The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-08-02
Newport the Eisier by Score Of Six
to -Four.
Manchester and Brock
ton Take Games.
New Catcher VIII Appear in To.
days Game.

There hasn't been better played bali
game on the local grounds this season
than yesterdays, and there never was
game, ! guess, when a team played In
such hard luck as did Portland. Hit
ting tho ball hard and often as the home
players did each inning, the sphere would
shoot almost invariably into the hands
OF some OF the opposing fielaers. Almost
anyone OF these hits would have won the
game had the ball swsrved n little from
where 10 did. In one case at least six
inches would have made the difference
between q win and y lose. Yesterday
said that we were going TO begin TO
play the first inning and continue to the
sud and TINT In that way we would win.
The forecast was all right, but the con-
iciusions drawn therefrom were wrong,
for there is no use In trying TO pfophesy
against hard luck.
1t wasn't George Noblit's fault that we
didn't win and as matter OF fact, 1t never
Is. In the very first inning he drove
and scored on Sholta's ly TO right. This
was the first run OF the game for the
Portland players elected 10 take the first
try at the new ball, Just for luck.
l1eorgius helped us to another In the
fifth. when he brought In Spratt, who
had singled, with double.
Besides these two runs we made two
more. One in the second came after
Pufsifer had been hit, stole second and
came home aided By Miiier's fine double.
The other we got IN the ninth. ana be-
fore telling about that 1t IL necessary
that you understand just what the situ-
alton was before it came, that is II you
were not there to sec 1t. When the ninth
1opsned. the SCORE was 9 30 3 against us
and the rally Portland usually makes at
the finish was slightly overdue
Little Jim Smith was the first man up
and showed that he thoroughly under
stood the desperateness of the situation
by humping the ball for couple of
sacks.
John Smith walked to the plate in
place OF Pulsifsr. and our hopes rose
high for In an emergency John very
rarely fails. He drove the bali hard, but
luck again came to the aid OF Mike Finn
and 1t bounded just right for Cannon
who must have been greatly surprised
| when he found the ball la his hands.
| The play advanced James TO third.
Libby now took turn. He hit the ball
ugly and the way IL travelled ID looked
surely good for couple OF sacks II not
more. That was another miscaleulation
though for those who thought SO, for
1 tr,o< arfo -
nastio feat, jumping into the air with a
twist which just brought his hands In
front of the ball. We didn't give up here,
though, for Miller pushed out a very sle-
CANT single and Bill Sprstt followed
with another which did ones heart good.
Miller went to third and Spratt stole
second.
The next man ut the bat was one Mob
lit, who has been heard of In connection
with baseball in this town this season
frequently. There is no need to say that
he rarely falls in an emergency or that
he was expected TO tie the score then
and there, II he didn's win the game
But sold Bad Luck" hadn't got
through with US, and insisted on poking
his nose In inst at this most important
s'ase Oh .he game. instead OF giving
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