New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-26
CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD
GIANTS CAPTURE THE COVETED TROPHY.


CoMIsKEY SHEDS TWO BIG TEARS AND ST. LOUIS
is PLUNGED IN GLooM-MARvELLoUs PLAY
ING OF THE sTALwART NETWORK
TEAM-HoNoRs TO THE vIcToRs.
rBr TELEGRAPH TO THE rsBuNE.l
St. Louis. Oct c5-The eighth of the series Of ball
games for the championship of the world was paSca
to-day, and the Giants capturing their sixth game
are now entitled to the proud distinction OF pe'ns
champions Of the world. The players are happy YET
bear their honors meekly. Not so the ST. Louis men
and the ST. Louis enthusiasts Everything Is gooni
here tonight. The St. Louis team. four times chani-
plons Of tho American Association. have been QUIZ
played At every point and beaten About 3,ooo peo-
pie went out TO sportsmans Park to-day to witness inc
battle and they game that they Will not soon
forget They the curves of their favore pi'eher
batted with apparent ease. Then al the emu Vi inc
game they saw their famous pennant nag io"ereu !"
solemn silence. There tears in many eyes
Captain Comiskey stood with folded arms ana I'd"
his flag go down, and while two big tears roleo oown
his cheeks he bowed his head and staggered SLOWLY
to the players club house
The game was an easy victory for New-forK ana
Keefe never did better work He used more speed
than In any previous game this season ana hau
excellent control of the ball. Ewing caught WIN
skin and fortitudc He had finger knocked out IN
the third inning and although suffering intense pain
fcluSeu 10 STOP ana Caught oub AhS bo"ie' Nv 80
catch more, however, this year. The Giants VIII
be rendered reception by Nat Goodwin at the Grand
opera House tomorrow night The Hall and Dauv-
ray cups will be formally presented TO the New
York players. AS the series is now settled Conhor
and Umpire Kelly left here for New-forK Tonight
Ward, Crane and Brown have also started Tor Cai'-
fornia WEIGH, Titcomb and George VIII 40 the
pitch.ng in the remaining games and Murphy most
OF the catching. Ewing's catching was remarKaole
considering the injury he received early IN the game
Ward and Richardson made some marvellous plays.
The game was started promptly to-day for the first
time since the two teams left New-iork The GIANTS
went first TO the bat, opening the game with home
run, the first of the series Ewing sent the Dali
among the crowd in the right field seats and MADE
the circuit of the bases amid wild applause
wonderful stop and throw by Ward was the feature
in the second inning, neither side scoring run IN
the third inning, the Giants began TO gauge Chamber
lains curves and batted in three earned runs. "h'-
ney opened the inning with safe drive over second
base, and Keefe followed with hit
in the same direction. Chamberlain was
afraid Of Herman and sent him TO hrst
on called balls filing the bases Ewing then hlt
a long fy, which sailed over Heirs head ana struck
the pennant pole in centre field. Whitney, heee ana
Tlernan scored, Ewing getting 10 third and receiving
an ovation Richardson put out, and Ward
and Ewing were retired double play, and the
three runs were an that New-York got in that inning
After two men were out the New-Yorkers scored
one more run in the fourth inning and drew further
ahead slatery made two-bagger on a hIt 10 lei'
field, where an ordinary runner would have only
60. one base. He scored on scratch hit between
short and third base by Whitney.
The ST. Louis men got their first run In the last
half Of the same inning. O'Nen made hit to centre
field the ball Just escaping Wards fingers Oomis-
key hit TO Richardson, and O'Neln was apparently
thrown out at second. Gaffney, however said not
out, and a passed ball advanced each base, ana
allowed O'Neiu score. NO
more runs were made until the seventh inning when
an error by O'Rourke mainly responsible for The
one run scored by the St. Louis club. Mccarthy
sent high bounder TO short, and, although ward
made remarkable STOP he could not recover III
time 10 throw the ball the diamond. Ewing
would have caught Mccarthy mapping at first, but
O'Rourke dropped the ball and Mccarthy got TO
second on the bunder. He took third on passed
ball and scored on lively hit TO centre field by
Milligan. In the eighth inning Ewings errors, al
though mainly due TO his badly bruised myers %es
costly Latham led off with sharp Drive, when
Kcene could not stop Latham tneh tooh sgoUu oor
a Wild throw by Ewing and third on another poor poor
long nv TO slattery The New-Yorkers batted the
ball all the field In the last nllng anu syILo
seen such batting before, and cheered wildly, IN
spite OF the fact that their iaVorte pia!sis We" SS
being slaughtered Ward made M anu ana SO H
field Whitney's hit TO centre brought ~ olattery
and GoIe Whitney stole third, wnlie keeie was
Tiernan brought both home on homerun hit over
the right field inner fence. - ,.,
Then the st. Louis championship nag was lowered
Giants hurried through the crowd to
their carriages the champion baseball players OF the
81 Louis is gloomy tonight, but it is not entirely
6ue 10 the muggy mist which hangs over the town.
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