The herald., 1897-09-30
ON THE DIAMOND
Boston Continues to Walk Toward The
Championship

BROOKLYN, N. Y, Sept. 29.-The
Bostons and Brooklyns began series OF
three games at Eastern park this after
E.oon upon which much depends for both
teams. Winning all the games will give
the Bostons the championship, matter
what Baltimore does. A majority OF
the games for Brooklyn means cinch
on the only place still left in the first d.
vision, the sixth. 1t was Kennedy
against Lewis, and for six innings it was
nip and tuck, Lewis having a shade the
better of the argument. Kennedy was
replaced by Payne in the eighth, but he
looked like Kennedy to the Bostons and
three more runs were the result. thus
clinching the victory. After the third
inning, Lewis had the home team COM
pletely at his mercy. The support given
the youngster bordered on the phenome-
nal The Boston rooters had section
all to themselves in the grand stand.
They made themselves heard after the
sixth inning. The game was called at
tine end of the eighth inning on account
| OF darkness. Attendance, $500. Score:
Brooklyn, 4; base hits, 6; errors, Z. Bos-
ton. 12; base hits, IS; errors. 8.
BALTIMORE = Washington went
down before the Champions today in
we'll played contest. The game was
characterized by tn sharpest kind Of
| fielding on both sides, Wrigley for WASH
ington and Jennings for Baltimore bear
ing off the palm. Nops was very eff
fective in tight places. Attendance,
1910. Score: Baltimore. 6; base hits, s;
errors, 3. Washington, 8; base hits, IL;
errors, 2.
NEW YORK-Errors in the first inning
and clean batting In the second gave the
New Yorks a lead which the Phillies
could not overcome. Although they hit
the ball more frequently than did the
Giants, the Phillies only run was
homer by Clements. With lead of six
runs, Rusie retired al the end of the
seventh and "Si'' Seymour went on the
slab. Score: New York. Z; base hits,
s; errors. O. Philadelphia, 1; base hits,
II; errors, 5.
THE CHESS PLAYERS
committee Of the international chess
masters tournament now being played
at the Architektae in this city,
announced. that the Wlabrodt versus
Metger game, left unfinished yesterday,
has resulted in a win for Walbrodt.
Today the masters were paired for the.
fifteenth round, according to the Ber-
gen schedule. Zinkl and Burn had
"byes"
Today's play resulted as follows:
Charousek defeated Alapin; Schiffers
won against Winawer; Blackburne beat
Caro-; Cohn and Walbrodt adjourned
their game; Schlechter disposed of
Tschigorin; Marco worsted Teichmann;
Metger lost to Janowski, and Albin to
Suechting.
A GRIDIRON GAME
PHILADELPHIA, Sept 29-Foot-
ball: University Of Pennsylvania, 1S;
Washington and jefferson, 4.
HARTFORD, Conn, Sept. 29.-Yale
met Trinity on the Trinity campus this
afternoon and in game of football won
by the score of 10 to o. Yale made several
changes in her team and in the second
half was outplayed by the local cole
gians, although neither team could
score.
The game was important, because 1t
was the first opportunity to size up the
Yale team in a match contest. 1t was
also Trinity's first game Of the season.
Yale has a light team and if the Sons of
Eli are going to make a respectable
showing against Harvard and Princeton
the coachers of the team have some
pretty hard work before them.
FAST WHEELING
LONDON, Sept. 29.-At the Crystal
Palace today A. E. Waltons beat all bicy-
Gle records over distances from "a to Ga
miles. He covered the 34-mile course in
1:5:101a and the 64-mile course in
2:7:4 As.