Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-31
TWO CLOSE CONTESTS.

"AsA SyIdCuse 1eSterO0ys "1nn1nS 2
 the Morning and Losing the After
 noon Game-Both Games Replete
 With Brilliant Plays-How the
 "Stars'' Won the Afternoon Game
 Six Thousand Persons on the
 Grounds - Scores of All Games
 Played-Notes.
 The Syracuse ''Stsrs" finally succeeded yesterday afternoon in winning one game out of three from the coming champions of the Eastern league. The victors did not have much room to spare, the final score standing: Syracuse 1, New Haven o. The game was as pretty an exhibition of
 ball playing as has ever been seen on the local grounds and was thoroughly enjoyed
 by the 5000 or more enthusiasts who were present at the game. The contest was re- plete with pretty plays on bot h sides and the playing of each team was literally ap- plauded.
 The crowd was one of the largest ever seen on the local grounds and gave the packers of the home team the most posi- tive kind of assurance that the familiar song of the croakers, Baseball is dead in New Haven," was but the wild fancyinps of disordered brain. The grand stand was completely packed, so much so in fact that it was impossible to crowd another soul into it. Among the spectators were several hundred ladies, who, with their beautiful and vari-colored dresses and rib bons, made beautiful and entrancine pic- ture and one which forcibly reminded one of the appearance of the Yale field on the occasion of 8 championship game between those old rivals, Yale and Harvard. The grand stand was SO crowded yesterday that several of the stockholders were content to witness the game from the roof of the grand stand and glad to be able to find even the meager accommodations that the roof afforded.
 The game itself was one of those which wag has justly christened Ia heart dis ease contest" meaning thereby to infer that the excitement consequent upon the closeness of the score was almost sufficient to render the spectators liable to palpita- tion of the heart. At no time did either club have "cinch" on the game, and not until the last man had been retired in the last inning was it safe to even attempt to predict the winner. Pretty plays were made in abundance, and the fielding was as near perfect as it could possibly be. The batting on both sides was very lieht. but the Syracuse men managed to hit the ball when hits were needed, and in conse- quence succeeded in scoring the only run of the game. The game was also note worthy from the fact that it was one of the shortest games on record, the actual playing time being only one hour and nine minutes.
 Promptly at 4 o'clock Umpire O'Brien. Captain Shannon and Captain Faatz walked to the plate and after a few mo. ments' conversation decided that a hit into the crowd, which, by this time, complete ly surrounded the diamond on all sides. should be good only for two bases. This done, the lean, lank Jay Faatz called out to his men "all ready, boys," and the Salt City exponents of the art of playing base pal took the field. By this time Captain Shannon had picked up bat which, to his eyes, seemed to be just about right, and was standing at the plate waiting for Coughlin to give him chance to hit the ball. Finally ball came over the plate which seemed to suit the captains fastid. ious taste and, meeting it with his bat, the ball whistled down toward Miller, while Shannon eambolied on toward first Miller squeezed the ball. how sner sns nn ta the 9ints his good right of the base. Handsome Jim ponneiy then came l9ss out toward center field. Urq1hart, with his No 10 gloves, was standing out there, however, and and tbs for ms the ball thu thud and Donnelly walked back to the bench. anafan' hape she to next sf man gp was base on gift of four Bad be1ls by a1m,y was man on first base, and the great tbs aeEe aeT
 Sandy Gr1 fo. was ., standing at the plate ,houted an enthusiass from the bieac6srg
 miled as if to say "An right, all right. bnt 9ssld d5ss ssss 6ss run soWn @s1oss ss shs ans ass" a1s so So4R nd the side were For Syracuse Chicken" W.. which ma mmn nc hooked that player of his feet but he -'anaged ) field it to Flanagan in season and Wolf to- ack seat Old 'Rip Van Winkle," alias Jos as T retired in exactly the same % manner his his enial side partner had been. By this time Gal ope" Miller decided that something must be ut one of Heinrich Gruber's most tempting nrves and lined it down over second base for a Ink captain of the Syracuse wonders then it @ field S % on which Miller was foolish enough to y to score, forgetting that Blansf1eld, the won arden. The latter smiling to himself at Mil ,r'e temerity picked up the ball and lined it in ) the plate, cutting the runner of by at least oU. lost stentorian tones, which were not very sten- brian after all, and thus perished the hopes of he Syracuse men for scoring a run in this inn The local team then came in from the field and whispered one to another, "Now let's get in the l ame." All the players mutually agreed to do | O. and Beecher with his little bat walked up to | he plate. Pretty soon nice one came across he center of the plate, with which Ed connected, rom among the crowd in deep center field the imble right fielder of the home team 1as pulling and blowing on second ase. His stay, however, was but brief. 'oughln, full of righteous indignation t Beecher for being so presumptuous as to hit ] he ball so hard. kept his eagle eye fixed on him, nd finding him playing considerable distance l fl the base, threw the ball down to Macdonald nd Beecher walked in to the bench, This dis e immediately proceeded to fan out in the most racefu manner possible. Blansfield then came p, but the best he could do for his country's ood was to hit an easy one to Miller who | romptly flelded it to "Jay," and the local team l rotted out into the field.
 It was now ttRed" MacDonald's turn to tempt lte for the Syracuse Stars" Whether "Hein- l [ch" Gruber was dazzled with the brilliant red ess of Macs locks or not will perhaps never be i'm to- lose his grip on the ball, and soon the Stars' ]" second baseman was nursing . big rulse on his arm, where the ball hit him. Urqu- art followed with . sacrifice hit, on which "Redn ent to second, ,Urquhart being retired harmon Flanagan. Myers, he Of the curly black mus Iche, ambled nimbly up to the plate and when } got . ball such as he wanted he lined 1t down Flanagan, and Morrissey'1 successor promptly the neg mo tne ..SsSss gnce more toek