The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-25
Boston Wins First Game in Series
With Baltimore.
THE HUB TEAM TAKES LEAD IN
GREAT STRUGGLE.
The Orioles Start in Like Winners But
Jack Doyle Fell Down in the Fourth
and the Birds Go To Pieces-The Bos-
ton Rooters We're Happy Last Night.

ton Rooters We're Happy Last Night.
Baltimore, September 24.-Nearly thir-
teen thousand people saw Boston's base
ball players beat the Champions today
and take the lead in the exciting race for
the seasons championship. One hundred
and thiIty-flve of these people were Bos-
tonians whom came over to "root'' for
their fellow citizens. Bedecked with red
badges and armed with tin horns, they
made noise enough for ten times their
number, and tonight they are in an ex-
cessively cheerful frame of mind. Not so
with the rest of the crowd for they have
no excuse to make for the beaten cham
pions. The game was fairly won by
superior playing, more timely batting,
better base running and sharper, cleaner
fielding, in which Herman Long and
Tenney played probably the most con-
spicuous parts, two of Longs and one of
Tenney's catches being of the most sensa-
tiona1 order.
At first it looked like an easy victory
for the Champions when the visitors went
out in one, two, three order, and the
| Orioles had two tallies tucked away, but
there was change in the fourth, when
Doyle, usually faultless in his fielding,
fell over an easy bounder right into his
hands, gave Stahl a life and let Tenney
in with a run. This piece of bad playing
was followed by bit of hard luck when
Stencil hit a three bagger, but was in
frui 10
| Doyles easy one to Collins. A period OF
decentralization which does not show in
| the score over took the Baltimores at this
juncture and two runs put the visitors in
the lead. This lead would have been over
come as the sequel shows but Brother
Joe cinched for the visitors by presenting
them with two runs in the seventh a
throw over Doyle's head in trying to field
an easy bunt, wild pitch and another
fall down on simple little grounder by
Doyle, netting three runs after gilt edged
chances to retire the side had been offered
and lost.
| 1t seemed quite hopeful for the Cham.
pions again in the ninth when Doyle,
Reitz and Robinson singled one after the
other, sending Doyle in with run and
Reitz followed with another on McGraw's
single. Quinn going out in the mean
time on long fly to Hamilton. With
four runs in, two men ON bases and only
one out, it looked good for Baltimore. but
Long jumped way up into the air, pulled
down Keeler's red hot liner, threw it to
Lowe at second and doubled up Robinson,
who had incautiously lit out for third
base when Keeler hit the ball. This ended
the agony and the score tells the rest. At
tendance 1904.
| The Boston ''rooters'' headed by Con-
gresham John +. Fitzgerald of that city,
hired brass band tonight and gave the
victors 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. The score:
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