The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-25
The Giants Lose the Open
ing Game in the
League Series.
SMILING c K HIT HARD.
Every One Except Quinn Played
Well Yesterday, and Nash and
Brown Distinguished Them
selves.

Six thousand lovers of baseball watched
New York lose to Boston the first game
of the National League season, yesterday,
at Oakland Park.
Three great flags streamed out In the
breeze from the flag poles One was
bright red, and bore in white letters the
words League Champions of 1882" An
other, of pure white, showed That the
Giants are champions of the world; and
the third was as ugly as things from
Brooklyn generally are, but it marks New
York's third championship, won from the
Church City nine.
When the Giants took the field the first
time, after having made IN earned run,
the crowd rose up and yelled.
Johnny Ward was going to play.
As soon as he took up his position and
settled, it was evident that he was in the
very pink OF condition, u his play was
simply perfect.
Quinn's was not.
THE GAME.
Boston took the field, and Gore knocked
the first ball pitched way oyer to right
field fence. Then JERSEY City's favorite,
the plate and Gore went to third. Mike
tried to beat the ball to first, but Bennett
got the ball there first. Ewing poked a
slow one at Hardie Richardson Il was
almost safe, but not quite.
But Gore scored on the sacrifice, and
the crowd started a dose of hoarseness
that will last d week. One run, II that
one earnedl But that was all, for Conner
struck out.
For Boston, Brown led off with a two
Dagger along the left foul line, Johnston
sent a fly to Gore, and Kelly got four bad
balls, Mickey seeming afraid Of the
Beauty. Then came Brouthers, who
drove the ball way off over Tiernan's
head, and Brown apd Kelly scored.
Hardie took third on Nash's sacrifice to
Dannie Richardson and scored Oh Quinn's
tWo-bagger to left field. Quinn was lett.
but not until Bennett had hit safe to Stat
terry, who threw the ball in to Ewing at
the plate to stop Quinn. Buck saw Ben
nett starting for second and threw like
lightning to Conner, who put the great
catcher out.
In New York's second inning Ward sent
an easy one to Nash, who threw him out
at first. Richardson lined out a two-bag-
ger that would have been good for three
with any other than Brown in the field.
Slattery made q pretty sacrifice bunt, and
nearly saved his base, but Daniel was left
at the third when Whitney struck out.
Clarkson lifted the ball over Slattery's
head. and Brown beat the ball to first on
his intended sacrifice. Johnston took
first on balls, and Boston Mike waited pa
tiently until he got four bad ones. This
sent ClarkSon home, and BroutherS'
single and Slattery's tumble of it let in
Brown, johnson and Kelly. Slat caught
Hardie Richardson's hard fly after a long
run, Nash sacrificed himself to Dannie
Richardson, but BroutherS was left at
third when Dannie threw Quinn out at
first.
Boston made no more runs in the game.
THE GIANTS DIED HARD.
New York's neX runs were made in the
fourth inning, when three came in on
Connor's single, Wards base on balls,
singles by Richardson and Slattery and
Dannie's good steal when Whitney flew
out to Brouthers. WEIGH struck out and
Gore was thrown out by Nash, who caught
the ball behind him after n of those
worrying bounds that a ball sometimes
takes, and threw it to Brouthers like q
rifle shot.
Then two more runs were made in the
fifth inning on hits by Herman and Ewing
and sacrifices by Conner and Ward. Rich
ardson made O two Dagger and Stat got
first on Qufnn's tumble, but Whitney flew
out to Brown, who had another long run.
1t looked like q run in the sixth when
Gore made q fine single to centre field and
Herman followed it with a fine three bag
ger-that is, it ought to ave been a three
Dagger, but Brown ran like bad news and
took hold of the ball in the air while it
was on it's way to Seacaucus. Ewing
died at first on Clarkson's good stop and
throw. WEIGH had already struck out.
Nothing in the seventh, because after
Connor's base on balls Ward and Conner
were doubled out. Bennett captured
Johnny's foul fly and got the ball to sec
ond in time to keep Roger from stealing
it. Then Richardson struck out.
In the eighth inning Quinn fumbled
Slattery's hot one, and he fumbled it so
long that Stat. was safe. Whitney got
four bad ones, and Welch's sacrifice to
Hardie Richardson sent Stat. and Whit
ney along a base. Gore gave Brown a
long chase for his fly, and Danny stole
home on the throw in. Tiernan was led
into camp at first base by Hardie Richard
son.
In the last inning Ewing was given a
life by Quinn, who fumbled the ball and
made his third error or the game. He
stole second and went to third on Wards
sacrifice to Quinn after Connor's foul fly
had been captured by Brouthers. Dannie
hit the ball toward third and the crowd
help it's breath, but Nash got it, threw it,
and the agony was over. The score:--