Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-19
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. !

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPArcHI
NEW YORK, October 1S.-A great crowd
of spectators watched every move in the first
game to-day between the New York and
Brooklyn clubs for the championship of the
world. 1t was contest in which 5000 spec
tators were enabled to show their appreciation
OF good work many times. The great feature
of the contest was the windup. The start
seemed exciting enough for time, but the last
inning played under cover of the darkness,
as it was when the spectators had hard work
to see the ball, was one of the most exciting
moments that has ever been seen on a bail
field. There is no returning board connected
with the worlds series, however, and dark
ness therefore does not count. Even if it did,
the game was won by the Brooklyns fair and
square, and the fact cannot be blotted out.
vIsNER STARTED THE DISASTER.
In the eighth inning, after one hand out, with
the New Yorks two runs in the lead, Visner
opened the show with what proved to be the
standing point of the disastrous downfall. The
ball went to left center field, and O'Rourke
was too long in handling it, so that the runner
got to second. Smith did not count in the run
getting this time. and his foul went to Whit
ney, while Richardson fumbled O'Brienis hit
and Visner came home. Two-base hits by Col
Inns. Burns and Foutz put three runs more to
the credit of the visitors, and the victory was
theirs.
Amid the uproarious rejoicing of the friends
of the visiting team anything beyond the fact
that they had the lead was lost sight of. A
kick was made by GaFney that it was too dark
to play longer, and he stepped aside for mo-
ment to argue the point Umpire Ferguson
had at this minute
CALLED THE GAME
Whether he had the right to do SO or not no
one knows but ne did, and started toward the
home plate where Gaffney was at work, to see
what the trouble was. At the same time Foutz
started down toward third base and Ward, who
had the ball in his hand, touched the runner
and he was out. By this time all the players
had gathered around Umpire Gsffney, and the
spectators rushed on the field to learn the de-
csion. Many, in fact about all on the field,
thought the game would be called back to the
seventh inning, in which case the New Yorks
would have won. No one for a moment
thought of the rule which covers this part of
the game, and under which the Brooklyns had
won the moment they scored the run that put
them in the lead. The New Yorks were per-
fectly
CONFIDENT OF VICTORY
when they went in to the contest and even
after the visitors had jumped on Keefe for five
runs did they see that they had no picnic on
their hands, and they settled down to work,
and with the exception of Collins home run in
the second inning the Brooklyns did little or
nothing with the ball until the wind-up. Even
if Keefe was hit hard he had perfect command
of the ball. but his failure was lack of speed.
The ball seemed to sail up to the plate as large
as foot bali, and the only wonder is that he
did not fare any worse than he did.
TERRY's GOOD WORK.
Terry was the mainstay of the visitors and
although the men behind him were badly rat
ted at times he seemed to keep perfectly COOL so
that the team regained confidence very quickly |
OF Terry's work it can be said that he had |
little the best of the honors in the way of pitch
ing. He gave several men their bases on balls,
but the hits off him were not only less in num-
Der than those made off his opponent but they |
were more punched and timely. Keefe |
seemed unfortunate in this respect |
for when the Brooklyns did not |
hit his curves they seemed powerless to do any,
thing with the bat, but when they did get down |
to work they nit with will and their hits were |
long ones. too. The New Yorks' game was an |
uphill contest from the start and they overlook |
and passed their opponents at the balf-mile |
post. with both sides doing their handsomest. |
The race was only half over however and SO |
the home team learned to their cost, for they /
In turn we're
oVERTAKEN AND PASSED
just as the two came under the wire. The |
game opened with a hitch, for when the con-
test was ready to start Umpire Lynch, who had |
refused an offer of $500 to assist in the games.
failed to show up, and Umpire Knight, who |
was wanted also, was nowhere to be found. |
Ferguson being the only man present, Presi- |
dent Day agreed to his taking part in the game,
and he did. But he will take part in no more
al least that is what the New York club man.
ayers say about it. His shortcomings were nu-
merous, besides making a monkey of himself |
with bis work, and. although the contest was
rather free from the usual kicks that go to-
ward cutting down the interest. the only dis
putes that we're mande were on Ferguson;s de-
cisions.