New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-05-31
ASSOCIATION,

That baseball has been saved from tine shoals wnlcn
,t vaar threatened 10 wreck the sport was forciby
u,rstyatea Yesterday when $4,000 people turhoo
ont a, witness the games In which the Ne"-iorA anu
proohivn teams competed. Those figures are eiiaiA
able and but for the rain in the morning 'he 'oai
would have been even larger .. -.
tn. came Of the day was the afternoon contest az
tfa Polo Grounds between the New-fork anu oeSo'""
teams The actual paid attendance was le'iS-' anN
vet the grounds are so spacious and the seatng
ments so ample that there was little crowoihg VI u'
comfort. A., .,. hoe
the largest crowd with one exception that mas
aver witnessed a game In New-YoFk. ihere arc S0aV
Ing arrangements for about lo'ooo peop.e on"
were no vacant seats an hour before tne ssine a
n. rest of the crowd distributed over the ou'neio
ard formed human wall several oeep'
TN came WAS remarkable contest, being one OF the
,everest exhibitions seen In this CITY, Inc "aOS
on their second game of the day bnt II was Only alo'
a stubborniy contested battle OF eleven innings i"e
excitement was tremendous throughout but 1t became
-, 80 souna in the ninth inning. when the New
Workers tied the score and again in the eeVehh WHICH
the local players won the game ,
1no New.Yorrers played a superb game ana
h,uiant plays were so numerous that IL would require
almost unlimited space to describe ohe-iHi VI w
nhenomenal stops, throws and catches 'HaA0''
n,tohed a splendid game, as man should wtn ulc 10
m.habe snpport he received. Basset that ouie' ui'
".nrt.,,s handsome Young man at present covering
tb,rd hase for the local team did more than ms saie
70 win the game Glasscock and ORourAe also oiu
superbly. -. unwilling
IN accommodate the crowd The crush al uio ""o
hundred and. fifty -ffhst station after the game SUB
gests more entrances and more u0he'
More trains should also have been run 49,, l.,
M rms we've made on either side until tho thru III
ming Little Clarke seemed TO lose his cunning anu
Ceveands two runs largely due to MS ra'ier P
work The signals between pitcher ana caociler c.
ont Of year thinner would have struck ou', pu' e,-l
mufed the third strike and thinner got 10 nre'' nm
mer took second Gruber hit to sharrotp VINO uiie"
to pssset and thinner was apparently put ouf but Ie
ur,nire said . Not ont The crowd grumbed' pu. IL
ala M good McAleer then forced out Mmmer al 'ie
Mate Ciruher getting to third on the pay Aio-o
then stole to second Mexican hit siVunuer ~
second which both Richardson and Gisssooch .lieo io
The result was that the two players came tosetnef anu
LID over ON the ground while the ball rolled on out
a. centreded and both Gruber and MoAleer scored
In the next inning tho Giants got run anu 'u'
crowd grow enthusiastic. Herman was sent 10 nrs' vi
called balls and then made clever soeei "a 80"
hasa Common made pop-up hit back oil secono oaSo'
taking second on the throw in Herman making cfVer
saa MAY 10 attract the throw to the plate On uHss
oot,s lonp ay 70 centrefeh Herman scored ohourhe
and Rasset could not bring In Connor and tho inning
ended with the score at to In Clevelanos iaVoi.
Tho western men increased their lead with one more
,, ,r the axth inning, and but for great uiro" U,
o,porrke uonld have got more. Davis made hill anu
S,n.s vas sent TO first on called balls wild ptch
aavooced each runner a base. johnson sent ny 10
,f, Gold which ORourke caught and Davis was thrown
out a. the pate when he attempted to SCORE Onius
scored on Doyle's two-base hit 10 lefthen.
The score remained this way up TO the nlnth INNING,
when the Giants got two runs, ueng inc s'oio il'
.ra widest scene of excitement ever seen at New
yo-k hall came The onlookers acted as II they were
heeft Of reason and the game was stopped tor ie"
,n,nptas until the multitude had quieted down.
In this inning after Connor had been disposed oi
,-,osscoo hit sharply to short Mexican MADE clever
ston. Int threw the ball far over Virtues heau anu
c,asscock had reached third before THE ball coud DE
90, hack into the diamond. ORonrRe hit past thiro
hoe and Gssscock scored Bassett hit into the crown
a., ,esteeld for two bases, but the agile McAeer kep'
o,pourke ON third Clarke's sacrifice enabled ohourKe
TO score. o. h. 4,
The tenth inning was quickly passed over put III
,ha eleventh the New Workers batted the ball WIN Ell
soct and scoring three earned runs, won the game
Connor opened the inning rather inglorlousH W
t,r, ont hint Glasscock did better and hit safely 10
zoe, acid O,Rourke followed with a two-0ase MT 10
,on.een Bassett further endeared himself TO the
croua nv sending the ball spinning to cen
tuo.ea,d sending Glassoock and ORourke over the
-, after going to second on a wild throw by
ny,s passett scored twobase nit 10 leftnelu oy
sharrott The tabulated result follows;