Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-30
GREAT BATTING BY BOSTON
1t Wins the Game and Probably
the Championship.
FOUR ORIOLE PITCHERS BATTED
Boston Makes Nine Runs In
One Inning.


Nearly Thirty Thousanu feopla see the
Great Slaughtered Profitable SERIES of
Games Detailed Score of Tho Decisive
Contest.
Baltimore, Md, Sept 20. Boston
Won the final game with Baltimore,
Yesterday afternoon, in tho presence Of
reurly 80, 900 enthusiastic lovers OF the
national game. This victory put Boa
ton in the lead for tho championship.
But the Bostons have not won the
remnant vet, and il the Orioles play
ball from now on they may yet WIN out.
The last struggle between the two
greatest ball teams on earth for tho
season OF 1897 was as unlike the two
preceding games of the series az could
well be Imagined. The first two con.
tests were characterized by the most
brilliant kind OF fielding and pitching,
and consequently not very much bat
ting. Yesterdays game was simply
contest as to which side could hit
the ball the harder.
The hitting on both sides was really
fine, but the Orioles had the batter
pitching to contend against, and were
outfielded also. With such a pitching
force as the Baltimore Club is sup
posed to have it does seem pity to
lose a game after the Orioles had pilod
IN 10 runs on Nichols. or course, 1t
is very ossy to find fault after game
is over and tell why and how it wac
lost, but it does seem that with as
many good pitchers as Baltimore bas.
their assignment must have been
peculiarly unfortunate to allow any
club to make 10 runs aEd 90 hits, for
total of 90 bases on Baltimore.
The Bostons did some great batting
yesterday, splendid work with the
stink, but they had no warrant TO make
that many hits il the pitching had
been ut all good. -Four of Baltimore's
twirling stalf tried their hands against
the visitors Corbett, Mons, Hotter and
Amole. Only one OF these was hit at
all hard, und that was llolfer. Hotter
should not no blamed for his failure
yesterday. lie pitched great game,
a game that fhowed nerve and skill on
Saturday. and he won it. He should
not he blamed for not being ablo to
pitch two games in succession.
Had Corbett or Nops or Amole or
Pond started in and pitched the game
through tnere is every reason to believe
any one Of them could have won his
game. Corbett had to retire on account
of an accident to his hand. That was,
of cuurse. unnroit abe, and somebody
had TO relieve him. But why Nope was
relieved was an enigma. Jerry was just
beginning to warm TO his work, ano
seemed 10 primo form, when he was re-
tired. Three runs we're made iu tht
second inning, it is1Jrue, hut two o.
these resulted directly from Stencils
muff of Bergen's fly. With proper sup
port Nops would have pitched an effect
i've game il his work in the short tint
he was in was any criterion.
Curbett, Nops and Amole pitched al
together four innings. in which but si'
hits we're made against Baltimore, will
six runs, none earned, ard four the di
rect result of errors. Iioifer pitched
the other five innings. in which Is runs
10 of them earned, and II hits wer
mazda. Nops was taken out whom tw,
hits, one of the accidental kind, wer
made on him. and yet Hoifer was kep
in after three runs and four hits wer
made on him 10 the fourth inning, AM
allowed to stay in the box in tn
seventh until the game was irretriev
, ably lost
The fielding on both teams was a
times ragged, although the visitors
few errors were not. by any means a
costly as those Of Baltimore. Their
, were a few brilliant plays made in th
game, but they were very few, indeed
as compared with the other games
, Jennings made several great plays, an
his misplays all came after the gam
, was practically lust. After the earnes
and brilliant work done by Jennings
, no wonder be let the balls go by whe
he saw his club certainly beaten. II
: seemed to lose heart and show "lot
, hor slide" spirit that was natural.
, Keeler never gave up to the very end
} hut kept on cracking out safe hits t
, the last. Eio had two doubles, tw
' singles and base on balls out of fiv
/ times up. jennings came next witt
two doubles, single aud a sacrifice
and Kelley, Doyle and Robinson hi
the ball hard. The rest Of the IegulH
: team gave no help.
Collins led tine Bean-eaters with th
:, stick, getting three doubles and tw
= singles out OF six times ut bat. Lon
and Hamilton had four each. The hi
: ting was nearly all clean, hard driver
I and only about two OF the halls thf
: dropped in the crowd would have bee
= QUITE, while many would bave been thrt
= bagecrs. The Bostons got the best {
the two flies mentioned, hut tho groun
! rule hurt them, too, at times. III
! umpiring was admirable. 1t was
. difficult game TO umpire, but tine wor
. of Emslie and Hurst was apparent
!. perfect.
!. The official score:
y BALTIMORE.