The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-23
BASEBALL Is AGAIN KING.
Tbs National League Season opened
Yesterday in Grand Style.
IMMENSE CROWDS AND LIVELY GAMES
The Total Attendance on A'l '"h'c's
Reached the Enormous Figure i'Aso
Persons-Th. Giants Defeated by tho
Ouakcrs-Balt. more Downs h"-'""'

opcned To-Day ~ the N"lio"S 'N"oN
.it.cs unaor pleasing adspces ihe
weather was ali that could be dcsIeu
ana the total attendance reached the
enormous ngurc OF bl,i5o. fniiade'ph pm"
with l1.04 As a rule ine scores Ne'o
close and the games houy eoH'es''u'
The opening contest az TINS city WAS Wiz
messed by a large audience, among "hoi"
WAS sneaker t.ecd. and "a nuhOeI %
other pouucians. as wei. as eic"'
many society people. The Senators an"
K,aoccrooms were evenly matched, ana
but Ivr De MOnueNillc = via throw ''
the SIXTH inning. the nome team NOu'"
undoubtedly have won. 800. ,.,.r.
mar GIANTS DEFEATED.
A number OF New YORK enthusiasts
,ournev.d TO Philadelphia ana saw 'nc
Giants taken into camp 10 the tuiio 20
3 TO l. 1ne game was rather ""'i -
long drawn out and on the par y,
New Workers was someWhat o,..ar,
~ and poorly played. Their ioui -.
All wild throws. gave the iocai 'luo - -
runs In the seventh inning Iaylor "lu
mailman reached first on wlll 'hiVNS
NV Davis and Joyce. ana La JO4c 49, -.
sent both home with mr. scoro6 ON
IN left centre-leld. La Joie SEQ, "a
Delchantys hit. The fmlleS los. ,
chance for several runs py
base running. ..,.... .o-do,,
RuSie joined the New IN
TIa * in excellent condition ana WI
begin practice with the team to-ho'-
BALTIMORE DOWNS BOSTON.
At baltimore the Champions defeated
the Bostons in the presence OF 49, ;,e,, o
thuslsts. For six innings eXcitemeh,
ran high. Klobedanz. who replaced
SWEETS I'm the middle Of the sixth,
showed great speed, but proved wiz ana
Ineffective. ,. 81,
the home and visiting teams throusn
the principal streets OF the city. me
procession was headed by the flith
Regiment band and Drum Corps ana
handsome cQuipages bearing Manager
Hanlon. Treasurer Won der Horst. most
of prominent citizens. who are devotees
Of the game. and the players. a manu-
some float draped IN red white, and blue
held aloff the Temnlc cup, ana inc
remnants OF a. 20 and &c.
The Cleveland team met defeat nj the
hands Of Louisville. the "tail-enders or
the League The latter outpiayed thor
opponents both in the field and NJ the
bat. The Clevelands scored their frst ana
only run I'm the first inning on Rurkeif
single a sacrifice. Frazicrs wild pitch
and infeid hit For the remainder OF me
gnne Frazier had the Spiders at ms
mercy allowing them h'rt three sinrl"S.
Young pitched great ball until the sixth
inrinr when four singles and n sacrilce
nctted three runs.
Mavcr Todd ritched the first ball across
the plate and then made short address
TO tho nlavers Of 10th fnor0s
FOT GAME At CINCINNATI
I. REQUIRED ten 'nnin~s 20 decide the
game NJ Cincinnati. After herd hEht
tho Reds won by score Of 10 !. IN re
eighth irr'n~ the score stood Cincinnati
4 and Chicago s IN the ninth irwin mn
hard one 70 PfeNer who made bad
throw 10 Decker allowing Irwin TO go 10
thi~d. Pitchie then hit for two hases'
STOLE third and ocored on S"hrif'""
rrounder 10 Dahlen. tying the score.
Rrchie's play was the feature OF the
game
thornton started of with a three-bag-
rer IN the tenth Pfefer went out 10
Khines Griffith flied out to Burke. and
Thornton scored. leavng the score: 'hi-
caco. Z: Cincinnati 6. in the Reds half
Miller hit 10 left. Fictz went out 10 Deck
~, Vauehan hit FOR three bases BRINGING
Miller home. Irwin then hit TO Dahlen
arT Vaurran scored.
The smallest crowd Of the day. 5000
-nfhc~od ~ - owls whore the puts
burg Pirates defeated the Prowns. TO !.
The visitors PLAYED stronger. better
PANE then the homo team and earned
thor victory.
rho raroe was called NJ 2,i5 o'clock
pfftahurr fnkfnc. tho fold Tho first i'm
nine WIS featureiese event Cor the re-
tiroment on strikes Of Smith. Pittshurg's
efo~ h"fer'on ~ 'ho socord irn'~p both
pis.et,r~c and G. ouie scored. Th't was
the latest ~ n for tho browns. PHtshurg
scored oae ilv in tho eivfh and uiolcof un
two rrore rrne - che eighth on Brodie's
double over fret h; -o
eCOPFS nv TNNrNTS.
In the cities there was the usual street
parade ard concert at the grounds. Fol
lowing are the scores.
Al WaSl ir gtCu: K. II. +.
Washington ........21
IA p d -
Batterlcs-Mercer and Mcclure: Payne
and Grim. Umpire. Hurst. Time, two
hours and forty minutes.
Al Philadelphia: r. II. Z.
Philadelphia .......1 I 003 0 0-5
New York ....... "a 600 0-1 .
Batterics-Taylor and Clements; Do
heny and " uson Umpire Emsle. Time,
two hours and twenty minutes.
At Baltimore: +. II. j..
Baltimore .......1 10
Boston ...........2 100000 o. 10 o
Batteries-Honer and Robinson; Stiv-
etts. klObedantZ ana Bergen. Umpire.
Lynch. Time. TWO hours and five minutes.
AT Louisville: r. H. i.
Louisville ........-o O030Oo-3 0
Cleveland ..........1 o o O000O-l
Batteries-Frazer and Wilson; Young
and Zimn cr. Umpire McDermott Time.
one hour and fOrty-nve minutes.
AT Cir cinnatl: r. H. Z.
Cincinnati 400 10 4
Chicago ..........1 100Ol-l II 5
Batteries Ehrct. Rhines and PETE: Grif-
fifth and kittridge. Umpire, Sheridan.
Time. two hours.
At ST. Louis: X. II. +.
St Louis ...........Ol OOOO0OO-i o .
Pittsburg ..........Ol OO0lO2X-4 9
Batterios--Donahue and Mcfarland;
Killen and Sugden. Umpire. Mcdonald.
Time. one hour and forty minutes.
HOW THE CLUBS STAND.
Clubs. W. 1" &c.
baltimore .................. u LOU