The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-16

a~HooxLYN. Q; NEW YORK N. L.. ? FIRST GAM
Baseball Of all sorts was played at the Polo
Grounds yesterday. where the Brooklyns
Z won the nrst section of a double header and
ths New Yorks landed the second. There
was free. untrammellcd hitting. tricky hitting
7 Of the hunt and stab sort. fielding OF various
4ualities. a, good deal of scoring. action and in
action. Taken in their entirety, the two
games kept the pitchers busy. for the batting
was harder than the average. The scores
were ono sided in each game. but the first
was close until the ninth inning. when the
New Works collapsed.
McGraw was called on TO shift his team
about a good deal. Bowerman being hurt in
the nrst game. substitutlons being mad .
&C the bat and men retiring. Hsnnifln A..
the New Haven recruit. played short in the
absence of Dahlen. and did very well. He
disclosed q strong wing. The New Norks
played a haphazard game in the first setto A.,
and had not the earnestness-O Of purpose OF the
Brooklyns.
Sammy strans made two keen plays in the
Grst inning, however; getting a runner at the
plate after a dificult stop. Bowerman blocked
khe runner on very neatly. Jimmy Casey
made one Of several rafting stops IN the first
inning. StranE was a puIssant batsman
1and scored in HE secoRd inning on a single
and steal, Bowel mans single and Alperm an $
error. Hummel scored for the Brooklyns in
the fourth on a base on balls and hits by
ntrtcklett and Casey.
A beautiful throw M the eighth inning by
Bresnahan collarad Mccarthy at the plate
The latter ran into Bowerman and hurt the
catcher's arm. MiltSs was being prOdded
with regularity. but held the BrOoklyns at
arn' = len 9Th until the ninth, when he and his
support skidded ON the track. Strlcklett
walked and Casey sacrificed. MalOney, Lum-
lev. Mccarthy and Alperman stTewed the
green with hits. and these in conjunction with
Throw TO second by NiitSe when nobody was
covering and a muncd throw by Hannitin
threshed out five runs for the Brooklyns. The
Champs rallied briefly and scored once in the
ninth on hits by Strang, Gilbert and shannon.
After three games Of stick work that either
was emaciated or disconnected, the New
Yorks hit the ball in sequence and on the nose
In the second game. They made Eason cry
for help IN the second inning, The help came
from Pastorious. who was also batted freely,
and was wanting in control. 4 double BY
Devlln, triple by McGann and singles by Han
MIN, Strang and Mctiinnity, all lusty bifs
straight from the shoulder, brewed a con-
coction OF Ave runs for the New Works in the
FIRST two innings.
There was only one hit in the third. but Pas
torious gave three bases on balls, which an
swered the purpose Just as we'll, and in addi-
ton Ritter missed a perpendicular hy in safe
ground. Very mussy work by the Brooklyns
"a the fourth, aided and abetted by the
shifting batting tactics OF the New Works,
increased the latter's stock Of runs to eight.
Two singles. a hit batsIuan, two bases on
regular Kaleidoscope OF crisscross
Tn Brooklyns had sUIle fun IN the eighth.
when two bases 'on balls and five hits sent
ave runs pouring over the plate. shannon
and MAlOney made running catches of diGtin-
Nuished excellence. The scores: