Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-09
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Silence Reigns Supreme in the ScOr-
 CTS, Box and in Consequence New
 Haven Wins-Lally's Fine work in
 Center Field and Horner,s Statu-
 esque Poses in Left - Cudworth,s 4 mad Chase for Life Followed by .
 Huge Dog.
 There was nearly absolute silence in the press box at the Howard avenue grounds while the game of ball between the New Haven and Rochester clubs was in prog ress. Only once did ono of the irrepressi- ble scorers so far forget himself as to com mence to whistle one of the popular airs of the day, but upon remembering that Man ager Burnham had said that the whistling inclinations of the reporters at the games was probably the 'thoodoo' of the local team and caused them to lose games, he immediately ceased to whistle. After that one little break there was not the slightest sound of music or even an attempt at it to emanate from the reporters. Not only was stAnnie Laurie" dispensed with, hut even the sweet strains of ffPinafore" and the other less popular operas of the day were alike forsworn.
 The day was almost a perfect one for
 base bali, but probably owing to the coun, ter attraction of the bicycle races the at, tendance was meager, only about 600 spec. tators being present. The home team pu, a patched up team in the field, Somers playing third base and Horner chasing fouls in the left garden. These changes in the make up of the nine were rendered necessary by the continued inability oi Doyle to play and the fact that Wilson had split his finger during the practice yester- day morning.. Gilliland was in the box prepared to serve up hot balls te suit the tastes of the opposing batsmen and the "Adonis like" form of E. Harry Decker graced the receiving end of the battery. Horner did well all that he had to do in left field, which consisted in stop, ping one base hit, chasing six foul balls and posing in a most picturesque manner
 and looking as neat and 'natty'' as though
 he had just come out of band box. He was instrumental, however, in helping to secure several runs for the local team, his timely.
 The home team had the game we'll in
 hand up to the ninth inning, when Gilli- land let up considerably in his delivery, two bases on balls, two singles, hit by pitched ball, interspersed with an error, gave the visitors four runs and nearly lost the game for the home team.
 Handsome Dan LaiIy in center field was
 the hero of the day, and the way he eat up anything that came into his territory was a revelation to even his most ardent admirers. He retired eight men himself five of them on some of the most difficult catches ever seen on tho local grounds and was compelled each time to doG his hat in response to the tumultuous applause
 which greeted every play. He also lined out nice, three-bagger to right center fence.
 An amusing feature of the game occur rcd in the seventh inning. Cudworth made 2 single to center field on which Roberts made an error, allowing the ball to get by him. Cudworth seized the op- portunity thus afforded to scampe1 around to third base, while close st his heels ran 8 large dog which ran out from among the spectators and chased the handsome captain for all he was worth.
 Why the dog did it no one knows, but when the canine was asked at the conclu- sion of the game whether it was because he thought the captain was going to steal Ia basel or was running away, the intelli- gent animal refused to commit himself.
 The other features of the game were Cudworth's and Mooney's work with the stick and Pettee's, Sweeney's and Reitz's fielding. Umpire Connolly was decidedly off on several of his decisions yesterday, in each one of which the home team fared the worst.
 The same teams will play again this afternoon, when Horner and Decker will be in the points for the home team.
 The score tells the story of the game in detail: