BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-02-17
Echoes From R0Otsls R0lst,

Judging from the large number Of spec-
tators present, and the unueual interest
manifested at Saturdays game between the |
Oolonials andthe Plaza teams, q new Impetus
81 4 prolonged existence seems to have been
riyen the National Game In Porto Rico.
While 1t ID. fair to say that the game was
above the average exhibition which ls
usually seen here, 1t can at the same time ne
said that the attendance Was not due 70 this
cause. Old time enthusiasm, such as was
seen when the grounds were first laid out,
was the order Of the day, and the old cries
were once sgsin made use OF, but with
renewed and strengthened vigor. As q
curtain raiser for the new series no better
idea could have suggested itself than the
playing Of this game, and the attendance is
sure to be kept up for soma time on the
reputation Of this game alone Il was .
grand re- union OF the reoter and the player.
The hest seen here in many = day.
AS for the game itself it is safe to say
THAT no better has ever been viewed either
lin this city or anywhere in the Union.
National League games never exceed the
Interest manifested in it, and seldom equal
lii. There were some errors on both sides,
but these we're rapidly forgotten in the
number Of exceedingly good ones, and in
the remarkable team work OF both mines.
At critical moments the players were at
their best, and on several occasions, what
seemed TO be certain scores, we're prevented
lby clever head work, and pretty stops. The
lbatting was hardly ab1Ve the average, sew
eral members Of both. mines, usually cons.d
i cred sure hittefE, failing to materialise at
most critical 6eriods. Cassidy and Luti
for the CoIy6ials, with regulations as slug.
gers, ,tGled to do anything OF note and
Fallsn and Jones, both Of whcm can gen
sfally be relied on for single at least
-i'were dead timber SO far as hitting the bal
was concerned.
In the first inning the Colonials scored
one run, and in the third this score was
tied by the Plazas. From then on it wai
q case Of nip and tuck. First one team in
the lead and then the other would tie the
score, and with the exception of the two Winn
ling runs madein the last half OF the ninth
neither team scored more than single rur
lin a1y one inning.
In the first half Of the ninth the Colonial
went to bat with the score at to 5. VI
Spavin's mufi, or tumble OF Fleckstein'.
grounder, Fleck gained frs; Ryan ther
sent any easy pop fly to Fallon who muffst
it, giving Ryan first and advancing Flecls
tein to second, Maule then went to piece
for the time being, and gave Launt hi
base ON balls, Cullensn followed and being
given q base on balls Fieekstein scored
The next man to the bat struck out Thi
run was made with two men out.
In the second half OF the ninth the hrs
m IN at bat Tor the Oolonials went ont. Bre
wer hit safely for q base, the next man hi
safely for one base advancing Brewer, an.
on Spavin's safe hit into short left field
both men scored making it 5 20 in favo
of the Plaza team.
, Ga the whole the game while poor
played at stages, and marked by severa
kicks, one Of them on fly IN right field
which was called foul and which If fai
would have scored three runs for tLa Colo
malls in the eighth inning, was by far th
best seen here. The decision on the for
. ball was very close, and the spectators wer
about evenly divided as TO whether the bal
. was fair or foul. The Umpire certainl
deserves credit for deciding this questio
according to his best Judgment.