The Portland daily press., 1897-09-10
WITH VICTORIOUS EAGLES.
City Government Returns
Triumphant.
DEFEATED BOSTON BALL TEAM BY
SCORE OF Is to 6.

The Hub Tossers We're Clearly outclassed
| fy the Portland Men-The Two Days
Happily Ended-Return of the Vic
| tors.
The city fathers of Portland who'll
been the guests of the Boston city gov
ernment for two days, returned home last
night on the 1915 train. They came
back without the naughty little twinkle
in the eye,'' but with the laurels of
hard-earned victory at baseball decorating
their banners. 1t was fiercesfght in
the hot sun againstL overwhelming odds,
but to the credit of the Portland, be it
said that they overcame every obstacle
and defeated the crack ball team OF the
Bostons on their own grounds.
1t was about ten O'Clock when the Bos-
ton selectmen assembled in front of the
Revere house and escortedstheir guests to
the special cars which were in waiting.
The steamer J. Putnam Bradlee was
boarded at Rowe's wharf, and after a
beautiful sail down the bay the party
was landed at New Downe's landing in
| Quincy It was terribly hot, and as soon
as possible the city fathers and their
friends sought out the cool and shady
spots in the magnificent park and whiled
away the time until dinner was served,
in singing and conversation. At
O'Clock all sat down to shore dinner,
and after the cravings of hunger had
been subdued in some degree, adjourned
to the ball ground for the great contest
of the day.
The Boston city fathers pride then,-
selves on their ball team and expected to
win an easy victory from their guests.
But Alderman Moore, the captain and
manager of the Portland team, had made
his arrangem ent well and the nine
which was put into the field to represent
the Forest City was a fine one and did
full justice to Portland. 1t was made
up as follows: Pitcher, Bishop; catcher,
Libby; first base, Alderman Moore; sec
ond base, Martin Sullivan; short stop,
| Councilman Driscoll; third base, Coun-
Gilman Dougherty ;centre field, Henry Ross
and City Auditor Sanborn in right field
After the first innings 1t was easy to
see that the Portland team was far supe-
rior to that of Boston, and though the
men who composed 1t had been more
deeply interested In politics in the last
few years than they have in base ball,
they play a remarkably fine game in the
field and at the bat were invincible.
The game abounded in. brilliant plays on
both sides and such roofing" was never
before heard on any ball field
When Leroy Sanborn, ,at critical point
in the contest martyred himself for the
cause and allowed swif5 inshoot to
land on his collar bone, thereby getting
to first, he was given the hearty applause
he deserved. Councilman Driscon won
fame for himself by his work at short
and knocked a home run the first time at
the bat. Henry Ross made fine run
ming catch in left field and threw o man
out at third. Councilman Dougherty
distinguished himself at base running,
Martin Sullivan caught red hot liner
at second, while Alderman Moore proved
himself to be an excellent man at first
But 1t was the battery work Of Bishop
and Libby which did more to win the
game than anything else, and these gen.
tlemen deserve great credit Tor their
work.
| 1t was noticed from the beginning that
City Physician o. P. Smith and Commits
sioner Lynch, who acted as alternate UNI
pires, harmonized beautifully in roast
ing' the Portland team, but it was not
until the game was ended that the reason
became apparent. One Of these gentle
men being doctor and the other an un-
dertaker, they naturally agreed to their
decisions.
The score of the game was Portland,
13; Boston, 6. The Bostons felt pretty
sore over the result, but put good face
on the matter and exerted themselves to
the utmost to make the Portland men
enjoy themselves.
At Union station q large party of Bos-
ton city fathers assembled to give the
Portland delegation a send off, and the
roof of the depot was almost lifted by
the cheers and songs of the two city gov
ernments as the train puffed out for
Portland. A special car was attached to
the O'Clock train out of Boston for the
accommodation of the party and the rail-
road officials did all in their power to
make the trip home an enjoyable one.
Aldermen Rounds and Mooxe and Coun-
cilmen Dougherty Brown and Mayberry,
the committee in charge of thesparty, are
entitled to great deal of credit for the
very successful way in which the pleas
ant trip was managed.