The sun., 1885-08-02

not as a result o. merely swift citchlng. but ss
soy Sy ,h rs OF ssEiu I IsrSt.sS wStk in the
innings ending with the figures still at to s.
with New York ut the bat.
AT o.. o'clock rain began to fall lightly and
there was n rush of the crowd for the gates, NJ
the majority thought u heavy storm was ap-
rroachlne But !, proved 10 be ttifing. aud tho
seventh Innings Clntkson opened with n two.
,ase htt To right field. and on Fints third
.t,ik" Ewing let tho taIl pnss him and Clark
sou went 70 third on the error, On DAlrymp e's
snrrit'cc Clarsson scored. and on Gore's hit TO
Meich the inning" WAS ended. On tho other
hS Krly, nfinr which Cpnnur gave n charce for
ncmchto Dn'rymrle. but Williamson ran for
the eall. and in the collision the ball was
giy:n TO. Cnnncr through PiefTer's failure i' 10 10
hold the hall Williamson threw TO him. Ewing
wna then thrown out In fiEe style rs Williams
son. Cohnor bong kept on second just ut thls a
innclnre rain began TO fall again. hut not snf-
aa tho ruearrpuire. But the umpire suspended
play. neNeriheess. at $500 O'Clock L. NJ :. aud as
arnr Ss c 6s wns m onnS ,o s
imrossi b e. and the result was TINT tho game
had TO be played on n field oncroached upon by
The police were @ utterly Incompetent to kcep
clear lie d: indeed. their arrangements from
Iii Ills s"naae ." hnss II T f R' Ths rain
wns hut of hriat duration. hut IT was n anarter
OF an hour after, play was suspended before
When play" was again called. Connor was
a. second hn.e and two men We're out. Almost
the first ball pitched by Cnrkson was sent
safely TO loft ned ana on this telling aud time
y hit Common scored what proved to TO the
winning run. The excitement ut this time
cuiminnted. the crowd making the welkin ring
with III pinnSr ns Connor crossed the home
rint" before warl could get in Gilcspi, was
thrown ont. and tn" seventh innings ended
,ns tug oI var; chtcaso had Two in:
vr"and. and they raced in in"'I 10 Try try and
get even In tho eighth innings, Kelly
iealinE off with almost " safe hit. and Ward
maxim II fine effort to get the bail. lie threw n
iittic wide to Connor. however. and Kelly made
ani on Ansnn's high fly ball to O'Rrurke Kelly
ran ~ third. But there he was lett. despi. q n
good nttrmrt nj n sacrifice made by Pfsher.
but which was ioiled by Connnr's good fielding
nnhWi liamson's high ball 10 Dorsnn ended he
inuincs. tho totals stil heing att toe. New
York failed to mid to their score in their eight n
inn ngs through the nnc play of Burns and
p;rtT.r. and then came Chicagos last tmo at
III. tut.
Nnw it wns that every movement Of the play
ers was watched with intense interest. for a
lucky hit or an error might turn tho sea in
favor Of the waiting team. Wnlch WAS on h s
pitch IN this inninEs. and after Connor had
leded out Burns. tn" next two were pitched
ont on strkes. und the contest was ended. Tho
umpire did his duty impartinily. but his sound
ness of JudEm"nt in the calling OF strikes was
not v"r> conspcuous. Tho inevitable kicking
by Cart. Anson was a feature. and, rs usual.
it INITIATED AGAINST the "kickinE" team 1t is
to h. regretted that Farguson was not assigned
to nmrir" 80 important match ns the crowd
do not have tire confidence in the ability of the
other memb"rs Of the staff they have in him.
The second game will be played on Monday.
and the thi rd and fourth on Thursday and Fri
day. as th~rr vii. be no base ball games played
anywhere next saturday. the great day oi
mourning for Gen. Grant The score in fuI