The San Francisco call., 1897-09-07
DOUBLE GAMES ALL AROUND.
Orioles Scoop Two From the Pirates
and Again Take the Top of
the Ladder.


the Ladder.
BeltImore cIRBo n IS 7oo BToo2iSn. 81 ds s4a
Ssw SSSse9 York 80 3 Ss hiadepa 80 g. g. 4s
Cincinnati. "a As .5s2 Louisville ... 40 "a .434
Cleveland -. 81 So SIS 9ittspurg.... AZ 63 .427
Chicago $50. 81 63 .447 St. LOUIS. u Sc .239
BALTIMORE, Md, Sept 6.-The Champions
took the morning game from the Pirates
after a close contest Through carelessness
and Indifferent playing the home team al-
lowed the visitors to pile up six runs in the
fourth inning. Amole was then substituted
for Hoffer. and held the Pittsburgs down to
two hits. Scientific bunting, batting and base
stealing by the Champions were the features
of the game. The score:
n.,.,- R + E
Baltimore OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ID
Baueries-Kinen and Sugden; Hofer, Amole
aud Robinson. Umpire-McDonald.
The Orioles captured the second game also
from Pittsburg, the bright particular feature
of the afternoon con test being Corbett's pitch
ing. Attendance 6000 Score:
Baltimore. ............................. IL
Batteries-Corbett and Clark; Hughey and Mer-
ritt. Umpire-McDonald.
BOSTON MASS, Sept 6.-Breitenstein was
too much for the Boston team this morning.
The poor battery work of Boston in the third
was res ponsible for two OF the visitors runs
1900. The score:
GinGinnAti, sasiDn " 8 2
Observation-Disclosures and schriver; Lewis and
Lake. Umpire-Lynch.
The big lead that Boston got in the first two
innings fairly took all the interest out of the
second game. Nine men faced Ehret in the
first inning and four runs were made on six
hits. Three more were made in the second on
four hits Ehret was not batted to any extent
thereafter, Tne batting OF Hamilton, Lowe,
Tenney, Stshl and Bergen strong and
timely while Corcoran and Irwin put up a
pretty game for Cincinnati. Nichols work
was su perb. Attendance 1900. Score:
r. H f
Cincin natl ...-..-..... 3
Batteries = Nichols and Bergen; Enret and
SchriveE Umpire-Lynch
NEW YORK, n. Y, Sept. 6.-With the score
5 10 8 against them in the ninth innin the
Browns started in to win the game. they
landed on Counselor Sullivan six times, one
of which was double, and aided By base on
balls and two wild pitches they managed to
quit their half OF the inning with five runs,
but New York also MADE rally and won
out The features were the fielding of Van
Haitren, a one-handed catch by "Kid" Glee-
son and batting OF Hallman. Score:
R. "a E.
st. Louis. =. .......-.......... 8 l5 8
MISREPRESENTATION and Warner; Sudbof and
Dougla ass. Umpires-O'Day ana Carpenter
In the afternoon the Giants closed their sea-
son with the St. Louis team with clean vic
tory OF twelve games. Donohue was nit harder
than Meekin to-day, and the hits came when
men were On bases. McCreery and Van Hal
tren both found Donohue for home runs
while Tiernan's three bagger was just far
enough from the plate TO cause him to try for
a home run and he was caught at the plate
Attendance 10,500 Score:
New Il,o 1orK "a
Batteries-Meekin and Warner: Doaobns and
Douglass. Umpires-oDay and Carpenter
BROOKLYN, N Y, Sept. 6.-sixteen sinelss
tells The tale of ChicagO's defeat. Dunn was
also hit, but not until the latter part OF the
game in the field. Attendance 3070. Score:
dotI '''-'' '-'-''''''-.A4 ~
ChIcago .'--...-- .,-'-'-... .--..-'--..-.'. IL
Batteries-Grfffiths and Kittredge; Dunn and
Grim. Umpire-Hurst
in the second game. Kennedy, who was very
wild during the time he was in the box, was
hit for two home runs in the fourth, after
which Fisher took his place. Griffin was In
jured in the seventh inning and Grim was
brought into the game, Attendance 5000
Score:
R. H. E.
chiea -. ....' ..:... ::.,' Il
Batteries-Kennedy. Fisher A. Smi and Grim :
Thornton and Kittredge Umpire-Hurst.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Sept. 6.-Philadelph phia
and Cleveland split even in a dou ble-header
this evening. The special feature was tie big
attendance. The first game was interesting
and aroused considerable excitement. The
Phillies scored the winning run in the min tn
on a base on balls, an out and Lajoie's single
N rat Ta vio
at will and in five innings scored eight runs,
OF which six were earned. The second game
was called at the end of the sixth inning on
account of darkness. Attendance 1900.
Score first game:
Cleveland. 2
Batteries-Young and thinner; Dunke and Nc
Farland. Umpire-Kelly.
Score second game:
r. H E
Philadelphia. a.. /
Batteries-Powell and thinner; Taylor, Becker
and Boyle. Umpire-kelly.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 6.-By taking
two games from the Colonies to-day the Sem
ators moved up near the top of the second
division. Both games, while interesting, were
not played IN the highest sty of the art The
feature of the day was Selbach's batting in the
second game. The last game was called on
account OF darkness in the seventh. Attend
ance II, 900. Score first game:
Washing xa;alafson- Z + : !
Batteries-Mercer and McGuire: Hill and Will
son. mpre-Emsle.
Score second game:
r. II. E.
Hoa,;sII1;e Mashngton. n.-.... ....-......... II !
o
Batteries-Brosnahan and Farrell; Mcclure,
Fraser and Wilson. Umpire-Emslie.
Foulkes H.ns at Tennis.
SEATTLE, WASH, Sept. 81. f. Foulkes
and George A. Hurd, the leading tennis
players OF the Pacific Northwest, met to-
day for the fifth time this season, Foulkes
winning, 3-6 6-2, 7-5, As, 60. Two
OF the sets were played in a driving rain.
In Inc last set four strings in Hurd's
racket broke. He did not win a game
after that. FouIkes has won three out of
the i've matches.
LnngfeH 0fns the Road Race.
CINCINNATI Otyra c..