The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-08-18
Poor Fielding BY Both
Sides.
Manchester Defeats Taunton BY
Narrow Margin.

There has been no such pyrotechnio
finish seen on the local ball grounds than
yesterdays and we have had some pretty
startling ones, too.
From the very start 1t looked like New
pgt's game. The Phenoms were playing
something after the style q tramp saws
wood for his dinner, W lille the visitors
had ginger~enough to set up a bottllng
establishment Drinkwater was slant
ing for us. and the muoh-advertised
Foley was doing duty on the slab for the
Rhode Islanders. Both men were pitch
Ing COED bail, but orinkwater's support
was way behind Foley's. Jim Smith had
especially hard luck in handling ground
balls, bat though his errors were costly
his stick work did more than any one
else to win the game. and so 1t is easy to
forgive.
But besides the errors old Hard Luck
hadn't quit us since yesterday and when
ever an opportunity did develop to score,
the ball would go straight into some
ones hands. 10 cap this Umpire Eagan
didn't give us any the best of 1t.
The first five innings the visitors scored
one run mall but the second. Often times
We would get couple out and 1t would
seem that it must he case of one, two.
three, when we would have a slip up
and drop the run would go into Mike
Firms tasker. AS we WEREN'T tallying
at all all this time this constant drop
ping OF ths runs was bit exaspsrating.
Not until the seventh did the Phenoms
do anything to show that they Ind any
uss for such things as tniiles.
In the seventh one OF Mr. Firms boys
took his tuin at little yellow work.
Jim Smith hit a fly out to him, which
WAS as easy as could be. He simply had
to stroll about a rod TO one side, reach
out his hands and the ball dropped into
them. 1t lse-dropped ont and james was
safe at first. sullivan struck out and
Pulsifer was thrown out by the pitcher,
advancing James, however. 1t didn't
look very bright for overcoming the hoo
dco. Kid Purinton, however, waited.
and Foley rewarded him by a base on
balls When DrInkwater came up no
ones courage was very high. The clever
twirier, however, got as clean a wipe at
the ball as was ever seen and over the
track it went In left field. Jim Smith
and Purinton both scored, our first tallies
of the game. Spratt filed out, but we
were quite encouraged
The visitors were shut out In the eighth
but we got another run, Milleriok COM
ing to our aid this time with an error.
There We're two out when Giant Conroy
hit safe. He tried to steal second and
Milleriok threw to catch him. Strange
to say neither of the young men who are
paid to look after such things on either
side of the bag made any effort to cover
1t and the bali went down into centre
field. 1t was alilleriok's error technical
ly. but actually it was very dumb work
on the part Of the infielders.
Jim Smith brought the Giant home
with a hit and Sullivan died out to Gil
bert Suily's hit was a long one, hut
they have to be very long to get away
from the clever Newport centre fielder.
We lacked one to tie when the ninth
opened Iand really felt quite chirk. We
didn't long though. Foley and Gilbert
wers easy outs. but Fleming dumped
one down in front of the plats and beat
1t out. We wouldn't have cared for shat,
but compel of balls got through the in
field and then it looked bad. Hanna
followed this up with a single and two
runs camo in. O'Brien hit one TO Mob
lit, but it looked very dark Indeed as
onr men came to lat. A lead of three
runs was a pretty wide one to overcome.
Nathan Pulsifsr. however, had not Civ
en- up the ship. He hit nice one over
the track and was safe at third before
1t could be returned. We thought we
had a sure tally, but when Purfnton and
I)rinkwater went out we about gave
that up. Willie Spratt. however, batted
the ball for another safe one and Nathan
scored
With George Noblit up there was
chance and that was all. But George
disappointed u.s. a thing he rarely does,
and popped one into the air for MIR,
gate, though as a matter of form Spratt
ran down to second He made no mis-
ia Ike. The ball took twist out of the
hands of Mark or whatever his name Is,
and there we were with two on bases
and John Smith up. The rest is quickly
told.i Mr.. Foley's fate was sealed for the
keyftc the mystery OF his curves had
been found. John singled and sent In
Spratt. Conroy smashed one out against
thesfence and Noblit crossed the plate for
the run that tied. 1t rested with Jim
Smith TO win the game, and the little fell
low did IL grandly. He drove the bali
ont over second base out of reach of the
inheld and Manager John crossed the
plate with the run which won. The score;
PORTLAND.