The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-05-15
BELONGED TO GIANTS
BUT EcksToNE WENT TO PIECES
AND WAS HIT RIGHT AND
LEFrRoLAND's ERROR
COST TWO SCORES.
CLUB STANDING.

Back to the cid nut iht 6tdH'S eSh'
yesterday Afternoon when they allow
ed the Infants to take from them the
second game of the series by score
OF S to /, a game which the home team
had In their hanls from the first In
ming, and which BY all means they
should have kept there
The loss of the game is due to Eek
stones pitching and even more than
to an inexcusable error on the
part 81 Captain Roland, making two
games he has passed into the hands
Of visitors out of the last three played
Iii the first half Of the seventh In
ming both Eckstone and Harvey were
taken from their positions and Ashley
and Gray assigned to fill them And
nil them they did, to the utmost sat-
isfaction Of the many hundreds of fans
who were assembled In the stand and
on the bleachers and the feeling was
general among them ait the close OF
the game that II only teh two had
been put in at the start the score
would have been altogether different
Ashley pitched the prettiest ball pos.
sible, allowing but nine men to face
him III three innings, not one of
whom got q hit o. reached the first
sack. Gray caught his part of the
game well as well ais could be asked.
and made one Or two good catches Of
fouls.
The only score for the Giants was
made In the first inning, though sew
eral times during the course Of the
game It appeared to oniookers that
there would be several more made BE-
fore It's close.
Bell, the first man at the bat was hit
Thy a pitched ball and walked, Bissell
Sacrificed and Price scored Bell on d
long hit to right field, but was thrown
ont himself at second Roland scratch
\ ga 4 hit and reached third on an over
throw BY the catcher while trying to
head him off at second, which sack he
waa trying to steal Magill's drive to
second was captured and he was
thrown ont, retiring the team with
Roland still in a position to score.
Id the last half of the second inning,
the fans were confident that the Giants
would score at least one more run and
settle the outcome Of the CANA but
though Larsen made a beautiful three
base hit with only one man out, iriv
ing the bali clear to the center field
fence, his effort was fruitiess, 10,
Harvey and Eckstone. the two next
men AZ the bat, struck out.
In the sixth also there was i pos
sible chance for score, Bell reachins
first on an error by the second base
man and stealing second but the
three Gut followed In rapid successful
and the inning closed WIKI Bell Of
third.
Tho visitors made all their runs Il
TWO innings, two IN the flfth and TIL
remaining three in the sixth. Eckston
went TO pieces in the fifth and afte
one man had flied ont to Bissell, a.
sisted by the decisions Of Umpire Tx,
he allowed two men in succession t
walk With these two gift men 0
bases Captain Roland made an unpa
donahle error with an easy drive b
Fleming after Kip had gone out on
foul to Harvey, filled all bases. an
then, Righ Fielder Taylor lanme
out two base hit, scoring the me
on second and third Magill followe
with long fly which looked to iii
\ fans as though ii would be a hit, b.
thc new fielder Price went after
and fairly ategit up. closing the innin
with Taylor nearly home.
IN the sixth the hits came In sue
last and furious succession that
was a hard matter to keep track
n them. Walters led off and reache
hrst, beating out throw by Bell, q
PER virgils had flied ont to Mayer
Hoepple followed and reached first {
= fielder's choice. Fehn was hit by
pitched ball and walked, filling Il
bases. On Beeker's hit walters ",
forced out at home by Bells return
the ball to Harvey. Harvey in tryil
to make asdouble play BY thrswil
our the batter al FIRST. stood on h
platc and Walters, not being able
uNn aside, struck his arm as he W