Morning journal and courier., 1891-07-11
THE BASE BALL WORLD.
Rochester Beaten After an ExcitiI
ConteSt in the Tenth Inning.

Rochester Beaten After an Exciting
Contest in the Tenth Inning.
The game between the New Haven and
Rochester teams at the Howard avenue
grounds yesterday afternoon was one of
the prettiest exhibitions seen in this city
in some time, and was fairly won by the
superior prowess of the local team. The
first part of the game was little tame,
but in the excitement of the last few in
nings the crowd of 600 or more enthusiasts
forgot all about the dullness of the first
part, and when the home team finally won
in the tenth inning everyone on the
grounds was unanimously of the opinion
that the game was by all odds the best of
the season.
The game was pre-eminently battle be-
tween the pitchers, with the advantage
strongly in Clarkson's favor
The home team played like trojans all
through the game and won the instant ap-
| proval of the crowd for the strong uphill
game they put up.
The game opened with the visitors at the
bat, contrary to the usual custom. Gilks
was the first man up, but was soon retired
on an easy grounder to Farrar. Knight
| was hit by pitched ball and went to first.
| Second was soon purloined. Visner then
hit to Lang, which 'Snap" adroitly fielded
to Farrar, but the latter let the ball get by
| him and knight ran all the way home,
| Visner going to second on the play.
| Sweeney then went out on a sacrifice hit
which advanced Visner to third, but
Power, who was the next batter, was
not equal to the emergency and was re-
tired on a short infeld hit, Clarkson
| to Farrar. The second and last run
made by the visitors was scored in the
| third inning. Knight led off with a nice
clean single and at once stole second, then
went to third on an error by Lally, who
allowed ball to get past him and scored
on Visner's terrific three Dagger to extreme
rightcenter fence. Gilks was unable to
score, however, the next man, Power, being
struck out, retiring the side. Every in
ming after this the side was retired in one,
| two, three order, the ninth inning being
particularly noticeable from the fact that
Lally retired the side on three difficult
| chances.
For seven complete innings the home
team was unable to score run, notwith-
standing the fact that in almost every in
ming one or more men were left on bases.
In the third inning alone the bases were
filled and no one out, but the three next
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the eighth inning, however, they pro
ceeded to break their string of "goose
eggs" Pettee was the first man up and
he considerably dampened the hopes of
the crowd by striking out. Sales then
made base hit and stole second. GUM
nasso who, up to this time had been catch
ing, was retired and Theisen took his place
at the bat. The change proved g
good one, for Theisen cracked out a cork
ing two-bagger, scoring Sales. Sommel
then sacrificed, on which Theisen went tc
third, but was left there, Clarkson flying
out to Knight. In the ninth Lang was hi
by pitched ball went to second and thirG
on a passed ball by Urquhart and scored
on Annis' sacrifice to Visner. In the tenth
inning Pettee led off with two-base hi
and scored on two successive wild pitches
the winning run being made with one maj
out-Sales, on a foul fly to Urquhart.
| The features of the game were the ex
cellent pitching of both Clarkson ant
Cushman and the brilliant fielding of Lally
, and Knight, the latter robbing Clarksel
and Annis of a three-base hit each by tive
phenomenal catches in left field
Yesterdays victory clinches the loca
teams hold on second place in the race
, but the real battle for the position will b.
fought to-day and Monday when Syracus
and the local team play on the hom
grounds. The battery for the home team
in the game to-day will consist of Horne
and Theisen and battle royal may in con
! sequence be expected.