The herald., 1897-09-28
Baltimore ROOterS Go Into
Mourning
AN 0LD-FASHI0NED BATTLE
WHERE RUNS WERE COUNTED
BY THE DOZEN
The Game Practically Gives the
League Championship to the
Players From the Hub
Press Special Wire.

| Associated Press Special Wire.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 27.-Outside Of q
little contingent of faithful Boston
"rooters," who are making merry at the
Eutaw house. there is no joy in Bal;i-
more tonight. Boston has taken the
pernant, and there seems to be little
possibility that the champions" can
save it. Hoffer the."Wizard," Nops the
'Southpaw" and Brother Joe" Corbett,
all went down like ripe grain in hur-
ricane before the terrific onslaught of
Boston's batters, until what seemed at
first to be a victory for the home team
was finally turned into rout, the like
Of which has been seldom witnessed on
ball field. More than $4,000 people saw
it done, and that they witnessed the
downfall of their favorites with perfect
good humor, gathering about the vic
tors and cheering them heartily at the
finish, gives the lie direct to two stories
that have been current regarding the
Baltimore baseball public, viz, that it
does not patronize the game and that
"rowdyism" is the rule upon its grounds.
large in the history of the game.
The story OF what happened today
may be briefly told. First came the
awful struggle at the gates for tickets;
then the straining, pushing and fighting
for admission; then the scramble for a
place from which the diamond was WIS.,
ible, until every seat had an occupant,
every inch of standing room was pre-
empted and men. and boys clung, spider
like to fences, flagstaffs, telegraph poles
or any other point Of vantage. The Bos-
ton "rooters," with their brass band.
formed no small part of the great throrg g
that they sunk into comparative insig-
nificance, but the band played on and
the rooters rooted and shouted just the
same. Finally the teams came on for
practice ard then in due time play be-
gan; and the multitude settled itself
down to watch the battle. First Boston
made a run, then Baltimore made two.
then each made three and the score was
tied when Boston added another to its
string. Thus far all was well. Balti-
more, 1t Is true, had lost the lead, but
not hopelessly. Then the visitors
forged to the front with three more tai
still lived in Baltimore.
And so it ran until the dreadful sew
enth inning. Corbett had been crippled
by hot liner early in the play; Nops
had been batted out Of the box little
later and Hoffer had been hit for four
runs; but still the crowd hoped on. No
one looked for a deluge, as Hoffer had
apparently steadied himself and no runs
had been. made off him in two consecu-
tive innings. All at once 1t came. Sin
gle followed double, double followed sin
gle; player after player crossed the
plate, and the crowd grew tired and
wondered If it would ever end. The Of
fetal scorers almost lost their count.
Hoffer became discouraged and wanted
to go off and sit down, but Captain Rob-
inson kept him in the box. Finally the
fusilade of hits was ended; Hoffer came
down from the air, everybody took a
long breath and the scorer figured out
that Boston had made nine runs, all of
which were earned. That settled It,,
and although the Champions made a
final rally in their half and batted out
three runs. following it up with two
more in the eighth. their efforts were
SA
men who strive to whistle up the wind.
During the volley of base hits in the
seventh the crowd was study AS the
first two or three hits were made the
vast throng looked serious; then, as
hits began to pour out like water from a
trough, smile and then hearty laugh
broke forth, and none could have en-
joyed the discontinue of the Champions
more than did their admirers in the vast
audience. OF the many hearty and spon-
taneous bursts of applause, none were
more ringing than that which greeted
Hamilton when, in the fourth inning,
after being trampled upon and severely
stunned by Jennings at second, he made
grand run for home on loves single,
collided with the Baltimores fieshy
backstop and falling heavily pluckily
crawled toward the base, almost faint
ing as he touched it. Again, at the end
Of the game, 10000 people gathered about
the visitors, shook them by the hand,
shouted cheerful pleasantries at them,
told them what good fellows and fine
players they were and finally sent them
away with a shout of appreciation, q
fitting climax for the greatest baseball
spectacle Baltimore has ever seer. The