The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-06-16
See Saw Contest Between Portland
and Taunton. !
Fantastic Base Running
BY Visitors.
Brockton Drops a Game and We
Gain a Point.

Portland and Taunton played see-saw
for eight innings yesterday ard kept the
spectators on the anxious seat until the
rain put an end to the agony. Pitcher
Drinkwater was hoisting them over for
Robert Moore and we had little Mcleod
in the points for us. Ssifa5
The visitors began to make trouble
right at the start. Manager Robert Moore
made his debut as New England player
Of the crop OF '99 and went into center
field in place of Grant, who Is laid up
with sprained ankle. The last time Bob
was here he was a magnate, and wore
good clothes and diamond pin Ia his
shirt. His team had lost only one game
at that time, but since then Robert has
had some troubles and now he puts on
uniform and gets out and hustles. Yester-
day as say he got into the game. Bob
never was great hitter in his palmiest
days, but what does he do the frst time
up but tap the bali way out to right field
fence. An error by Sprstt allowed him
to score. Two bases on balls, q Anele
and an error by Conroy who let an easy
one go through him Melted two more
runs. In the fifth with two ON bases,
Buster Burrin cleared them with home
run over left field fence, one Of the long
est hits ON the grounds for the season.
That was three more runs and we had
had been forced to get along with one.
Portland went to bat in their half
'sCome OF said Jack loft we II get five
this time" John came very near calling
the turn.
Mcleod was first up and led OF with q
two sack effort. Spratt went out, toVought
to Wiley. George Noblit was rendered u
bunch of four bad ones and stole second.
Tnings were looking up. John Smith
singled and McLeod and Noblit Tailed.
Gisnn fumbled Tighe's hit and Pulsifsr
was up. A very pretty single on the part
of the collegian between first and second
made another run for us. Conroy in.
terested himself in the sport to the extent
of safety and Tighs came In. loft
puahed down an easy one but failed to
run 1t out. Wiley fumbled 1t but the
runnes wa ous. Sullivan flied out and
the inning was over. We had scored four
runs, however. and were now taking part
in the game ourselves. Manager Moore
rssd the handwriting ON the wall an d set
McDougall to warming himself up.
The visitors wers retired in the sixth
and then tins home players had chance
TO have some more fun with Drinkwater.
Mcleod put one in the air to King, but
Spratt hit for three sacks and Noblit put
it over the bank and got around home be-
Into the bre Ash at this crisis. We were
now ahead one run. but tina visitors got
this back and one more. A base on balls,
sacrifice and passed ball. gave us tally
in the eighth. again tieing the score. The
summer rain mad commenced coming
= down pit-a-pat before this inning was
ended ami when the ninth opened Umpire
Carpenter called malt.
The visitors had chance to win this
game in the seventh and lost 1t by some
of the most fantastic base running ever
ssen il any field. With one out King
singled and Long hit for two bases. King
! didn't leave second until Long forced him
on. Then the two started for third
tandem. When they got there they
weren't satisfied, and refused to anchor
Both ran off and stood and waited while
Jack Tighe, to whom the ball had been
returned, ran over and touched them.
The queer thing about it was that Long
didn't stick 10 third when he saw his side
partner being put out without a struggle.
George Noblit made most wonderful
satch running away over the banking
and taking the ball from the air with his
left hand. A marvellous stop and throw
by spratt was another pleasing feature of
the engagement. McDougalI took Drink
watsr's place in the 81 xth inning and the
game ended before our neu got onto him,
The score: t
PORTLAND.