The sun., 1897-09-01
THE RECORD

NEW YORK, Z, CINCINNATI, o-f1RST GAME
Managers Joyce and Ewing. together with the
players OF the New York and Cincinnati teams,
are to be congratulated for their gentlcmanly
behavior and clean ball playing at the Polo
Grounds yesterday. There feeling of
enmitJ between tho teams TO outward appear
Anoes. and practically no kicking against the
rulings OF Umpires Emslie and Carpenter. The
visitors were permitted TO dress on the grounds
and 10 practice on the feld for fully half an
hour before It was time to play.
The exhibition of ball playing during the
afternoon was, therefore. one long to DO remsm
ber,d by the great crowd OF 1000 spectators.
IL was BASEBALL all the time. in the strictcst
sense OF the word. and to say that It was
joyed would Ia putting II mildly. One two
decisions were open To dispute. but The players
cid not lose their senses, and rOwdyisin was
irely iei out The crowd. too seemed to be IN
over the national game. ami the CincinnGtis can
take home the news that they were never moro
When Pitcher Rhtncs walked OF tho deld
after the rrst game hnd been lost he recoived
seats. and ackno~IsJred It BY dofsnS his cap.
Late; When S9gI SN was ai' n .n,S ,hs G ST,SSa md
old cry ot =" Hold /; ou: = went up 80 that . new
ball would be put into Breitenstcin's hAnes.
Van naitFrn show I'd his ma nllEesA by climbing
into the stand and throwing tho ball tack into
the heid, There Was plenty OF applause for
dtsitug uguishei Themselves. hUt the crEnks out
dtI u, uss. T,s ia their efforts to CON pll ment
Manager joyce anu the New Works for their
clean, ,poTtsruAnlike bshaTtor which ID ale their
superb p!sving loy
II such methods eaa he prrPetGated Aad old
scosrs fos soltrn the pIhlic will uaite IN saying
that the .sme y not .ostnE caste. II the b~tl-
ringing fokirs and noiosiety seekers who per-
and try 70 attract attention BY .dtotic antic-
can be suppsrsss,. ttier, " u! b ng further faalt
George Davis cut 6lE figure in tho rrs.
game. He made IN eScasAe.o EuGS Of throSn
for thT~~ runs Later be cut on .es eral 30, Ei,s
By won irE:a! stops. ran bases IA "SnaertG!
single. Ra,!s vas hiI hara, and "N' iaek.y 10
bat for = sunsl!ns play In The rt,h tnniny. shea
sroapd ss.ws-n i:"in and ysayAa. 4h.f
put up very last sall TiefpsS sattsa 10 tho
him ot some hits By r-rnaEk able piAy.. Hoy. ~
the way, PIAyst nearly bali tbs satns for the
eoastArt sppIsase. CSrvoras. general ~orS
csusSt many To WOraier Why BrOcSLya lot him
%. snt MePhes. the veteran second sNssusAh.
The CnGinnatis roIis-. ap four runs il the ars,
SasE-r to itE G .n3 seor.S d on Kitesey :, scrairs
The latter moved to .reond % Muisr's saertAca
AND beekley h!, hn>s 10 Gleasoa- The latter
catch RitrhsT OF .ccona. hat Georx. nassd
the ball and ehtnss q rssirs the side -t,h
the ball got past 70 vsa HAirr.u- CorrUsaa .Ao,
the plate. too. on ait. BY Irwin And VGaSAa
The IA'ts. drEN a ih-pS Ia sexoni ~G.ea
As Rusie walk 10 he t.nrh toms p.r.oa.,
who eFtdsnt!y knew nssaiSg about baseball.
vas promptly oG.et ~ sneoa "a .snT rhesrs ffutn
hs fair mln6ed IAiron-- FosE runs .s-nast 20
lnd.rhand shoo,s bo~t.s! ,hs Ssr yorrs orsr
p qulrk succession In the lAs; half the fsiat.
hearted rooser' EroAnei. xmas srttlsd down
PcEnr what IN the -ond. Gaa Sts greatly A.d~d
Ry Gleasoa ~hO made . couple oS great st0r-
II the last half. With t~o out, bits by Clark and
Warner made the crowd cheer. bat the latter
vas forced.
D,vi. rnbbed B~ckley o, carEips hi. IN u.
hird oy pGlltnE the ball down vita one hani
hnd getting Il 10 hrs. before JAKE. H. the lsa,
kalt Euaie opeIed with a LerT.Ac ;Agso- bASEaT
Ind scored Sew YOrk's hrsi rgn Or Van NAi,
lren's single.
The visitors made another run IN the fourth
Bn vau2hn'- sin sle, TlernAn's failure to stop lt
and b'se hit by hoy. Cisrk then ;AllIot! for
Joyees men on his bit. an error By CorrorSa
: In tho ffth there wa. plenty OF excitement
Becksy and Nefhse opened with safe hits.
Coreorsn struck out. lie sIsy vas retired he-
tween bone ami third on Twins rrp t0 DAv!s
and Vaughn was stopped at nrst. CLARK bAaIIng
down hirh throw by Davis
Ritrhe, Tiorn.n and Davis single and both
an easy foul between third and the plAts which
either Irwin or Vaughn could have eaten. But
th'y kyt lhS'E Signs CEOsstu ahc tuc Da!l tel
To earth.
That's a life for fair. yelled the crowd. aud
Clark readily appreciated tho fact by sending
Tiernan In with scratch past Irwin. Big BiIl
then surprised tn. crowd By making wsfers
dash for second. Vaughn bit at the bait with q
thro" down and Davis scored Ia a cloud OF dust.
Warner promptly brought In Clark with an.
other hit anh was cRuShi stealing.
warner made "A superb catch OF Ritchie's foul
right on the front OF the grand stand Ia tho
sixth, and the crowd cheered for several mo-
ments. The score ~Bs still u tie when the New
YOrks took their turn and GOubla play settled
Uonnelly and kuSir. Van Haltr.n however
got "A base on balls. stole SECOND. and crossed tho
rubber on MCCreerys single to left. The run
put New York ahead and the multitude was
jubilRnt
Both pitchers settled down after that and
there were no more runs until the ninth. Then
the Cincinnatis made the cranks temporarily
sad by getting man home and tieing the score
This was accomplished by Richie who
scratched hit and hustled around on Mller's
short two-bagger and Becklcys long ny 10 Van
Hnltreh.
Van then came up for his side and scratched
single 10 Corcoran. The crowd did not try 10
rattle Ith!nes, but watched McCreery as hs
worked in sacrifice bunt. Ticrnan put Van
on third with long ny TO Miller and Davis
won the game by dropping n single in let near
tho foul line. The score:
HE" rohk. CINCINNATI.
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