The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-03
BASEBALL CHAT.

What was 1t that dropped up in Man
hattanville yesterday? And what Is It
that to-day clouds the fair Eastern skies
| OF classic Roxbury, Mass, the birthplace
OF John L. Sullivan and the habitat OF
the once mighty baseball club which the
noted trlumvlrs condt0 on strictly
Down-E East, thrifty principles? The CO.
! lossal pride of the Bostonese took a fall,
and II was the drop in Harlem yesterday
that reverberates throughout the base
| ball world to-day. Not one victory In
three games could the top-lofty leaders
prance away with, and, thanks to one
Emslle. the Bostons just saved their
bacon and stood the now mighty Giants
off In the last game 10 to l3.
| There have been games OF ball that
have caused fractured larynxes. bleached
mems hair and transformed sedate and
solid business men into a band OF yelp-
! Ing FLUTES; but that game of yesterday,
| pulled up. first by passing Boston In the
NTH inning and then twice tying the
score, until Emslie called game on ac-
count Of darkness, made 1000 spectators
conduct themselves like der ons, maniacs
or anything else that stand for utter ir-
| responsibility.
Workers. feel better. We in New York
slept peacefully; they IN Boston walked
the floor all night: That's the differ
told and retold. 1t should have fallen to
the New Yorks, who outplayed and out
batted the Bostons. but Emsie was In
gave them run, sure, when he de-
| clRred SWEETS safe at the plate on his
home run 81 in the, eighth inning: As
a thoroughly impartial observer of the
game said to-day: why, man on the
planet Mars could have seen Stivetts
out. and I'm not sure but that keen
| observer on that planet was signalling
that fact. which accounts for the, little
disturbance in our neighbours realm"
Changes were frequent throughout
the game. and both captains were on
tender. hooks; Capt. Ward was e EN-
man, but the wisdom of his supplant-
Ing Westervelt by Rusie was not borne
out by the results. Only two hits were
he pitched, and he cracked out two hits.
one a double, which scored two runs,
and he made two runs himself. II
4"n;ed not that Prs'y sSSd TGa let is in m
speed. so much IN truth, that Wilson,
who was probably not at his best be-
hind the bat, couldn't hold him. John
Ward however. patted Westerveit on
the back. told him he was all right, but
he needed him In to-day.s games WITH ~
Tot" Murphy was :he lad for you.
Tiernan's stomach was upset. and he
couldn't play. The Tot" was put in,
the little fellow will be kept in the
field until some good reason presents IT.
self why he shouldn't. He covered right
as 1t hasn't been covered before this
He'll very much do, will the Tot, In Tier
mans place.
Maybe the champions weren't ratified.
n al has, arH Vol
Haltren and Murphy chasseyed back
and forth between the. bases in the
fifth. while Nash. and all the infielders
kept mailing the ball to and fro between en-
first, In vain effort to nab even one
of the daring Saserunners.
westervelt was quietly tipped" by Stiv-
etts Yesterday that he could play In Bos-
to leave New York, but he hasn't pitched
twrler needs plenty OF work: Why not
the limit. and II he then falls everybody
Will see 1t.
Brooklyn is the next mark for the
Giants. There are five games to be
when the New Yorks leave for washing.
ton and Baltimore. Two games are
played to-day in Brooklyn. two in New
York Tomorrow and one again In New
York Monday.
Carroll and George who received ad-
vance money from Detroit before the
opening Of the season and refused to
refund It when they were afterwards as
signed to Grand Rapids, were suspended
yesterday by the Western League pend
ing a repayment of the sums.
That tie game yesterday will be played
of probably Aug. 81. Treasurer Talcott
says that Is most convenient time
for the Giants, who have an open date
would be acceptable to the Bostons.