Telegram-herald., 1889-06-06
AGAIN IN THE LEAD
Grand Rapids Won Yesterday and
Moved Up 10 the Head
4 ssteFaas's Saaae ~ th~ P4rk Assisted
~ AaeA the GraHa e. ylds ttaB As.ia
Defeat tAs eFe~asIILss-4hs
S&E1s la BeG2lL

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Il may have been = e0nc0cted scheme
hetaeen tne members u rhe Grand
Eap.cs team 70 present ther visitors
s.la game Yesterday. Tie fact that
tAey #ere So fortunate a. u Wla ball
lFom tle 'karmer" s.uggers tuesday.
rHleLgled them - wlh joy taAt
tAeY Ie.t Ia duty bound - return the
favor. Whatever the cause may be, il
looked taat way. anyway. Try a. hard
a. tAsy could, GRAND Rapids dld hot
lose, and lt Was nos by brilliant playing
taat brought them out victorious, A.
one Of the worst exhibitions Of bali
playing ever gwen by the team was
witnessed yesterday by nearly eight
hundred people. That Greenylle did
uOl come out llrst, no one was 10 blame,
and al tlucs their playing Was equally
as yellow a. that OF orand Rapids
The game opened with the home
boys al tAe bat. O'Connor raped i
beauty - center, which was neatly
handled uy hatz. bat the ball Was not
thrown L. first IN time 10 retire the
runner. After making daring steals
ot second and thlrd, O'ConnOr crossed
the home plate 0u an error Of McGlnley
al hrst, he mufhng ball thrown 10
hlm IN an attempt 10 cut OF kagan,
Who gained first and second on the
same play; Eagau stole third and scored
Oh MCak.nl's out at second, he having
been retired at that bag by an assist
FROM Booth, after reaching first on a
safe hit 20 center. Mcmahon gained
hrst OH balls and was advanced 4 base
on smiths MT 10 right center. Puryis
Was gwen a fielder's choice, llawley
throwing Smith ont NJ second, Me
MahOn reaching third where he died,
with Purvis in the same boat at second,
Dixon knocking pretty fly 70 lockey.
combination OF rotten fielding and
fhalen's wlldness gave Greenyllle two
runs III the same inning.
Grand Rapids kept up her lively gait
III the second, Faatz and Phalen both
scoring well earned runs. Eagan made
a pretty tWO-base bit 10 left in this
inning, but 1t netted him nothing.
The Farmer" boys IN their half made
the circuit once, OConnor making two
miserable and lnexcusable errors. The
third inning was a gOose-egg for Grand
Rapids, and Greenville passed us and
went two runs better in her half. Katz
reached first on balls, was advanced to
third on McGnley's long hit to left
center, who stopped at second. Haw-
ley came TO bat, and then trottcd down
10 first on a tumble of Mcmahon, katz
and Mctfinley scoring on Smiths error
9 or "a FOL IN
with a mild throw, bringing home Haw-
ley. Wheaton went back 10 his seat
at the bench after going out at first,
with McMahOn's assistance, and Ross
/ followed suit after high fly
/ was given Il base on balls and
/ which was handled nicely by Meakim.
| Grand Rapids gained nothing IN the
| fourth, while her opponents advanced
/ hitting, and another dose of poor ball
playing by Grand Rapids. In the fifth
! the home boys found the ball, Nc
| MahOn, Smith, Purvis and Faatz hitting
! safely. In this inning the Grcenvllle
/ boys seemed 10 have fallen in the foot
/ steps of their opponents rs regards
/ costly errors. After the shouts of ex-
| cltement of the audience had subsidized
| IL was found that our team had closed
/ up on the visitors two scores. In their
| half Greenville did nothing, except q
/ slender young gentleman named
/ Yeagle who raped the sheepSkin for q
/ home run. Tie ball went sailing over
/ the right field fence, and great was the
! -. mo
/ Yeagle Is Il pitcher; he occupied
| terday. His remarkable smuggling
! abilities IN the fifth were productive of
| little good to him, as IN the sixth he
/ the game. Smith, Purvis and Faatz
with his little willow, caused the sphere
/ to sail out into left for three bases.
/ Four errors were also made by Green
| vile, and after they had gotten over
/ complete case of "razzle-daZzle" II was
/ Rapids with FIVE runs. The bleaching
/ boards and grand stand seemed to bc
/ filled with one huge mass of excited
| people. For Grecnville, IN their half, 4,
| only one run was made, katZ reaching
/ NE'tittA Oi4 u tbtttF lltt W tfiittA siAi't
I scoring on an error of Faatz. The
seventh opened with the score 10 to Il
IN favor of Grand Rapids. Two more
runs were added TO our number in this
inning. Mcmahon and smith max
/ ing the bases. The former he
ing assisted m his circuit by
errors of YeaCle and Booth, and
smith hy 4 two-base hit over lockey 5
/ head. Greenville received her first
/ goo.e-egg of the game N tins inning,
I Grand Rapids for the first time giving
/ Phalen splendid support. OCOnnor
made the fourteenth score Of the game
n the eighth, Eagan flying out t.
+ Gockcv, and Meakim and Phalen fan
/ nmg the wind. O'COnnor muffcd a
/ pop-up fly in this inning, which was a
| costly error. as the runner afterwards
! scored. The ninth was blank to the
home boys. and the game was ended
I by Greenville receiving the same dose,
\ N0ckey's single and Booths three-bag-
I ger netting nothing.
Following the official score:
Grand RaFIDs- As. p. PH. PO. =. p
+ QConnor D. II