The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-06-10
A SCORE or 2 TO q.
The Hartfords Teaching the Bo-tous n Les-
son In Playing Base Hail.

Tho Hartfords OF Brooklyn and tho Boz
ton Red Stockings played thcir third mat h for
the League championship on Che Union
grounds yesterday afternoon. Despite tho
threatening appearance OF the weather. nearly
one thousand persons saw the game. Before
the game began. the Bostons were the favoritcs
with the betting men. but after two innings had
been played the betting changed. and the home
club were the favorltes. Smarting under their
defeat with the Stars Of Syracuse on Friday. the
llartlords had resolved to play their pretticst.
and after nine innings OF remarkably fine
playing. they won the game by sore OF 7 to O.
Mr.. Kenny Of the old Atlantic Club was the
umpire. and the home club went first to the hat
In the first inning Holdsworth was put out ut
first base on very pretty piece Of play by Bond.
Start hit high foul which was neatly taken by
Morrill,. and Burdork closed the inning by hit
ting foui to- Sutton. or the Bostpns. Wright
and Lronqrd were quickly disposcd Of at first
base. white made his base on II pretty hit out
of reach OF the feldrrs but WAS left 10y Oi,ourkc,
who retired on foul to Start. Carey opened
the second inning for the HartiOrds with Z baac
hit. and Ferguson followed with u splendid hit
for two bass which scnt Gtrcy to third.
York was the next strikcr, and after wait
ing some time for bnll TO suit mule
u base hit. md Carey and Ferguson went home
greeted 10y the cheers OF the spectators. Cassidy
then made has" hit, 10y which York reached
third base. Harbdge nit "A hard rrounder,
which was splendidiy stopped by Bond. and
ont but Wright. in trying 10 make a double
play throw the ball over the frat huscriu \
head and gave lGnrhidgc hie third haae lar
ken went out on u luu to Brown. A has, hit Ivy
lipldswOrtr sent Harhdec home. Start made
the third man out Ivy retiring N first. md closed
tue inning with four EARNED runs Tor the home
cum. Morrill, OF ia" Bustnus mad1 q bas, hit in
Tho ac'unl inning 1it'r two mon were out. but
dld not ore. In the third. fourth. and filth in
n,ngs neither club scored, IN The play on both
sld'H WA ~ brilliant. In 'lc fourth inning,
WHIT" OF tNr Bustuns WIS tir first strInsr AMI
made base mt. and 10y hne base running
r'u he'd th 81 v - Win man on third and
nobody 'ut. It hooked almost impossille Tor the
Hart uris = prov NJ 10" visitors from s'Orint (;
hat ~ tn point lavkcn showed eousid rattle
u rye and ir' -tn rUi mind 10y lis remarkably
fnc aut trirhy plt hing. and quickly disl POSED
o' tAn otEtr three strikers in one. two, three or
DIR.
In the Gth inning IN error hy Sutton gave
Cassidy hrs iifSt uH4r and b stpl. 10 second. A
srl'niid two-hase hit by Ioldsworth sent Cas-
sidy home. scoring another run tor the Hart
iUrus. Nrithcr cub scored in the seventh in
. u,. In the eighth inning two errors iv
wright. Il two hnsc hit ~ Cassidy, and Il single
teis mt by ilodsworth gave the llnr lords two
more runs. N'thrr club scored IN the last in
ming. and t,e Hartords relired frou. the nMd
amid the cheers oi the spectators. The game
THROUGHOUT WIS remarkably finely played. and
w,th the exception Of thut with TIE syracuse
Ntts. the hn,st piay,l on thy Union El,uld7
TINS season. Iark'n deserves great fr1I't Tor
u WAS his pitching alone that won the game
Appended J. the score:
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