Telegram-herald., 1889-09-20
HAMMERED THE BALL
1hs Grand Rapids Team Geg
Awsy WITH London.
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The lovers of baseball witnessed an
oiaeI nae game yesterday. The hat-
tng VAS hard and frequent aud most
9l tle Ian. we're cleaa ones. Meakm
.sstr showed better command II tie
psl a. he displayed yesterday, and he
struck 9ut tne heavy hitting visitors az
tae most critical tmes. Op 90 the sixth
inning the London,rs haa made seven
scattering hiis, ana 0ut one man sue
ceeded ia scoring. Grand Rapids
pounded Pete Wood all osef TIE field,
making tweuty-thrce clean hats. Among
them were iise tWo-baggers and home
run. The visitors are men OF splendid
physique, and are bail players from
away back, bat Grand Rapids had IL
eye on the hall yesterday, and they
were bound 10 win.
In the first inning Polhemus, Egan,
Ike and Householder made clean hits,
and Puryls got iils. base GA helders
choice, the bail beng thrown 10 second
base 10 pat Out POlhemus. Puryls,
EgAn and Ike scored, and the side was
retired by Tommy kearns gathering
n DixOn's iiy and doubling up
Householder at fret base. In the sec
ond inning Mcmahon got hls base on
balls. POihemus and Egan made a two
nagger each, and Ike "A single. PufNls
was hlt M the rlbs and got nls base, and
Mcmahon, POlhcmus, Iurgs and Eean
scored. In the third inning they were
retired without score. In the fourth
three singles and twO-hagg ~ let ia
three scores. The ffth WAS a goose
egg, bat they got at the ball again IN
tie sixth and made three single hits
and two doubles, and scored four more
runs.
The directors Of the home team
went TO the manager OF the Londons
and told him the London pitcher must
play ball, and they seemed 10
nave the idea that he WASH trying 10
pitch, but II afterward seemed that he
was. The manager went down 70 take
Wood out OF the box, but Wood was
ANXIOUS 10 finish the game and he was
allowed 10 remain. Ia the seventh
Purvis got ms base on ScheIbeck' 5 error,
and Ike sent the ball over the back
fence, making a home run. They got
three safe hits IN the eighth, bat were
unable to score.
London scored once in the third in
ning, and in the fifth they were lucky
IN punching their hits for the first
time, and Ellis started with hit,
Kearns followed with a double, Cam
pana went out at first and Ellis scored
on kinslOw's sacrifice INT. Wood made
a hit III left field, and Dixon picked up
the ball and threw II home, 20 put out
Kearns at the plate. The ball was com
ng straight for Yak, and would have
caught hcarns out at the plate, but
Mcakim threw up las hands 10 inter
copt the ball and got II right on the
end OF his finger tnat WAS broken a
cw weeks ago. and the ball lodged
ont of Yaik's way, letting kearn's
score and Wood 10 third base. Mca-
kim's finger was Knocked out, and
Bohn, who had been shlvering on the
bench, was put into the box. lie was
cold and stiff, and could hardly be ex-
pcctcd to do good work. lie gave
three men bases On Ial s. and the visit
0rs made two hits and three additional
scOrcs before they were retired. IN the
seventh he retired them wlthouta score,
and with but one hit. In the eighth il
was getting dark, and the visitors sue
ceedod in getting IN three single hits
and two doubles, and scored four runs.
The game was then called on account
Of darkness.