Morning journal and courier., 1891-04-30
THEIR FOURTH VICTORY.

The Local Team Uses the Bat With Telling Effect and Defeats Troy With Ease-Hornerss Great Work in the Box-Wflson Supports Him in Good Style-The Game In Detail Staten Island Defeats Yale.
 The championship season in this city was opened yesterday by game between the New Haven and Troy teams of the Eastern association. When the game was called at o'clock fully 1,500 persons were on the grounds, among whom were Mayor Sargent, City Clerk Downes, e1-Mayor Lewis and numerous others of the city officials who were present by invitation from the local management. The day was not all that could be desired for good ball playing, 8 cold northwest wind blowing over the grounds which was undoubtedly the cause of diminishing the attendance to very considerable extent.
 The exhibition of ball playing put up by the visitors was not up to what was to be 1 expected from team which had beaten | the New York club of the National league l and had also won game from the strong Lebanon club, but the poor showing made by them yesterday was undoubtedly due | to the fact that the men had been travelling all night and in consequence were not ID | the best of condition. The local men on the other hand put up fairly good game, many of their plays being of the brilliant order. The battery work of Horner and l Wilson was equal to any eve, | witnessed on the local grounds, and was 6 surprise to even their strongest admirers l Horner was on his mettle and pitched { | game such as ever he seldom pitches. Ht more than covered himself with glory, and 1 his excellent work was thoroughly appre ciated and heartily applauded. His recorc yesterday plainly shows for itself that tht management made no mistake in signing him, and if keeps up his work of yester day throughout the season, he will un doubtedly be the star twirler of the entir' association.
 Wilson was behind the bat and ren dered good account of himself Severa of his stops and catches were of phe nomenal order and won well-meritet recognition. Pettee also showed up il excellent form, both at the bat and in th' field, while Sommer, Sales, Farrar, Cud worth and Doyle distinguished themselve by their heavy work with the stick.
 Shea started in to pitch for Troy, but was retired after the fourth inning Braham taking his place with but indiffer ent success. The local men had their ey, on the ball yesterday and no pitcher in tn business would have any terrors for them l The local men scored one run in tn fast inning on Sommer's base on balls Sales sacrifice, an error of Day and Far rar's sacrifice hit. In the third, thre runs were scored on Sommer's single Sales two bagger, Farrar's single, Will sons two bagger, Cudworth's single am errors by Day and Campau. Farrar wa hit by pitched ball in the fourth, stol second and came home on Lally's thre bagger to right field. In the sixth Sale went to first on an attempt at put out, t second on bases on balls, to third on steal and crossed the plate on an error o Day Three runs were added in tn seventh on four singles, a steal and an el TOT of Touhy, and three more in the hint on four singles, an attempt at put out,
 steal and errors of Day, Mooney and Es gan.
 Troy's runs were made: One in the set ond on Touhy's single and Phillips three bagger; one in the fifth on Doyle's error, steal, Eagan's single and Farrar's errol and two in the eighth on errors by Salei Pettee and Sommer, a sacrifice and single by Touhy and Mooney.
 The same clubs will play again this a ternoon, when Clarkson and Decker wi probably be in the points for the loc' l team. The score:
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