The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-18

BROOKLYN. 4: BOSTON. /.

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{: Splendid pitching by Jack Dunn. beautiful
support 10 the field and a timely single bv
him when the bases were filed In the second
inning enabled the new Brooklyns to score a
clean. cut victory over the champion Bostons
at Washington Park Yesterday afternoon.
The weather was a bit cold and raw. though
clear. but the cranks turned out in large num-
bers Just the same. There were nearly 5000
persons in the stands when the game began.
OF whom 5.196 paid admission to the grounds.
Considering the weather. II was an unusual
attendance for Monday and demonstrated be-
yond a doubt that interest in the work Of Han
Ions men pervades the greater city In all sec
tions. Saturdays memorable / to 0 struggle
was on the til Of the tongue. the pnexnectedly
OF friends. for the rlayers. So when yester.
days battle d began the home hon, team I'm found q that "a
When Dunn entered the box here was SOU
speculation as % his ability to hold the for.
midahle Boston batSmen down. Blu he soon
showed the crowd that he was equal to the
task. liz msed his head worked a nuHzl'nG
rattle when the Bostons got him In a hole 10
the last inning. His performance was prac-
day, and convinced the cranks that Hanlon's
pitching corn. this year will excel nearly every
other in the League. Dunn received backing
shots at Jennings broke badly because OF the
uneven surface Of the ground in front Of him
they did little damage. Dahlen again carried
of the iieluinG honors and, won plenty Of ap.
pIae esd to a t Eta snm St' i1s gy IT h'm a t IN ane eh h,nt9 a PIT pit
might have made things interesting, The
Brooklyns were, still below the prorer hitting
standard. hut that was probably due to mas
terly pitching by the elongated Willis. who
kept the hits well apart and worked like a Tro-
CHAMPIONS helped Willis out immeasurablv.
especially as they. came at times when the
stnbI mnds se the ' bsst Sl Ia o f9T Boston %stn 'R Mheb oaf +.
collared Il terrific liner from MCCAIN and
doubled w. Dahlen at first on. a fine throw to
Tenney. The bascruuning. Of the Brooklyns
showed Improvement. two clever double steals
going through successfqlly; The umnirinR
and the game was quickly played without
bitches.
Brooklyn's half of the second inning. Ander-
on the bench. Billy bfatl,len., however, waited
Gam pounded a hot single to left. The sig
pals began to work now. and ,tefors Willis
n unde way way. Bergen &c hurled the ball to Collins.
but Dahlen slid around him in dust and safety.
AAleGann pulling W at second simultaneously
the play, denoted SIX i'll and s%wiftness OF foot:
Dali, took a base on balls and three men stood
Vow, Broadway, hit It into the canal"
yelled the rootsrs when Alec Smith walked up
to. to !n a c nIn,f' ur Th }. t hs' bISs s Ria'f i 1h Ss sho, he e
foul straight over his head and Bergen got the
bail without moving from his tracks;
faced Willis. The cranks didn't expect him to
do ANYTHING. but, the pitcher was right in it
Lowe which sent Dahlen and McGann dane.
inE acr rs the rubber end landed Daly on
sianl se Ton n Snt D mH~e R6l,e Dpq i%r ' thc Slat to
This move was SO unexpectsd that Bergen made
q throw TO Collins. thinking that DAILY would
and Collins returned the ball as quickly as he
could. II is doubtful! whether DAILY would
the aSsf bali HfG hit "f hin on AZ the ase sh hiSifii TG ana a b6SSn rie1
lid not stop sprintine until he reached third;
There was more cheering OF this additional
bit Of clever base running. but it died out
when Hamilton got under Kelley's long fly for
play, shut the Brooklyns out in the third It
teams wss a Ease ia the "' f oafi .~ But 'h |" the o afth t 'He Bot,
tons woke the crowd up, althqngh they didn't
score; Collins made the first BIZ of Dunn on
flied out to Anderson.apd Keeler. respectively.
and Bergen made two ha 'es on u fly ball that
Willis. h viewer. grounded to Dunn and closed
Lowe and Tenney settled tho Brooklyns in
having, the batsmen at their mercy In the
eeived bases on balls. but Dahlen gathered in
loves hard smash and a double rlay resulted
q. 'rpitchea ball In the last hall. but sStahi took
McGann's heavy liner on the run and com
pleted a startling double play with an accurate
throw TO Tenney. DAILY was retired at first by
Collins.
After the champions had received their
eighth successive blank. the Brooklyns made
another run. Smith opened with a pretty
SINCE to centre and went 10 second on Dunn's
we'll placed sacrifice, ,Kelley's out put the
Keeler's single. the ball taking an ugly bound
AMI giancing of loves knee. Jennings was
third out on a tan to Tenney.
The Bostons scared the crowd In the ninth.
and'also escaped a shut-out. Tenney beat out
q bunt aud stayedSat first while Long and
to centre and Stahl got a scratch on a ball that
bounded up and hit Jennings in the face.
loves base on balls advanced Tenney to the
plate and the crowd began to show signs Of
nervousness. Bergen drove a terrific smash
close to third which might have been a two
Dagger. But Dahlen made a fine stop. touched
third, forcing Stahl. and the victory belonged
Il BROOKLYN. The score: