New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-02

.u enthusiasts were well satisfied
-, n.,ao,,.s last night, for the Giants and
-. e,., added a victory to their scores. ana
M ualllng and gnashing Of teeth VIII nave 10 pe
dore nv the followers OF the game III o'"e' '''','
Incidentally the Plratical ere" dt i"'s'"'e ma
,,ire1 its advantage in the race TOT lhe pe".,",''
,,t,o cleveland holds second place New-forH'
prookIvn and Baltimore are on even terms Ioi
~, ,,ooo and this tie will be broken to-day
rho homo OF the Brdegrooms out at Eastern
Park Yesterday presented bewiderins spectacie
~ animation and beauty, and the clup across the
river has never had more auspicious opening y,
re- baseball season The stands were decorated
u,fb flags bunting and club embems ana trophieS'
giving TO the Enclosure an extremely p'c'uieSa'.
nroor,rce Then Conterno's 9th Regiment Band
y, fairy nieces gave sorne excellent selections Oh
lively music and the players in handsome ne" UNI
forms and the well-kept grounds ana S'an's
nocled with an eager, expectant crowd completed
a sccne which acted like tonic on the players
and snurrod them on in their EFFORTS
The game was between the Brooklyn ana ba't'-
moro ,cams and the home nine won after
sunerbly contested battle. turning apparent delea'
into a victory at the eleventh hour. Inc ~"
spectators cast down In gloom as the hHth iv"'""
was begun over the probable defeat Of their 'aVoi-
i,es were hoisted into the realms Of bliss by sharp
basehits which cracked like rifle shots as inc
mighty bats of Gumbert. La Chance ana "''"'''
hit the ball and the game was won
The crowd wendell its way homeward with pr's"'
owes and happy faces and appctitcs whetted Tor
the thorough enJoymcnts IF the dinner TO come
Conierno was particularly fortunate in the se'e'
ton OF his musical programme. The selections "e'e
lively and tuncful ami " the cor, which makes II
lnoosslble FOR one with any melody In his SOU 10
keen his feet stil The men joined In ana "h's"ei'
and the pretty maids. and there were hunircns pres
emit hummel the airs gently in time win the Hu-
slcIans Con;crro kept his men busy De'"ec" .'c
,kAr. "a
moment from TO p. m. II was SORT OF con-
tlnuous performance. and those presen; appre-
ciatel II.
It Vas a splendid battle and while the brooklyn
men were unfortunate in their field Work at um's
they cvenel up matters by terrific Work Al '''' pi
oui-classlng the champions nearly TWO to one Inc
field work Of the men from Baltimore was OF INC
pherom.nal order dropped foul ~ by casey be
Ing their only error. Gumbert. however. vas thelr
stumbling block he was when he was p'che'
FOR the Plt,shurg club two years ago when the
Pirates generally made short work OF the orloieS
The double umpire system was tried ana gave
general satisfaction Some rough play vas inauige'
IN but it was rather OF the sort which adds zes'
70 a game. for Il was OF the kind which "nning
Indulge In. and not OF m" SORT wnicn IiJu.r
paycrs La Chances homc-run hi IN the hrst mn
ine sailed over the right field fence and II was one
OF the longest drives ever seen In Brooklyn, ,
IA 'hancc ana iumbert Oy their all-arouhi
WORK SO much % win the game for their team
peculiar play Nas made IN the mira inning hopih
~ a
or IN. ran Tor H. The hall glanced or Dalys ou,
siretchei palms anI Grinin grabbed IL before y
touched inc ground. MoGraw. Reitz ana paiy dii
soms superb nelf work while kcecr made capi'ai
running one hand catch In right field. which robbed
Trcdnay - a home run
HOW THE GAME WAS WON.
Tho homo team took the LEAD az the start, scor-
INK two runs IN the opening inning Ia Chance s
hii went over the right ned fence With Two out.
DAILY made 4 iwo-base hit. and scored on single
by Burns 1he home team scored once In the
afih on a hit by Muvey forces by Grim and Gum
bert ana a BIT by la Chance. one run was made
IN N. sixth On a hi, by DAILY and three-bagyer
rs Burns ny 10y Gumbcrt. force by Grim. n
stolen base an! a hit by Corcoran gave Brooklyn
on. more rin IN the seventh.
The home team the game IN the nlnth
IN capital sive WIKI one out and two runs 70
Win c;umbort hit safely and so dii Grimm. La
chance made a pretty drive - centre neld. scor-
,rg Gumb.rt and putting Griffin on third. cor
corau's -loN gr0under % third could not be got
I, the plat. IN time 10 catch Griffin and the game
The orioles dld most OF their batting and the
urookivus most OF their fumbling in the nith ana
eixih lnnings Ia the NTH the orioles scored twice
on a nj, by Reitz "A force by Jennings. a two-base
nj, by RoblnsOn iIemmines's out and Wild piich.
Tho champions made four more In the sixth on "a
ihre. base hit by Kelley. tWo-base hit BY BrOile
ana errors By Corcoran and Grim. The score.