The Portland daily press., 1899-08-04
POrtlands Continue 10 Play Remark
able Rall.
Newport Kindly Defeats
Brockton.
Manchester and Taunton Break
Even.

The Phenoms gave another remarkable
exhibition OF bali playing yesterday and
won as they pleased from Pawtuckst
Only fer wild throw by Spratt in the
fifth In attempting to complete O double
play the Pawtucket people who beat us
two out of three when here before, would
have gone home without run to their
credit ON this their latest visit to Maine.
| Ii Is quite evident that at last the home
team is ON earth again after its little bal
loon ascension of the past three wseks and
has settled down to the final squirt which
Is to win for us the New England league
pennant from the season of 1892. Certain
| IL Is that no team in the league could
compste against such ball playing as that
put Of yesterday ana the day before by
John Smiths men.
1 The team Is faster individually than
1t has ever been before and as team its.
work is far ahead of anything il has done
since the season opened.
Yesterdays game was easy, but 1T was
interesting too, for the work of the home
players WAS beautiful to watch. Jim
Smith at short Was again at his best and
his work was poem and nothing less.
He was after everything and handled the.
ball and threw like q Jennings In the
height.xof his powers. = No man In the
country can play short better than James
has done for us these past few days.
/ The outfieid had even less to do than
the day before, but what they did have
was accomplished just as 1t should be-.
Groand balls were handled ESPECIALLY
clean, and that had much Is do with the
failure Of the visitors he score. OF course
10 Is not always easy to pick up base, hits
cieanly lin, a field which ia. no billiar.
table as Portland's certainly Is not but
failure to do SO certainly costs runs and
lots Of them.
After the wonderful exhibition given
by Tom Blanaghan on Wednesday in the
box. 1t is diifinult bo appreciate ordinarily
good work hut judged by tho standard of
every day playing Mcleod pitohsd splen.
did ball.
| Very few hits were made off him and
these few were soattersd and whenever
trouble was threatened he always got the
hest OF the situation.
| Portland began to, SCORE in the second
Inning rs on Wednesday though we did
not pile up as discouraging a lead as on
| that occasion.
4 Conpoy was tho first man to tally and
this score WIS rather rem arkable in the
| fact. that alter being given his base on
balls the big fellow stole second and third
and came home on u fly to. outfield which
also goes as a stolen base. Patrick does
not move his legs as fast as. some people
but he covers a world of ground at a
| stride.
Jim Smith, who suocseded Conroy, got
"a life On Clark's srror. and altar stealing
second he too came in when. Nelson put
the ball over right field fence for two
bases. This was. the new mans first
safe hit as q member Of the Portland
team hut he did not let that suffice, for a.
couple more came along later and that
too when, they meant runs. Nelson GER
tainly gives indications Of being a find.
4 He hasn't had chance to do any throw
ing yet but he is Toft's equal as a back
stop, better runner and everything goes
to show, better hitter.
4 Well we kept on adding to our store
of runs, by timely hitting and errors on
the part of the visitors, until the opening
Of the eighth when we had acquired
+ seven.
In the eighth we increased our stock by
three by some very pretty hitting, after
Pnlsifer had reached first ON Clark
tumble. Nelson. McLscd, Noblit and
John Smith followed this up with singles
and the taliies dropped into our hat IS
fast as could he. We didn't need them,
but we enjoyed getting them just the
same. Funny how you eDjoy. rubbing 1t
in when you have team down.
The visitors made their score In the
fifth and 1t was here too that the star
play of the game was made. Clark hit to
sullivan who fumbled and our old short
stop get to first. McCafferty raped one
down to Jim Smith vino passed 1t to
Spratt, catching Clark. BY quick work
there was a chance for double play and
William drove the ball at Conrey with
all his might. 1t got away from him
though cleared TIE big first baseman's
head by a couple Of feet and was lost >in
the crowd. Mcleod cleared the fence at
q bound, but before he could recover the
ball the Pawtucket twirier had reached
third. Bones fly to outus cid scored him.
Weisbecker singled. Lspine faced the
} pitcher. He caught one "for fair as
! they say In the inner circles of the 400"
! and drove the ball on line against right
field fence. John Smith failed to start for
1t as 1t seemed he most naturally would
and for second many people wondered
why The answer came quiosly. The
sphere banged against the fence, oaronsed
on and was In Smiths handsin a second.
1t was pretty quick thinking and pretty
} clever work.
Wsishauksr Thought it was his chance