The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-19
AGAIN BY LEWISTON.
Ball Team From Spindle City Defeats
Portland.
Situation-Good Work by KilIeen-
Rockland and Belfast Win,

Roclland and Belfast Win.
| The truth of the statement recorded
| somewhere in the book of the prophet
Isaiah, that any old thing in the shape
of ball team with Lewiston uniform
on can beat Portland, was again substan-
tiated yesterday on the Deering grounds.
Some few weeks ago the writer ventured
the assertion that Portland had team
this year which could do Lewiston four
out of five games. AT that time Lewiston
had won its one game, and yesterday they
won another, which makes it necessary to
revise that statement slightly, althou gh
preserving at the same time the mathe-
N atical symmetry thereof. Let it now
stand that 1 said that Portland can beat
Lewiston eight out of ten games and if it
| becomes necessary to fix it over again
after this afternoon why 1 can do it.
Manager Clarity came down here yes
terday with pretty fair every day sort of
ball team, but they ought to have been
marks for Beasie McGuirk's gang. In
stead it transpired that the home crowd
were the marks and the visitors the
mark-ees as it We're.
Both sides played pretty ball. The field
ing as a rule was snappy and up to date,
and double plays abounded. The only
error for the day was made by Portland
| player, Roussey, and that one cost three
runs.
| The chief instruments in waiting vic
tory towards the other fellows was the
work in the box of Henry Killeen and
Mr.. Miller of our team.
Miller was wild and when he wasn't
the visitors cracked out homers, as a
bleacher humorist expressed it, and Kill
leen on the other hand pitched remarkably
good ball. After the first four innings
Miller steadied down and did excellent
work, but the game had already been
lost and quite a good deal to spare.
The only time Killen was easy at all for
the home players was in the sixth inning
when Polhemns started the fun by regis
tering the first hit of the game for our
side. DIESEL followed with single, and
POL scored on Millers bunt to Gilbert.
Coughlin next took hand in the fun and
the ball went out of the lot for keeps
After that hit was dropped in OCCASION
and they produced no fruitage in the way
of runs.
Lewiston scored their ten runs in the
first four innings. The first three came
in the first. France and Sullivan were
on bases with one out. Gilbert hit rain
bow up to Roussey who dropped it when
holding it meant the batter out and one
of the base runners as we'll. After that
the visitors kept after Miller with sharp
stick hitting home runs, doubles and
singles with cheerful alacrity. The fifth
inning Miller begun to get onto his job
and the Portland fielders began to
sprinkle in double plays with charming
frequency, but Killeen didn't see fit to let
up and SO the day was lost and again we
are tied with Augusta
DIESEL played a remarkable game at
short as the score shows and led his side
in batting which wasn't much of a trick
however.
Henry Killeen batted hard for Lewiston
and his work in the box was what won.
Gilbert's work was also gilt edged, as was
| that of Pulsifer in right field. Attend
ance, $50. The score: