The Portland daily press., 1897-08-30
RACE FOR THE PENNANT.
Baltimore and Boston Fighting for
First Place.
M CHANGE IN THE LEADERS OF
THE BIG LEAGUE.

Westbrook's Great Day in the Countv
Aggregation-The Clubs from That
City Were the winners-Other National
League Games.
Boston, August 2S.-Boston outplayed
Cleveland at every point today and won
II to 5. Klobedanz was batted freely in
the first inning, but after that was not
hit safely. Tebeau was accidently spiked
in the foot in the seventh and McAllister
took his place. Stahl's wonderful catch.
great stop of Collins, and the hitting of
Hamilton were the features. Attendance
5000. The score:
Gisvsiand, 6Ssten' 8 3 3 81 g 9 9 I'll + J
Base hits-Boston, IA Cleveland, 10.
Errors-Boston, A. Cleyeiand, 4. Bate
ries-Klobedanz and Bergen; Young and
thinner.
The Champions victors.
Baltimore, August 2S.-The champions
again downed the Cinoinnatis today in
game devoid of special feature. Ehret
was batted out of the box in the sixth
and replaced by Damman. Attendance,
5,6O7. The score:
Baltimore, 0 0 0 "a 2 ol x-7
Cincinnati, 0 0 0 l 0 0 o.
Base hits-Baltimore IA; Cincinnati, 6.
Errors-Baltimore, 2; Cincinnati, @ Bat
teries-Pond and Robinson and Clarke:
Ehret, Damman and Peeitz.
The CoIoneIs Win Both Games.
Brooklyn, August 2s.-The Grooms and
Colonels closed their series for 1897 today
with two games the Colonels winning
both of them. The first was lost through
poor fielding and the second was due to
Clarke's effective pitching when men
were on bases. Clingman was fined $25
by Umpire Carpenter in the first game
and expelled from it. The score:
(First Game)
Louisville, louisville Q : Q Q 8 9 ali
Base hits-Brooklyn, 6; Louisville, 12.
Errors-Brooklyn, 4; Louisville, 5. Bat
teries-Kennedy and Burrill Fraser and
Wilson.
(SeCCnQ tIame.
R6sisa}lis', B59Gsl}ER' 8 9 9 9 9 9 s-s &s
Base Brooklyn. II; Louisville, 9.
rrors-Brooklyn, 5; Louisville, g. Bat
teries-Fisher and Grim W. HI. Clarke
and Wilson.
Phi1lies Tried Young Pitcher.
Philadelphia, August 2S.-Dunkle, a
young pitcher, secured from the Sunbury
club, was given trial against Pittsburg
today, and that he did not win the game
was no fault of his. The visitors did not
earn one of their six runs. The fielding
of the Phillies was even worse than is
indicated by the error column. Lajoie
was indefinitely suspended for his indis-
erection Of yesterday. Attendance, 1910.
The score:
Philadelphia, 0 0 o 2 "a
Pittsburg, 0 0 2 0-6
Ease Philadelphia, II; Pittsburg,
10. Errors-Philadelphi z; Pittsburg,
8. Batteries-Dunkle and Mcfarland;
Tannehill and Sugden.
Merry-go-round Game.
Washington, August 2s-Today's
game was wild confusion of changing
positions and merry go-round of stolen
bases. Murphy retired because Of torn
finger. Swain was batted out of the box
and Gross, Hart and Mcguire were put on
the bench by Umpire Kelly for disputing
decisions. Kelly called the game at the
end of the first half of the eighth inning
on account of darkness. Attendance.
1900. The score:
St. Louis, eA @ / 0 3 0 Iii
Base hits-Washingtop, 10; ST. Louis
Il. Errors-Washington, 3; St. Louis, Z.
and Mcguire; Hart, Donahue, Coleman
and Murphy and Douglass.
Tie and a Lively Gam.
r. New York, August 2S.-There was too
much time wasted in kicking today and
Umpire Emslie called the game on ac.
count of darkness at the end of the eighth
inning with the score tied. Dahlen was
put out of the game in the fifth inning
for disputing decision. In the eighth
Warner spiked Donahue and he, TOO, was
ordered to the bench. Callahan was hit
by thrown ball and knocked uncon-
scious. He resumed play however. The
clubs will play the tie off on Monday.
The score:
New York, 0 0 0 0 5 0-6
Chicago, 0-6
Base hits-New York, 10; Chicago. 9
Errors-New York, 8; Chicago, 2. Bate
ries-Seymour and Warner; Thornton and
Kittredge and Donahue.
National League Standing.