The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-09-28
A ROUT FOR THE ORIOLES
ROSTONS ADMINISTER A CRUSHING
DEFEAT 40 THE CHAMPIONS.

ter of Their Pets by the Mighty Men
from the Hub-Boston Now Leads In the
Great Race-1O,O0O People Cheer the
Victors-ContestC CIennIy Played.
Baltimore, Sept. 27.-Outside of con-
tingent of faithful Boston "rooters"
who are making merry at the Eutaw
house this evening, there is no joy in
Baltimore tonight. Boston has taken
the rubber in the crucial series, is
ahead in the fight for the pennant, and
there seems to be but little probability
that the champions can save 1T. Hof-
fer, the wizard; Nops, the southpaw,
and Brother Joe Corbett all went down
like ripe grain in hurricane before
the terrific onslaught Of Boston batters
until what seemed at first to be a vic
tory for the home team was finally
turned into a rout, the like of which
has been seldom witnessed on a ball
field.
More than $4,000 people saw it done,
and that they witnessed the downfall
of their favorites with perfect good hui
NOR, gathering about the victors and
cheering them heartily at the finish,
gives the lie direct to two stories that
have been current regarding the Baltl-
more baseball public-that it does not
patronize the game and that "roWdy-
ism" is the rule upon its grounds. There
have been few if any, crowds as large
in the history of the game, and none
could have deported itself better from
start to finish than did that of to-day.
The same may be truthfully said of
the other games of the present series.
In none of the trio was a jibe or a jeer
shouted at the umpire or player on
either side, nor was single fine assess
ed or player ordered out of the game.
The utmost good humor prevailed at
all times and friend and foe were
treated as nearly alike as human nature
would permit.
The story of what happened to-day
may be briefly told. First came the
struggle at the gates for tickets, then
the straining, pushing and fighting for
admission, then the scramble for a
place from which the diamond was Wis
| ible until every seat had an occupant;
every inch of standing room was pre-
empted and men and boys clung to
| fences f1agstaffs, telegraph poles or
any old point of vantage. The Boston
| ''rooters" with their brass band formed
so small part Of the vast throng that
they sank into comparative insignif1-
canoe. but the band played on and the
l .l,~, 1e-t h.
! same.
| FINALLY the teams came out for prac-
| tice, and then in due time the play be-
| gan and the multitude settled itself
| down to watch the battle of the Titans
! First Boston made a run, then Balti-
more made two, then each made three
and the score was tied when Boston
added another to it's string. Thus fal
all was we'll Then the visitors forged
| to the front with three more tallies
This was bad indeed, but hope still
lived in Baltimore. And so it ran unit
that dreadful seventh Corbett ha6
been crippled by a hot liner early ir
the play. Nops had been batted ou
of the box a little later, and Hoffer haC
been hit for four runs; but still the
crowd hoped on. No one looked for Z
deluge, as Hoffer had apparently stead
led himself down and no more runs
made off him in the two successive in
nings.
| All at once it came. Single followed
double. double followed single, playel
after player crossed the plate, until the
crowd grew dazed and wondered if 4
would ever end. The official scorers al
most lost their count. Hoffer became
discouraged and wanted to go and ST
down. but Captain Robinson kept hin
in the box. Finally the fusilade of hit
was ended, Hoffer came down from thu
air, everybody took a long breath, ant
the scorers figured out that Boston hat
made nine runs, all of which wer
earned.
That settled it, and although tn
champions made feeble rally in thei
half and batted out three runs, follow
ing it up with two more in the eighth
their efforts were of no more conse
quence than are those of men VIII
strive to whistle up the wind. During
the volley of base hits in the seventh
the crowd was a study.
AS the first two or three We're mad
| lHe VAST tIiIDilS IOOkeu serious, Cnen d
hits began to pour out like water from
a trough a. smile and then heart,
laugh broke forth, and none could hav
enjoyed the discontinue of the cham
pions more than did their admirers il
the vast audience. OF the many heart,
and spontaneous bursts of applaus
none was more ringing than that whicl
greeted Hamilton when in the fourth
after being trampled upon and severel
stunned by Jennings at second, h
made a grand run for home on Lowe
single. collided with Baltimore's flesh
backstop, and. falling heavily. pluckil
crawled toward the base, almost faint
ing from the shock, as he touched it.
Again, at the end of the game, te
thousand people gathered about tn
visitors, shook them by the hant
shouted cheerful pleasantries at then
told them what good fellows and fin
layers they were, and finally sent ther
away with such a shout of appreciation
as to make fitting climax for tn
greatest baseball spectacle Baltimor
has ever seen.
The score:
BALTIMORE
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