The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-25
National League Standing.
BALTIMORE DROPS,
And boston Takes First Place in the
National League Race.

BALTIMORE, Sept. 24.-Nearly 1900 peo-
pie saw Bostons baseball players beat the
champions to-day and take the lead in the
exciting race for this seasons champion
ship. Special trains were run from Boston,
Philadelphia and Washington. One hun
dred and thirty-five of the spectators were
BoStonians who came over to root for
their seltow-citizens. Bedecked with red
badges and armed with tin horns, they
made noise enough for ten times their num-
Der and tonight they are in an excessive
ly cheerful frame of mind Not SO with the
home crowd, for they have no excuse to
make for the beaten champions. The game
was fairly won by superior playing, time
lier batting, better baserunning and sharp
er, cleaner fielding, in which Long and
Tenney played probably the most conspic-
uous parts, two of Longs and one of Ten
ney's catches being of the most sensational
order
At first it looked like an easy victory
for the champions, when the visitors went
out in one, two, three order in successive
innings, and the Orioles had two tallies
tucked away, but there was a change in
the fourth, when Doyle. usually faultless
in his fielding, fell over an easy bounder
right into his hands, gave Stahl a life and
let Tenney in with run. This piece of bad
playing was followed by bit of hard luck
when Stencil banged three-bagger, but
was instantly caught trying to come home
ON Doyle's easy one to Collins. A period of
decentralization, which does not show in the
score, overlook the Baltimoreans at this
juncture, and two runs put the visitors
in the lead This lead would have been
overcome as the sequel shows, but Broth
er joe cinched it for the visitors by pre-
senting them with two runs in the seventh
a throw over Doyles head in trying to field
an easy bunt, a wild pitch, and another
falldown on simple little grounder by
Doyle, netting these runs, after gilt-edged
chances to retire the side had been Of
fered and lost.
The eighth inning was productive Of great
disappointment to the Baltimoreans when
with the bases full, Stencil lined out a
corker that was making for the left-ield
bleachers like a hurricane. Had it got
through Boston's infeld it meant two runs
sure, but Long made a desperate run and
reached for it. 1t landed in his NIT and the
side was out
1t seemed quite hopeful for the cham
pions again in the ninth, when Doyle
Reitz and Robinson singled, one after the
other, sending Doyle i'll with a rum and
Reitz followed with another on McGraw s
single, Quinn going out in the meantime
on long fly to Hamilton. With four runs
in, two men on bases and only one out, it
looked good for Baltimore, but Long jumped
way up into the air, pulled down Keeler's
red-hot liner, threw it to Lowe at secord
and doubled up Captain Robinson, who hi.d
incautiously lit out for third base when
Keeler hit the ball This ended the agony
and the score tells the rest. Attendance,
1904.
The Boston ''rooters," headed by Con-
gresham John f. Fitzgerald of that city,
hired a brass band tonight and gave the
visitors a serenade and reception at the
Eutaw House. Tomorrow they will take
the band to the grounds to help root" for
the visitors. Collins, Bostons third base
man, was hit in the eye by a batted ball
the injured member is swollen and discol-
ored. He expects to be in the game to-
morrow. however. Score of to-daY,s game: