The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-28

BALTIMORE, MD, sept. z.-Outs'ue Vi
. u,,ie contingent OF faithful Boston
..roo,ers" who are making merry AT ,ne
T,,,taw House tonight, there IS no Joy
a. baltimore tonight Boston has taken
The rubber In the crucial series Is ancou
IN the fght. for the pennant ana tnels
seems 70 he but little probability mat mo
champions can save it, y honer, w
"xvivsrd.' Nops. the "Southpaw.' ana
..,,rn'hcr Toe" Corbett. all went down Ike
,ipe grain i'm "A hurricane before the Ter.
-sr,c onslaught Of Boston's batters. unul
,yhat seemed at first 10 be a victory IoI
.hs home team. was finally turned lhlo
. rout the like Of which has been SELDOM
witnessed on a bail held. -
More than q. 1000 people saw II done ana
they witnessed the downfall oI tleii Ia
vorites with perfect good hnmor' ga1ncI
ing about the victors and cheering 'heih
heartily az the finish.
STORY OF THE GAME
The story Of what happened to-day may
be told briefly:
first. Boston made a run, then Balu-
more made two. then each made three
ana the score was tied when Boston aoo.
cd another 20 It's string. Thus far an
Nss well. Baltimore, It IS true, had
lost tho lead. but not hopelessly. Iheh
The visitors forged 20 the front WIN thIce
more tallies. this was bad indeed but nope
still lived in Baltimore. and so IL rum un-
III that dreadful seventh inning.
CoTbett mad been crippled by hot liner
early in the play. Nops had oecn batted
out OF the box" a little later. and HoI-
fer had been hit tor four runs but sun
me crowd hoped on. No one looked TOT
delupo as H)ffe" had apparently stead
ieT himself and no runs had been ma ls
of him in two successive innings. All
NJ once Il came.
single followed double. double follow
he single. player after player crossed the
nlate until the crowd grew dazed and
wondered II Il would ever end. The OF
ncial scorers almost lost their count.
Uoner became discouraged and wanted
20 20 OF and sit down. but Captain Rob
inson kept him i'm the box. Finally the
fusilade of hits was ended. Hotter came
down from the air. everybody took a long
breath ard the scorers figured cut that
Boston had made nine runs, all OF when
were earned.
A FEEBLE RALLY.
That settl ID Il and although the Cham
pions made a feeble rally in their hall
and batted out three runs, following 1t
up with two more In the eighth, their
efforts were not more consequent than
are those Of men who strive 20 whistle
up the wind. During the voiley Of base
hits I'm the seventh the crowd was O
study.
A the first two or three were made the
vast throng looked serious, then as hits
began to pour out ike water, from a
trough a smile and then a hearty laugh
broke forth and none could have enjoyed
the discontinue Of the Champions more
than did their admirers in the vast audi
cnce. OF the many hearty and spontan'
eous bursts Of applause, none We're more
ringing than that which greeted Hamil
ton, when in the fourth inning, after be
ing srampled upon and severely stunned
b. Jennings at second, he made a grand
run for home on loves single. collidec
with Balumorc's foshy back9top, an'
falling heavily plucl,ily cTawled TOWARD
che base. almost fainting from the ehock
Us he touched IL.
Again az the end OF the game 10000 oeo
pie gathered about tho visitors, SHOOT
them by the hand. shouted cheerful pleas
entries at them. told them what good tel
lows and fine players they were and fnal
IS sent them away with such shout o
appreciation as TO make a fitting climax
ror the greatest baseball spectacle Balu
more has ever seen.
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