The sun., 1885-08-02
a OOO ATA BASE BALL GAME.
~ur roIo GROrNDs PACKED DURING
rEs7kEDLf'S MATCH
Intense In,-r-., in ,ss r'%,'na o. ns,ns ~, %s =,
re,m-Th- Via ds"me N"V =" 81

h,on seen in TINS clty IN iHaHs ''"'' "u1 ''''"
y. ,bc Polo grounds yesterday. Thirtreh
,ous,pl five hundred persons paid TO see the
,.h ,o.,reen the home team and tho Chi
- - Ths big Polo grounds were scarcely
enough to holi tho spectators and leave
a,so n,'n, f,r ihe playing. The progress OF the
lVu . wn. accompanied by an urroar that it
s,oi - must be heard miles away. The people
. ,rsn,ic. the PLAYERS were ner,ed and
.s,Ia,slto 10 do their utmost. the heat was
.o,,nn tho ram fell unnoticed. and the
''',, n, ,in,c was 80 little needed that the
tonrs md fifteen minutes consumed by
~ m. seemed as but half an hour TO the
excited ,hronG.
TN. interest in base ball has been increasing
rr within the INST few years. and yester-
AIS climax of popular excitement brought to
- IN. nul,i,udcs. the uproar. and the fever
.n interest that marked the great games on
a., I,rion and Capttoline grounds In Brooklyn
.,,ro., twenty years ago. No portion OF the
rnrplace is insensiblc to this craze. But great
and genera, as il Is, yesterdays game ntcns-
nod #. for all eyes now are turned on tho New
yorl team, which stands to-day better Off than
any home team in the League ever stood be-
lore. 1t has won ftty-one games and lost Six
tcen. The Chicn.os. the antagonists OF yes,er-
5,y. have won ntty- three. New York stands
,sc,ud in the great contest. and though she
mus, win three moro games in succession to
roach the place now held by the Chicngos
Mun they will have the advantage OF IiayiuE
twrnty.eilht games on their own grounds III
ivle-tl-rt are many enthusiasts VINO nope
lie home team may w,h tho championship
The ladies' are re.u Ar and numerous nj,
tepdauts AT the grounds. The hundreds q,
Mem who stood on TIE seats aud screamed
and waved their handke!chl"is and brandisheI
their fans in ocstusics OF applause yesterday
knew ei.oush to come early and avoid tue
crush. How much they knew oi the game.
though nHne Of hen ever ri i, was vas TO ,ons he
their seats in the grand stand they brought
out their score cards and pencils. igucI over
su,e'. little diaries, in which they had entered
records ui past League games The rough AMI
blacScuel in.er tips OF some OF them showed
taSnbe sgus. even when they had not their
children wit theui. showed that they were
housewives and n"ih"rs: others still, by their
costly dresses and the carriages they came III.
we're seen 10 be wrll-to-lo women and young
girls, and few were Of that class of femae
gamblers aul sporlin: women that has grown
So cousidrraoe IN this e ~ oi late years.
An tie time the women were settling them
selves in their places the crush at the gates
was growing Men and boys were pouring out
Of ,lr elevated depot out OF the horse cars out
of carriages ani business wagons. AND around
the street corners to mins.e with the pushing,
crowdiny, sQurc2in. thruhE at the yates. SO
large n crowd has never been seen ut n horse
race or n va / nc match or boxing contest In
this city, NLTty 40 sutu varying sOItS vi per
SON. meet together on such eQualty anywhere.
Bankers. merchants, professional men,. and
ID rrs from the clubs took the share and did
their share OF the squeezing side bv side with
latorers Office boys. rn-an flins. rowdi-s. city
officials cl-rSymen. gamblers and niI the rest
The best seats cost dollar. the rest OF the
grand sand Is cents. and general admission
t. the grounds was 10 bs had Tor fifty cents.
Eight thousand dollars were taken in. The
manaGers MAINTAIN n II line marked toy a railing
pie who have NO seats ~ all may not so. That
fence meant not hing yesterday. Alter the space
behind II WAS filed up with humanity. the peo-
pie began To crowd together at the back OF tho
diamond field. and before O'Clock that great
space WAS filed with n cr"scrnt-shap.d mass
Of spectators reaching from side to side Of the
grounds. almost trenchinG on the field and
stretching several rows backward.
There Was great shout Wien the Chicagos.
In their bue uniforms and white stockings.
came upon the field and began their pre- .im-
mary practice: a greater shout when their Play
showed them 20 tc in excellent condition. Tho
CnIcago men among tho spectators called out
their names and urged them to do their best.
But what II mighty yell went ur when he New
Their maroon-"o!ored stockings. strod- from
tie club house and took their respnctivc pn-
tltions upon the great diamond. II was deaf
end. Everybody seemed to know th,,
rnyers :. names. -, and everybody snlu'"i
iaS1a i@S Ay thsrs weca %sr% ss h1i5 IF
y. cries. O'Rourke got many sautn'i"ns, SC
dil Lwin. ard G.rhrat In fact. II i hard to
Vel! Wna' ones IN the N.nt Jill not. GARRISON,
the Young col,"c" man, OF tho ChicaEos. and om-
Of the most "yertivc players in the League go,
b, share on that si,!". As the game pru-reesrd ed
tAe excitement and the DIN increased. The
unHlr. cou d not hr heard n. times. Wherevei
tTun was n"ndlnE or man WAS going out 'hi@
eai sn, ths rnss @ ym, al %' IT IT 'Tse'N"r carls
the one which proved uIi,rwar', to Le virtu.
ally the winniu.. slroks of the game.
Prommy a,4 "'c ock play was called by Um-
pr. hailney. hnd the New York team w~nt IL
we He'd. UaIrymp was the first str kcr. and
taking bis POSITION ut the nH;, and waiting for
Q 200! bail. his 'us- was given 10 Inn on bali.
hrr" was neat, ana he hit IL high iy bail back
O. tH!rd base. wntra wR> we! caught by Is ler-
Lr"nk and Deiore Da rrmple cou't got back TO
frsi bas he was douhe! W t.I"re BY E.g-r-
.I,uSs throw to Cpnnor. k".iy was the
nhH then Anson went to the bar. kslIy tired IA
Steal 10 s"cord. tut h. was finely thrown out
tar ,nrfs oy Ewing 70 W"rh. and III" inning ended
wen, to the hnt, they facing Car Clark ks1n + :
ricHinG. aud O'kourk" led of with high bal
s 10 leii ned. which la rymne troi TO get M:
tars'. Sase tnnn"r then made sacrifice hit. whch
St SHt~hTpnel "a pna on"Grk. third, and on Ewng's
Bang no iI[nS ,hTow Mourns n ran home and ,e hn
"oreu ana Ewing Got to second safely on he
error. ward was then finely pitched out on
tWkss, nnd with Ewing Mt third t,rilsspie h. t 4
trshdd hounier to right iieid. on Which
d, hwllc scored. Before another run could b,
Etiilh. W. ~. E.tevbr"oE was lin"y thrown ont by
w
tie score a. 0iE favor OF Nav York. Thi.
was an AGsri"ious opening. and New Yorl
Nock was NJ once quoted at good figures.
Ahson opened the second innings with Ions
nlSh Dali over Dorgan's hrua. which went In Il
Tue crowd, and only two bases could be SCORED
~ ~ H. HAT b-lng the agreement on balls hit into
tue crowd. Taller followed with Y safe righ
Hein MI; on Which Anson scored an earned RI, n
aht on Wiil'nins"n's sacrifice hit Pf"fY-r wen
tothird. Wild pitch having previously giver
NM src"Nd. Burns ani GARRISON then came tt
W" rescue with has" hits on which Pfei1eI
sorad and two runners were on earned bas es
wh"h fiiht struck ont. and ~ DAIRY mpls wks
hh"ly thrown cut by E~teriroDk dir-rtly after.
Nari. the inning end-tIur the two earn Cd run.
S'or"d. On the New York sil- in this innings
pniGan led OF with hnrd nit Ia Pirfirr
Fnich WA sllsndidly stopped. tho bas.
.eIhs earned, and ns W-ich hit safely
sshor' c~niI~. men were runs on earned ba ses
nneh u-fhaIdt HI n short bali to Arson. who
t"lGhly mnnsi IT, but failed 10 throw the bal
H. oAk'nh. who ran to first bass TO GET il
phEsh running home on the error. ORourkt
49, came 10 tiIs f-scu. with saf0 bounder OF
t.uicn Mrrh scored and then Connor hi' n hal
puths which ought to have yisided n doubis
~. out burns nun.d the baI and TWO mel
M' 10y Ia! Ives .iron them. Ewing came II
srTor. n IsI', and on his force hit and Flint,
iny ~ nome base GcrliHrdt scored. and Fw
hehAcE-a second. On WARTS sacrifice
innin.e scored. aud then Giles pie ended the
ebJ. ~ he urlhE thrown out br Eurns. TIL 4
faynrW" "" lhn,nS- leaving tE-'score nj 6 TO 9 il
Dy.v s ~ Hs" York. Both teams We're evidently
isri"anAluls rs To the result and neiil.er was
stn,hg Win thar trained rooness and nery,