The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-07-08
Brock eH and Newport
Their Games.

We threw II into Manchester for a game
again yesterday and the victory Is the Esd
in the local grounds this season, out of
a5 games played. one being tie.
It was only by giving Mr.. Morrissey,
the visiting pitcher a very warm little
tine and batting his curves hfther and
yoR in the seventh and eighth innings
that we succeeded In laying this game
away in our collection Of victories.
The Manchesters certainly put up q
splendid fielding game, while Portland's
work when out was rather ragged. Man.
chester's only error was one charged to
Hickey for dropping ball thrown to
catch man running from first and that
waslexousable.
Outside OF that TIA NJ ,nchsste man
certainly played . remarkable game,
stopping several drives which ought to
have been base hits. 1t is no more than
fair to soy that Hickey is by considera-
BILE odds the best man in his position 10
she league. tssw
Portland was handicapped somewhat
\ by the fact that sullivan had another OF
day the first for D couple of weeks. and
We had really begun to think Sully
wasn't going to have any more of those
days. But he did all right yesterday,
and two of his errors came in single
inning and came near putting us in a
very uncomfortable situation.
The game was rather remarkable for
the number Of put outs in right field.
Pulsifer got three In succession the first
inning AID two after that. Kelley for
Manchester, also had five. All the boys
seemed to be hitting out in that direc-
ton. for not all that went there were
caught. As has been iutimated the game
was won by our hitting and in spite Of
our errors. We dribblsd along the first
four innings dropping in run at a
time except in the second, and Msnches-
ter was finding trouble with Tom Flan-
Afghan. In the fifth they got start when
Morrissey hit for two bases. Hickey hit
to Tighe VITO had plenty OF time, but
threw little wide, though Conroy should
have held the ball.
Fitzmaurice sent Morrissey home with
a single, and Cotter advanced Fitz and
Hickey. ''Hiok" scored on Carnsy's fly
to Pulsifer. Murphy singled and II itz
scored. Lake kindly struck out, but the
score had been tied. sad to say. Sadder
still to relate the visitors got two more
runs in the next, on an error, single by
Morrissey and triple by Mr.. Hickey, whose
hitting bothers more than a little. We
worried along this way, two behind the
board, until the seventh, which some peo-
pie have superstitions about, and call 10
the bloody seventh" 1t was CORY
enough this trip all right for the hits
Game trooping along like flies into a mo.
lassss barrel There were four singles and
thislot was leavened by aItriple by George
NobliE This gave us lead, but the
visitors took it away from us in the
eighth and after two were out at that,
when Suilivan's two errors came along.
| In Portland's half, thoughIthe gamelwas
clinched. Pulsifer flied out, but Tom
Flanagan came along with a double,
and Spratt singled.
The Manchesters were unkind enough
not to give Nobiit q show at 1t. Morrissey
throwing one to Lake while out OF DO
sition. They didn't reckon on little Jim
Smith, who had bean hitting safely each
time.at bat,a amt he did 1t this time. Tighe
singled also and this with wild pitch
gave US four more runs which were all
that were needed. Manchester made two
in the ninth, but they were licked before
the inning opened. The score,
PORTLAND.