The Portland daily press., 1897-10-05
FIRST BLOOD FOR BOSTON,
Hub Men Win First Game In TempIe
Cup Series.
Lucky Hits and Daring Base Running
We're the Winning Combination
Nichols Batted From the Box.

Lucky Hits and Daring Base Running
! We're the Winning Combination
| Nichols Batted From the Box.
EEBoston, October .4.-The new champions
took the first game for the Temple cup
today, defeating the Baltimores in close
contest, more through a combination OF
lucky hits and daring base running, as.
sisted by darkness in the last two innings
than by any great superiority of play
Neither team showed champion ball,
while the work of the home team was at
times very much blow the mark.
The Orioles batted Nichols out of the
box and would have given Lewis q SINH
liar dose If they could have seen the ball
int he last two innings. AS it was, the
game ended in the moonlight, the um-
pires keeping the players at it until some
time after sundown.
The weather was perfect, mild, indian
summer day, with no wind, and clear
atmosphere that was conducive to snappy
playing. One of the biggest crowds OF
the year turned out, and with the assist
ance OF the famous "rooters" and two
bands, the enthusiasm when the home
team took the lead in the sixth inning
was almost unparalleled on the South
End grounds.
Only two bases were allowed on hits
into the crowd at left field, and this also
operated againstss the visitors. Jennings
was easily the star OF the game, his bat
ting being terrific, while his great work
at short was much better than that of his
rival, Long.
For the home team Captain Duffy led
his men in hitting and base running,
while Hamilton took two flies in center
field on the dead run.
Baltimore started the game like win
ners, pounding Nichols hard and before
the home team realized it, four runs had
come over the plate. Boston, however,
just as hard and scored three runs. In
the second Baltimore went out in short
order and Boston could not score Balti-
more added one in the third through fine
batting of Kelley and Reitz. Long bunted
well in the fourth and scored on Bergen $
single and an out. Both teams scored
two runs in the fifth, the visitors through
hard raps by Jennings, Kelley, Stencil,
Doyle. and loves poor throw. and the
home team by two errors and some dar-
ing base running. Then the visitors
started in to clinoh the game. McGraw,
Jennings, Kelley and Doyle all hit safe
and hard, and but for fine work on
Long part, moro than three runs would
have been scored. The home team. how
ever, were not dismayed and, encouraged
by the rooters, they pounded Nops all
over the field and by taking desperate
chances scored five runs and took the lead
for the first time in the game.
The visitors forged ahead again in the
seventh, Lewis. who had taken Nichols
place, being hit hard. Boston had fine
chance to score in their half, but could
not quite connect.
Then came kick for the game to be
called but although the sun was out of
sight, the play went on.
Hamilton saved the game in the eighth
by two marvellous catches and the Bos-
tons went in to win. 1t did not take
long for the two necessary runs to come
over the plate, and again the homs team
was ahead.
The lusU inning was begun in the rap
idly fading twilight, and while the Balti-
mores tried hard to see the ball and did
succeed in making a couple of hits, the
strain was too much and after two had
struck out Long threw the last man out
at first. The score: