The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-08-26
Fast Ball on Forest
Avenue Grounds.
"Phsnoms" Finally Win by Good
Base Running.
Great Work by Spratt
at Second.
Newport Administers Another
Defeat to Manchester.

The tail end Tauntons came here yes
terday with a team rejuvenate1 and
strengthened and full Of ginger and gave
us an eleven inning argument for the
honors Of thu day. Tbs Pnenoms pla yed
wonderful ball at times. but they had
opponents who were after everything
too and who worked like lot OF college
football players.
George Grant has been retired since the
team was here but Hope Whiting has been
added and the batting strength OF the
team greatly improved thereby. On third
base they had young Williams of Dart
mouth college and he too has added great
ly to the strength OF the team. He made
three of the nine hits credited 10 the visi
tors and played the bag In elegant style
Portland played almost perfect ball,
an excusable error by Conroy being the
only misplay. Our wonderful infield
again distinguished itself. spratt's rec
ord of IA chances without On error being
especially remarkable. What fielder
that boy Spratt ISL His playing alone
ought to draw over the limit to the For
est avenue grounds daily. Noblit hadra
lot of hard chances and took them all
as he almost invariably does.
As / have remarked 1t was an eleven
inning contest. Miller was on the slab
for us and Taunton had Kerrins working
for them. MIR. Kerrins has been bumped
very hard whenever he has played In this
town but yesterday he pitched beautiful
ball.
Taunton startsd off by scoring but we
got the tally back in the third when Pull
sifer scored on Purrinton's double fol-
lowed by Spratt's single. George Noblit
followed this with a safe one and John
walked, but because of some mista kes
In base running one run was all we
could get out of 1t.
In the fourth "Home Run" Sullivan
cracked the Lall out over the Victor bicy-
ole sign In left field and completed the
circuit. Purrinton hit for couple Of
bags but progressed NJ further
Taunton got one back In the fifth on
Voughts three base effort followed by
Hobart Writings single. The Phenoms
wouldn't let il go that why though and
Spratt led off with q double and scored
when someone threw to kellogg and
be let 1t go through him. Two more hits
and base on balls mado us another
The "Phenoms'' now had a lead OF two
and looked like winners, but the Herring.
town people aren't disposed to give up the
argument, and scored in the sixth and
seventh. That tied us again and up to
the ninth neither side could worry a
man across the plate. In the ninth our
hearts sank for Kerrins opened with a
double. Spratt threw Kellogg out and
Vought hit squarely over frat base.
"Giant" stopped it while standing on
the base and then threw to catch KerrIns
who had made dash for the plate. He
missed him but the spectators and players
too were somewhat surprised whom Rob-
ert Moore called Vought safe.
However, the run was all that was COM
ing to Taunton. Spratt gave us great
courage when he opened festivities in
our half with a cafe drive but the mer-
curry dropped to zero again when he was
thrown out In an attempted steal.
But here George Noblit came to our res
cue. He met one good and hard, drove
before the TALL was found. The tenth was
q shut cut for 10th sides and Taunton
began It's lAbors In the ninth with Kel.
logg up. a pretty play by Spratt retired
the Bristol county wonder and Vought
bounced "A fly into the air for Sullivan.
1t looked TO be difficult to score, Ebut
Hope Whiting wasn't ready to quit and
dropped one out of reach of the infield
Buster Burrlll, always dangerous in an
emergency, came along and again gave
us the blues by pushing the ball down
over left fold track for three bases. Whit
ing scored. O'Coanor drove one into
Sullivan's hands and it WAS our turn.
Peter Millsr was first up and hunted
ons into Kerrins' hands. 1t got away
from him but Kellogg got at 1t In time
TO put Peter out Spratt again responded
to the demands OF the occasion with
single which Vought almost got over In
time. While George Noblit was waitin
for good one William gave remark
able exhibition Of base running, taking
second and third. BY time he had landed
there Noblit had found the one he was
looking tor and nailed 1t for two hays
Not to be outdone by Spratt, George
made plunge for third and get there.
John Smith was now up. one was out
and a run needed to win. 1t looked like
an easy proposition but to make 1t surer
someone had tossed..a new ball out for
John. He met 1t square, drove 1t to
center hsld and Noblit scored after
O'Connor caug hit 1t. Thai settled 1t. The
score;