The sun., 1873-07-25
YESTERDAYS GREAT GAVE
the NEW rORkERs yANQrTsu 1u.
BILTIHOR RES

Wa ana Tack rhrvsrh NIs- I..i,e. a.
Excited Crowd Witness n T!osc Con,.s,
The MutunIs Nr,tiue Down 10 s,..s-
Wssk-rhs Baitiioorcs' Piucky Play,
The game o: base ball on the I-niou
Ground yesterdsy between the Baltiraores ,,I
Mn;uals was verv exciting and close. Over ,vo
Thousand spectators nlled the seats inside ,h.
fence, and nearly thousand more out de aaa
ed their plaudlts whenever good plays vo,.
made.
In the pools tho Baltimores were the f,,or,,..
at first, but afterward the Mutuals wont Ia ~.
front and pools wore rapidly sold At Sloi to ,-o
the odds beirR In their favor. Mr. FsrrlSnn n,
the Ailantics was selected umpire, and the, c,,n.
per WIS tossed for choice Of who should q, "a
tne hat. The MutuIls won the toss AMI ent In
the Baltmurcs
At 1850 Radcliffe took up the ssh for the l,u.
mores and faced Ma,hcws's eneciivc p..cnipa
Radcliffe, after waiting for ball to suit. pnpped
up y snort one which Nelson caught. Mcyev
secured his first on u fair foul, bat Pike went
on ON high one, which Eggler caught iu cetire
Heid. which he caught, closing the hrst inning
iut The baItimOros without u run.
TnE Mu1UALs IN EARNEsr
Elslcr Ice og for. the Mutgals, and rrl,ka
the rs. Higham dr,- hot one tp Rllciif, al
thiri, but was compe.ied to retire At Hrst Ilat.
I'll udNt ilF NlrL on "A Sllltnlii ErfUulpr
making his first and send ng Ia;Geld tu third.
Ne!s ~ struck hot one to right hcld. which
sent Hatfield and stan home and -a,r him h.
first. Hicks made n fre hit, taking frat aud
sending Nelson TO- third. Hicks stole to 'oad On
a bail which McNcy fumhled. Math W. vent
out on foul bound 20 Mcvcy, clo IA. tie in.
ming, Haliitnorcs. o. Nutuns. :"
III the second innhig Cag,cr made n run for
the Baltmorss, and the Mutu.Is were Li,i',.cd
In the third and fourth lunlu-s mother s,ac
"A At tR Inn go nj
mures were retired for blank, ana IA, M.tunls
added run to their score, making them three
In the sixth inning Radcliffe made a run for
The bnltim"res, and " Vey worked ground to
!. hichH' and tlicy ~ a fonl ~ e. llathrld.
York then struck To- Third, and uuf..ld having
stoppei the call threw II with his whole force
to lirst baae.
TINE WIND LIFTED TIN BAIL
over TART head. and away Il went into tss
crowd gather ne 'r The pool desk. by this
overthrow two runs were made, McNeys and
York "rrc Wa put ,ut at second. making
the iIatimpreS 4.
Hicks. for tie Mutusls. popped up short fly
which torce caught. Mathews mad spleu-
did threc-base hit Gcdnev struck n Ion. fiy Gar
out into the left field which York caught aftera
hard run. HOldswUrth made q base Int. taking
first and sending Mathews home under ruuud
after round II cheers. tcglcr made splendid
hit for two bases. sending Hodswur'h home
Higham went cut on u fly To York, closing the
inning with two runs, making the score liatL
mores 4, Mutuals j.
Ihe seventh inning was especially distinguish.
ed by two fine catches 10y Gedney In left held
disposing OF Craycr and Mills. Cummings also
Tor the Baltlmores The Mutuals wer, a,o dis
pts.ed of without q run which left tie game a.
al the end of the sixth inning.
In the eighth inning the Bltinor added
runto Their score, McNev coming nome under
tremendous applause rhe Mutual DID not
more 10 their score, making them stu tlc BAL
timores' ).
the LAST CHANCE.
Ia nj "a L..,.
t. the bat amid prolonged cheering force
made hi. nrst. Crayer followed and trcd to
strike q fair foul. He struck twie hui lid net
succeed IN hitting the ball lie wa- wait nc Tor
good ball when Ferguson called "a stlihe on
him and Hicks cutching the bail Crdver Wis ie~
c!ared out. The chance ol the Baltim o." sern-
ed very slim after this. Hat Mills mair bds,
hat, and Cumminss dii the same. sead,u s1us
To third and nlng the other bases. Ia iclir',
on whom cVerybodv depended to clear zee t.u-e ,
went out on IA hv t. Hatfield. Now it -... sea as
II 9ll nope were Lost. McVey had n.a.' ~!
striAcs. ON the third stfike he misaci ,r pal
which dropped lust Lehini him. H.c,' RUSHED
for tho hull but fuuhled ~. and Throwing 10
sNntlc, II only reached Hatfield rs Mini tlu'uol
lhe base. Then likc s,ruck hot ~ .un.,t
which brought In Minis, Cumming, and N-Ney.
PiNc did not stop lmtu he reached third Ct-ry
made base hit which sent pike home. iws
followed, but UNFORTUNATELY went out .n ion.
IT, balumores with ~ runs t. thc Ndiuals .
giving them .runs t1 tie and to win.
iN1ENsE INTEREST.
The excitement became 50 iutensr lhpt Tie
suvct tpr- could not ~, their seats Ntfnevs
led N with a splendid base hit; GoInrv n..
lowed WIN another, sending Mathew on 90
third; Huldswurth struck long nv into centre
h"I,i, and was caught out 10y Craver, Matthews
making his run. Eggler made two-hlae nj,
sending Gedney Ia third Higham went out on
u Nv 10 Craver In cenue aeld, Gedney running
home; This made the score even, and the Nh.
tunls had two men out and man on second
base Hatfield then grasped the ash and am ID
hreathl,s - suspense struck ny into short let
ned: Fore went for H. and the ball struck his
hands, hut bounded out. Eggler did not wait
tosce whether the hall was caught or not, but
running like deer, reached the home plate
scoring run and winning the game for thr Mu-
tuas under dcafcning applause and round after
round OF cheers start popped up IN vt one,
which Force caught, ending the most exciting
game of the season. Mutuals IL, Baltiuorcs ID.
iANINGs lst ~. 81. 9TH. 18th. 9th Ith. st ou.
HIHia r'iS'''',,,,' 'i''''',.,,,,,,' Q J 5E
l,uns etrncd-Raltmorts, . 3; Nutuals +
Ii'Nf base hits Hsltifnnrr.n II : Nur1,is 10
tiiIo Of gamc-Iwo hours ana twenty minute