The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-05
THE NATIONAL GAME.
Another Victory for New Yorlx-Defeat OF
tho Baltimore Nine by the nIutunls-
Score I Tn a..

Another Victory for New Yorlx-Dcfeat OF
tho Baltimore Nine by the Nutunls-
Score IL to o.
The Baltimore Club arrived in this city yesterday
morning, and In the afternoon appeared on the
Union Grounds, Williamsburg for the purpose OF
playing the third game of their championship series
with the Mutuals The day could not have been
worse for the sport than it was. Heavy banks OF
dark, lowering clouds hung upon the horizon, COM
pletely 0bscuring the sun, and threatening every
moment to pour forth their pent-up
torrents upon the heads of the players and the as
semblage. Indeed upon two or three occasions
during the progress Of the game the rain did de-
scend In quantity, not quite sufficient to stop the
play, however. but nevertheless enough to forcbly
remind one OF the need OF an umbrella, the wind
the meantime blowing juvenile hurricane and the
mercury trying its level best to get down to
Under these circumstances first class contes was
who had paid their fifty cents admittance to the
grounds, although they were lilly prepared to wit
ness such downright muihnism as marred the
greater portion OF the game
AT twenty past three O'Clock play was called, the
visitors going first to bat and the Mutuals playing
new man-Fulmer, Of the ROck0rds-at third base
in place of Boyd. business was the watchward
among the Baltimores and they began welding the
ash with will. One run was recorded as the re-
suit OF their labors, and when the Mutuals toed the
home plate and attempted to bat Mathews they
about In two three se
q throw from short, and Pearce being captured on
the fly IN left field. Through errors by Hatfield and
Hicks the visitors in the second inning added
three runs to their account and again
''whitewashed' the "Mutes.n The third inning,
however, produced slight change, tho Baltim0res
getting q 'duck's egg" and the New Workers put
ting on two runs through errors the part of Pike,
Craver and Mathews. Neither club scored in the
fourth inning, but in the fifth the strangers got
four more runs through errors by Pearce and Cum
mings, the former allowing hot bounder to pass
base while the "Mutesn added but two runs
to their count, one earned and the other
made on INJURED ny By Rsdc The
OF the two succeeding innings and the
betting, which had been slightly In favor OF the
Mutuas at FIRST changed to 100 to 20 against them,
In the eighth inning the Baltimores got in another
run; but the Mutuals were more successful, four
runs being accredited to them before their last
man was captured. Each Of these were obtained
The home club now wanted but one run to tie the
score and two to win, provided they could
again dispose Of their opponents without
their scoring Which they did in very
them and Cummings freezing to the third on a ny.
Through very bad throw by Radclif to first base
the tying run was scored by the Mutuals and again
the betting changed In their favor. tenth inning
now had to be played and the boys went at it with
a vim. Pearce and Hatfield captured the first two
strikers and Hicks victimized the third on foul
fine two base hit to left field, and Fumer followed
him with O hot liner In the same direction. Hicks
sent slow twister towards first base and
by swift running beat the ball, Bechtel scoring the
hard hit fly to left field, but Fulmer got home be-
fore the bali could be pitched back. The next two
strikers were captured on the ny in centre and
right field, respectively, and the game was over,
the Mutuals having won 1t right out OF the fire.
The following Is the score, the column headed
"E" indicating errors made by each player:-