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There are many cr,nks on Manhattan Island
his morning who are happy over the splendid
hctory scored by the New Yorks at Eastern
Park yesterday. when ut tho very last moment
lhey scored four hard.earned runs There arc
many other cranks in tho city of Brooklyn this
norning who are saying unkind things Of Um-
hre Hank O'Day and Pitcher Kennedy. for they
attribute the loss Of tho game to these men,
Ehere are always two sides to every story, and
h.this instance tho rival partisans have no end
u tales to tell and excuses to make.
Throwing prejudice to the winds, the fact re-
mains that Umpire O'Day's work far from
satisfactory. He away Off on balls and
trikes, Meekin suffering moro than Kennedy.
His base decisions were poor, too, and one OF them
had n direct be ring on the result. He also vio-
htcd the rules himself by allowing the players Of
both teams to indulge in disgrac eful kicking and
fowdyism After the game Manager Barnie
vent into O'Day's dressing room and threatened
10 havo him removed from tbs umpire stan.
Barnie also fined Pitcher Kennedy $40 for a
tupid play in the ninth inning, which cost n run.
There has never been a more exciting game
played between the local League teams. and the
nowd. which numbered 11.l97, turnstile count.
Eas about equally divided In sentiment. The
hS bleachers were jammed with leather-lunged
tooters. who. with the aid of ncEaphones and
powbells, showed how badly they wanted to
have the Brooklyns win. The huge grand stand
las not held such gathering for year, and
Of the an there
is plucky braves From the opening inn,
until arme. the vad d't vita eayh D ou these
q rattle the players and the umpire. The New
better nerves than their opponents, who, in COM
pany with the judge Of play, clearly went to
Pitcher Kenncdy's case was peculiar one II
hs work for the M first eight innings gould coy, Is stand and
held the Harlenites, down to two undoubted
last inning @ sss'p as performd Dpn'fs By f RoSrnR
willie" is taken into consideration there is an
n people. who have b been s patiently watch;
lng the downwari slide OF their team all
sisisd ana so%s f poor play behind him ALSO due f
2 Tates sent him Up in the air h:sEsd He saw
So os Many
persons contendcd that he was trying to vent
s hs Ps ISs sr @sH eS d
@ sSst % rum MeeEn on the 't Other S hand, and 'housh
Gks, kept sen bis nerve 70 % and n ptched mastery
iall. He. also m .de a wicEe ! base hit in tho
bungiing errors. Young Jones. the Brooklyn
made two of the most remarkable catches ever
leen on q b ,lldeld. and in Zach instnnc, double
h laurels. with ,sup.rb exhibition at short
bold, where he gohhled all OF twcvc chances
Van HaItren also captured difiicult fly balls.
Vans catch in the ninth saving possibly run
that would have tied the ore.
There WAS mighty roar when, after the New
Gorks had been blanked. Griffin opened Brook
Another ch, went up when Jones put a SIMILAR
BIT into safe pl,ce and An ,erson filled tho
Sooe o gg o9f or res % 5 II bs oGSsI
instant ID wis made a miraculous stop o. Shin
ne's bid for hit. touched second. and doubled
ap the oatsn q at first. There WAS terrific
,ntburst OF epthus asm from the New York con:
hnRent over ibis play even though Griffin had
put on a fly to W,rner there, was sigh of re-
lief @ for r Joyce's men had pulled out of pretty
In he second inning came Jones's first won.
aerlul play: Davis opened With scratch hit
Just inside tho left foul line. Gleason popped up
; fiy back Of Lnchence. few feet in front OF the
pavilion. L,chance and Shoch both tried TO get
under T. d% but in y NY zane the warning cry
> 1t WAS Jones. and he came laundering over
reached far forward raj Just The ball WAS asa yard
from the, ground gathered It in safely and then
elid on his face and elbows; He was up in tho
Lachance he doubled up Davis. II en- Holmes
was third Ia out on a gTounder which was ,.,, neatly
ont In Brooklyn's ha II and was for, cd.
Poor base running by Capt; Gritfn In the third
as a starter. received life on Clark's muff Of
Bnvs's throw nd ran II the way to third on OF!
grounder Anderson hit sharply to Dav.s and
yos thrown out. Griffin, who seemed to he in a
BY Joyce: shinde re- lre!i on n fly. .'''o
In the fourth after Il CHANCE h I'd fouled out;
around to third on Grnn's base hit and v ms
eight tumble kennedH forced Grim. and then
George Smiths liner hit o d ". who Was behind
tho pitcher. in the back. and a single was the
rn ssS erpsSda% TS %e1 10 Mssk@n @ Kn
nsdy had be, n invincible and Joyce's mn were
Ts eatro s"F ha Rh %hsS %s1
runs. was Ticinan's. fine running catch OF La
chances whnek, which looked like homer un-
hrs, on smiths NTH error md was forced BY Van
tpr long, ow liner TO right, close to The picket
fence or The edge OF the pavilion 1t looked safe.
The e a also All line ei ES rst
Van. who had rounded third, was was out oi '''- anu
tDs oa6G play r by DAVIS and CLARK
enth, after Kennedy, had once more bowled
Joyes's ..fn men oyer Ike Mn nhhepiIs The eighth
rations for tho ninth Meekn, OF the
srS snahne bass hi fI oSsnss centre
was the third safe drive. made off Ken
hedy, yaiS and the crowd broke loose in the most
noise that 1t was impossible to hear the um
pire's rulings. Van Haltrcn, after knocking
Ainc FOULS by actual count, whanged the ball tC
Sen,re for another safe hit, and !" Meek" whc
had secured good start. hustled on 10 third
Joyce. Gleason, Davis, and other New Yorl
players, armed with bats. left the bench anc
rushed up TO within a lew yards Of the plate
whore they yelled and gestculated at Kennedy
Yntil the umpire ordered them to sit down
diernan then raped gr9un er which Wen
The score was to then, with Van on secont
and Iiernan on first. Joyce hunted down th'
seyeral feet. When o'Day said SO tho New
York captain rushed at him like tigor AM
clearly rattled at this stage and allowed In
came Impatient. Davis then hammered on m
straight az Kennedy. The hall glanced of tn
Smith, who at that got It to Lachance a var;
tators.
you're safer yelled Joyce, as Davis So
down dow 20 on a The he bag, H. and :. scrappy made anothe
petri1ed. He anid nothing. He simnlv dnste,