The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-25
NEARING THE WIRE TOO PROUD TO LIVE
Champions Go Down Before Mexcos Chief of Police Kills
the Big Boston Men. Himself in Prison.
BY A SCORE OF 6 TO Alone OF FARROYOS SLAYERS
NEARLY THE LOYALTY INTO
CONTEST THE PLOT
1876 BOSTON R00TERS WERE PRESENT VILLA WCENCO
BY A SCORE OF 6 TO a
NEARLY 1900 PEOPLE SAW THE
EXCITING CONTEST.
1876 BOSTON RooTERS WERE PRESENT
They Painted the Monumental City Tin-Horn
Tint at Nighttime Kick Came as the
Game Was Fairly Won by SIpe-
rior Playing.

0diiic WdS = dHlJ WOH ny oIpt-
rior Playing.
Baltimore, Md, Sept. 24-Nearly 49,
900 people saw Boston's baseball players
beat the Champions to-day and take the
lead in the exciting race for this seasons
championship. One hundred and thirty
| FIVE of these people were Bostonians, who
came over to root for their club. Be
decked with red badges and armed with
| tin horns, they made noise enough for
| ten times their number and tonight, they
| are in an excessively cheerful frame OF
mind. Not so with the rest of the crowd,
| for they have no excuse to make for the
beaten Champions. The game was fair-
! ly won by superior playing, timeEer bat
| ting, better base running and sharper,
| cleaner fielding, in which Long and Ten
| ney played probably the most cOnspieu.
! otIs parts, two Of Longs and one of Ten
/ neys catches being of the sensa ational
/ order.
/ At first it looked like an easy victory
for the Champions when the visitors
/ went out in one, two, three order in silc-
cessiye innings and the Orioles had two
! tallics tucked away but there was n
change inssthea fourth. Doyle. usually
| faaltiess in his fielding, fell over an easy
1 bomder right into his hands, gave Stahl
a life and let Tenney In with n run.
This piece of bad playing was followed
| by Il bit of hard luck, when Steusel
banged a three-bagger, but was instant
ly, caught trying TO come home on Doyle's
easy one to Collins 4 period of demon
| alization which does not show in the
score, overlook the Baltimoreans at this
| juncture and two runs put the visitors
in the lead.
This lead would have been overcome.
as the sequel shows, but Brother joe
clinched it for the visitors by pesenting
| them with two runs in the seventh 4
| throw over Doyle's head in trying to
| field an easy hunt, wild pitch and an
other fall down on simple little ground
or by Doyle, netting three rms, after
| giltedged chances to retire the side had
/ been offered and lost 1t seemed quite
/ hopeful for the Champions again in the
ninth, when Doyle, Reitz and Robinson
| singled. one after the other, sending
| Doyle in with a run and ReitZ followed
| with another on McGraw's single. Quinn
! going out in the meantime on long fly
| to Hamilton. With four runs in. two men
on bases and only one out, il looked bad
| for Baltimore, but Long jumped away
mp into the air, pulled down Keeler's red
hot liner, threw it TO Lowe Mt second.
and doubled up Captain Robinson, who
| had incautiously lit out for third base
| when Keeler hit the ball This ended the
agony
| The eighth inning was productive of
| great disappointment TO the Baltimore
ans, when with the bases full, Stensel
/ limo n.rN al,
| the left field bleachers like a cyclone
| Had it got through Boston's infield it
meant two runs sure, but Long made a
desperate run and reached for ii. 1t
| landed in his NIT and the side was out
Attendance, 1904. Score:
Baltimore, 20000OOO2-4 12 3
Boston, 00O12O21O-6 8 0
Batteries: Corbett, Pond and Robin
son; Nichols and Bergen. Umpires Ems
lie and Hurst. Time 2:15.
SERENADED BY THE ROOTERS.
Baltimore, Nd, Sept. 24.-The Bos-
ton 'rooters" headed by Congressman
John +. Fitzgerald, of that city, hired
a brass band tonight and gave the vic
| tors serenade and reception at the
Eutaw house. Tomorrow they will take
the band to the grounds to help root"
for the visitors. Collins, Boston,s third
baseman was hit in the eye by batted
ball during practice this afternoon, and
tonight the injured member is swollen
and discolored. He expects to be in the
game tomorrow, however
Brooklyn, N. Y, Sept. 24--About the
most exciting incident connected with
the Brooklyn-P n-Philadelphia game here
to-day was the behavior of pitcher Tay-
Tor. He was finally quieted with a $50
fine. The game was interesting through
out. The Brooklyns won. The game
scheduled for Monday will be played to-
morrow, with the regular contest At
tendance 400. Score:
Brooklyn. 10001134 x-1O Is 3
Philadelphia, 210000132- IA >
Batteries: Dunn and Burrell; Taylor
and Clements. Umpire Carpenter. Time
hours.
New York. Sept. 24.-1n n double
header to-day the Giants and Senators
broke even. The first game was won
by the visitors because they were able to
land on Sullivan and the Giants could
not fathom McJames.
In the second Seymour was worked
out of turn and always had the Wash.
ingtons in trouble. Mercer was hit in
every inning but the first. Attendance
1000. Score: First game:
New York, 0001 10000 6 3
Washington, 10100O4-7 Is 9
Batteries: Sullivan and Zearfoss: Nc.
James and Mcclure. Umpire Lynch.
Time 2:10.
Second game:
New York, 00111122-S 10 2
Washington, 00OO211O4 s 4