The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-20

FOR THE WORLDS BASEBALL
CHAMPIONSHIP.

| Excitement Over the Contest Betwe'" The
\ New Work. Giants and tn. Br""hisn
Cranks-Cha,licre's Prediction asto the
Result The Eae,,Ig >eJ.oD.
, NEW YORK. October 10 Il special
correspondence The struggle has be-
gun in earnest. the champions OF the
J Iscauge. the only Giants, and the cham
! pions Of the Association have crossed
, willow over the home plate for the
, championship of the whole wide world.
Again New York AMI brooklyn are
base bail crazy: again the great army
, of cranks are pounding their heads
, against the bleaching board, aud
yelling themselves hOarse. snriekipg at
the good playes and bowling at the
bad ones like a lot of half breed Indians
on a government drunk.
The first game Of the series OF eleven
was PLAYED Yesterday in the New York
grounds in the upper part OF the city,
and last night New York wore mourn
ing. and the bridcgrooms draped them
selves in gaiety aud smiles, and crossed
the river 10 the city of churches. happy,
YES. deitrious in the possession 81 The
first game Of the championship series.
And such a crowd as there was az the
new Polo Grounds when the umpire
stepped up to the scratch and remarked
that IL was time TO play bail.
II was easily seen that he appre-
cated the responsibility that rested on
his shoulders. 1t weighed him down
lust the came rs y cold chunk of hard
and solid care weighs any one down.
lie appeared blighted and careless of re-
suits. That was before the game began,
however. When the first bail came
skipping though the aic with CLEAN
he stfIened up bravely and settled
down 10 chOsiog runners. keeping his
eve or the ball. looking for fouls and
outs and other little things that distract
nm umpire attention during game OF
ball. His name was Ferguson and he
/ belonged TO the Ass )ciatiou. His part
ner in crime was Mr. Gaflney. OF the
/ League. and between them they made
good game of ball.
" hen Mr.. Ferguson gave his consent
to the beginning of the game the Giants
were at the bat. and the crauks made
the air ring with their yeiis. and more
] hats were bursted into sleeves than ever
/ before. That Is not strange when you
take into consideration the fact that
there 5000 people scattered around the
stand and grounds watching " hat the
base ball enthusiasts in Brooklyn and
( New York have beeu waiting for for
wears that Is. a series Of championship
games between the teams OF New York
and Brooklyn. and this Is the first time
that they have come together. Can YOU
blame the cranks for shrieking
GREAT GAME
The game was the greatest ever seen
here. It was thought. as a matter OF
course. that the New Works would walk
into that game and TOt 81 with tho
/ Brooklyns over their shoulders. DID
they ? Well. the score was 10 TO -.
aud the Brooklvns had the r.. That
was the worst part of IL, and the ac-
tors. such as DeWciif Hopper and DIX
bv Bell and Maurice Barrymore. had a
hard time Of 1t when II came time for
them 70 pay ont the little round dollars
that they had put mp on the result OF
the game Thy were all so continent
Of New York winning the first of The
series that they were giving odds.
That old-time favorite of the bleach
ing boards. Buck Ewing the big cap
tain of the Giants. went to the bat first
He went out ON strikes. and the others
followed him in one, two. three order.
Then BROOKLYN walled IN and took
five elegant runs out Of the diamond.
New York hustled along until they got
five runs. too. and then Brooklyn
walked away from them IN great shape.
II WAS in the New York lucky seventh
inning that they came up. and II began
to look as though they were going to
win the game. The seventh inning Is "A
famous one for they of the black suits.
and 1t is remarkable fact that III mos
OF the games they have won this season
the winning runs have been made IN
the seventh inning. Especially has this
been the case when the oppOsng team
had a good start on them-it was
ALWAYS in that seventh inning that
New York came up to the scratch AMI
tied or went away with the score.
When the seventh iunfuS came yes
terday how the crauks did veil, and
now the actors shrieked. Ii was awful
10 hear. and the umpire could not make
! himself heard. and for moment the
game was stopped to let the noise cs-
cipe.
WHAT WILL THE HARVEST BE
Nevertheless. ihe noise did not help
the game. and il was lost 10 the best
/ ball tOssoIs that ever trOd the green.
green grass. How the others Viii come
ont. or rather. how the series viii end.
-. a. m
the minds of any OF those people who
frequent the ball grounds that the New
Yorks will not only be the champions
Of the League. but Of the whole world
at the end of these games.
HERACING SEASON.
There were three race track openings
this week, and the young man with his
week : salary i'm his pocket j. rather at
a loss where 10 bet nowadays. instead
Of being at "A loss to find betting place,
as he was some time ago. when there
were not so many tracks as there are
now in operation. The openings ms
week were at the new track owned by
the DIVER Brothers. at Elizabeth. y j..
Clifton, where they ran ~ The Ice.
Gutenberg. where all the cheap clerks
aud small bookkeepers drop their money
with the regularity Of clock work Tue
LAST named track is one that had So
much talk about it last winter because
Of the alleged working in Uith some Of
the bO0kies over there.
The new tract. at Elizabeth istOo new
TO be fast. and consequently there IS
nothing extra fine in the horse line APP
pearing there. As the track gets faster
something good may show up. but now
the horses that cover the ground make
poor time, and. as rule. lose a lot OF
money for the betteIs
The first day OF the racing season
there was what the sports term give
away ciuch on the boards. In the
fourth race there were six horses bllled
10 run. OF course, everybody there
put money on their choice, and n
was not until very near time ioi
closing the books that a newspaper man
Of this city discovered that the cd 5
made il impossible to lose by playing
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