The evening world., 1901-08-29
TAYLOR WAS IN THE BOX
Game was Nip and Tuck Affair al
Start, with Good Work A6eld
BY Both Teams.
The Battiug order.

bOWcTHlaN. G. .-tVFcs
, Taylor, n. Townsend. p.
Umplre-Dwyer
Especial to The ErvninE worldJ
POLO GROUNDS. Aug. :o.-The fans
OF Gotham came to the Polo Grounds
this afternoon In curious state OF
mind. When tho Giants left New York
to go to Philadelphia they appeared to
Be In n hopeless SLUMP Ru, to the sur
prise and delight ~ lr admirers In
New York. Davis's men won three
beautiful games in succession from
lIughey JenEings's team OF Quakcr~.
This was all the more surprising be-
caure the Phillics. just now. possibly
excepting the Hrooklyns. are the hard
es. team In the League to run up
against.
True. tic Giants fell down In the
fourth game. but four straight we're
mole than any nine in the League
could expect to take from Philadelphia.
and there was a good excuse for losing.
too. To put In \ man like Van Hal.
ircn. who hasn't pitched ball since the
war. was. like handing the game on \
silver platter to PHILADELPHIA.
Fans Lacked and Wondered.
SO the Giants came back to their
stamping grounds this afternoon In \
very cheerful frame OF mind. and each
man fancied he had n feather In his
cap. The fans were on hand In goodly
| numbers to gree; them. and they won.
| dercd whether 1t was all true or not.
| Perhaps II was only pipe" dream
that the Giants had won three straight
from the Phllies. II seemed too good
to be true. Al any rate they would see
to-day whether there has been start
ling Improvement !" the Giants form
| or not.
Davis arrived at the clubhouse early
and got into his uniform. Then he
| called his players around him and gave
them a Torso. but warm heart-to-hcnrt
| talk. The burden OF 1t all was that the
Giants had shown they could play. that
there was no excuse for their not play
ing goods ball. and they had better do
some more of II. or lightning nigh,
strike the camp.
They sa,intcr.d out onto the diamond
and began practice. Every New Yorker
seemed to be anxious to get 20 work.
FEEDERS were full OF ginger and the
pitchers served up sizzlins curves that
whange ,l into the catchsrs' mitts with
sharp reports. Fieldcrs got all the long
flies without trouble and not n Srounder
VAS fumbled.
Jennings and his men tore up tho
grasl scampcring after Srounders FOR a
while. and their practice work was quite
as good. II not better. than tina, OF the
Giants. The Quaker Captain said 1T
was ali mistake the Giants winning
three games from us and II was a sad
mistake on our part to let II go through.
We monkcyed around until VIC lost our
hold OF second place and then woke
up. Never mind, there will be some
thing doing to-day. and maybe We will
win three straight. Just to show there's
no hard feeling"
When the game began at O'Clock
there Vac an unusually good crowd on
hand. Tho fans OF Sclbachvllle filled
the blcachcrs and the grand stand was
comfortably occupied.
At the last Minute Davis decided to
put Taylor IN the box.
First lnnInH.
Thomas went down to first via the
four-ball route. He was advanced to
second on Barry's pretty sacrifice to
Bowsrman., 8luEgcr Flick slammed the
bali to centre. for . bag. sending ThomHs
to third. Taylor couldn't locate the
ocost,nusd on Fourth .Pas..) 81