The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-01
LATE SPORTING NEWS.
Boston Defeats Brooklyn and
CiRches the Pennant.
Washington Turned Down the
Orioles Easily.
Baltimore Seemed to Lose Heart at
the Last-Indianapo Leads
the Western League.

Brooklyn, Oct. 1-Although Boston has
one more game to play with Brooklyn
and Baltimore will play two more with
Washington at the Monumental city, the
race for the league pennant of 1897 prac-
tcally came to an end with the conclu-
sion of tOday's game at Eastern park
Boston won the game, while Washington
trOunced the champions, which leaves
Biston the undisputed champions for
1898. Even should Baltimore win both
their games they can only attain a per-
centage of 700 points. Should Brooklyn
win from Boston, Saturday, the latter
would still have a percentage of 7O4.
The excitement at the game was extra
ordinary. In the second inning, when the
Bostons scored five runs. which gave
them safe lead, men and women alike
arose in their seats and yelled frantically-
When the lead became so great that
there was no more hope for the home
team, the most faithful joined the Bos-
tons and their roOters. and for time no
body could hear anything else but people
yelling 'BostOni Boston,
Young Dunn was put in the box to fool
the new champions, but Captain Griffin
might as well have stood up a wooden
man. The Beaneaters had their batting
clothes on, and the faster Dunn tossed
them across the plate the harder Captain
Duffy's men could line the leather out.
The only trouble was that the batting
was all One-sided. The home team could
do but little with KlObedanz. the Boston
tWirler About the only time they hit
him with any effect was in the third in
ming.
Boston Boston :. ....:: I'D 2 / 2 0 1-12
WASHINGTON 9: BALTIMORE 3.
Baltimore, Oct. 1.-The ghost of
chance" that Baltimore had to win the
pennant for next season no longer exists.
It vanished early in the game, when the
Senators fell on DR.. Ponds curves, bait
ted him out of the box and took a good
lead in the fourth inning. After that the
Orioles. seemed to lose heart, and played
listlessly and without ambition.
A postponed game will be played today,
and with this contest the season at Bal
tlmore Will end; On sunday the OrIqles
they may save the Temple Cup
The story of the game is like the story
started the. run-getting in the very first
inning, Selbach getting pass to first
going to second on Gettman's single De
mont hunted The ball went up in the
air and Pond might have worked a dou-
through his fingers, leaving the bases full.
MCGUIRE fouled out to Dwyer but Tucker
banged one into left, sending Selbach and
Gettman across the plate with two runs
Baltimore then got one run on Nc
Graw's bounder, which jumped away from
Demont Gettman's juggle of Jennings
single, allowing him to go to third, and
In the third Demont singled and stole
second, going to third on RobinsOn's poor
throw. fuckers long fly to Stencil
brought in the run, aided by ''Jake's s.
poor throw to head DemOnt off. Brown
also reached third in this inning, but was
WrigIey opened the fourth with a three
Dagger Mercer duplicated the hit scor-
ing Wrigley. Selbach got IS base on
balls but Twas vas forced ed Qgt by Gettman.
In the next inning base on balls.
errors by the home players netted the
visitors four runs and it was all over but
R f5i forei'ie .........i 0 0 0 %
Washington ....2 , 4 %
NEW YORK 6; PHILADELPHIA 5.
New York Oct. 1.-The New Yorls hit
the ball when hits meant runs and thus
they won the second game of the closing
series from the Phillies. Both Seymour
and Wheeler were hit hard. The game
was slow and featureleSS. except for the
batting of Lajoie, Davis and Clark.
Score:
Philadelphia ......2 0 0 0 %