The Portland daily press., 1899-08-01
MADE A GOOD FINISH.
But Portland Didn't Be
gin in Time.
Aewpert HOn the Game in First Few
Innings.
Brockton Team. Lost a
Brockton Team. Lost a
Game Yesterday.
Shay Was Almost Mobbed For
His Dirty Work.

The Phenoms signalized their return
home yesterday BY playing very bad ball
for few innings and then turning 10
and playing very good bah. 1t is rare
that any worse exhibition Is seen thnn
| was given at first, and the trouble with
the latter part was that while good, It
wasn't good enough to overcome the very
bad handicap under which we labored.
Pitcher Gallagher, who started for
Mike Finn, had world Of speed, and for
five innings the Portland players could
do absolutely nothing with him. They
would hit the ball, but up IL would go
into the air and some agile Newport
fielder would trot under 1t and that set
tied 1t. This unfortunate condition OF
affa' wasn't nitigsted any by the fact
that our men couldn't seem to catch the
bali when they did get q chance.
Jim Smith piled up lots OF errors, John
Smith misjudgea fly badly and Catcher
Libby wasn't quite up to snuff. He's =
good fair catcher, but Is not quite up to
the mark Of a pennant winner.
The visitors opened on Mcleod like a
battery Of Maxim guns and earned three
runs for starter. In the third they drew
another three, mostly by errors, and in
the fourth made 1t three of kind, when
Gilbert hit one over the track in right
centre and got home and drove In three
ahead of him.
All this time the "Phsnoms'' were let
ting Pitcher Gallagher have 1t entirely
his own way.
But in the sixth they began to make
troubls for him. John Smith started the
fun with a-single. Sullivan let himself
out for another and Giant Conroy
smashed the ball In good shape over the
track. 1t oountedfor three bases and the
two runs came in. He scored ON Lihby's
fly to left.
Haana's tumble of Sholta's ground hit
gave us starter In the seventh and the
other players brought him in but could
do no better.
Another lonesome tally came our way
In the eighth also. After sullivan had
HE'D out. Conroy hit safe to centre and
Gilbert fumeled IL, advancing the Giant
TO second. PuIsifer brought him in, and
again we had to quit.
The ninth. George Noblit drove the ball
'oysr the corner of the right field fence
for homer. Ii was wonderfully long
bump" but there WIRE no runners
ahead and this splendid effort also only
counted us one tally.
One at a time wasn't fast enough and
the game CLOSED with the SCORE six to
ten against us, which isn't such very
bad beating after ill. With only fair
work at the start we might not have
bsen easy Victims.
Mcleod pitched very good ball on the
whole considering the erorrs he had
against him, and finished like the game
player he is.
The new man Sholta did not do badly,
but his work was not up to what the
people had been expecting after the fine
showing he made on the trip. Today we
are going to begin to play ut the first
inning and continue to the last. In that
way well win.
SHAY WAS NEARLY MoBBED.
Taunton, Mass July 3i.--Brockton
barely escaped q shut-out from Taunton
this afternoon, being sayea by bad err
rors by Carter in the fourth which made
possible two runs For this Carter was
removed and his place taken by Vought
KERN pitched fast game for Taunton
and was superbly supported. kellogg and
Burriil also played In good style. Shay
barely escaped being mobbed for dirty
work at third. Attendance 300. Score;
Taunton, 0l2 go o x-4
Brockton, 0 o 0 2 o 0 o 0 o--a
Hits. Taunton, 8; Broekton, o. Errors,
Taunton. d; Brocktsn, 3. Batteries,
KERN and Curtis: Day and Holmes.
BY A WIDE MARGIN.
Manchester, N. H., July S1.-In game
of ball that was rather sleepy, Manchester
won from Pawtucket this afternoon by
SCORE of Is to 2. The locals did remark
able work with the stick. making 20 hits
with total OF 90 OF McCafferty's deliv-
cry. Noyes led the list with three single,
u double and a three-bagger out of five
times at bat Attendance 500. Score:
Manchester, 6 8 III Q x-l5
Pawtneket. D l 0 l o 0 Or
Hits, Manchester. IS; Pawtucket, II.
Errors, Manchester, 4; Pawtucket, 5.
Batteries, Curran and Lake; MvCafferty
and Wiley.
NEW ENGLAND STANDING.