The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-19
SEASON IS OPENED
: NATIONAL LEAGUE CLUBS BEGIN
THE SUMMERS WORK.

Solemn Ouakers--Giants Smitten by the
Parsons--LouisyIIle Defeats Pittsburg--
Pyrotechnical Game at Cincinnati
Browns are Worsted--Scores.
Baltimore, April 1S-Fourteen thous-
and people saw Philadelphia win the
opening game from Baltimore today
by a magnificent batting streak in the
last inning. Both sides played fast
ball, but the Quakers batted more eff
fectively, earning all their runs. BaIti-
more scored one run in the third inning
On McGraw's single. Keeler's force hit
and single by Kelly after SuIlivan's
error Five runs were added in the
fourth. Brodit singled and Reitz hit
into the crowd for two bases, as did
Jennings and Robinson. Boyles' error
allowed Esper to reach first base, and
Keeler's double, Kelly's single and
Brouther's out to right, gave the cham
pions a lead of six runs. After this
they failed to find Taylor for more
runs. Esper was invincible up to the
eighth inning when singles by Glenn
ents, Taylor and Hamilton and sacri-
flee by Cross, scored their first two
runs. In the ninth inning Mailman
and Sullivan made singles, Clements a
double, Taylor a single, Hamilton
two Dagger and Delehanty single
This fusilade Melted five runs and the
game. Score:
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Philadelphia % 0000oo2 81 1s p
Baltimore 20 o 0 o 0-S 9 !
Earned runs-Philadelphia, Z; Balti-
more, ,. Two-base hits-Sullivan. Ham
ilton, Clements, Reitz, Jennings, =; Kee
Ter, Robinson. Sacrifice hits-Cross, |
Taylor, Jennings. Stolen bases-KelIy, |
Reitz, Robinson, Thompson, Taylor. |
Struck out-By Taylor. 3. Bases on |
balls-Off Taylor 2, off Esper 2. Double /
plays-Reitz to Jennings to Brouthers. |
Time As. Umpires-Murray and Camp |
bell.
Batteries: PhiIadelphfa-Clem
and Taylor; Baltimore-Robinson and /
Esper.
Case of David and Goliath.
New York. April 1S-The opening |
championship game of baseball at the !
Polo grounds was played. There were |
20.OO0 people present Mayor Strong !
threw new BAN from the upper tier
of the grand stand to Umpire Lynch
and when the word came to play ball |
the season of 1895 was formally opened
Rousie and Kennedy were the opppos-
ing pitchers, and although both did well.
Kennedy outshone his famous rival
Staffords error in the 9TH inning gave
the visitors three runs and incidentally
the game. Again with three men On
first and third bases, Farrell threw to
him to catch the runner going to sec
end. Stafford held onto the ball, never
making move to return the bah TO the
plate. This forgetfulness gave the Wis
itors another run. Score:
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Brooklyn .....2 01oO031 10 IL 3
New York. 0O2002 II
Earned runs-Brooklyn, .; New York,
]. First base by errors-Brooklyn, 3.
Left on bases-Brooklyn. 10; New York
t. First base on balls-Off Kennedy, 6;
off Rousie, 4. Struk out-By Kennedy,
j; by Rousie. ;. Two base hits-Griffin. |
Fouts, Davis, Doyle. Stolen bases
Treadway, Shindle. Corcoran, 9; Farrell.
Double piays-Griffin, DAILY and Shindie.
Time, Eli. Umpire-Lynch.
Batteries: Brooklyn-Grim and Ken
nedy; New York-F'arrell and Rousie
Coloneis Make Good Start.
Louisville, Ky, April 1S-With the
weather all that could be desired and a
crowd numbering 5000 people, the OPEN
ing Of the baseball season here today
was a successful one. 1t looked strange
to see Fritz Pfeffer on the initial bag,
but he plays it all right and will be
kept there for the present at least |
Inks pitched a good game and kept the
Pirates seven hits well scattered Shu-
CARTS home run drive in the fifth inn
ing with two men out set the crowd
wild The sixth inning was a disaS-
trous one for Pittsburg and Killen gave
way TO Hart, who did much better.
With three men on bases and no one out
Sweeney, who had struck out the first
time he was at the bat, raped out a
corking single to right and two men
crossed the plate. Pfeffer repeated
civ two 10, 4 |
when the inning had ended the Colonies
had made six scores. Score:
Louisville IL 0oo26 oil s 5
Pittsburg 30 o 90 ! % % 3
Earned runs-Louisville, .. Three !,
base hits-Shugart. Home run-Shu-
CART. Stolen bases-PreSton, Pfeffer. ,
OBrien. Sweeney. Reckley. Double :
plays-StenZeIl and Cross. First base
m balls-of Inks. ,: off Killen, 10: off
Hart, :. Hit by pitched balls-Welch.
Hatfield, Cross, Smith, Beckley. Struck
out-By Inks. 10; by Killen, 3: by Hart.
]. Passed balis-Welch Time 2.27 A.,
Umpire-ArcDonaId
Batteries: Louisville-Welch and | :
Lake; Observation-Disclosures, Killen and !
Hart.
Cincinnati Game has Features
Cincinnati, April 1S,-The baseball
season opened in Cincinnati before the
biggest crowd ever assembled inside =
the ball park here. More than IL 600
people Swarmed over the lot The ,
weather was a trifie chilly. The Reds
ha,tted hard from the start Sulliyan's
two bases on balls each cost run and
a brace of errors by Mexican and Nc
Carr gave one more to the Reds The
rest Were earned by hard batting Up !
10 the sixth inning Cleveland made but Z
one single off Dwyer. In the sixth five +
hits scored them three runs and in the I
seventh two more made Dryers place | !
too hot TO hold. e gave way to Par ,
rot. who was hammered from the start. |
Feeble batting with two men on bases
and nobody out, and a magnificent !
double play by PARROT. Ewia and Nc l
Phee. wound up the game. giving Gin T
cinnati the victory by a bare margin of T
one run. 2
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Cincinnati ........1 0 / 5 oil s-I0I4
Cleveland ....--.1 0 0 0 5 3 1-e IS 3
Earned runs-Cincinnati. I: Cleveland /.
4 Base hits-Dwyer. Holiday, Q. Te- .
beau. Sullivan, thinner. Stolen bases b
McPhee. Ewing, Miller, >; Hoy. Nc
kean. McAleer. Double plays-Hov | \
Merritt, Latham, Smith, McPhee. Par
;ott. Ewing. McPhee. First base on
oalls-By Dwyer. ,; by Sullivan.
Passed balls-Zimmer Wild pitches-l
Dwyer. Time. 2:05 Umpire-Emslie. 5,
Batteries: Observation-Disclosures Par T
root and Dwyer; Cleveiand-Zimmer n
and Sullivan :. =,
Victory for the Packers q
St Louis, April 1S.-Under a bright u
Sky and in the presence OF thousands x