The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-05
BATTLES WITH BALL AND BAT.
brooklyn Loses An Exciting Two to
One Game at Chicago.

Chicago. May 1.-THE home team won
one Of the most exciting games ever seen
on the local grounds this afternoon. Stein.
who was ln the box for the Brooklyns. was
invincible up 10 the ninth inning. when
Lange hit safely and Ryan was safe on
a hunt TRULY drew a base on balls and
amid the greatest excitement ever seen
here. Arson raped out a safe line hit TO
right and the winning runs went over the
plate. The visitors got their only run IN
the fourth inning on hit Of a batter by
the pitcher, and safe hits by COrcoran and
Snindle. Sensational plays were the order
OF every inning. Attendance. 300. The
R.H.E.
Brooklyn % 0 0 0 o 0 0 o. 6 ,
Batteries-Grifhith and Kittredge; Stein
and Grim.
Montgomery Ala. May Montgomery
and Atlanta opened the series here to-day.
Neither pitcher was hit TO any extent,
but Norton was wild. hitting two men
with the ball and forcing in "A run by Civ
ing base on balls when the bases were
tulL The score:
Montgom. % 0 ? o01 ? % ?
Atlanta 40 o o 0 OIL s
Eatteries-Keum and Kehoe; Norton
and Fields. Umpire. Clarke.
Louisville. Ky, May 4-The tail-enders
played here to-day and New York won an
easy victory. lausen was knocked out Of
the box In the third inning Louisville
ielded miserably and could not hit Nee
Kin TO ADVANTAGE. O'Br.ens right fore
finger was broken by a thrown ball in the
eighth Attendance. CO. The score:
J5:o lou VILE, 20 9599S $,5ii :
Batteries-Ciausen. Werner and NIcDer-
mott; Meekin and Farrell.
D., ). McClosky has been relieved Of the
q "a
club. Capt. John O'Brien will have charge
until new manager is secured.
Cincinnati. May 4-The locals won to-
days game in the first inning, when with
two men out, they struck batting streak
and before the fusilade was over had
piled up six runs. Red" Ehret pitched
great game, allowing but six hits, two
OF which were of the scratch order
Smiths work at short was the feature
Attendance 5000. The score: R.H +
B Bosi6n ..... 10 $685. IS e /
Batteries-Ehret and Vaughn; Nichils
and Ryan.
St. Louis. May 4.-To-day's close game
went to the Quakers only when the last
man retired. Both pitchers d.d good
work. Mailman was injured in the sew
enth inning and IIulen succeeded him.
Attendance 1000. The score: R.H.E
P6nadei6hia 9 o o ! a II 3
Observation-Disclosures and Mcfarland.
Ortiz and Grady.
Pittsburg, Pa. May 4.-Hawley practi-
cally lost his own game to-day. being very
wild in the early stages. and eventually
giving the champions their first four runs
e Baltimore won in the eleventh inning, but
should not have BEEN allowed TO score, as
Jennings was fairly struck out. Lynch
who was busy a second base, did not al
low the claim, and then Jennings singled,
sending in the winning run Attendance
fC0C. The score:
Pittsburg ........OOOOO2 O2OOO4 o 8
Baltimore .......O 0111O1OO0 Is 13 0
Batteries-Hawley and Merritt; Esper
and Robinson.
Birmingham, Ala. May 4.-The prettiest
game of ball ever witnessed in this city
was the eleven inning game of this after
noon. and 1t should not have ended there,
but bad luck followed the home team and
with two men out and two on bases Full
Ter dropped pop fly and Knox crossed
R.HE.
Birmingham OOOOOO-S
New Orleans 30 0001 IL 10
Batteries-Sparks and Rappold; Sechrist
and Gonding.
Columbus Ga. May 4.-Columbus lost
to Mobile here to-day in a very close ana
exciting game. The score was a tie in
the ninth, when the visitors batted out a
run. The score:
Columbus 80 0 0 0 81 % <
Mobile ......,..3 0 0 10 II
Batteries-Hunt. Daniels and Dobeins:
Schmidt and Lohbeck.