The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-24
THEY WIN AT LAST
CHARLIE STRAWN WINS A CLOSE
GAME FOR TIE BLUES.

GAME FOR TIE BLUES.
Newton Boys with Bis Mastery Twill
fng-He Let Them Down with One Hit
aud Struck Out Seventeen Men-The
Newtopiaus Could Not Solve His Mag
pifcent Drop BaIl-Largest Crowd OF
the S eason Sec the Game and Lend Their
Aid by Cheering Every Good PLAY.
Harassed, crestfallen, outbatted, out
played at every point Captain Hutchings
aggressive aggregation of Newton ball
tossers Wen. down before the mastery
nitching of Charley Strawn Sunday at
ternoon at Riverside in a game marked
hy brilliant fielding, opporIune hitting,
and for sensational features without an
equal in any contest seen here this year
The errors on both sides We're just costly
enough to throw mantle OF uncertain
sy over the game as TO the final outcome
which maintained the interest till the
last.
IF was one nf those hair-raislng, nerve
DESTROYING contests which keep the ten
sion of enthusi asm at fewer heat, where
hope vanishes and expectations droop
like a Kansas corn crop beneath tofrld
blazing sun, whore brilliant fielding pre-
ceded nerve trying errors, and clean,
hard hitting was followed by stupid base
running and a Single would sometimes
l. 3 sgsA in a
opposite direction
Il was the first victory OF the season
for Wichita and gave the local fans an
opportunity to let loose their lonS-pent-
I'D enthusiasm which they did in man
ner bordering on insanity.
To Charley Strawn's wonderful work
in the box is the credit of victory largely
due.as his support was no: Of the best
Charley had all kinds Of steam and used
his slow drop ball with telling effect.
One hit. a single by Frame in the third,
was all the visitors could gather from
Charley's collection OF moss agates, a
marvellous pitching feat in view Of the
fact that there are some good hltte-s on
the Newton team. Strawns exhibition
&c striking out seventeen mem has not
been duplicated in this city in a nine in
ming game against a team possessing
equal hitting abilities and recalled Roy
Evans memorable feat Of striking out
sixteen Wellington players in a thirteen
inning game at the old Seventeenth
street grounds in the early Cos.
.Winnis McGinnis" O'Connor, the SOU
brette of the visiting team, was sent in
for the second time against the Blues,
and barring the sixth inning, was very
effective He had good support except
in the sixth, when after Burgess flew out
TO GrayoiIl a base on balls, grounder
by Clark which Evans let get by him, an
error by Hutchings and hits by Wood
cock, Dixon and Warnicke melted four
runs and the game. This ended the run
getting for the day and the final score
of TO was very satisfactory ter
minus OF a most exciting and interesting
game.
The game opened with Graybill al the
bat Strawn exhibited some difficulty in
locating the plate and the left fielder
walked to first. He stole second took
third on a passed ball and both he and
Hutchings scored when woody" threw
the ball into the crowd in an attempt 70
catch GraybiTl mapping. Their third and
last run was made in the third on a base
on balls, a sacrifice by Cheatum and a
single by Frame which dropped out of
Clark's reach. The hit was nicely placed
and came when runs were al premium.
The playing of Gray5ill in left field
and Ragsdale in right, for the visitors,
and Warnicke's batting were among the
praiseworthy features outside of the
pitchers. In the fifth Warnicke hit over
the crowd in left field. but was thrown
out by Graybill when he tried to stretch
the hit into a double. It was a fast bit
of fielding and received much merited
Comment. The Newton team has some
very good individual players but lacks
the team work to bring their organiza-
ton into perfect playing form. Both
sides showed a desire to kill the ball,
which was generally fatal to their chance
OF putting il safe. \ little schooling on
this point might bring about the desired
result. There was also exhibited a lack
of judgment in running bases, which
should be corrected. Twice men were
thrown out at second trying 70 squeeze
q single into a rwo-5ase hit. Either the
runner Or the colcher is al fault, and at
ten;ion should be given 10 this falling
1t is humiiatng To be put out when il
can't be avoided. but il is doubly so
20 be thrown out after making hard
safe hit, before the bail has been re-
turned % the pitcher.
Henrion umpired good. clean game
and deserved credit for his good work
There was little or no kicking on either
side.
The score was as follows.
Newton $3.50. I'D 10 90 900 o-S
Wichita ..-... 800 0O04O 0 %