New-York tribune., 1894-04-20
GIANTS BEGIN BADLY.
LOSE THE OPENING GAME IN THE
~" MONUMENTAL CITY.
WELCOME THE VISITORS FROM GOTHAM
80, FIFTEEN THOUSAND PEOPLE SEE
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THE HOME TEAM TRIUMPH.
fsy rrrronArn TO THE rnrBvyEl
,o-a April le.-Baltimore is happy town
pa pa, and the delega tion of New-Yorkers who
V"e AVN here TO witness the Giants and the
ca' onen the championship season to-day
o",,, the most dismal, doefGl mortals the
one, the earth. The New-York and Baltimore
ne met to-day before the largest concourse Of
N' .,s ever seen at baseball game in Maryland.
pe's o,a,,s were beaten. and beaten fairly. The
lne today achieved by the Orioles is not the
W. W. o,e the orioles will win from New-York this
o' o.n nroviding Hanon's continue to play
~. form shown this afternoon. IT
ssasoned team against team which is not
@,nd,,ion. and the result ought TO have been ex-
", The Giants were doggy" and slow at times.
20 the n-effecs OF the recent cold weather IN
.york where Ward and his men were snow
-. a, the Polo Grounds for week. The Balti-
rlavers were as spry and energetic lot
naskv colts Their work illustrated the good
.,s ~ the teams three-weeks' tour OF the South
e.,on,h hence the comparisons will be happier for
yew-York
,.,Iroore put on her gayest attire to-day in
-, Of the opening OF the baseball season. Pub
~ "a nriyate buildings gayly decorated with
-. a,d hunting. and the streets were throngel
-s, neople all faced toward the background. The
v.u.york delegation headquarters were at the Eu-
..v House and In front of the hotel was jam
:, ,aone all morning The street resembled the
.,orouehfare in Springfield last fall in front of
~. Nassasot House just previous to the Yale-Har-
"a football game At l:3O p. m. about forty
-, carriages were driven up in front OF the Eu-
~ and the two teams the New-York officials and
.wsnnper men and the local public officials jumped
a, Headed by a band OF music. the procession
,.,,ed for the grounds The line of march had
hsan published and the sidewalks and streets were
,.nmed with people from tbs hotel TO the grounds
distance OF about three miles. The windows and
Gems OF the houses were also full OF people. and
n.nv a hearty cheer went up the baseball heroes
.nd baseball worshippers drove by.
A, the grounds the widest confusion regned.
Three hours before the game started fully 2Vo
,eople we're present. At this time leaden clouds
,urr low In the sky, and the outlook for game
.ssrpsd dubious Still the crowd continued to pour
in and a light rain about o'clock had no erect
mon the people The seating capacity Of the
sounds IS 5000 and this time every seat was
AIKEN and no more tickets sold to the stands.
The overflow poured into the outheid. and the
"a nojcemen had their hands full. The crowd
nushed against the ropes, and II looked as II the
n.cket-fence would be carried out upon the
diamond The actual attendance was 1906 and
70, the utmost good order prevailed. The crowd
Yelled and cheered, &nd the grandstand trembled
IKE a leaf in the autumn when the excitement
r,s AZ It's highest pitch. 1t seemed II the stand
faces particularly in the upper tier Inc stanIs
were safe however, but TO make assurance douDly
sure the local building inspectors had examined lhe
sand carefully before the gates were thrown open
TIE New-York delegation occupied seats IN the
IN wing of the granGstand and they rooted for the
Giants as only Polo Ground enthusiasts can. some
Of them supplied with tin horns and al a haa
their baseball yell In good tune. After the nltn
s-nine however the New-Yorkers became qulet
and subdued. for careful observer could not IA Ial
Giants seemed TO lack that snap and dash whlch
goes with a thoroughly trained athete Wo.k
They NAV do better tomorrow when the batteries
are Shanged Westervelt and Muane may be the
pitchers 49,. l., -,
the work OF the latter being particularly erratc
especially in the early part Of the game Rusie was s
the same pitching wonder as OF old except IN tne
fifth and eighth innings when his curves YES Wsr Nan
Haltren made some clever plays. On account OF the
crowd ground rules were made, and me- INTO the
crowd counted for only two bases. Inc game hau
not proceeded far before was seen that she nd
sbst IL the game was to be lost u wouia pe
1rne IN the field. The Mayor Of the city. al the
rshc officials and the leaders or me soclai anu
hustness worlds OF Maryland were present. All the
nrsGy girls in Baltimore were there. and the Orioe
beauties fairly dazzled the eye ana intoxicated me
senses The Baltimore team scored two runs IN me
third inning on a base on balls. errors by tarreIi
and Connor and passed ball. Hits by Reitz ana
Brod4 a two-base hit by Brouthers, ana a base
on pals gave them three rms In the htth. IN tne
eighth hits BY Robinson aud McGraw ana two-pag-
gers hy K aler and BrOuthers gave the nome play
ers n -ee more New-York scored one run IN the
ffh on h.t by Tiernan. a VI throw by Rooinson
and outs BY Davis and Burke. They made TWO
more in the elghth on hits BY Murphy and Davis, a
force b. Ward and a base on balls. Following Is
the ful. score.