The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-08
oRlOLHs' RECORD BBOkEN.
A Great Game In Baltimore Between the
Orioles and spiders.

BALTIMORE, MD. Sept. The series
Of games that will probably decide the
championship of 1896. began to-day ana
the leaders went down before the superb
work of Cugpy, who was I'm the box TOT
fine second placers Throughout the long
contest he was as steady as carthorse.
In three different innings hit would nave
changed defeat into victory hut the hali'-
moreans were unable 20 send the sphere
into safe territory.
Roth teams went into the air I'm the first
round. 4 three Dagger single ana
bunch of three errors gave the visitors
four runs while the champions tailed
twice on a hit batsman a two Dagger ana
two errors. The players steadied after the
first inning and many hair raising plays
were made by either side. Attendance
l0,010.
Score: IL. H. H..
Baltimore ........ 2OO0OOo1o- 3
Cleveland .......... 10000 oOO @ il
Batteries Mcmahon and Robinsoni Cup
Ply and thinner.
PHILADELPHIA. Q. -: LOUISVILLE. p ..
PHILADELPHIA. PA. Sept. 7.-Phila-
delphia and Louisville play ed morning
game to-day, IL being Labor Day IN Penn
sylvania. and the locals won by hard
hitting. 1t was the tenth consecutive
victory FOR Philadelphia. Cunningham
was hit freely in the first and third IN
nings. successive doubles being secured
in the former 10y Delehanty. Cross ana
THOMPSON. Orth pitched steadily for
the homo team. Weather threatening.
Attendance. li66.
Lucid pitched superb ball In the after
noon game while all three of LouisVille's
pitchers were readily found by the local
batsmen. The visitors felded rickety
while the work Of the Philiies was fast
and clean. Attendance 1871.
Score: Il. II. r.
Philadelphia Oo0Oe-9 IA .
Louisville ....... 000 ] 5000 Il b
Batteries. Orth and Clements; Cum
ningham and Warner.
Second Game) X H. T..
Philadelphia .....SS22 l-lS - ?
Louisville ........ ? 90 90 goo Il b
Batteries: Lucid and Clements; McDer-
mott. Gottingcr Holmes and Spies.
rlrlshuGG. .. 3. WASHINGTON. ?. 4.
PlT'rsBURG, PA, Sept. 7.-Pittsourg
won two close gamos from Washington
today. Fer sCmo reason there was no
regular umpire. and two local men OH
ciated. Charles Power local newspa-
per man umpircd the FIRST game, and his
close dcc.s.oLs generally favored the visit
ors. Despite the latter much fault was
found with him. and he was forced TO
remove Bend ivom the game for using
profs ne langu. &c.
In the second game Power refused 10
serve, and Ed Morris, the old-time pitch
er, was selected u umpire. His deci-
siOns on balls and strikes and on bases
were excellent. but the visitors complain
cd strongly against his insisting on the
game being played when II was so dark
they rOuld not see the bail Morris
really should have called the game be-
fore the NTH inning was finished. but
sent both teams along until the beginning
CT the ninth, when IL was almost TOO
dark 20 keep score. Pittsburg had almost
every man under contract In the game
iiawley driving in the winning runs III
the last half OF the eighth inning on MT
TO right field. which Abbey claimed he
could not find on account OF darkness.
Up 10 that time Washington was III
the lead. They looked Ike winners, too,
for Pittsburg had not been doing much
with Gilroy, who pitched good game
Washington had a man on first In their
half OF the ninth, when the game was
finally called-almost five hours OF bali
playing. The spectators on the bleach
cries made torches out OF newspapers
and lighted them. and the bail-park re-
sembled lawn festival.
Score. X. IL. r..
Pittsburg ...........0 000103x-5 6 8
Washington ........0 10000 o 0-y
Batteries: Foreman and Merritt: Mercer
and Mcclure.
Second game; r. II. n.
Pittsburg ...-..-.-...o eseolit-S