The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-16
BASEBALL BY CONTRIBUTION.
CRANKS CONTRTBUTE THE COIN,
BROOKLYNS THE DEFEAT.
BostOns Make II Four Straight From Them
No Admission Charged and No Score
Cards SOld-Deputy Police Commits
sIOnrr O'keene watches Proceedings.

Baseball by voluntary contribution was
tried at Washington Park yesterday after
noon. There were two kinds Of contribution.
The spectators contributed the price Of ad
mission at the gates and the Brooklyns con
tributed their fourth straight defeat at the
hands of the Bostons. There being a court
decision that admission must not be charged
for Sunday ball games. the Brooklyn manage
ment hit upon the plan OF asking no admis-
sion fee, but instead. letting those who
wished TO see the game pay the price of their
own free will There was no compulsion,
and while a few probably walked in without
parting with any coin whatever. most OF
the spectators handed out their quarters
or halves OF six bits. as the case might be.
as they passed IN. II was the first case OF
its kind on record in a big league.
Deputy Police Commissioner 0'Keefe was
at the main entrance. and with the assist
anoe OF q squad Of police a close watch was
kept on the proceedings to see that the law
was not violated. Mr.. O'Keeffe later saw
the game from a box and said that he
saw no violation OF the law, There were
no arrests. no disturbance at the gates.
Nothing was sold, not even a score card,
a lead pencil or a peanut.
Men stood out In front Of the entrances
with silver In their hands and offered TO make
change for those going In. The contributions
were dropped into the tin boxes. which or
dinarily are used as receptacles for tickets.
One mans contribution fell ont of his hand
on the floor and turned out to be a nickel.
He saw the game cheap.
The attendance was about 5000. but would
have been more II it had not raineI hard in
the morning, making a game doubtful,
The Bostons forgot to bring their bats and
borrowed three from the Brooklyn supply.
With those three foraged weapons the Ma
tional League leaders did enough execution
to clean up the whole series. They were
assisted by Brooklyn errors. unfortunate
errors made in the hurry OF rapid action
plays.
Young was not as effective again st the
Brookiyns as on tns 2penink aay, Rnt ms
innings for Brooklyn. The reaenerated Bos-
innings and Manager Donovan shooed him
to the clubhouse, substituting Nal Eason,
who was an Improvement.
Brooklyn pitchers, The Bostons helded .ex-
ceed,ngly well in the wet. slippery going;
a and B4ri iddSa IP Mas 10 e ahs nal" at 'e sho Ssn'Ff ba rsla
another of Tenuey's finds. slapped two
singles through the Brooklyn defence and
Casey's errors gave the Bostons a, run ip
the second SGoodnd inning Bran sI y and h0 YOU'D nni
t hSy . R' sad hSFy to st Sy Sr'sf Br Il dssiifis sa Gsf nc.
Strobel hit to Pastorious, and Brain was run
down between third and home. ,Strobel in
the meanwhile had taken a lead of first.
Casey threw over 10 first to catch him. threw
wild. and Bates scuttlcd home. Bad base
running was done by the Brooklyns in the
advanced beyond that point. Pastorious
walked and was forced, by N~ialoney. Maloney
who singled. also was caught mapping
Singles By Bates and Strobel aud Need
hams long double gave the BostUns two
runs in the fourth inning. IN the nth Good
singled. and Gessler dropped Caser's throw
of H0ward's sacrifice. Dolau sacrificed.
and a base on balls to Brain peopled the pill
lows Bates %smackSd a hard single to right,
on which Good and Howard scored. Bridwell
flied to Maloney, and a nice throw TO the plate
doubled up Brain.
The Brooklyns made a bid for victory
in the ninth, but fell short. Casey and Lewis
slashed out hot ones. Il fly out by Gessler
coming in between. Alperman raped a
wicked double beyond Good. and Casey
scored lewis scored on Bergen's out at
first, via Bridwell. and Jordan was thrown
ont by Strobel,
The score.