The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-28
BASE BALL.
Baltimore Gets Back Into the Lead by De.
featinE Boston Cleveland Takes Two
Games From Louisville and cincinnati
Two From ST. Louis
Baltimore s. Boston 3.

Baltimore 6, Boston 3.
Baltimore. September 25.-It is again
nip and tuck between the Champions
and the Bostonians in the pennant race,
with the Champions a scant nose in the
lead by virtue Of having won today's
game. With the finish in sight, and but
four games left to play by the one club
and five for the other, misplay of any
kind from this time on will probably cost
the maker of it the distinction Of being
a member of the best base ball team on
earth and cause him to get a smaller. in
stead of a larger share of the Temple
cup money. With this fact in view, it is
no wonder that the players on both teams
are straining every nerve to win and that
the outcome of the contest is of vital i'm
portance to them and of intense interest
to their partisans Two of the most ex-
citing games in the history of base ball
have resulted from this condition, during
the present series, and Monday promises
to bring another. Yesterdays was nerve
destroyer. and il brought joy to the hearts
of BostOn's followers. Today's was an
other, and although the home players
were never headed. not soul on the
grounds felt that the result was beyond
doubt until the last man in the ninth in
ming had been retired. More than 5000
people it, and not of that num-
ber would have missed it for farm. All
but about $50 of them. who came from
Boston, are supremely happy tonight, and
each and every lover of the game in Bal
timOre Is prepared to swear that there
never was such a pitcher in the world as
Hoffer, for it was mainly by the superb
work of the wizard" that the victory
rests with Baltimore. He batted WELL
fielded splendidly and pitched magnificent
ly, as the score will show. So did Kobe
danZ. for that matter, and not man of
the eighteen played badly, the game being
practically without errors, that of Nc
Graw being quite eXcusable, while the
stick work was uniformly good. Two
plays which do not figure errors in the
score cost runs, however, and one Of them
probably lost the game for Boston. This
was an effort upon the part of Collins to
field a nice little bunt, by McGraw, down
toward third base. 1t might have rolled
foul, but Collins accidentally kicked it
while in fair ground. it went a dozen
yards or so into foul territory and Doyle
and Hoffer scored on it. The other was
a very excusable muff by Reitz of Longs
chop HIT to short center, filling the bases
and giving Duffy a chance to score on the
ensuing1 play. On the other hand, both
Collins and Reitz did brilliant work at
critical times. Doyle and Robinson cut
off a run in the seventh in this WISE
Lowe. with Hamilton on third, was
caught between first and second. While
Doyle and Reitz were running him down
Hamilton sprinted for home but. quick
as thought Doyle returned the ball to the
plate. 1t was a fine throw and a fine
catch, and the captain of the Champions
sat down good and hard upon the sliding
Bostonian, almost crushing him with his
$50 pounds of solid flesh. The attendance
was 1S.e7s. The score: r. H. E.
Baltimore. $50. 12000021'-S 13 1
Batteries-Hofrer and Robinson: KlobeO
danz and Bergen. Umpires-Emslie and
Hurst. Time-2:OO.