Telegram-herald., 1889-05-17
BASE BALL CANES
Yesterdays Games by the State
League Clubs.
OUR "STOSE WALL" IS INylNClBLE
The Grand Rapids B0ys SHUT oUt the
JaxOns - GreenEllis whips Lansing
aud saginaw Downs tue haEoes-
score of the Bis Leagues.

The stormy morning and the frequent
showers OF the early part o. the after
noon deferred 4 great many from st
tending the ball game between the
Grand Rapids and Jackson teams.
The latter club i good one, aud the
players are, ss a rule, OF fine physique,
bat they are certainly outciassed by
the home team, who Outplayed them
IA every detail OF the game. IL was an
OF day Tor our heavy hitting third base
man al the bat, but he played MS posi-
ton without an error, and made some
splendid stops. Tho double plays were
the most interesting feature OF the
game.
First inning Eagan went TO bat and
fOulcd out 10 J. Tray; Mcakln Int u
Derby and was thrown out at FIRST;
O'Connor made base hit but was
thrown Out trying 10 steal second.
Derby led with base hit; Ed. Tray
flew out 10 Mcmahon; J. Tray hit 10
Smith, who made brilliant stop and
threw Derby out at second; Lawn got
first on balls and Hoyt struck out.
Second inning-Smith struck out;
Mcmahon flew out to Derby; Faatz was
Int 10y pitched ball and got first, stole
second; Dixon made a twO-bagger, bring-
ing Faatz home; Bonn struck a grounder
to Shepard and was thrown out AT first.
W. Tray made a safe Int 10 right field;
Blair Int 10 Mcmahon, who threw him
out ut first Shepard hit to Eagan and
was thrown out at first.
Third inning got first on
balls and stole second; Eagan hit 10
Ed. Tray and was thrown out at first;
Moakin hit TO Shepard and was
thrown out at first; o'COnnOr got
first on balls and Smith struck out.
Hart hit to Mcmahon and got first ON
his error; Derby hit 10 OConnor and
went out; Ed. Tray flew out TO smith;
j. Tray flew out TO Meakin.
Fourth inning and Faatz
hit hot grounders TO Ed. Tray and were
thrown out at first; Dixon made an
other two-bagger away ont in the left
field, and Bonn mt to Shepard and
went out at first. liOyt made a base
hit; w. Tray flew out to Meskin, and
Mcakin then shot the ball away over to
first base and made n double play by
putting out HOyt; Blair got first on
balls; Shepard hit TO Eagan and was
thrown out at first.
Fifth inning-Reilly got first on balls
and scored on Eagan's hit; Eagan
made a base hit to left field, and stole
third and scored on a passed ball;
Meakin hit TO right field, and got first
on error of Blair and scored on
passed ball; OConnOr got to second
base on three strikes and a passed ball,
and was put out trying to steal third.
Smith struck out; Mcmahon hit to Hart
aud was put out at first; Hart flew out
to Meakln; Derby made a base Int and
was put out trying to steal second; Ed.
Tray hit to Bohn and was thrown out
at first.
Sixth inning-Faatz made q two-bag-
ger; Dixon flew out TO w. Tray, who
threw the ball to second, putting out
Faatz; Bohn got first on balls and stole
second; Reilly flew out TO Derby. LAWN
made a blg Int that ought TO have been
a two-bagger, but Meakin was too
prompt IN getting it TO second; Hoyt
hit to Smith who threw Lawn out at
second and Eagan threw Hoyt out at
first; W. Tray made a base hit; Blair
got first on balls and Shepard flew out
TO Eagan.
Seventh inning-Eagan mt To Ed.
Tray and went out at first; MeakIn Int
TO Shepard. who fumbled the ball and
then made a wild throw to first, letting
Meakln to third: O'COnnOr made a base
hit. letting Meakin home, but was him
self put out stealing second, and Smith
struck out. Hart hit to O'Connor and
went out at first; Derby hit 10 Smith
and was thrown out ut first, and Ed.
Tray foulcd out to Smith.
Eighth inning made
base hit; Faatz hit to LAWN and went
out at first, and Dixon made base hit,
bringing Mcmahon home and stole sec
ond; Bohn hit to Shepard and
went out at first; Reilly got first
On balls, stole second, and Dixon
ran in on ball thrown To second 10y
j. Tray; Eagan made a tWO-bagger
and scored on Noakin's base hit:
Meakiu stole second; and O'Connor hit
to Derby and was thrown ont at first
J. Tray Int to Smith and was thrown
out at first; LAWN made two base
hit: HOyt flew out 10 Meallln, W. Tray
lat to Eagan and went out ut first.
Ninth innlng-Smlth hit 10 Derby
and was stopped at first; Mcmahon Int
to Ed. Tray and went ont at first,
and Faatz fouled out to J. TRAY;
BLAIR hit 10 Bohn and was thrown
ont at first; Shepard got first on balls:
Hart made a base hit; Derby flew ont
to smith. and Ed. Tray hit 10 smith
who threw him out at first.
Today Phalon and PIcrs0n Will try 20