The Portland daily press., 1900-07-02
And in Many Other
Ways Had Fine Time.
Old aud Young Participate in
Games and Sports.

Saturday was red letter day for the
commercial travellers who circulate
through this state They went down
to Long Island and had a grand, good
time, and returned to the city somewhat
tired out but still happy crowd of
young men. With their white hats and
eolored canes they made a handsome
sight as they passed through the Streets
headed by Chambers First Regiment
band, thence to the island and back again
to the city. All in all it was one OF the
most enjoyable occasions which this
popular order of business tourists has
ever had in this state.
For the first time the event was made
a consolidated excursion of the Maine
Commercial Travellers association and
the United .svellers' association. The
members of the former organization are
almost to a man members of the latter
organization. The ranks inclu lie men
from Portland, Bangor and Lewiston
After they had arrived at the island
count of the number was taken and it
was found that there were 1S4 in atten-
dance All of the officers of the Maine
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. j. Putnam Stew
ems, Vice President Andrew Benjamin,
Clerk and Treasurer William W. Roberts,
and Directors Charles G. Blake, William
T. Campbell, Arthur E. Craig and John
F. Lapham were on hand as were the
officers of the United association
Senior Counsellor Harry I. Nelson, Jul
Nor Counsellor Charles e. Thompson,
Conductor George W. Tenant, Page Bur
ton L. Burbank, Sentinel Frank E. Taft
and Clerk and Treasurer William NJ
Written.
At a few minutes before 10 O'Clock in
the morning the drum1ners reached
Portland Pier and boarded the steamer
Aucocisco of the Harpsweu line which
had been chartered for the day ana which
was to make her first trip Of the season.
Shortly after the word to start was given
and then after a pleasant sail which
was much enlivened by the music of
Chambers band of % pieces, the island
was reached. At once the line Of march
was taken to the Gushing house which
was to be the headquarters of~the day.
A game of baseball between the Portland
and Bangor men was then arranged and
after the players of both mines had dis
carded their regular clothes for the spec
ial uniforms, adjournment was taken
to the bali grounds on the crest of the
hill. The band discoursed music while
the game, which was closely contested
one, was in progress. The following is
a personel of the Portland athletes
Prince, catcher; Leighton. pitcher Muir
ply, short stop; DeIano first base; Mich
OILS, second base; Craig, third base
Illsley, left field; Kershaw, centre field;
Briggs. right field. The Bangor nine
was composed as follows: Short, third
base; Emerson. short stop; Stewart, Sec
Ond base; Fogg, nrst base; Smith, pitch
er; Cook, LETT field; Foster, right field
Billings, catcher; Torrey, centre field.
The most of the players were out of
condition and had not had ball in their
hands since the picnic of year ago. |
Still, for all of that, some nne plays
were made and the crowd of ''rooters'; |
were not at all slow in applauding the
brilliant efforts There was the veteran |
of veterans, 1.-THE daddy of em all, -
Ambrose Leighton, who went into the |
box for the Portland nine and pitched a |
great game which was up to the stan
dard of some tossers in the professional |
arena. Ambrose is the pioneer of curve |
pitchers in this state and he still retains
the same ardent enthusiasm for the great |
national game that he had 90 years ago
when he was one of the crack pitchers |
of New England and was receiving |
tempting offers to join the fastest clubs |
in the land. Ambrose it was who |
brought out the mighty George Gore who |
for many years was a top notcher with |
the pennant winning aggregations Of |
Uncle Arson in Chicago and of Buck
Ewing in New York. Ambrose did his
share to win the game Saturday after
noon, but two or three costly errors at |
critical points did the business and the
Bangor Populists managed to come out
ahead by the narrow score of 8 to Z.
Five innings were played. The umpires
were Messrs. Albert Lewis and George
Meserve and the official scorer was Mr..
George S. McKenney.
At few minutes past l O'Clock a line
of march was taken to the Cushing din
ing hall where a bountiful shore dinner
was served under the efficient charge
of Mr.. Mitchell. Plenty of time was tax
Ell in satisfying the hungry tourists and
the tables were not cleared until o clock.
Some excellent music was furnished by
the band while the diners were feasting.
Dinner over, adjournment~vas again
taken to the ball grounds where the other
sports OF the day were completed:
The results were as follows:
Fifty yards dash--M. j. Quinlan.
Potato race-Ambrose Leighton.
Sack race-Fred Foster.
Three legged race-Wm. Adie, Fred
Stevens.
Tug of war between Portland and Ban