The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-25

BALTIMORE, Md, Sept. 24.-Neafly
5000 people saw Boston's base ball
players beat the champions today and
take the lead in the exciting race Tor
this seasons championship. One hun
dred and thirty-five of these people
were Bostonians, who came over to
root for their fellow citizens. Be
decked with red badges and armed
with tin horns, they made noise enough
for ten times their number, and to-
night they are in an excessively cheer
full frame of mind. Not so with the
rest of the crowd, for they have no
excuse to make for the beaten cham
pions. The game was fairly won by
superior playing, timelier batting, ber-
ter base running and sharper, cleaner
fielding, in which Hermann Long and
Tenney played probably the most con-
spicuous parts, two of Longs and one
of Tenney's catches being of the most
sensational order.
The Boston ''rooters," headed by
Congressman John F. Fitzgerald, of
that city, hired brass band tonight
and gave the visitors a serenade and
reception at the EutaW house. Tomor-
row they will take the band to the
grounds to help root" for the visitors.
Collins, Boston's third basemen, was
hit in the. eye by batted ball during
practice this afternoon. and tonight
the injured member is swollen and dis
colored. He expects to be in the game
tomorrow however.
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
g. change in the fourth, when Doyle,
usually faultless in his fielding, fell
over an easy bounder right into his
hands, gave StahI a life and let Tenney
in with a run This piece of bad play
ing was followed by bit of hard luck,
when Stencil batted a three bagger,
but was easily 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 Brother joe
einched it for the visitors by present
ing them with two runs in the seventh
A throw over Doyles head in trying
to field an easy bunt, a wild pitch and
another fall down. on simple little
grounder by Doyle netted these runs,
after gilt-edged chances to retire the
side had been offered and lost.
The eighth inning was productive of
disappointment to the Balttmoreans,
when, with the bases full, Stencil lined
out a corker that was making for the
left field bIeaehers like cyclone. Had
it got through Boston's infield it meant
two runs sure. but Long made des-
perate run and reached for it. It land
ed in his mit and the side was out.
1t looked hopeful for Baltimore
again in the ninth, when Doyle, Reitz
and Robinson singled, one after the
other, sending Doyle in with run, and
Reitz followed with another on Nc
Graw'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 second
and doubled up Capt. Robinson, who
had incautiously started for third base
when Keeler hit the ball. This ended
the agony, and the score tells the rest
Attendance 1904 Score: