The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-05
PHILADELPHIA "a. l.. :, 2 NEW YORK "a. L.L
FIRsr ZANE.

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FIRsr GAME.
Instead Of playing games morning and after
noon, az the schedule prortded and az oil. the
other clubs did. the New York American
scheme of playing both games in the after
noon. The wisdom Of such a move on a holt
huge crowd for the double header in the after
noon. so large in fact that IL was unmanage,,
able much Of the time during, the second
game and interfered with the playing. The
small force Of Pinkertons on hand TO cope
with II was far from adequate! though what
few Pinks there were did valiant work.
The attendance Was a bit over the eo,OOo
mark and Jaw the New Works lose the first
game to the Athletics and smite that aggre.
packed long before the first game began,
and there was an overflow to the grass. No
ropes had been stretched To keep the over
now in. check. but some we're dug up later
and useless eff orts made to hold the crush BACK
hy means Of them.
we'll In the first game and allowed the players
Ulenty Of elbow room, but AS soon as the first
ali along the line. And il was an unbroken
line, extending all the way around the field
and penning the players In completely: The
msde an alright Gordon. and OF course q
ground rule was necessary. There was, no
fFpleessn, fo o% the I,eI human ,mEre sirdie was on top Of the
outhelders, the catcher ana the nrst ana
third basemen.
umpITes, PLAYERS, Pinks and employees
generally did all they could TO dr:yr me
crowd, back aud proyide more room. ent ~
vas hard work There WAS a SUFFICIENT en-,
listen TO reason to stubbornly stand their
ground and delay the beginning Of the second
game, After much persuasion part OF the
encircling crowd was induced to drop back
0 little and sit down, but even then many
sto5s in the stands co o9 a. see 0n,y bps par,
below.
There we're wordy auarrels and near flghts
among those above and those below Empty
and also cushions and Uttered the space be-
tween the fringe about the diamond and the
Rying cushions and wsds of paper. ,hardlooks
were exchanged and hard words. SHARP
fou, tips did more to cause sn 3 sudden SSyts sfs.te slss
One chap back Of Catcher Thomas was hit
full, on the, chin by a foul zip hot from the
griddle, and he concluded he had seenenough
The ar't poiicsless battle was won sy the E
athletic. because Sc, OF m. the Rr pndissant Bstc obIe
would not let the New Yorks get TO him after
he nrs inning They d9 not make Z hro II
There we're two out when Conroy doubled.
S cnsss beat sh RSf a cRS SsSh . X p SSIl'9 icri e sSG6SS
with Schreck holding the bah. and SShreek
threw down. Conroy slipped In while the
down. which they did not do after all. Davis
making a wild throw. .
Collins doubled in the second inning, and
itysn3 was sSuelched al nrst. Collin. scored
on Schrecki. foul TO Keller, and on Willismss
tumble Of Bender's belt Oldring waltZed to
the plate. Cross = triple and an out gave the
Athletics q run In the third.
That closed the tally market for the game.
Chase made a couple of his own copyright
catches at first base and was the alpha and
the omega Of a fast double pla y. Both. pitch
ers had the upper hand throughout the last
Elk innings.
Doc Newton played his first game Of the
year for the New Yorks in the second encoun-
ter, and the leftha nder had p~uzzling cork
screw curves. He stacked up against q left
handler. RUDE Waddell. whom he quite eclips ed.
The Rube was bumped to the discard In the
third inning. Nichols hit the first good ball
pitched on the nose, but on a line to MORA rtty.
who speared IL with one hand.
The New Works winged the Rube in the acc
ond inning and made a dead bird Of him in
the third. Moriarity thrust a two Dagger
into the left field ian, In the second and scored
on Rickeys ripper to centre. While the New
Workers were hitting hard in the third the Ath-
letics were falling from grace In the 1eld.
Newton was safe on Crosss high throw
Keeler hunted and Waddell fumbled. Com
roy sacrificed and Chaee barked J. Collins 9
shIns with a two bagger. Williams walked
and stole second. Thomas singled to right,
Hickey made an inheld hit and Hoffman
r1ade a safe bunt on which Davis, irving for
an out At the plate, made a Wild throw. The
whole was good for six runs. The scores