The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-28

,~IINIIAND, II, NEW YORK "A. L., 10.
lhr New Yorks were strong in spirit yes
trr4i. but ~frailties Of the flesh. chiefly taking
H.. form If poor fielding. dragged them
down 20 defeat in q fur flying battle of eleven
innings with the Clevelands. Footless, hap,
halari. Eighty fielding was a handicap that
oNsrD 4 deal of slap-bapg. savage hitting.
Ihr mistakes of the home team were numerous
and deadly. Even heroic hitting and no
end Of ganeness were no antidote for the
havoc wrought by the ever present shakiness
Oh N" defence.
T. was A. tough a game to lose az a team
ever rNpericnced. The New Yorks batted
ihsI old chuIn. Walter GARRISON, out OF the
boy 10 ,isi third inning and had a lead OF Ave
runs. Then the Clevelands tied them. and In
the course of time had a good sized lead them
selves The New Works tied the score In the
ninth inning and died in the next two innings
with men close to the plate. the final out
bang part OF a double play and a questionable
decision in the bargain. There was some
poor lmplring on the bases and behind the
hat
b gh wind swire ed dust into the eyes OF
the payers, played pranks with the ball.
when II was IN the air and was partly to
liaue for the big crop of errors. Chase
prevented one error in the second inning,
when he sprang up and pulled down Con-
roy's high throw with one hand. Laporte
started the scoring. He unlim bered a hit
10 night in the second inning. Moriarty
sarrifced. Hickey hit safety, Kleinow walked
and Orth prOdded a bOunder to Clarkson,
Who threw n mile or so over .Stovah's head.
The Clevelands made a run in the third on
Rirmlngham's speed in outfooting a stab to
Couroy, Clarkson's ~scarifce and Bradley's
clip through short. In conjunction with hits
there was a miscue by Bradley and a passed
ball by Clark IN the second section OF the third,
' sma a sbe a. N r. thsV OLA bsd p y ni tour nI L@ns scE IssS hut ~
looks were at variance with reality,
\ disastrous error by Conroy, which more
for The loss Of the game. knocked a rosy pros
poet topsy turNy. There was one out In the
fourth when clark walked. 0'Brien grounded
to Williams. who threw TO Conroyfor a double
play Conroy was in too much Of a hurry to
throw 10 first and dropped the ball. Dele
cane three hits, two Instances Of loose out
fed work and five runs.
Moriarity made an expensive error in the
his tumble. A sacrifice. a single. a triple and
an outfield fly followed. which weaved a fabric
Of three rune where there should have been
REACHED first and none scored. 0rth singled.
HOFFMAN drove a scr eamer down the wind. but
one hand encased in a glove as big as a main
s SsPpi ana c sas pan and T' ssaed + c i; Ia dfs S = s,a.
Jams evaporated, joss to Stovall.
Rckey's poor handling OF a single led up
to a Cleveland run in the seventh. In. the
eighth Kleinow tried to pull his bat out Of the
way. of an inshool aRd- ACCIDENTALLY pushed a
single to right, He made the rounds on a
passed ball and Conroy's hit. Lsporte and
MOriarity led of with singles In the ninth,
and Hickey brought themih wfth auevoUring
smash to right for three bases, Kleinow's
circling tap to centre scored Hickey. Ortiz
sacri1ced-the first out, Hoffman famed,
and Conroy forced Kleinow. In the tenth
Chase was safe On O'Brien's tumble. Williams
sacrificed. Laporte got in a scratch two Dagger
to left. Moriarity feebly fouled out and Hickey
perlshed on a hard welt down the line to Sto-
vail. ..5 90 .
Bradley dropped a safe ny back OF second
in the eleventh inning and VENT second base
on ". Laporte backing up Hoffman cfhmsfly.
Turner sacrificed to Orth, who threw TO first,
Williams covering the bag. Williams STUN
Oied TO his knees just as he stepped for first
and dropped Orth's throw. IL was q hard
luck error sure enough. Stovall flied to
Chase, and on Clark's fly, to Hickey Bradley
scored. Had Williams taken Orth's assist
a. first on Turner there would have been no
scoring.
Kleinow burned a liner TO centre in the
second half OF the eleventh. Blrming CHAM
Knocked 1t down with one hand and thereby
t~nrottled a three Dagger. Orth'S would-be
s~acri1ce resulted In a force OF Kleinow. Hof-
aan hit TO Bradley, who threw wide to Turner
H. force Orth at second Uonroy sent the
crowd to the uttermost depths Of woe by hit
ting into a double play. The score: