The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-07-22
POrtland's PIusky Fight for The
First Game.
Umpire Kelley Helps Us
Lose.
The Second Game Came TO Us
Very Easily.

IL seemed like the old "Pbsnoms" out
at the ball grounds yesterday afternoon
tho men who have broken the record
for wins at home. who light evary inch of
the games ard are never whipped until
the lest man Is out.
IL was the old scrsppy gang out there
yesterday, ard the crowd got their I'LL Of
the very hottest kit d Of baseball
You know we played two games, ard
the double attraction served TO bring out
ons of the largest crowds of the season.
outs de of Saturdays ard holidays.
The start was NOT in our favor. The
visitors had their youthful phenomenon
Corr.d don in the tox ard for six innings
he was distinct puzzle TO the home
players. Some enc would crack out n hit
now al d then, but these hits never came
together. st d when there was an open
ing fer tally or two the man upon
whom the responsibility reshd almost In
variably fell down.
The home team was badly handicapped
by lead CT four run, which Whitney's
men took at the start. A mix up Of base
hits and bases on halls with rasssd palI
and an error was what brought this
undesirAbls state of affairs about. This
lead was largely amplidsd in the sixth
and seventh whel the Paetuoket "Whits
squadron" batted out six big taiiies for
themselves. We made one in the nth,
two In the seventh and another In the
eighth. Of course these all we're adding
mp fast but at the came time the gam 9
was nearing an end.
The lead OF the Pawtpoksts was so
large that no one thought we were In il
for a moment 1t was only question of
get through and Try IL over again the
next game.
thus the last half of the ninth opened.
IL looked desperate but the fighting blood
OF the Phenoms bad bean aroused again
and they went at the youthful pitcher
with q vim which has exploded lots of
the so-called cracks here In years past.
George Noblit started In the fun with
q Single and John Smith put 1t over the
fence for IA donhle. Tighe singled and
Pulsifer took his piaos to run for him.
Sullivan saftisd and advanced the COL
lsgian to second. He wasn't content tn
remain there, though, and when an open
ing showed Itself made a dash for third.
Almost like Etreak he dashed along the
ninety foot path that separates the two
tags and was there long before the tall
Conroy hit weakly into the air but Toit
drove one ont to center Ieid which gave
Nate chance TO score.
Ths crowd Ind begun to yell like fiends
"A nd 10 .alo
d,sfening. There was chance for the
ne and Gordon Himself waversd.
Pulsifer hit TO Bone who fumbIsd. Two
weie now on basss, and here Corridor
lost control of the ball Quinn was sent
in to bat for Miller. but he waited well
AID was rewarded ~ pass down. Every
saok was now occupied. and the bowling
of the COO odd people present wo uld have
done credit to ten times the number.
Sprast got thrss bad ones and then
began the waiting process. The ilrst was
a good ons and was called. The second
went at least n foot wide of the plate hut
Kelley osllsd 1t q strike. The only possi-
BILE excuse for him Is that for the moment
be was ratified for thers con be no douby
about the ball not being anywhere near
the plate. Corridor sent another over aud
this may have cut a corner though 1t Is
extremely doubtful. OF the other there
can be no doubt. There was pretty
crazy crowd for awhile for tho retirement
Of Spratt ended tine game and all hope of
victory. Had he gone down 10 would lave
forced in run and Noblit would have
been pretty reasonably sure 20 have
driven IN the runs needed to win. 1t
was PRETTY hard luck. The score:
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