The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-03
DROPS A GAME.
Hartford's Heavy Hitters
Unable to Find Da1ey's
Curves.
MAHONEY'S ODD DECISION.
1t Lost Yesterdays Game for the
GladiatOrs, but a Protest Was
Entered.

Entered.
Umpire Mahoney twisted up his iudg-
ment so hard yesterday that he could not
dig his way out of the snarl and decided
that a run should count when every n
familiar with the rules knew that it could
not.
This was the way of it.
1t was in the latter half of the fifth i'm
ming. The score stood 8 to / in favor of
Hartford. Henry, the first man at bat,
had gone u on a hot fly to Lang, and
Say made a clean two-base hit to centre.
Daley made Big Willy Murphy a present
of his base, and then hit McCabe
with the ball, filling the bases. Mann
hit hard to Gerhardt, and every
n thought it was safe; but Joe was
there. He made a brilliant stop and threw
sharp to Lang at second; Snap got the
ball back to Tom O'Brien, and both Nc
Cabe and Mann were out. Say crossed
the plate after McCabe was put out, but
before the ball got to first base. Mahoney
said that Says run counted and the game
was played under protest.
Mahoney afterward said that he had
made a mistake, but it was too late to re
verse his decision; SO that the game will
undoubtedly De thrown out.
HOW HI RUN WE'RE MADE.
Flies to Henry, Forster and Henry, by
Knowles, Lyons and O'Brien, disposed Of
Jersey City in the first, and then Hartford
made three runs ON bases ON balls by
Henry and Say, Murphy's single, Lang's
muff OF Hofford's good throw, and a
passed ball.
In the second Friel hit SAFE to right,
but was thrown out by Moolic in trying
to steal second. Gerhardt got -four bad
ones, but was forced at second on Hiland's.
hit to Say. Jack went to second on a
wild pitch and q wild throw of Noodle,
and to third on a passed ball. Hofford
got his base on balls and stole second, but
Daley hit an easy one to Forster and died
at second.
Daley wound up the first inning by
striking out three men in succession,
O'Connel, Henry and Say. He only
pitched twelve balls.
Frank Lang stepped to the plate in the
third, and lifted the ball to far centre for
two bags, but got to third when Murphy
kicked the ball. Knowles sent out a long
fly to left that Willy held after a hard
run, and Snap came in on the throw.
Lyons n O'Brien both died at first.
Murphy got four good balls, but Ma
honey miscalled two of them, and sur
prised Willy by giving him his base on
bad ones. He was left, because McCabe
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out Lang to O'Brien.
On six pitched balls Friel, Gerhardt and
Inland were killed at first; in the fourth,
Friel by O'Connel, and the others by For
ster. Forster followed up his good work
by going to the bat and hitting safely to
centre. Chick threw him out when he
tried to steal second, though, just after
Moo1ic had settled a fly in the Snapper's
hands, and her O'Connel sent an easy
one to Gerhardt and was too late at first
base.
In the fifth Hofford got four bad ones,
but was forced at second on Daley's hit to
McCabe, who threw to Forster. Daley
ran just hard enough to beat the double
play, Lang flew out to Say, Knowles
made a single, but he and Daley were left
when Murphy held Lyons long one.
Then came that memorable mistake of
Mahoney's.
THE GLADIAToRs' GooD Fl
The boys went in to win or die in the
sixth, and almost won.
O'Brien and Friel made hard hits to left
field, stole second, and came home on Ger
hardt's sacrifice fly to Mann, and Hiland's
single to left. Hiland stole second on the
throw to the plate to catch Friel, then
stole third on Hofford's hit, and came
home on Lang's sacrifice fly to Murphy.
Daley had been hit in the head with the
bali, and he and Hofford were left when
Knowles pop fly was held by Moolc.
This tied the score and the eight or nine
hundred spectators were on the verge of
Snake Hill.
Then Hartford rubbed it in.
Lynch got four balls, and Forster made
a good two-bagger, but Lynch got no
further than third, for Friel made a fine
throw and held him there. Then Moolic
hit to Lang, who threw home in time to
put Lynch out, Forster going to third.
Moolic stole second and O'ConneI
got four bad ones, filling
the bases. Henry made a sacrifice fly to
Lyons and Forster scored, Noodle going to
third. O'Connel started for second and
Hofford threw the ball over Gefhardt's
head, letting Moolic get home. O'Connel
tried for third, but Lyons had the bail and
threw it well to Knowles, and the inning
was over.
The boys tried hard to win, but couldn't.
No runs were made after the seventh in
ming, four flies aud two put outs at first,
assisted by McCabe,~ disposing the eighth
and ninth. Here is the SEVENTH
Lyons drove a terrific one at Say, but
Jimmy recovered i'll time to put Lyons
out at first. O'Brien sent a hard one out
to right field, but had to stay on first be-
cause Mann got the ball back beautifully.
Tom then stole second on Noodles over
throw, and ran all the way home on Ger
hardt's single, after Friel had beec made
d gift of first by O'Connel.. Hiland popped
MP a fly to Moolic, and Forster threw Hof-
lords slow one to first and stopped the
run getting. The Score:-