The Portland daily press., 1899-07-19
Tauntons Play in Portland
This Afternoon.

1t won't take very much valuable space
90 tell how Portland lost yesterdays
game nor very much of your valuable
time to read about 1t. In fact probably
you'd rather read about the Philippine
war or tina brooklyn trolley strike, or
some Of those other matters Of vital Inn
portancs ttan the little affair which
tfanspired ont on the ball grounds yester-
day.
In a word we were never in Il from
start to finish. Brockton took the lead ct
the start and held 1t to the finish. Abe
visitors cut tatted US and out neided us,
In fact they made John Smiths aggrega-
ton look like anything put champions.
There was no excitement to the game,
nothing to arouse enthusiasm and so 1t
plodded its weary way along until finally
tbs last man was out and the populate
waro permitted to go home and eat their
supper in silence and In sadness.
As have said we lost because we wers
cut folded and out batted. but the most
disgusted Iooter, and there were plenty
such, must admit that strong element
of very hard luck entered into tie COM
position Of our defeat. In the very first
inning the bases were Tiled and good
hard smash by Conroy would have sent
MT come. Instead the bali was weakly
popped into the air. In the second Noh-
lit safetied, and Jim Smith cracked the
ball for what looked good for a couple of
bases all right, but 1t was aimed straight
over Clancey's head and that player went
into the air after it and brought 1t down,
doubling Noblit, who hadn't looked Cor
any such occurrence, any more than any
one else had.
* Things like this Kept occurring during
The game, extinguishing what little cour
age would q .nie ur In sur hearts once
In o while.
Brockton earned two runs in the first
on u triple, double and a single. Then
they ran along until the fifth when they
earned another and Jim Smiths error
helped them to two mole. All kinds of
yellow work made them another in the
seventh. In the eighth there was an
event. With two out and one man on
bases, Perkins hit the ball over left Gen.
trs, for homer. 1t was the first time the
trick has been done this season and In
fact, it isn't more than once or twice a
year that anyone does 1t. 1t was certain
ly very long hard hit, and how our
hearts would have warmed towards Giant
Conroy or Jack loft or some of our peo-
pie If they had accomplished the feat. In
the ninth when they knew they had as
licked the Brocktons still insisted on
making some more runs. though they
wsren't much more to blame than George
Nobiit was, who let couple Of fly balls
slip through his fingers. One of the
three runs was earned on Brooks single
followed by Holmes triple
We got i've runs and 1t won't take SO
long to tell you how that happened. -.
In the fifth We honored ourselves to the
extent OF a single tally when Pulsifer sent
one over the bank for three bases and
Spratt scored him with double. In the
eighth Jim Smith walked and Sullivan
singled. Conroy shook himself together
and hit the ball out IN his OLD time way,
before we struck the toboggan. The two
runs came In. The ninth we got two
more, though they like the others were
ornamental rather than useful Miller
was an easy out but Spratt hit out very
nice for one sack. Noblit followed with
a double and Jim Smith flied out to
Holmes but his brother John drove the
ball out of reach and Noblit trotted
home. Sullivan struck out. There. that
is about all there is to tell of this our