The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-18
THE
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NEW YORK. 10; PHILADELPHIA. g.
Every time Seymour pitches for tho Now
Yorks nowadays the cranks expect 10 see him
Ego up in the air." This new baseball express
sion means q case Of ~rattles. and Seymour has
illustrated 1t in tho last two games in which
Thursday, against the Bostons, he lost con
troll of his curves so that tho Beaneaters
the game yes,erday with the Pih1liadei.
phias he got into tho balloon" again. but
Up 10 that. point he pitched admiralty. Ghooidins
the heayy.hitting Quakers down, to seven hits
and striking out eight men; Cooley alone sue
Then With the score 10 to . IN favor Of New
for q good play by, Van Haltren and a close base
decision, which The visitors s9id WIS against
stead OF a very fortunate victory for the Har-
Fiheid. a man with no curves to speak Of and
and the New Works hit him freely, although not
s. SsR Rsf done as h He was s,i via shd amer Snd did t08 not re see%s
5he ye.y best sst, Of support s D1 wis Gleason Gle sSn S Snd
Works, while Capt. Joyce showed an improve
ment In his play. Holmes, in loft field. made
one or two plays that makes the argument
Seymour began with speed and control and
two were out. In New York's half, with one
and Fiaeid fiiled he bags BY. giving bases, on
balls to joyce and Davis. KID Gleason singled.
q a moment H issef So ON fi sssIlda'sf sais sRH Of DHsi sr eal n ln
which he alterward got to first in time to retire
Holmes, Clark was third out on g sharp tap to
Cross. who made n pretty stop and throw.
they should have been BANKED. shugart struck
out and Nash drove q hot single to centre.
Cross bounder went past Gleason, who tried to
make a, one-hand stop, and Davis missed Nc
Fariand ran to second. drawing a throw TO
Davis, WHOSE return OF h ball was SO poor that
struck out and Seymour was a temporary hero.
With one out in New Works halt. Seymour took
sren;s safe crack to right. shusart then grabbed
McCreery's fnger-breaker. touched second. and
de Tss ou uR d fse Ma I9% nniyt 4, f banked in tn. third.
Seymour having excellent control Of his fast de-
livery. The New Works, however, resumed
Joyce opened with a base on balls and Davis
singled. Gleason smashed a two-bagger to right
shuRart, and when Delehanty caught CIark's
long fly Davis came in: Warner hit to S%hugart,
Gleason tailed. Seymour then ended the fun
by grounding to, Shugart. ,
bases in the fourth and couldn't get one home.
Beautiful catches Of fouls by Mcfarland and
pfoTysd helped to blank the locals in the last
Cooley struck out for the third time in the
FIJI fi5'h b,,s RUwd singled nssE AZ and d Was Wscrs doubled 6,y up
{. sssaa light sn' a iai. took aoi1 ,tS EisH on q 'f Hsln seSs
hanty., Clark's third strike was missed, BY
Mcfarland. who also threw wide to the plate
Bill ran on TO second. but was called back and
declared out because when he made his third
str1Se there was a man on first: Holmes counted
one TO Delshanty for the third out.
,s Tee i,I ihe W msn T Srom sIow tef Tn u ;na but .h in the
gun. With Cross out. Mcfarland landed the
ball near ear the he ropes 81 es ia n tight centre for three
non. Cooley thcn came up and. amid roars OF
Laughter, struck out for the fourth time. Dowd
Davis's base on balls and hits by Gleason.
CLARK. and Warner resulted in two more runs
for the New Yorks in their half and increased
Both siLes had men left on bases with no runs
in tho eighth. and when the ninth began tho
crowd was on the way home. D,lehanty. too.
sick Of the afternoons job, was In the dressing
room getting ready for a theatre party. some.
Suddenly the crowd remaining in the seats
became interested when Mcfarland and Fiheld
tore Of singles and Cooley came to the bat for
Strike him out!' yelled the cranks. but this
Mr. Mesa the 9sr saore5 banged sm q 5 Use hit III v t. centre H.,,1 and
geier came up to bat for De!ehanty. 1t looked
e olesr + pis Tstt 1e poor G 'aiSEmSs oMe as ss ssenped t S%s
balls and then Lajoie, the Frenchman, swept q
corking single to centre. Two runs came In and
Geier scooted for third.
Right here Van Haltren got into the game
with a neat throw to Joyce and Geier was
have been called either way. Shngart kept up
the fun with a three-bagger; sending Lajoie in.
and scoring himself on Nash's single.
Seymour looked frightened. But, fortunately.
"Cy' knocked down Cross tap and ended the
game. But for Gcicr's out tho score would have
beCn 10 to 8. with two out and a man on second.
Hhen. the last batsman was retired. II was,
therefore,. q lucky escape for Seymour. The
score:
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