The Portland daily press., 1899-06-15

Taunton Gives Us Scare
in Ninth.
Brockton Wins Again and SO
Does Manchester.

The Taunton team put up about as
snappy a ball game as we have seen
this season yesterday, though IL wasn't
quite good enough to beat the ''Phe-
mons. =. 1t was really pitchers battle
and about the first game of that descrip-
ton that has been seen here this season.
John smith had Miller woik king for us,
and Bobby Moore took q chance with Big
George Mahoney. Neither men were hit
very often and the single hits were
stand off Portland's totals. however.
figured up few more. and this, com.
bined with little better fielding on
the part OF the home team turned the
scale the right way. Tbs locals had to
play fast ball all the time to win,
though, and had 1t not been for two or
three phenomenal plays we would likely
nave got the little end of It. Taunton's
latest acquisition, Glenn, whom John
Smith wanted at one time, was all over
the lot, for the visitors. and their entire
infield did some very fast work for that
matter.
But we did little fast fielding our
selves as has been intimated. Our new
man, Jim Smith, was out in short field,
gap pretty we'll filed. Smith is small,
but he does handle ground balls beauti-
fully and throws as true as die. He
took ground hit way out into left field
and lined it over TO the Giant In time
to catch the runner. His hitting, too.
was what turned.the scale in our favor,
and with any ordinary man in the po-
sition, we must have lost. The star play
of the game was catch by Spratt out
in the tren ches, of low hit from George
Mahoney's bat Mr.. Spratt also contribu-
ted in the winning by bone run over
right field fence on the long side of the
barber pole. The visitors had three dou-
BILE plays which quickened the game and
kept the, scoresdown. we-had one Of our
own, too, in the sixth, when Glenn ven
tured of second on low bit by Burrill,
which Spratt nailed and returned to
Tighe before the visitors short stop could
get back.
Milier's work in the box was more
like what we used to see the first of the
season when the little fellow was regard
ed as our fastest man In the box. He
worked earnestly all the time and never
weakened until the last inning and then
not seriously.
!. Portland started in to make life very
miserable for Big George Mahoney. Al
ter .Spratt had gone out George Noblit
put one out to centre, field fence for
three bases. John Smith met it for two
sacks, Jack Tighe flied out and James
Smith singled very prettily, scoring his
big brother.
Portland never lost the leai after this
and the visitors weren't even threatening
until the ninth when they attempted to
stir up rumpus and make trouble.
The score was 6 to 2 when Buster Burrill
wsnt to bat for the epilogue. He made
safety, and then go did King, and also
Herman Long, Jr. Big George Mahoney
was up and Large George has been
known to make home runs If he did
this time 1t meant tie. The former
hero of Georgetown tapped one down to
sullivan who let 1t go through him, as
he is apt to do when the situation Is ut
oil critical. Another run came In. Long
was forced out at second, Vought hit one
to the Giant, and Grove died out 1,
was over, but there were times though
when 1t looked pretty squally.
A shower which came about a.S0, KEEP
the people away, but those whom the
rain frightened missed good game. The
score:
PORTLAND