The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-09
VICTORIOUS GIANTS.
The Temple Cup Series Speaks fer
the Integrity of the Game.
Four Straight Victories Meant & Loss
Of Many Thousands.
The Players VIII Each Net Aboui
$1,000 Extra Prize Money.

I to New Workers upon the signal triumph
| Of Nhc local team in the Temple cup
series. all lovers of the National game
, feel deep sense Of pride in the absolute
| integrity with which the games We're
! conducted. There could he no more
conclusive refutation of the sneers and
| innuendoes that the National League
games are not played fairly and honest
ly, than the four decisive, consecutive
victories that have been recorded dur
ing the last few days
Here was an occasion when thousands
OF dollars could have been drained from
the purses of the baseball fanatics, but
not player nor any official in any re-
spect connected with the sport thought
OF such thing.
After the first game in Baltimore
Clark. Doyle. Menkin and Westervelt
stood in group in the Eutaw House
corridor, and said, with the most in
tense earncstncss: Boys, we must win
the four games straight"
when an insi.,uation was made by a
bystander that one game might be drop
ped and the interest only increased there
by, Doyle's face was the picture of anger,
and he said hotly:
mo. SIR all that you could offer wont
tempt us to let down on these fellows,
b They've won the pennlnt in IL race in
which we were out of condition at the
start. but were going to show the pubic
that If this was the middle OF the season
We could beat these champions out OF
Yes" said Meekin and Clark. hotly,
we're going to take our bats and drive
these fellows into the ground.
The last game Of the series proves
how honest and earnest these feelings
we're capt. Ward said early ,yesterr.,
day afternoon to The Evening World
! continuously for a month: Il wish !
could work up the confidence you all
have" Then smiling, he continued ::
probably I'm too young in the bust
ness-or," and he looked significantly at
the diamond and his face assumed an
expression of sadness and regret-"or
! too long"
1t may be that the veterans last
game was played yesterday, provided
he can make satisfactory arrangements
10 enter a law Arm and read Black
| Doyle and others Of the team have cX-
pressed a strong hope that he will not
retire. When the story of his retire
ment was first preached these two play
ers, perhaps the hardest workers on
the team, said simultaneously to The
Evening World' correspondent while en-
route to Cleveland: I'VE all want to see
Cap on the bag next year
At this time there We're all sorts Of
rumors that Chllds or Mexican, OF Cleve-
| land, was about to be secured to cover
cinnati, Treasurer Lloyd OF the Red
Stockings, asked whether the New
lorks had come to make n deal for
Latham or McPhee. Though the sum
maries do not always show it, the cap
tain-manager OF the New Yorks worked
hard and consistently for his teams
success. and his absence. next year
would leave vacant spot in the hearts
of many patron of the game both here
and or the League circuit.
The TemPple Cup series snded in 6la Az,
fire as at Baltimore in honor OF the
orioles but the vocal pyrotechncs were
lurid and vocferous. The three previous
games, were close enough to suit the
most fastldious; but yesterday the New
Yorks shovel what they coun do with
their bats. Practically, both Gleason and
darkness alone preventing an indefinite
number of runs being hatted out in
the eighth inning.
Just as when ;he League season closed
| NJ the Polo Grounds, Sept. &, with the
| third straight victory over nittsburg and
the Giants in second place, the crowd
yesterday, surged up to the dressing
last New York player had put on street
attire and left the grounds. Az fast as
one appeared ON the clubhouse balcony
colloquy; Who's all right" Ward
Murphy" wan lIaltren," Doyle" was
shouted az the case might be.
sSS nSt Of we Ssan "a" Playing ii wa s
in this demonstration, for not man on
the New York team has Intentionally
injured a player. this, whole season.
That clean ball'' paid was shown by
the average attained by the local team,
viz, dG.7 per cent or exactly the per
ccntage by which Boston landed the
The hearty reception given to Capt.
Robinson, OF the Baltimores, during and