The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-16
THE RECORD.
NEW YORK. 10; BROOKLYN, 4.

"" VIM 49,
The Now Yorks got back to their usual form
yesterday and played ball for keeps. With
Rusie in the points, Capt. Joyce's men were In
stilled with renewed confidence and worked as
n the possession OF tho Temple Cup depended
upon the result OF tho game. The only error
made by the Harlemitos was a miss Of a ground
hit by Van Haltron. Davis's all.around play
was commented on by all who saw him perform.
His fielding was wonderful. his batting came at
the right time, and he ran bases like a'grey-
hound. As the season draws to a close the i'm
preston gains strength that Davis is far and
away the best shortstop in the League. His
work has been phenomenal and at the same
time consistent all the season.
Rusie. barring one inning, was never more
with splendid judgment, bis idea being to save
his arm as much as possible. As the game
ps Itlsa let ett up II toward wa the end and caused much
merriment by simply tossing the ball up IN al
W Wsrs he diG 3 70 the last. Mike Tiernan once
,egain led in the batting bee with three solid
r onot Sep but = dfi for t a fine catch by Griffin. joyce.
thereby "a ds en- GInH sadG bo that it is not out OF his
The Brooklyns, in great, contrast to their good
work in the two, preceding games with their
Apparently disheartenea when they saw Rusie
enter the. box and let up in their efforts when
ing tho men were seemingly over-anxious and
piled up the errors until the cranks forgot their
Young sheckard had a hard day Of 1t. but he
should not be condemned. He was clearly ner-
vous again, and as things went against him al
most from the start, his performance was not in
the nature OF u disagreeable surprise. 1t was
the first time he had eyer seen Rusie. and he
struck out twice. In the field Sheckard had
nine chances and accepted Ave. His errors were
not Of the sort to stamp him as an inferior play
or. They were on easy plays. which is often the
case with the stars of the profession. He made
. couple of good stops and threw with plenty OF
fortune, though. 10 make his mistakes at critt.
cal pc nts. The spectators were very charitable
and kindly refrained from subjectingt the young
eter to the usual ,uncomglimentary remarks.
that he ma profit by experience.
Psyne's pitching was not what the star left
handler Is capable OF. His support was, ragged.
70 be sure. but Payne was wild, and kept his
ho was .batted so hard that many persons be-
peyed that he would be taken out of the box.
But In the second and fourth innings he was not
10 blame for the runs made by the Now Yorls.
was pounded vigorously: In the seventh alone
fourteen men went to the plate. and nine runs
wore piled up from the following:
Clark's single, Warmers hit. by pitcher. Ru-
life on Shoch's error, a steal OF second. Tiernan's
base hit, Joyce's base on balls, Davis's force of
joyce, hits by Gettig and McCreery, an error
by Sheckard,. Andersons muff of Rusie's easy
ny, o single by Van and another wild. pitch.
Tha was merely q sample of the way the New
Yorks made their runs.
Lachance mado a peculiar error. With Davis
on third and. one out, he retired Gettig on a
chance threw the ball carelessly on the grass.
Davis made n dash for the plate and Lachance
rushed after the ball. The throw was just a
second late. The score: