The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-09
NEWARK LOST THH GAME
City Took the First
Game From the Little
Giants.
THE GLAD1ATORS ARE AHEAD
In the Race for the Pennant OF the
Atlantic Baseball Association.

Over the flats
Came the men with their bats,
The men with their bats good and true
They came with a smile,
But after a while
Not a very big while-they were blue.
They hoped that they'd win, those Little
Giants who played at Oakland Park yes
terday afternoon.
But they didn't.
Luck wasn't with them.
Eight hits they made in the course of
the game, while Jersey made only three.
But Jerseys four errors didn't have such
disastrous results as Newark's did.
Newark had all the worst Of the luck
and made the rankest errors. Then, be
side that, Newark got the worse half of
Umpire Manning's blunders.
1t looked Tor four innings like the Little
Giants day, as Jersey had made only one
hit-Jim Knowles two-bagger in the
third inning-and Newark had already
made five.
THIS IS HOW II BEGAN.
Jim Knowles went first to the bat, sent
a nice one to Leo Smith, and couldn't get
to first before the ball. Hiland gave Jones
a chance, and Jim Fields had the ball be-
fore Jack got there. Then Field sent out
a long hit to Mansell and the Gladiators
took the field.
Then the fun started. McDermott shot
the ball down over second base for a sin
gle, and started like a deer for second
when Coogan hit the bali to Gerhardt, but
Joe got it and threw III to Lang on the
bag. The Snapper slammed it down to
landmann, ana the crowd cheered wildly
at the double play-no, Manning called
Coogan safe, and that young gentleman
showed his gratitude by stealing second,
assisted by a passed ball. Jones sacrifice
fly to Ha1ford sent Coogan to third, n
he came home on Manseliss two Dagger,
that ought to have been a 1iyf or Friel. Ihe
Honorable Patrick did not believe it was
going his way, and Inland chased it like a
greyhound, with the result that it fell to
theground untouched. Fields struck out
amid the jeers OF the 1850 spectators, and
Mansell was left.
No runs in the second, though Gerhardt
got his base on four bad ones, n Leo
Smith was given a life by Knowles
tumble.
Each side made one in the third. Land
mann sent a good fly to johnson, who
failed to hold it, Mike going to second on
the mutf. He came nome on Knowles
two-bagger. Knowles was doubled out at
third, When Mansell held HyIand's fly.
For Newark, Dooms made a single and
was caught mapping at first; McDermott
made a double, and came home on Coo
gan's safe hit over Joe Gerhardt's head.
Coogan stole second, but was caught Off
the base by Daley, and Jones came to a
sudden death at first base at the hands of
McDermort.
HOW THE GAME WAS woN.
No runs came i'll Ill the fourth, but in
the fifth McDermott's errors yielded two
runs
The umpire's false decision was just as
bad and as much to blame as McDer-
mott.
This was the way of it:-Chick sent a
little pop fly to Leo Smith, and Daley
struck out. Landmann and Lang were
given bases on balls. Knowles hit
70 McDermott, who funlbled the
ball and fumbled it again, and chased
it a little at a time nearly to first. When
he did get it he threw it at the top row OF
spectators, back of third base, and it got
there.
BY the time Jones had climbed over the
fence all three men were in.
The only run scored after this was in
the last half of the seventh. johnson got
to second on Friel's muff, but was caught
between second and third. Leo Smith
got his base on balls, and stole second.
Duffy went out, Daley to Landmann,
while Leo went to third. Dooms' single
brought him in, but Dooms Vas left. The
Score:-
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