The Portland daily press., 1899-07-20
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Two Teams Meet Again
This Afternoon.
Double Headed Games With
Pawtncket Friday.

The rejuvenated Ta1ntous journeyei
down fIcm Herringtown to see us yester-
day, and engaged in little conflict with
John Smiths men out on the Forest
avenue ball grounds. The way it looked
before they got through, the elixir of
life with which they have been inoou-
lated is Tot the most powerful stun In
the world.
Portland, lamel and crippled. as the
team is, did badly enough, but the visit
ors did far worse AMI so we won.
Manager Grans had Tom Brady OF
Brown university in to do his slanting
for him, and the much advertised ooile-
CLAN proved an excellent thing for cur
help. He was touched up in lively
shape in nearly every inning. and one or
two more hits at certain junotures
would have mEde the soore look very
much worse for nm Brady should not
ne blamed for iosipg the gaire, however,
for the support he hnd behind him was
very deliberate. Fought's work ut short
was exceedingly slow nad he let balls go
by him, which fast men like Spratt or
Jim Smith or Clancy would have found
easy picking.
Third baseman Smith also seemed TO
have Leen misplaced. He handles the
ball all right, tut needs to revise his
calculations an TO where Buster BurrIli
keeps himself csted.
An object CT interest was Grissenger,
the whilom short stop of the Taunton
combination. Griss is now being given
chance TO show what he is good for In
the right plot. This is because, as you
rsmem her, he broke two records Tues
day. he made more errors than any man
has succesaed yet IL doing In n single
game-six, and he also made more base
nits--seven. Yesterday he broke no rec
ords. He didn't have chances enough to
make the errors, though no mAnRg to
miss enc Of the two chances be bud, and
Tom Flanagan saw to 1t that he was
more careful abort his hitting.
The visitors had just thr Of the men
they hrough5 Eere last down on the
score card, Grant iuTrill and Vought
Kellogg, Smith, GsresiDger and Brady
lave Teen imported sinea. then. and Cur
tbs and Russell are cast offs so to speak
TIE Portland team was also, in meas
ure, patched. jim Smith is sick and
Spratt vas in playing short stop. Pulsi-
fer was In left ami John Smith In right
and Jack Tighe back at second. Jack
isn't the swifsest second basemaa who
ever lived when In the pink If condition,
though his base hits are gracious enough,
but with q crippled hcof he teoafres very
Desr b ing useless. He handled all ne
rot in frant of, and very few got away
from him, but it was due to our good
luck that the Tanntons didu's p nsh
q Tie game after the third inniny was
never in much danger. We lad made enc
run in the secoud through tho courtesy
OF Mr. Smith, who couldn't lo9ats Bur.
rill, and the 1auntoDs got a couple 9hsir
own selves. Smith was passed down.
Bnrfiil singled and brady drove them
around with triple
That gave the foe a slight advantage
which they were soon deprived OF in the
third. John Smith ana sullivan were
given four bad onss each. A single by
loft ana dcutls ~ Nathan Pulslfer
made US three talies. We hatted out a
oouple mere In the fifth and In the sixth
and seventh tire visitors tried to do us
dirt by getting after Tom FlanaGhan
IT thsr rudeiy and ciasing themselves
atout the sacks for two scores in each.
That tisd the score, but in our half we
very swift base running by sullivan WINS
in great measure responsible, though
Conroy's hit did its part.
In the eighth the game was clinchsd
beyond peradvsnture, or any other adven-
upFe.
clean singls and Spratt followed with
another. nobli5 hit a long one to left
and Thomas scored. John Smith safetied,
Tighe hit for two sacks and Spratt tagged
the plate. Sullivan hit to third and John
tried to come in. He was caught be-
tween bases. Smith again came to our
rescue and threw wild, John scuring.
Conroy flied out, but Jack Ioft.-who
was running in Tighe's place, came in.
I The visitors scored once in the ninth,
but they we're already out CT the game.
The score;
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