Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-25
BALTIMOREs WE'RE oUTPLAYED.

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BALTIMOREs WERE OUTPLAYED.
A Wonderful Game by Long Probably
Saved Boston.
The Baltimore Sun has the following to
say of yesterdays Baltimore Boston game:
Ortplayed by Boston!
Twelve thousand rooters rooted, and
their horns footed, their cowbells tangled,
their rattles raised a racket and their
voices hoarseiy went abroad, and not O
soul Of them but heard the beatings of his
own heart and felt rumpus inside of him
that was made manifest above all the din,
for the upshot of it all was: Outplayed by
Boston.
outplayed by Boston. Yes. it was a
grand game-that first contest Of the last
series, which Is probably to decide the
worlds championship Of the diamond for
1897. Yes. a beautiful game, ard Beans
went to the head Of the procession. while
the three-time pennant winners are de-
posed from the lead.
Boston Is again in little better position
10 win out than the Orioles, but Baltimore
hardly expected to win all three games.
mere are two more, and If the Orioles can
win both. which Is not improbable, they
can get that fourth pennant. So play ball,
Deys and show your mettie.
A grand day, grand crowd and a grand
Soiite VI pdSe Ddu inspired all 1T Union
Park alike yesterday. 1t was the largest
crowd of the season and one of the great
est that ever assembled there. Base ball
rcoterS from every avenue of life have
been looking forward to the present strug-
gle for months, determined If they saw no
others to see those between the champions
and the boys from the Hub, that have
been and are giving the Orioles such gall
liant fight, the hardest that the Orioles
have ever encountered.
on to the Park.
Business men arranged their engage
ments so as to have yesterday to 80 to the
game. workingmen took a half holiday,
small boys had been saving .he!r cents
and those who can seldom afford to see ball
games denied themselves for weeks in or
der to see the Bostons play Among the
L2,904 persons present were Boston rooters
VINO had come all the way from the Hub
armed with horns and other hideols in
struments of noise to urge on their heroes
Ihey sat in the grand stand just behind
the Boston bench The crowd overfio we'd
the bleachers into the field and ropes lad
TO be stretched and ground rule made
The grand stand above and below was
packed, many hundreds having to stand
up.
But to the game itself. The Bostons won
because they outplayed the home team
and they deserved their victory. Hanlon's
boys hit the ball good deal harder than
hits, according to the score, but a number
OF what would usually have been hits were
turned into outs by the unusually brilliant
helding of the lads from the east. But
while the Orioles hit the ball harder, they
did not bat with as good judgment nor as
consistently as their adversaries, and their
hits were not timely, nearly all those
made by Boston were
The Visitors Fine Fielding.
The principal reason for the result. how
ever, lay in Boston's fielding, which was
far superior to Baltimore's. Not only was
Boston's fielding faultless. while Balti-
more's errors cost two runs; not only did
the visitors field with confidence, a regu-
larity like clockwork, but at just the times
when the Orioles seemed about to score
their plans were thwarted by some particu-
larly brilliant and sensational play in the
field. This occurred number of times
On the other hand. while the birds played
a fine game and there were many fine in
d1vidual plays, their fielding as a whole
was not up to their old-time standard, and
some of them showed a nervousness and
tendency to fly off the handle at critical
moments that was unlike them. Captain
Robinson's handling of high fouls was one
OF the features Of the game, and his catch
ing was excellent, but his throwing was
not as fine as it has been in recent games
by any means. Corbett made a wonderful
catch of Collins liner, red-hot from the
nervousness toward the end that is not
natural with him, and his wild throw and
wild pitch were the principal factors in
the two runs in the seventh inning. r7r
McGraw's AIl-ArOund Work.
The best all-around work for Baltimore
was done by McGraw, who played great
ball from start to finish. Had the whole
team played ball as he do, with the same
skill, nerve and good judgment, the re-
suit would have been different. He did
not have much fielding to do but his play
ing at the bat and on the bases was great.
He reached first base four times out of
five times up, stole two bases, the only
ones stolen by his SIDE scored run him.
self, sent in another, was left on third
twice and first base once.
keelers batting was very disappointing.
He made one hit, but it did no good. He
had four great chances to advance men
and failed every time but once, when he.
sacrificed. The other three times he went
cut on pop flies to the infield Stencil hit
the ball hard. but uniuckily, being robbed
OF two hits by brilliant plays.
The work of Boston's infieId was ex-
tremely brilliant, especially that of Long,
Tenney and Collins. Herman Longs catch
of Stencils cannon BALI in the eighth in
ming, with the bases full, was one of the
greatest plays ever seen on the diamond
and 1t not only robbed Stencil of hit, but
the side of two runs at least, and perhaps
inning.
1t is probable that that wonderful catch
saved the game for Boston.
Tenney made wonderful one-handed
catch of badly thrown ball. of which
Long had made a most difficult stop. Col
Inns threw out Robby and Keller on ap-
parently safe bunts. and Lowe made sew
eral pretty catches. Long led his team
with the stick also.
COrbett's Good Start.
There never was game that opened
with fairer prospects for Baltimore. For
three innings Corbett was simply invinci-
BILE. He made the Bostons' best batters
strike out. and the others were equally
helpless. Not a man reached first base in
those three innings. Then he seemed to
weaken. and from that time until he re-
tired. at the end of the seventh inning,
he pitched very erratic game. In the fifth
inning all three of the outs were strike
outs, yet two earned runs. on two singles,
a double and a base on balls. were made on
him.
DIR. Pond pitched the last two innings