St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-30
The Most Interesting Ball Game Ever
Played in the Garden City Won
by the Chicago Team.
Over Twelve Thousand People From Diff
ferent Parts of the Country Wit
ness the Contest.
Decided Gloom in New York-.Little
Hope of the Giants Winning
the Fennant.
Review of the Battle-- The Betting
Men--Gossip About To-day's
Big Struggle.
Playing for Blood.

Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, Sept. 29.-Never in the history
of base ball in Chicago has as much interest
been manifested about games as is felt over
the series now being played between the
Chicago and New York clubs. and the ap-
pearance on the grounds to-day of the rival
mines, headed by brass band and drum
major, respendent in white uniform and
bear-skin shake, was the signal for loud
and prolonged applause. The presence of
so large crowd, numbering at least II, 600,
and the almost inceSSant cheering which it
provided, would have made any game in
teresting, and to-day'S contest al
though to degree one-sided, was
yet full enough of good plays and
exciting incidents to have been well worth
!he seeing had the crowd been absent. But
1t was there in force, filled the regular seats
and stretched along the ellipse, around the
third base and right and left field, so as to
render necessary the ground rule that any
hit into the crowd would count for three
bases. The New Workers were handicapped
from the first inning, as by the grace of a
number of errors and heavy batting the
Chicagos scored four runs before the inning
closed. But for this the visiting team
would
Before the game odds of SS to SO were
offered in favor of Chicago, with but few
takers, while in the pool rooms but little
betting was done. The uncertainty of the
outcome of the series, which virtually de-
cideS the championship, and fear that the
whole affair is an immense hippOdrOme, the
outcome of which is already known to a
favored few, made the most reckless habitue
Of Gamblers alley chary of investing even
small amounts. Pools tonight are selling
about even on tomorrow's game, with
slight odds offered in favor of the home nine
for the majority of the games of the series.
The New York crowd, several hundred in
number, are doing an immense amount
of clustering, but are spending very little
money to emphasize their claims. Chicago
is now three games in the lead with seven
games yet to play, but is TO meet a strong
team, the Philadelphias, in their last series
New Y Ork has an equal number of games
scheduled, but is almost certain of winning
the four games to be played next week with
the st. Louis team. The ChicagOs
opened the game after vigorous
fashion. Dalrvmple flew out to first
base and Gore took first base on
balls. Kelly made a base hit, advancing
Gore TO second, and both We're advanced
another base on a passed ball. Anson flew
out to right field. Pfeffer made a three
base hit, Kelly and Gore coming home in
the midSt of
TERRIFIC CHEERING.
Williamson made another base hit, bring
ing 0Pfeffer home. Burns followed with
another base, Williamson coming home.
Burns was thrown out in trying to steal sec
ond.
New York was shut out, O'Rourke get
fiDU a hoCa IN halls ann
ping at first. Connor few out to Dal-
rymple and Ewing to Burns. New York
began her run-getting in the third inning,
Welch making a base hit, but was forced
out at second on Gerhardt's hit. Gerhardt
was forced out at second on Wards strike
Ward stole second and made a run on
O'ROurkeS base hit. COnnor and Ewing
both followed with base hits, bringing
O'ROurke home, but Connor was put
out at third in trying to steal that
base. Chicago added two runs in
the fifth on Kelly's three-base hit,
Anson's base hit and Pfeffer's base
hit. New York made two runs in the
eighth, on Welch's base hit, Wards base
hit. Ewing'S base hit and a passed ball and
wild throw by Kelly. Gillespie struck
out with two men on bases, Gerhardt and
O'ROurke having gone out on flies. Kelly
made three-baSer in the ninth inning and
came home on Anson's fly to center Dor
gan of the New Yorks struck out. Richard
son flew out to DaIrymple, Welch got his
base on balls, but was doubled up by Ger
hard's strike to short stop. They abounded
in some very remarkable plays and was
played ''for blood on both sides. There
was only one fielding error, that of Ger
hardt, and it did not affect the result. Fol-
lowing is the score:
CHICAGO.