Evening star., 1897-04-27
IN SPORTING CIRCLES
The New York Game Stopped by a
Wind Storm.
UNUSUAL NUMBER OF DRAWS
Opening Of the Race Meeting at
EPSON, England.
CROKER ENTRY SECOND

o. P. Caylor in today's New York Her.
aid reviews the New York Washington
game as follows:
Rain has its varied uses So has wind.
These two elements jumped into the OPEN
ing championship game of base ball at the
Polo ground at ten minutes past o'clock
yesterday afternoon. and did more in the
space of a few seconds TO save New York
from the onus of defeat than all of Captain
Joyces men did In two hours Therefore
rain and wind each deserve an assist credit
in the score of the contest.
Sixteen thousand spectators sat and stood
for one hundred and thirty painful and
nerve-racking minutes watching the Giants
perform in concert about unscientifically
as base ball can be played. unless ii be
brrlesqued. If everybody preseht-except.
perhaps few hundred strangers-didnt
know that the exhibition given by the New
York team yesterday was travesty upon
their true abilities. the verdict would have
been handed in this morning that eleventh
place is about their destination.
The attendance was not equal to that of
former years on opening days. 1t was not
expected to be. Monday before a general
holiday was the worst possible date that
could have been chosen for opening in
tanned by extra work in preparation for
the closing Of business today who other
wise would have been sure of attendance
at the inaugural championship ceremonies.
With their customary bluff the Giants
started off like easy winners. Van Haltren
singled and Dutch Mike drove a two
bagger between right and center fields.
This brief bluff caused the anxious multi
tude to fear that IL would be one sided
that the afternoons sport would be dead
ered. But with these two preliminary fire
crackers the Giants ceased their brilliant
work Gleason flied out to Cartwright.
and then. while Joyce scratched an infield
hit. Van scored. Davis gave Demont a
grounder, which forced Joyce at second
and would have resulted in d double play
had not O. Brien thrown wide to first. That
was the visitors only error of the game,
and it let Tiernan score the second run.
After this inning the amount of the New
Yorks batting was diScouragingly small.
They made six more hits in the eight in
nings. but three OF the six were of the Sus-
picious kind which set the rooters into IL
division of opinion to whether they
should be scored hits or errors
Winifred Mercer, that slim-faced. puny-
looking young man, who seemed doomed
every minute TO fall from pure weakness,
pitched for the Washingfons. He had
variety of eight or ten deliveries, from a
rainbow drop to an curve. and he mixed
them up for the Giants until few of the
boys looked if Kelley injection would
relieve them. In word, Mercer had them
almost wholly at his mercy after those first
two hits
the tenth inning opened in the gloom of
an approaching wind and rain storm. Do
heny felded O'Brien's grounder, but Cart
wright got a base balls. Brown gave
Doheny a grounder, ard Eddie. threw
wide to second. passed ball advanced
both runners. Then Doheny made a balk
and Cartwright walked home just as the
storm burst Two strings of the flags of all
nations were blown loose from the grand
stand and went whiriins over the diamond
The wind blew and the rain descended.
Game called. said Mr.. Lynch. Ah-h-h-h 1,
breathed the crowd Saved by the ele-
ments'' IS the epitaph.
They can, will and must do better The
time to begin Is now. Rusie will pitch for
them today Maybe the sight of the big
boy shooting curves across the plate will
rouse the players from their semi-sleep.
when they once get to going keep your
eyes on Them Now what will Rusie do tG-
day! Let us think of that and forget YES
terday.