New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-30
r1ANTs BEAT THEMSELVES
uvo p.mcs AT THE NEW POLO GROUNDS
TINE GRAND STAND AND ONE ON THE
p1AxOSD-cOsrLr ERRORS HELP
BOSTON UP PEG.


he os's a. -" p,s.or baseball teams. u was
New-forh anu s.n,o,e with features which VIII moi
TemsrkaoHe pa w. ~ day by the immense crowd
be iofso'on ~ workers were beaten parity DC
f 80 fortune bad smiles anu iHN''' ~. "S 49,,
-. hat more particularly pe'""so 'nO N'"'
pu' Son,rnsAe IN making their h'S "ne" mus "ore
were hing their errors just when mis2lays
would do the most oSn"s1 H.. ,ha game n start
LONE ~ avery seat in the Enclosure was
nae some baseball enthusiast ready
poS"P the fun power OF his lungs,
~ ..nsr psrt OF the grand stand was reserved Tor
Ino md their escorts up TO O'Clock. and then the
su an the stand proper were allowed to go to the
w. d,srsbe place. The crush in the balcony was
oon As great that below ana there was scarcely
s.s.bisg room for little people
A PANIC IN THE CROWD.
mo crowd upstsirs seemed restless and was con-
nnually moving around In she hrst inning at an
,,n,s,,alv irving moment ominous click heard
YhIch caused everybody in the grand stand TO look
,,n 4, alarm The noise seemed to come from the
ras,ers and there were many white faces An instant
later there were two clicks in rapid succession, and
nanic seemed imminent All jumped TO their feet
"a q cash Of suspense seemed TO come from every
h,oat for 1t was the general belief that the grand
stand going 10 iall'
1he game vas stopped of course, and the police
pl2ycrs Qlu ihci bcHN W Ndlh tuc Nio"'" 4" "N
lower part Of the stand there was a general rush
toward the railing. many people jumping over into
the field The players, however, bats in hand. waved
The crowd back and after five minutes delay the
people became Quiet and the game went on. Another
click however, would undoubtedly have caused
panic.
In the balcony which was crowded with women ana
children the excitement even greater than u Was
below. A general rush was made for the stairway
aud but for the prompt action of Police Inspector
ronln and his squad of officers a serious accident
would have occurred In spite of the police several
hundred people left the grounds, the men ana women
forgetting wraps, palasols and even hats in ther do
rush 70 get out of harms way several men, overcome
by fear rushed TO the forward railing, prepared 10
leap 10 almost certain death to the ground below
WOMEN COOLER THAN THE MEN
1T was a trying five minutes said Inspector Con-
un after the game and It fortunate that no one
vas badly hurt. The women behaved far better IMAM
ihe men, showing courage thai was surprising in so
irving a moment Several men almost created
second panic few minutes after the first fright had
passed They were in the Of the gallery, and
had rugged MP imprOmpu stand so that they couid
soc over the heads Of those in 'front.' In the suspense
that followed crash meant good deal The PLANK
upped from It's insecure foundation. but one OF the
,fcers fortunately caught it and deity turned those
,tanding upon II TO one side tell you we hustled
hat little stand away in short order That terrible
,rasbing noise was caused by one of the rafter set
,ling into IFS place. The stand is new one. but is
thoroughly safe
The crowd was the largest which has been at the
new grounds, the number passing through the turn
.tlles being 9,s43 This does not include consider
able crowd which did not go through the Formally
Of purchasing tickets. There was little standing
room in the lower part of field. but not much.
To the Boston players was given hearty reception
when they appeared on the field for practice at 80
, m Carkson especially receiving an ovation. The
,nna1ise which greeted the Giants was more general
AS the Giants nesred the grand stand the applause
-hanced 10 wild roars Of laughter Carrying Captain
Ewings body-protectOr and mask was probably the !
blacklist mascot that ever was born. Inc young
colocd lad appeared 70 be the happiest dakey IN the
world He was dressed in the regulation New-fork |
uniform and was black enough TO frighten away all
he witches and hoodooes7 In Harlem.
A sORROwFUL MASCOT.
At the close of the game he was sad-looking
mascot and fairly wrung his hands in his agony.
ca,taln Ewing was goOd-naturcdly gnyed' by the
crowd but replied that the mascot would be duckod
IN the tank AID that tomorrow he would put feathers
M him and that then he would bring the good luck
which follows all good mascots.
Although the Giants outbattcd their opponents the
t.s were badly scattered in the seventh inning, two
hits followed by "a twobagger bringing in only one
nm The Boston men made only one hit ont
side the first and eighth innings, when tey
,.orsd all her runs. Welch's work
.omparcd favorably with that done by GARRISON yet
Wech Indirectly lost the game for New-Nork The
three hits IN the first inning gave Boston thieo runs
While Welchs wild throw in the eighth wac indirectly
responsible for the other three runs which went 70
Roston and won the game In this inning Ewings
mask was lying on the third base Inc. Whether IL
vas laid there 10 Trip up Boston bascrunner or not
nobody Knows Hardlc Richardson. however. seemed
tn think 50 and with bat smashed the mask all out
Of shape.
The game opened with the Giants at the bat. hu"h |
falling over the crowd a, Umpire Powers called play
Gore was thrown out at frs and Herman struck out'
mighty shout from the Boston contingent greeting |
his play. Ewing then hunted the ball to the pitcher
but Clarkson fumblel # and Ewing was safe On hIst
Connors safe drive to left field was followed by
roar from the Iighly-strung crowd. Ward then hit
toward short but smith himblcd the ball and Ewing
scored while The crowd stood up and hOwed Richard
BON was thrown out at first, the Giants efforts re-
suited in only one run.
BOSTON TAXES THE LEAD.
In the last half Of the inning the Boston men hatt'd
well. and scoring three runs took the le@i lh' dlu
bot please the onookers so well. The batting was OF
he lively order and the New Englandcrs deserved all
they got. Handle richardson hit safely to left Held
and Kelly bit safely TO centre field, but q" Gore
NHoieN The ball Ha.de Richardson got 10 'hIIu anu
Nelly got 10 second Nah hit safely 10 right hcc Ter
Two bases, and Kelly and RICHARDSON scored. Camel
acrhced artisticaly putting Nash on third and on
similar play by Johnson. Nash scored. Quinn was
ffety thrown out al first 10y Whitney, and the inning
snded with Boston in the lead by 3 to1.
Ahe second inning unproductve Of anything
special outside Of neat double play by Whitney,
"au and Conner The third inning was lively one.
Gore led of with bunt hit toward the pitcher but
10y RAPID 'pnnting got safely 10 first. Then Cores
spnnting abilities deserted him. lie ran to second on
passed ball but was easily thrown out al the plate
sHis 10 score on hernan's lively hit 10 centre field
Herman second on the throvin and scored when
DohboF banged the bah past first base for hit Ward
was put out and the Giants were one run nearer their
opponents.
In The latter pat Of the inning the Giants
cever n'tle third baseman clearly outwittcd the
mighty Kelly and probably prevented = run for Do,-