The sun., 1897-08-04
THE RECORD.
NEW YORK. 10; BROOKLYN. Q.


Five thousand cranks. including partisans Of
both teams. were agreed upon one point after
yesterdays battle at the Polo Grounds. They
were unanimous in the statement that the New
Yorks had played championship ball against the
Brooklyns and that Rusie had pitched one Of
the greatest games In his career.
1t 10 fact that IL the New Yorks could play
such ball in all OF the remaining scheduled
games this season they would land the pennant,
for they couldn't be beaten by the best teams.
A combination of superb pitching. heavy bat
ting. sharp base running, and errorless fielding
is always a winner, and there's no getting away
from 1t. either. Joyces men played better ball
than in any previous game at the Polo Grounds
this year. and their work filled the hearts of the
crenks with hope that they might clear the
decks ut Philadelphia tomorrow, Friday. and
Saturday.
Rusie seems to be more effective as the season
grows older. He had wonderful speed and
curves. and used them with such skill that for
six innings the Brooklyns did not make base
hit. Then, in The seventh combination OF two
singles and two bases on balls yielded two runs
wbitewash. Amos, besides pitching great ball,
1eldcd his position in manner that
several OCCASIONS Y he Gnocked down scSrehns
bail over to Bill Clark Ikea cannon shot in
time 10 retire the runners with yards 10 spare
Rusie's carnestness and his brilliant perform
ence in every respect proved beyond doubt, as
has been the case all season. that the League
magnates made no mistake when they in
duced the big Hoosier to return to the fold for
The New Yorks. behind their star pitcher.
played an errorless nelcing game. In fact there
game. The-s was confidence and steadiness in
every move of the men when in the field and
the hardest kind OF crivcs were eaten up with a
neatncss and despatch that was refreshing, after
the exhibition OF tumbling and mutfinR at East
ern Park on Monday.
WAS in hafri hat tha
9orks excelled. Last Friday they faced Lefty"
Payne and did not have much of picnic. al
day tncy found PAYNE frequently and SO
effectively that the BROOKLYN lelders had q hot
Capt. joyce were the rinGleaders in the batting
nee pee; tue iosAer !,I makins three and The latter
team lit the ball at the proper time
20 that there was some Tery skilful scoring
IN base running Tho team eclipsed all previous
peF;9rmengss. no less than nine. steals being
cTeGitco Thr incn used their signals well
that N almost every instance the runners were
OF safety. There were two blundcrs in this rc-
speet., though. which cut OF several certain
runs, but they can be passed over in view Of tho
Tne New Yorks began scoring In the first
inning. when. with one out, Tiernan received a
base on balls. stole second, and waltzed In
yoIee's rafting hit past Shoch. Van Haltren
Ilernnn ha4 fled 10 Anderson the Californian
got start and slid into third on yoyce's base hit
out. and "scrsppy" scored ore % on sSoth's T fambis %
OF Gleason's groundcr. The Kid stole second,
sRacb sRd hSes Ssas, hi bit both LEFT
In tlg fourth Parke Wilson. who, by the way.
Pl@"yylco , aEs bal. drove e!oan single TO left.
Erounder 10 the same player advancing Wilson.
IiGFR1R IyGa H. then hit tremsnSous liner which
run The Sew Yorts 5000 paST Dase
though three hits were made. Davis Knocked
the hrst one to centre and was caught mapping
second and reached third On on Holiness Hi hit hit.
Duckey wss caught asleep of hrst and ran
FOR Ga, gesoRS S theEeby drsTng throw bqt shoSh
who tried to score. CLARK was third out on fly
Wilson got four balls, and Grifin deprived
Rusie Of a three gGer by making a wonderful
gathered in Vans high iy. hut Herman ham.
fEed fisd eHrkins twSsqrgeE s, . lie LEFT Ind WS9n
in. and Davis ended the inning.
The Brooklyns. who up TO this time. had been
priSed the crowd by scoring two runs. The
cranks were roofing to see Amos shut out his
t1Splonents tS with neither hits nor runs, so that
after Jones had received base balls.
AnseFsNn AM sPa..ul shoysd safe one past Davis
short centre was beautifully captured by
Gleason, who recovered SO quickly that Jones
Lachance dlIed the bases and shoch then
dropped ty in short left, where Holmes could
TghSh IL, ana Jones scored. GrlLD out
brought in Anderson with the second run. and
Payne WAS third out ny TO Van Haltrrn.
The New Norks took the heart out of their op-
pontnts 10y rolling up four runs in The seventh.
Two men were out when Bill Clark hammered a
clean double 10 right. and counted II Wilson's
single 10 CcntIc. ShinG!e, after making a won
derful one-sand pickup OF Rusie, threw wildly,
begee- 10 right, Wilson scoring, md Rusr pull
Ing Up AZ third. after wu!1n Tiernan and Joyce
singled, bringing Amos and Van home. Scrappy
then tried 10 steal second md was nailed.
In the last Two inning Rusie was inyinclbe MS
far ns runs went, although Griffin and Shoch
got HIT apiece, Mcdonald. who succeeded
ODay, umprei very well. ana there was little
or NO kicking. IL pleasing feature. The score:
n NE" YORK. BROOKLYN.
H. lBF.oA AZ, n. lB.P.oA. r.
Y'nHhlt'n f.g o Grimm. cf....O ! o o
Ternan, rf..2 3 OJones, ri 0 0 Q
Joyce 8n.,l Q Ana, rson, III Q 0