The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-20
TIMELY HITTING DID IT.
McClOSEey'S Texas Steers Make a
Great Finish.

on Account Of the Ball Being
Wet-savannah Within 8 Points
of Being in Third Place.
The smallest crowd Of the season saw
Savannah defeat Montgomery yesterday
afternoon in game which was devoid of
interest until tho last half of the ninth
inning, when, with score of to 5 against
them and one out, the visitors made four
successive hits, which resulted in two
earned runs with two men on bases But
they only succeeded in giving the home
team a score, as one man went out at
first and another was caught within one
foot of home base. Had this run been
scored the game would probably have
been draw, as Shea was at
bat with two strikes on him. Nc
Closkey, who was on bases, made a
daring effort to score on a short passed
ball by Hurley but Quarles covered the
plate and Hurley fielded the ball quickly.
As Quarles touched the runner both men
fell and it was some time before they
could extricate themselves.
When Umpire McDermott called Nc
Closkey out there was loud and prolonged
cheering, and loud cries of "Hurleyv'
who had caught magnificent game.
Quarles, while he pitched fairly good
game, was not as effective against the
Texas Steers as he was against the New
Orleans team, but that is partly due to
the fact that his support was not as good
and the ball was wet and hard to handle.
Mr.. McGinty was also affected by the
wet ball, and, while he did very good
work, his support, especially in the first
inning, was anything but good
WEIGH of the visitors caught an excel
lent game and threw well TO bases He
made a great hit with the bleachers, and
each time he went to the bat he received
an ovation.
MANNING FIRST AT BAT.
The game opened with Manning at bat
He hunted the ball in front of the home
plate and beat it to first, and went to
second on McGinty's bad throw to first
McGarr reached first on Armstrong;
error, Manning going to third; McGarr
stole second; Klusman went to first on
balls. Burns came to bat with the bases
full, and hit to pitcher, forcing Manning
out at home. The bases were again filed,
with George at bat, who hit for single,
McGarr and Klusman scoring.
Hurley sacrificed, advancing Burns to
third and George 20 second; Nicho II sin
gled and both men scored. Nicholl re-
tired the side in an attempt to steal sec
ond. For the visitors Mccain reached
first on balls and went to third on Dona-
hue's single, Donahue stealing second.
Stewart singled, both men scoring. Stew
art was caught trying to steal second
Armstrong struck out; McCloskey
reached first on balls, but RAYMOND
ended the inning on hit to second and
out at first, leaving McCloskey on first.
Connaughton opened the second inning
with hit to pitcher and out at first;
Quarles surprised himself by knocking
out two-bagger to left center; Manning
went to first on balls; McGarr singled and
Quarles scored, Manning going to third
Mc(5arr went to second on, the throw to
the plate, Klusman struck out, Burns hit
for aSsingle, Manning and McGarr scor-
ing, George flied to second, leaving Burns
on first.
A RUN EACH.
The visitors also scored one in this
inning, Welch singled, and was advanced
to second on Shea's base on balls. Nc
Ginty singled and Welch scored, Mccain
flied to pitcher, who threw to first, doub-
ling up McGinty, and Donahue ended the
inning with a long fly TO short.
This ended the run getting till the
seventh, when the visitors scored two
more, making the score Z to in Savan-
nah's favor.
In this inning Savannah went out in
one. two, three order. Hurley went to
first on balls Nicholl forced Hurley at
second and was doubled up at first; Con-
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first.
For the visitors Mccain, for the third
time got his base on balls and went to
third on Donahue's single; Stewart came
to bat and hit TO third, McGarr fielding
the ball to the plate and would have
caught Mccain, but the ball struck the
umpire and bounded to the grand stand,
both Mccain and Stewart scoring. The
umpire sent them back to third and
second respectively, while Stewart re-
manned on first With the bases full and
no outs Armstrong attempted to bunt,
but Hurley by good piece of work got
the ball and covered the plate, forcing
McCann out then by a pretty throw to
first caught Armstrong, thus completing
a beautiful double play. McCloskey hita
hot one to short, which Connaughton al
lowed to pass him and Donahue and Stew
art scored Raymond forced McCloskey at
second and hit third, which was fielded
to Manning Both sides failed to score in
the eighth. Savannah had one man on
base, while two of the visitors reached
first, one being forced at second, while
the other was caught at third.
THE vIs1roRs' LUCKY NINTH.
In the ninth Klusman fouled to first.
Burns reached first on bah, but was
forced at second by George, who stole
second. Hurley hit to right for two
bases and George scored. Nicholl hit to
third, and Hurley was run down between
bases.
With the score to 3 against the visit
ors, the audience began to leave the
grounds, but they made Garrison finish
and came near winning.
Donahue flied to center; Stewart
singled, aud Armstrong, McCloskey
singled and Stewart scored. Raymond
hit for single and Armstrong scored;
WEIGH hit to pitcher and out at first Nc
Closkey was on third and Raymond on
second, with two men out and two men
on bases Montgomery only wanted one
run to tie and two to win. Shea came to
bat, and the first two balls pitched him
were strikes. The next was ball, and
Hurley allowed it to pass him. McClos-
key made dash for the plate, as did
Quarles. Hurley fielded the ball to
Quarles, who, in turning to touch Nc
Closkey tripped and fell on the runner,
blocking him about a foot from the base,
and put him out while lying on the
ground.
The official score tells the story:
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