New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-18

Boston .. Baltimore 3.
The baseball game at the Polo Grounds yesterday be-
tween the New York and Boston tennis was the thirteenth
contest Of the season between those Mines. and it resulted
in the ninth victory for the visiting players. There were
50 many brilliant features In the game that the 3.T76 spec
tators were not stingy in their applause. Still. the APP
plause was generally brought out by some fine manoeuvre
BY a Boston player. The crowd applauded Rusie, and
Justly, too, for he struck out eight men in the first five
innings.
Rusie pitched a better game than Nichols. This asser-
ton may seem Astonishing to those vino did not watch the
game carefully or those who draw conclusions simply from
figures and scores. The score, OF course, VIII show that
four hits were made against Rusie ard only one against
Nichols. In an ordinary case a conclusion drawn from
those figures would be pretty nearly correct, but yester-
days game was an extraordinary one, and figures don't
apply.
There were some deluded spectators in that grand stand
and on those roOiess b~leachertes who sat and imagined
that they were seeing a great ball game and some re-
markedly strategic pitching. Poor. deluded mortals. They
either could or would not see straight or they were in a
position from which they could not see one Of the striking
features Of the game.
Some senseless critics viii 60 on at great length and
show how two little errors by Conner IN the seventh
inning lost the game. They did nothing OF the kind.
Those blunGers wee costly, It is true, but they did not
lose the game they were simply instrumental in giving
the BOstOns three runs.
But the Giants did not get any runs at all. And there
lie good reason for their not getting those runs. Rusie
pitched as wol as he ever did. and be put the ball
squarely over the pate. -Four hits were made of his
curves. and two Of that number were scratches.
And here is how Nichols, the besrdless Bcaneater, gets
a record. The young man had terrific speed for an
athlete OF his physical proportions, but he had more
cunning than muscle. He had not pitched a dozen balls
before he saw that he would have an easy time Of it
Then he set to work 70 hoodwTnk those mighty batters
OF Manhattan. he did It, and he probably deserves some
credit for his cleverless, buo no pity should be wasted on
the Giants. Eusie was pitching 70 men playing a different
kind OF baseball. Nichols was throwing TO men whose
common sense seemed TO have been left at home, and whose
lamps needed buraishing. Judged from the manner in
which Whistler. Tiesnan. O'Bourke and Buckley swung
their bats, they must have been afflicted with that terrible
disease when a human being secs several objects when
there is only one in reality. In case Nichols had fred a
basket Of balls at the pllte those athletes might have
managcd 20 lit one Of the lot. Each struck out twice,
while Conner and Rusle swelled Nichols's record by one
strike out each.
He'd Nichols pu: the ball over the plate, as Rusle did,
he would have accomplished something 70 be proud Of.
But he did not put the ball over tho plate, except at rare
intervals. and then, as a general thing, when he had q New
York batsman out Of form. The Giants seemed to want
n get the game over as quickly as possible and struck at
everything that came within a foot Of the pla.e. OF
course the veteran catcher, Bennett, danced a lively
step. but that was about all the damage Nicholas wild
pitching did.
The Giants now have a arm grip on third place, but
the Quakers are coming up fast and nay vet pass Man
hattan's giltedged tcrm. The local cam certainly cannot
expect % overtake either Boston or Chicago with the list
less playing .he team Is now doing. Many wild and IN
complimentary yarns are being told every day as to why
The local team does not play better. The yarns are heard
on the grand stand and 6each67es. in nearby cafes and
on public conveyances. Some may be wrong and sOme
may b. right. 1t is at leas: worth an investigation BY
somebody. II the7e Is trouble in The team, the disturbing
element ought tO be weeded out at once. More than one
veteran remarked as he left the gTouws yesterday: There's
a screw loose somewhere"
The result Of the Giants batting in nine innings was
one little I'M. They simply swished their bats through
the air a. II their wagon-tOnpues were fans. Tie Bostons
scored the only runs Of the game in the seventh inning
the inning once called the Giants lucky seventh. Nash
was sent to first on called balls and Brodie hit a slow
crounder % short, which Glasscock could not field in time
to frs. tn catch the heet-fOoted New Englander.
Then Tucker hit toward first and the ball BOUNDED aut
Of Connor's reach. He ran for and captured IL and threw
il 10 Rusie, who had run over 10 cover first. Rusie and
Tucker reached the base simultaneously and Tucker showed
the big pitcher aside and was said to be safe by the UNI
pire. Rusie thinks thai Tucker went out Of his way to
push him. At any rate Umpire Hurst called Tucker safe,
and the bases were fun and the crowd was much excited.
Quinn sent an easy grounder TO first, but the ball eluded
Conner as neatly as a creased pig, and before 10 could be
captured Nash AMI Brodle had scored, and Tucker was on
third. Tucker ran home on Benefits out az first. The
oor "a "a follows.