The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-19
RABIES or THE LEAGUE PLAY BALL,
TAXING THE SPONGE from THE
NEW YORKS.
,NwIsE To MONKEY WITH A nuzz
SAW.
LACK McAulInes Benefit In Brcokivn-
The Little MIL He had with Pat.
Smith-Kansas City Hankers
for the nig Fight.

tbc babies of the League-the Cleyelands
In their games with the Giants on
Monday and Tuesday, al the grounds OF
,he New Norks. over on Staten Island.
1ho Babies. as they have been chris
tened. are fine looking set Of men, and
ttc, started on their career as League
na,crs by humping the New Yorks of
,he bases on Monday, when the Staten
Island grounds were opened.
The management of the New York
Cleh had sent out a big batch Of invita-
lion. 90 all the prominent ministers,
roosnancr men. and business men, aC-
far. and gentlemen in New York, and
fhcn began 90 pray for a clear day. The
weather was fine enough In the earlier
nar, of The day but just little before
ile game was called IL began TO rain, and
ereruh.ng looked gloomy as
Gloomy as the sweet boys who had come
os, In $40 the glory Of spring suits and
neenf Gathers They reminded one OF
.t.g corpse at fashionable funeral
N.serfhelcss. there were large number
.f good people present 20 assist
sffIe opening Of the new grounds, and
-..s few ladies added a subdued bril-
rsrrg io ihe grand stand. The Seventh
REGIMENT band blew holes into the fall
irr rain. and kept at IL until the New
Works came out for practice. and the
-.i, heran to come down in dead earn
lei There was mo- possible show for a
.,ame i'm ODE storm. and everybody
waitel fl see 81 providence would not
,sto .,itg on fhe crowd and draw aside
~ curtain long enough 10 let the
Giant. wipe fac diamond mp with the
presumption. Babies.
Ar,r half an hours wait the rain
.fnrneI and ihc teams took the held for
riav The New Ork's new pitcher,
Hatfield. was in the box. and he did re-
nsrkal'r well. although the defeat Of
beo'rh wac due TO bad fielding, and
could .n no way be laid al his feet, even
fle wa. somewhat discouraged by the
bad playing of The other Giants. In the
0r-t inning the New lorks made two
runs following il up in the second by
n.r- 900 four more. while the Babies
isl only one 90 their credit, and it began
fai0ls as though the children were in
nr If. when things took a sudden turn
and the Clcyelands jumped into line and
CLOSED Dui the New lOrks with score
NJ ~f01
There Nas not one man ON the ground
who thought possible for the little ones
t0 fake ihc sponge out of the New
I0r.s hand but a few little, insignifi-
cant base hits hy the new people and a
Jess big errors by the old timers did the
business and retired the Giants with a
defeat ln The beginning the Cleveland s
battery was nervous. and painfully So
They iumhled The ball. and the pitching
ea- anything bat strong or scientific,
and The New IOrks made the circuit of
ihc bases with q great deal OF ease and
"ec'aw. as one of the prettily attired
Young men remarked Hatfield, on the
contrary was I'm good form, and
shot the ball over the plate
with such amazing swifiness that the
little ones gathered their pinafores about
their knees and sat down. But when the
tide turned. how the visitors did warm
things up They got in on everything
that came along. and with the assistance
of. the errors made By the New lOrks
they drew the line pretty sharply, and in
way that showed the Giants that while
mev were Babies in the professional
sense hey knew something about ball
playing
but ON Tuesday To Is best TO draw
ihe curtain over that days work III
give thc score. and simply say that the
game was nicely won by the visitors, who
piled al the runs they got mp in The
seventh inning, and did 10 preitilv, too.
They did not make any mistakes, and
played BAH like veterans. The score
was New Yorks. o, Clevelands ..
The next chapter in The story opened
900 Wednesday. when the Giants got
themselves together I'm good shape and
taught tle visitors that it was unwise TO
monkey with buzz saw Hatfield was
n fhe box. and he did some Of the very
best work that has ever been seen on a
BAH field lie never wayered, but every
time the bah left his hand il was pretty
sure that 10 was going hard and straight.
And how New York did play They
rolled up run after run. and kept on
rolling them up until the Cleveland
team Bas buried so far ont Of sight that
sou could not hear the wailing and
crashing of teeth. which always goes
With o defeat ike this one was. The
Giants made eighteen runs, while the
Babies only managed TO get around the
circuit twice 10 was a great game, but
DO was very easy. and the cranks think
That Ii Hatfield bad been in the box on
Tuesday. instead of Titcomb. who got so
badly ratified that yOd could hear the ball
shake away over In the left field, that the
result would have been different
eul. Che Cleveland team Is agOOd one,
and That they viii come up to the scratch
in iime no one who has seen them play
doubts in Che least. There is plenty of
good sand in them. and they have great
dca. Oi confidence In themselves, which
goes great way in playing ball.
jack McAuliiie had a benefit in Brook
iyn tAc other night, and was billed TO
Bon three rounds at the conclusion OF
ihe show with Pat Smith the well
known Brooklyn lightweight, who has
quite "a reputation as a fighter, and who
fora long time has had a sneaking sort
of an idea In his head that he could make
thing. interesting for McAuliffe If they
ever got together Whether he thinks
BOZ n0W or not remains to be seen. II he
carries ont his expressed intention of
meeting McAulife privately, and doing
business with skin and bone, people will
begin TO think that a fighters intelli-
gcnCe and common sense is very deep
back 10 his skull, for Smith saw stars by
iAe i.me he was ready to leave the ring
ile other night.
lt Was generally known that the men
would in some way show themselves at
iae.f best. 10 order to find out something
a0ol. each other. and when they appear
cd ihey were greeted with cheers and
hauah. Both had hosts OF friends
present and good mill was anticipated.
smith Was in splendid condition, and his
muscles looked hard and firm Nc
Auliie on the contrary. was In no sort
OF condition az all. lie had not trained
Poo. aud Dis flesh was soft, aud 1t looks
so io everybody.
For The frs. minute IL was give and
i-Ae and great deal OF science was
shown by both men. Smith landed a
marc face blow on McAuliiie and his
friends cheered Then McAuliiIe got TO
work and landed heavily on Smiths
sehe.i. knocking him over into a corner.
The blow evidently hurt Smith, for he
found ii difficult TO get on his feet again.