Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-12
spoRr,na mArrERs.

The New HaEens Meet Their First De-
 feat - Several Well Known Profes-
 sionals PIay with the Flushings-
 LalIy shows COnsidorabIe WiIdness
 The Visitors Gould Not Solve Her.
 ner's Pitching.
 The New Ravens and the Flushinps played at the Howard avenue grounds yesterday. It was very close game and was not won until the ninth inning, when a tumble by Sullivan and one by Brady allowed the visitors to make the winning run, the score being to 5 About OOPeople were insides the grounds and about 300 on the housetops and telegraph poles. On square rooted house on man was sitting on stool, while the many people had reserved seats from the neighboring houses. Among those who saw the game was ex-Gov- ernor Bigelow and President wv. Converse of the Winchester Arms works. The latter, with his wife, was at Wednesdays game.
 It was not the regular Flushing team, as it was composed of several well know pro- fessionals. There was "Shortyn Howe of the Kansas Citys of the American association, who played short yesterday: Then there was Lehane, the pitcher of the Buffalos, and Fitzgerald, the second baseman, who is an old National league player. Cunningham and Meehan played with the Bridgeports two years ago.
 Lally made his appearance in the box for the New Ravens, but he was considerably wild. He pitched five innings, and of the five runs scored while he was in the box, three were made by allowing men their base on balls. He felded his position we'll and in the filth inning jumped high in the air and made difficult stop.
 Jack Horner pitched in the last four in nings and the Flushings could not touch his a hod la1s quick drop ball. He fooled the visitors badly, and Umpire Kelly was kept busy calling strikes. Homer is also 8 fast base runner
 Neither side scored in the first inning, but New Haven got one in the second on an error, a steal and wild pitch. Lally al- lowed two men first base on balls. but sharp fielding prevented run. Some neat play ing was done by the New Ravens in the third. Sheehan came to the bat with Walsh on third base. He hit to second. and as he started for first he shouted to Walsh to go in. Walsh started and an attempt to catch him at the plate failed. In the meantime Sheehan tried to get second, and on beauti- ful slide he got there. He was put out on 8 double play. It was in this inning that Lally let two men to first sn balls, and both scored.
 The New Ravens made two in the fourth on three singles and sacrifice hits. The fluSnlngs got ahead on three singles and two bases on balls. Dillon tied the score in the fifth on base on balls and sacrifice hits by Sullivan and Brady.
 At the beginning of the sixth Horner went into the box. If he had gone into the box one inning earlier the New Ravens would have won. It was in the ninth that he came to the bat and by grand slide to second made @ tWo-base hit. He daringly stole third while the pitcher was delivering the ball. No one was out, and very foolishly he got caught between third and home. Then the Flushings came to the bat Sulli- van fumbled Fitzgerald's hit. Ryman acci- dentally made base hit. He said after the game that he struck at the ball to keep it from hitting him. He knocked grounder to right field and Brady very beautifully let it go through him. He could have cut the runner off at first, but before he could return the ball Fitzgerald had scored.
 The Flushings made five hits off Lally and one off Horner. Smith caught well, but could not get the ball to second base, throw ing every one short In the seventh Horner had three assists. Two men struck out, and he caught one at first. The score: SEv IA