Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-09-24
ST LOUIS BEATEN
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Tho rhiIadeiphia IsasebaIicis WIN Another
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Rnmr some NCws ut tho tay Ia
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There was "A Tremendous crowd present
to witness the game uf baseball Sunday
between the st. Louis club aud tho Ath-
lotics, Of Philadelphia, who are contosting
each othcr for tue pcnnant.
Fashionable circles wCro well represent
cd, hundreds Of carriages, drags aud park
wagons intcrmingling with the Commouer
vehicles, and making tho thorUugfarCs
leading to tho park look busy indeed. An
Euglishman who watched the crowd com
ing, said 1t reminds mo Of Derby day
upon my soul 1t docs" llopo boat high
among the local baseball advocates. The
st. Louis victory of Saturday mado their
admirers feel confident that Sunday they
would easily dispose of the visitors aud
secure good chance, AZ least with future
good fortune, of winning tho cnyicd pen
nant.
For three hours n steady stream Of men,
women and children poured through the
entrance gates Of tho park. The ticket.
sellers were unable 10 supply TIM envicd
pastebDards with sufficient raptdity, and
the management placed tickets IN the
hands of others, who sold thcm ON the
street outside, and thus relieved the pres
sure. Long before % O'Clock all the re
sCtNcu seats WtTC ullCNl, buNA NuC SlAtp
in the field devoted to the twenty-five cent
crowd was covered ten deep outside Of tho
rope. When the tickets were counted after
the agony was over il was found that Ii, 500
people had paid their way in 10 sec
the game, which. it is claimed, is
the largest crowd over assembled for
the purpose on ball ground, The
net receipts amounted to between
$4,000 and 5000. The coin was Jumped
together in \ strong box, which two Of the
stoutest members Of the st. Louis nine
failed to bulge from The ground Tho
paper currency filled clothes basket.
The crowd, though immense, was orderly,
owing largely to the hopeless nature of
the task which the s.. Louis boys soon
found themselves saddlCd with. Had the
game been a close one, and had the umpire
happened to fall under the diSplcasure of
the crowd, the scenes of last Friday :
game would have been repeated in much
moro emphatic shape. Ample provision
had been made by the management TO
keep order. In addition 70 the regular
park police force twenty specials hal been
procured and detaChments of mounted
aud ordinary metropolitan policemen were
on hand. The former were very useful in
the field, riding mp aud down along the
on the grounds Surrounding the tle,d and
keeping them back.
The Athletics were lIrs. On tho ground,
and they were very heartily greeted, the
vast assemblagc shouted up yOlIoy after
vOlley Of welcoming cheers as they dis.
persed about the field and began their
preliminary ball tossing. Tnis lasted fully
4 quarter of au hour before the local team
put in an appearance, and the clever and
confident way in which they haniled the
ball, showed that they were in fine trim
aud liable tO give an excellent exhibition
Of skill. When the 81. Louis club march
ed into the field, they, too, were warmly
greeted and each Of the n le w2S appealed
TO by friends in the crowded stands, ShO,
in serious or jOculaT vein, stated very
plainly what was desired of them, with
here and there au ungCntle iatimatiOn that
If thCy failed TO come up 70 the requisite
standard they nigh: ~ well give up ball
playing as a livelihood in the future.
During the GImo the most noticeable
characteristic Of the audience WIS deprcs
sion They had 4 vast supply Of conf
denCe bofo.e the playing began, but the
opening inning seemed 10 establish the
belief that the fatcs were against the local
team, and only hope was left after the
style. Hope, however, was short lived,
aud each succeeding inning brought dis
| asteT To the ,. Louis boys. Tho crowd
gave way 10 very evident detection. They
did not even have the heart TO quarrel with
the umpire over close decision. The
Athletics presented O'Brien and Bradley
as their battery. Before the game the II.
Louis team were jubllaut at the idea Of
facing Bradley, aud they promised t.
| knock the life out OF him, but Bradley
| proved iuyuloerable, and the three hits
| made of him were hard ground hits, which
| Just got out of the folders reach.
The game progressed without especial
note up to the ninth inning, aud then the
crowd believed that st. Louis had lost the
| game, and there was a scattering Of forces
and of pushing and surgng hundreds
wanting TO get out Of the grounds as
| quick, as possible The mounted police
rode around the er closure swinging their
batons and ordering the crowd 10 keep of
the field. The Athletics refused to play
until the field was clear, and there was a
little wait IN consequences. ~ last order
was restored and Lewis vas sent to the
bat for st. LOUIS. He hit hot TO StriCker
and was delded out to first. Ncol hit tO
| Brady aud was retired. Quest drove the
OdlI baie 10 centre ucIl, aud went 10
second on q passed ball Hero came q
strange scene. Latham cUrkcd the bal
with all his might at Corey, and the latter
made magnificent stop. Then, standing
erect and taking good aim he threw dead
on the line TO StOyey. Tho play vas such
| a deliberate one that the crowd imagined
that the game was ended, and, At the mo
ment Corey Strengthened his arm 10 throw,
the masses surged over the field Quest,
instead of making the run from second 10
third and then home, ran half way tC
third, and then as the ball left Corey i
hands he darted across the field intending
TO go to tho bench and get his Jacket. To
his surprise, however, Stoyey made n clean
muil, and Quest ran 10 tho plato and
| touched II, Ghe Athletics came in from
the field and asked Daniels 10 declare
Quest ont for not touching third, but
Daniels had been so busy Watching the
play at first and th3 crowd, that he had
not noticed Quests action, and tho run
was scored, and Latham held first.
BY this time the crowd had possession
of the field aud the mDuntGd police rode
! their horses directly ut the tregpassers and
| ordered them back to their position beyond
the ropes. When the field was cleared
again Latham stole second and Strict hit
hard TO Stricken. Tho latter made "A bril-
liant stop a good throw to first and tho
game was tho property Of the visitors.
The Athletics hurried 10 their carriages,
and, as they were driven out Of tho gates,
they were heartily cheered aud hailed az