The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-26
sEw YORK, 8; CLEVELAND. O.

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Seymour didn't 60 up In the air :" YESTERDAY.
He stayed on tho muddy surface Of th.! pitcher.
plate and sent In hot shot so eitecti re!y con
apparent case. Seymour didn't show any in
clination to lose his head and was a heIe again:
struck out eight mon. Burkott falling vice
In ,,.ss TINS on m0p bnil:, 9e Which Considering the
wet condition Of tho fold = was sov a ? ' Ssr
eSsSasp pl tI1sd V VeTS fa nSiD 5niI behind the pitch er.
ipsS,T n ely carried shr9s pe OF tho aeidinss Renors, one Of
bis stops saving o run or TWO. Van Haltrdn.
Davis, and Gleason . did ihis some nIsv n ca,s.e sfi sont Mon
Owing to the faotthat tho man who agreed on
Tuesday to pump tho water out OF tho Polo
how big It was. thss outneid was still flooded
2 O'clock. Two games had been advertised for
one admission. and fully 1900 persons went up
at 2 o'c,,ck with tho un derstanding that any
ball hit into the water would be GOOD ior two
Sesfs, the tho q baso paths, w So t! eSt'i It looked loo Sed as as Il
there would be many doubled Sggers
a 6 6as Sc os Saiis Oh sSS1 saG '3 Mt 3Rs sn 9t tt s HSs
pitcher, who hurled it to Davis and tho latter
%eg6lsd ,S No 1 IRS na,sm MIio C Mas sh sSnt 10 an c stsS
&c when he saw a fash OF lightning which was
moro binding than tho sun: and the, PAL went
had been threatening. fell in torrents. and I'm
Pire Emslie called time; The people on the
stand for shelter and some climbed into the big
Ptructuro only TO be chased out because hey
The 25-cent seats, however, were in a most Try
Ing predicamont, They could not get out GO
About iifty men and boys were standing on 2
short fight OF steps leading to this. stand when
II iS%dad en- H., Soiiap sT sn Ssct tSs u 1f Sflns sn Sfr
were pitched hcadlong into the water. One
mans umbrella blew out into the surface OF the
tNppl md unilnd off Ig RIM after IT while
thousands laughed. Nobody, was hurt by tho
mishap, but ali hands got a thorough ducking.
mops. i spons IS drains. and sawdust The field
VA; pat In fair shape b. S.c, 3 C. S,e a g and The The
Ming Us soon as possible. 50 that what Looked
sport altogether. When this game ended st was
n few minutes Of : 9'c loci |; d the ,eo biz 1s, cr tnsd
20 make other arrangements.
After The clevelands had been disposed of in
S X iss got ' a liz on n Davis vi " tumble fie'!Vs; Van Haitren
logan Now Works. half with n %rattling drive to
; ,Sn re, r 1iS in his frantic ice effort o rite to catch e Sh
TO his knees, while the crowd roarcd with laugh
Young and Van was left.
In tie SECOND. with two out. Seymour gave n
base on balls md hit n batter. Some persons
believed that the balloon ascension had arrived,
hut they we're fooled. as Young was an easy put;
The New Works made their first run in the third
ior'a aIo NJ" won H.tThi ' stops my by 1shHtH. Dom Donneiiy
opened with n sharp single TO right and Sey-
lnonr hunted safely. Van Haltren sacrificed.
although he could have beaten his bunt II he
lad not slowed up. ,Childs then ran over to SEQ.
bit and threw him out Mt first. Donnelly scoring.
Ills stop and throw off Herman, the next man,
was similar but decidedly more difficult. and
when no came in to the bench he received an
old'time greeting from true sportsmon In the
crowd. II was "A demonstration that showed
that the old custom OF extending fair play to Wis.
iting teams here has not been forgotten.
Seymour struck out both O'Connor and Tebeau
In the fourth, and Donnelly made a beautiful
catch of Pickering's long foul. In the sixth,
with second and third occupied by Cleveland
men and two hands out, DOnnclly scooped in
in time. although he fell s%prawling in the mud
while making the throw. Van Haltren did a
clover bit Of base running In the last half. He
made a two-bagger. took third on McCreery'D
Bacrihce and ran home after Mckean had col
Jared Tiernan's fly to deep shortield.
McCreery caught tho crowd In the seventh by
wnding intothe right field lake and pulling In
McKean's fly. Then the New Works made two
moro runs on Gleason's scratch. Clark's sacri-
hce. errors by Mexican and O'Connor that were
very, yellow, and Seymour's base hit. In tho
sons two-baggcr. Clark's base on balls Allied
tho bases. With ono man out, Parko Wilson
surprised, Capt. Joyce, all OF tho players, and
the crowd by bunting. As u result Young easily
put Davis out at the plate.
III was a great day for Seymour when the
Most OF the players; ia order to, get to their
dressing. rooms. had to climb into the bleach.
cries and follow the crowd over the impro vlsod
bridges. Others took Off thor shoes and stock
lngs ana waded 10 tho clubhouse. Then u
wheezy steam engine began to pump the water