 0 l 0 0 Ga
Batteries-Hill and Dexter: Cuppy and
thinner. BaEe hits-Louisville 9; Cleve-
land, 4. Errors-Louisville, q; Cleye-
st. Louis, 5; Pittsburgh.
ST. Louis, April a4.-Unfavorable
weather kept down the attendance at
Specimens park today and the game
was called in the first half of the sixth
ming on account OF rain. Hawley IS
wild pitching gave eight men first base,
and the Browns five hits, out of which
they scored five runs, won them the
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