The evening world., 1894-08-06
BASEBALL CHAT.

How fortunate 1t was that the Sabbath
interviewed after that de.icious.y exciting
game on the Polo Grounds Saturday,
when the Giants, who apparently hadn't
chance on earth, skipped into the game
In the last inning and ran away with It.
Throbbing brows and palpltating hearts
were soothed and rested. and now all
are In position to look back already
| over 1t all and say " wasn't 1t wonder
ful?'
Verify 1t was a marvellous contest, the
like OF which hasn't been seen In this
city In years and years. Even to-day, "A
memory OF forty-eight hours as the game
Is, there are thousands still ecstatically
repeating Tor the "umpth' time how
Johnny Ward batted in the two runs that
tied the score and how Van Haitren sent
the Cap over the plate and won the
game. Two men out and two strikes on
the man up. too, mind you. when those
TOUR runs that won the game were piled
In, In the ever increasing darkness. The
fact Is, that the past week at the Polo
experienced there by the ball cranks. The
three games with Boston. and the second
game with Brooklyn Saturday. furnished
more .,, baseball so to The square inch than
DRY s,ro, OF the Oldest rooter In the
doubts now that New York Isn't base
ball mad. II is bound to be worse, too,
for the Giants have mighty good
chance to skin away with the penriant.
Laugh az that II you will. but ten days
nenGe VIII ,h come pretty close to demon
being calculated. squaiiy times are
ahead OF the Giants. To-day at the
Brood iyn. The Giants have won seven
In eleven games. 1t looks easy for
eight in twelve. Tomorrow the New
nstos w play tn, the s Senators in Wash,
faculty of beating the Bostons occa-
sionally, our boys, will be obliged to get
IN In the game and stay there all the
| Senators have managed to win one
game in nine played with New York, so
1t isn't too much to expect that we get
away Wy with an, two IN this series OF three
the stiffest contract that faces the New
Yorks In four weeks. With the games
p priytss on 9n,. their own grounds, the
very often. Not so often. In fact AS
they did right here In New York--three
straight-but the Giants will be forced
to play the limit to get away with
| two games
The grand stand OF the Chicago Club,
| in West Side Park, Chicago. was de-
| stroyed by fire during the Chlcago-Cin-
| y
| In the last half OF the sixth inning, when
the game stood to In favor of the Chi
cagoes. or course the game was stopped.
1t is reported that large number OF
spectators were severely injured by
being caught by barbed wire fence
erected to prevent spectators from en-
Club has grounds at Thlrty-ffth street
| and Wentworth avenue, and games will
be played there for the present. The
loss to the Club was sl2. 900. This il the
| "a hal Hal
in progress, And had il not s1 been T for
the vigilance of Carpenter Parker, OF
there might have been story to write
of the burning OF the grand stand i'm
New fork's ball park. But the New
precautions. and regular patrol sys.
tenn Is In vogue beneath the grand stand
and other parts Of the field through
out each game.
Umpire Hoaeland is not Indifferent to
criticism. nor ia he particularly sensi.
tive, hut h. thinks 1t real rude on the
part of some spectators to persist In
shouting to him. Come now, Lizzie
watch the ball: watch ~
Oh, how glad everybody will be to see
"Gentleman George ,Davis). the King OF
the Life-Savers,, IT. his old place al third
to-day. Duke" Charley Farrell Is hot
he lives, but third base is the place for
Davis.
Didn't Park Wilson improve in hi,
| throwing to second after several Brook.
lyns raced down tnere so audaclously
| Then how the Grooms stuck to first
when Wilson threw two or three OF their
out in succeseion They We're getting
too gay with Wilson.
What lot OF little tricks and kick,
Gritflu, OF the Brooklyns INDUCES i'm
All his violent objections and holdInl
up of the second game were for the sim
pie object OF permitting Stein to pAii
breathing power and strength when h,
saw the Giants were again rapping hin
freely.
Here are the Attest percentages TODAY
including yesterdays Western games: