The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-04
NEW yoPK Q. WASHINGTON. O.

! sore band OF rooters who left the srounos
after today's game. There were out -V9
4 of them. The field was very wet ana tAe
| cold weather threatened rain, when hhai-
| ly came, but not before Umpire Lynch hau
| r;ghtfully forfeited the game TO New Aorh.
! Mercer, who is considered wead IN the Wet,
was pounded for seven runs IN the second
/ inning When it became apparent thal The
Giants had a good lead, the Senators en-
! deavored to prolong the game SO that the
| rain would become so heavy that nve IN
ming could not be finished. This was done
/ in such a clumsy manner that Umpire
Lynch forfeited the game. The game was
terminated with only two men out in the
last inning. Attendance 200. Score:
RH E
Washington ..,...............0 90 % / 5
New York .......-............17 Is 0
Batteries: Observation-Disclosures Swain
and Farrell; New York-Seymour and War
ner. Earned runs-New York, 8. Two base
hits-Davis, VanHaltren, ". Clarke. Three
basehitslGleason. Double plays-Selbach
to o;Brien. First base on baiis-on Mercer
g. Hit by pitched ball-Seymour. Struck
out-By Swain. /; by Seymour, 3. Wild
p:tch-Mercer. Urnp,re-Lynch.
CLEVELAND, 6; CINCINNATI. ?.
Cleveland. O.. May 3.-Cleveland put up
an almost faultless game, despite the fact
that Childs and McAleer were disabled and
could not play. Young pitched ball that
the Reds could not hit. Both teams field
ed finely. Sockalexis found in Brietenstein
pitcher he could not hit. Tebeau on sec
ond, O'Connor on first and Blake in GEN.
ter appeared to be thoroughly at home. At
tendance 400. Score:
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Cleveland ..........2 1oOo2o1'-6 10 l
Cincinnati .............0 O00002O0-2 I
Batteries: Clevelsnd-Young and Zlm-
ner; acknowledgements and Pietz.
Earned runs0Cleveland, l. First base on
balls-Of Young. 8; off Breitenstein, I.
Struck out-By Young, 2; by Brietenstein,
2. Three Observation-Disclosures Two base
fits-Young, Wallace Sacrifice hits-W al
lace. Young Stolen bases-McGean, 2; o.
Conner, .; Sockalixes. Umpire-McDonald.
BALTIMORE, 3; BROOKLYN, 3.
Brooklyn, n. Y, May 3-The regular sea
son was opened IN Brooklyn this afternoon.
After the usual ceremonies, the Baltimores
took the bat and for five innings could not
make hit off Payne. the left-handed twirl
er. The score was tied at the end of the
ninth inning, and two more were played
making ii decisive. At the end of the
eleventh inning the game was called on ac-
count of darkness. The Brooklyns had lit
tie difficulty in solving the speed of Cor
bett The grounds were in very bad con-
dition, and the game started IN the rain.
Attendance $500. Score:
Brooklyn ........O 0OO1O2oo o313
Baltimore ........0 0 00020 000-3 IT
Batteries: Brooklyn-Payne and Grimm;
Baltimore-Corbett and Robinson. Two base
hits-Shindle, Smith. Stolen bases-kelly.
Double playS-LaChance unass!sted; Jen-
nings, Reitz and Doyle. First base Oh balls
1SfI f..at,
ed ball-Jennins, 3 Strr out-By Payne,
4; by Corbett s. Sacrifice hits-Jones and
Rc:tz. Umpire-Hurst.
PITTSBURG, Z; LOUISVILLE. L.
Pittsburg, Pa, May 3.-The home team
opened the season here today, successfully
in every respect The usual parade before
the game came on and attracted great at
tention A large crowd came TO the ground
in its wake. Killen broke the seasons re-
cord for striking men out, putting eight of
his opponents to shame. The visitors got
on 20 his style in the last two innings,
however, and did some good bat work al
Smiths home run hit set the fans wild,
and Smith wins number of prizes for the
first four-bagger on the home ground. The
cloudy and threatening weather kept the
attendance down somewhat, but almost $500
went through the gates. Score:
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Pittsburs ............o 302I1oos-7 !
LOUISVILLE .............O o 00013 o.
Batteries: Pittsburg-Killen and Sugden.
Louisv.lle-Frazer and Wilson. Earned run.
-Pittsburg, 2; Louisville, 3 Two basehit.
Smith, Donnelly, Clark. Three baseh;ts
-Werden. Home run-Smith. Stolen bases
Smith. Brodie. Double plays-Padden-
Ely and Lyons; johnson and Werden. First
base on balls-Of K,llen, /; OFF Frazer. 5
Struck out-By killen, S; by Frazer. /. Um- |
GAMES POSTPONED.
Boston, Mass, May 3.-The Soston-PhiIa- |
delphia game vas postponed on account OF /
wet grounds. Two games will be PLAYED |
on Wednesday
Chicago. Ills. May 3.-St. Louis Chicago |
game postponed on account Of rain.
SUNDAY GAMES
Louisville, Ky, May 3-No game; rain.