The San Francisco call., 1897-10-01
BaltimOre'S "GhOSt of
a Chance" Has Gone
GIimmering.
Washing gton, Far Back in the
Race, Takes a Fall Out of
the Champions.
New Yorks, Third In the Percents,
Yesterday Rounds Up the
Gentle Phillies.

Boston. ...... 80 80 no BROOKLYN 80. 90 II 1853
Baltimore. SO 80 .695 Chicago $50. 81 72 .s42
New York. 80 AZ .63S Pits burg So rs .43O
Cincinnati = So .534l ?hiladep'a.. b n All
WASHINGTON 6O 70 .462 St. LOUIS. IS 100 .2l9
BALTIMORE. Sept 30.-The "ghost of a
chance" that Baltimore had 10 win the pen
nant for next season 70 longer exists Ityan-
ished early in to-day's game, when the Sena-
tors fell upon DIR. Ponds curves batted him
out OF the box and took good lead n the
fourth inning after which the Orioles seemed
10 lose heart, and PLAYED listlessy and with
out ambition. In the meantime the score
board was showing how easily the Boston fans
were taking their game away from tha
Brooklyns, and the last vesIige of hope slowly
died out in the breasts of the handful of
rooters, who still clung to the belief that
brooklyn might take one from the leaders ana
give the birds" a chance to catch up by
winning all four games from the Senator'S.
Those who have studied the game closely
however, had no such hope, as it was apparent
TO them that the Washington men had been
playing in better form than have those from
Brooklyn in recent games and then it was
known that the Washington management was
very anxious to win at least one from Baiti-
more, and would not be displeased 10 have
the pennant go 10 Boston.
To them, therefore, the result of to-day's
game was not unexpected, and it is not saying
too much to assert that the result is not alto
gether uuwelcome in Baltimore, for the reason
that it is generally admitted that Boston has
proved 10 have lhs better club in the recent
remarkable series played in Baltimore, and all
lovers of the game, no matter what their pre-
JUDGES may be, are content 10 see the trophy
of the cha m pionship fall to the lot of the best
team. The outcome of both genes was
watched, however, with great interest and
wherever crowds gathered bulletins were read
to them.
In almost every instance the news that
Boston had clinched it AID that the champion
ship was no longer in doubt was received with
satisfaction and in some cases with cheers.
This was notably the case at Plmlico where
the result by innings was read from the an
nouncer's box during the trottiuS races in
progress there. postponed game viii be
played 10 morrow and with SATURDAYS contest
the season al Baltimore Will end. On Sunday
the Orioles Will depart for Boston with the
hope that they may save the Temple cup.
The story OF to-day's game is like The story
the run-getung in the very first inning, Sell
bach getting pass to first ana going 10 sec
ond on Gettman's single. Demont bunted. 1t
went up in the air, and Pond might have
worked dou bic play If he had held IT, but 1t
slipped through his fingers and the bases were
full Mcclure fouIed out to Doyle. but Tucker
banged one into left, sending Selbach and
Gettman across the plate with two runs.
Baltimore then got one run on McGraw's
bounder. which jumped away from Demont,
Getmah's tumble of jennings single allow
ing MIN to go 10 third. and keliers long fly
out TO Brown bringing him in.
In the third Demont singled and stole sec
ond, going to third on Roblnson's poor throw.
fuckers long fg to Stencil brought in the
run, aided by ''Jake's" poor throw TO head
Demont off Brown also reached third in this
inning, but was nipped at the plate.
Wrigley opened the fourth with a three
bagger. Mercer duplicated the hit, scoring
VT gley. Selbach got his base on balls but
ranhh hr f-nffV II
ing on the play.
In the next inning base on pals a single.
double and several picturesque errors by the
home players, netied The visitors four runs
and il was ali over but the shouting. After
that it was a procession, with the "three-ttme
winners" bringing up the rear, although
base on balls, a two-bagger aud q single gaye
the losers two runs in the sixth.
Both sides went out in one, two, three order
after That score:
Ra,.ImSFs RasnSstea: 3 q :
Ba5lerles-Pond, Amoie and Robinson; Mercer
and Mcclure
Earned runs Washington :2 Twobase hits
Gettman, Stencil. Three base hits-Wrigley. er-
Ger, stolen q, bases .eI5ach BAG. Demon!. Brown.
z. FIRST base on sAns-OR Pond 3, Mercer :. off
Amole 2: hit by pfLchea baii-Leahy. by Anloe,
struck out-By PoLd 2, by Mercer 3, by AmoIe J.
Umpiie-hurst. Attendance 1900
+ BROOKLYN, y. Y, Sept 3O.-Althougb
Boston has one more game TO play with
Brooklyn, and Baltimore TWO more with Wash
ington, the race for the league penuant OF
1897 practically came 10 an end with the con-
cusion OF to-day's game at Eastern Park.
Boston won The game, while Washington
trouneed the Champions, which leaves Boston
the undisputed champion for 1898 Even
should Baltimore win both their games they
Can only attain percentage of 700 points
Should Brooklyn win from Boston on Satur-
7O4 -
The excitement at to-day's game was yery
great In the second inning, when the Bostous
scored five runs, which gave them safe lead
men and women alike rose in their seats and
yelled frHnticaily. When the Lead became so
great that there was no more hope for the
home team the faithful joined the Bostons
and their Iooters and for a time nobody could
hear ANYTHING else but people yelling "Bos-
ton" loung Dunn Was put in the box to fool
the new champions but Captain Griffin M lght
we'll have stood up wooden man. The
bean-eGters had their batting Clothes on
and the faster Dunn tossed them across the
plate the harder Captain Duffy's men could
line the leather out The only trouble was
that the batting was all one sided.
The home lean could do but little with
Klobedanz, the Boston twirler. About the
only time they hit him with any effect was in
the third inning. The fielding, like the bat
ting, was one-sided. Brooklyn made only
four actual errors, but some of the players
were guilty of some OF the most stupid plays
seen IN many days. Bostons work In the 4 ED
was simply marvellous. Nothing seemed too
hard for them to get Lowe and Long alone
3.
Score:
Brooklyn .;seeSa Z 1
BoStOn IL 10 U
Batteries-Dunn and ur.ell; Klobedanz and
Bergen.
Earned runs-Brookiyns 2. Bostons 8 First base
errOrs-Bostons !. Left bases BrookIyns
A. Boslons 8. Base on ball~-Of Dunn ], OFF
hlobed M 2. Stru out-By X. obe danz A. Three
base hit - KlobedanZ. Two obase hts-Lowe 2
Stahl, Bergen, Sheckard. Sacrifice bit-Tenney.
Stolen base->iahl. Double payR-Lowe and Ten
ney. KUbedanZ, Long and Tenney. Umpires-
mslie and Lynch. Attendance AGO.
NEW YORK, N. Y, Sept. 3O.-The New
Yorks hit the bal. when hits meant runs and
thus they won The second game of the closing
series from the Phiilies. Both Seymour and
Whee.er were nit hard. The game was slow
and featureless, except for he batting of La
Joie Davis and Clark. Score:
Phlladeiphia ....... --.................. 3
Batleres-Sey our and Warner: Searfoss
Wheeler and Boy.e. Umpire-Carpente AT
tendance 1000
PlTTSBURG, Pa, Sep. 30.-The Pittsburg-
Cleveland game was POSTPONED on account of
heavy fog. Two games tomorrow.
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GUsa G~fs dhe Decision.
SCRANTON. Pa, Sept. 30.-In q ten
round haut hafo,a ha Doar,oa,