, 1880-08-31
SPO1I'TING.
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Ono Of tho smallest crowds Of tho reason
turned out yesterday afternoon to SEQ tho
poorest gnnlc of tho scason OIL tho part Of tho
White Stockings, and defeat which tho
holnn team well deserved. It tailed ut Its
wGnk E0ilits,-notably ut second bhsa, which
l}enis plnyctt rs though ll0 Ind never seen n
batt-licld before. 1lo WIS. however, little
worst tlian Williamson, who cnught like n
1nan sick or tl'sablel,-0r rntllor worse tl.nli
tliat. for even sick man might play near
tho plnte wien CHANCE wns offered to put
n ma'l out there, which Williamson did mot
always to. With the continued disability Ut
Flint, Kelly, nlld Goldsmith, 1t becatlie neces-
Bary TO present n crippled team, though no
weakness WIS n"ticen6le except iii tic,
doubted whether Dcals should bc p0r-
mlttel to play second baso agatn.
1'oorlnan could 10 ITO worse; any amateur
who could 10 picked Mt random would bo
likely to tlo better both In fielding md bat
ting. Worcester would llayo inntle two or
three less runs yesterday II second base Ind
been left vRcatlt altogether, rs whit tfmu
1Ienfs didn't mutf grountlers lio throw wild
n1At advanced nlull 10 bases they would not
otherwise have reached. The rull-gettiIlg
began III tho sccols1 inning, when Ansoil,
C0rc0ran, Durns, and Quest hit safely In
sNccessi0n,-COrc0ran for two bases, but
Benls. by striking ont, gave mn opening for
n double play, and pOorInan retired Mt first.
Tho result wits two runs, both earned. III
the fifth Dca!s began by striking out, Poor
lnnt, earned his bnse and Elndo second OIL
Crca'ner's mulf Of n good throw, ald OIL
StoYey's poor throw acr0ss tho Diamond
to third and Wood's tumble of tho bnlI
When It got over to lItm Iii left
field, Poorman tall'ed. III the eighth
roormau scored agnin, this tfno
getting n !!fo by 1rwin's tumble, reaching
son's single nnt Wou.l's. poor ti!row-iii.
Worcester carried run III the secOlltl inning
On On two.laser by whitney MT two succeed
ng outs ut first. e @ the Third lSusl|qng went 10
by. Williamson, a,al to sceont oil a passed
ball, but WINS there doubled OH I, itilu lily
eatch by Gore of Stovey's but. a will
row so @ % pv lool E1oer " yoeoast yeas aids ~,
nncayMetl run f., the tlttli, aud III tho sixth Il
ypetit1un OF this wrcte'letl performance by
Benls md y muifctl !hrowt, 1,n!i, passed. ball,
a'ul latssSd tliFtl strike by Wil!MsoI wftI!
out 50 ,uiiel ~. a basc-ilft. Cilleago having
tied the game II, tho first half Of tho eighth
a os q6fes'f5 s Sy s s"Sey ir Gny s btkerso !es n
all! Knight, n baso on balls, null passed
ball, tliree runs wero scored, two OF them
| car,letl.
Although fielding errors were numerous
! III Worccster's si.le, they were not III tho
main costly. nEl!l the llsc-runninE of tho
tie galno. by gool hitting aud clever work
with their legs, anil observed tile victory.
Tlio game WIS mt without some brilliant
phys on h0til sides, though 1t may be sal.l
| lhnt Quests slort-'leitl play. wns tho feature.
lie throw Crcauer out ut !lrst OIL Il lit that
| would 1yc scored n hnsc-hft nineteen times
unt of twenty, anu lwicu by lightning r1eks
nnh throws gnye chances for double plnys,
whicl, l}cals missed by bad throwing.
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