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Ia the sobersr moments following recovery
| lrom an emotional stste caused by a deliriOus
the opening game at the l'olo Grounds yes
| lerday the Cranks found time 10 reflect that
there had been CONVINCING evidence In the
game that the New Works h5d acquired
strength since last year In at least two ro-
! speots. The Brooklyns were heatpn by a
score OF 10 ., and but for DOnln batting
| ihev would have been shut OUi. The en-
counter, therefore was further proof TO the
franks that tho return Of nonlln 70 the team
! las added a bgttins strength that was missing
last year Another Impressive phase OF the
I game was MitheWsunS : pitching. Mathew
son struck out eleven BrOOklynites, and but
Tor errors by his support the visitors would
not have scored List saturday Nathewson
struck ont dozen Brooklyn tatters, ' he
IoOters had the recollection OF last Satur-
days feat and hesrsay evidence to 90 hy
that NatheUsOn was as good as he over vas,
rut ttev vantsd TO see Tor themselves, and
vest e-dqy they did see.
With A the poor handling Of the crowd
al Yesterday = opening. the size OF the attend
ance, the two factors mentioned pointing to
stronger team this year. and game won In
the ninth inning By a rousIng home run IN the
last ditch made the start Of the local National
Lea que season emincntly satisfactory. 4
great many spectators were inconvenience
by people on the field I'm front OF them and
got but fragmCntary view OF the contest
There was q good deal Of grumbling AZ this,
and II il not often that an overflow crowd is
80 troublesome, but any soreness engendered
on this account UGs for the most part only
ien npordry ana soon forgotten ~ the same
tune the special police hired 10 look out for
the crowd must De better bile 10 do what they
were emplOye ed 10 do than were those OF yes
terday II baseball here Is to be played under
the proper safeguards
l'e!ore the game begsn there was a solid
off, FT.Nst ka ali
be-" cen the diamond and the grand stand
thiu anywhere else. They dragged out the
beuche, which we're intended for sitting
purposes and stood on them. This of course
shu; N the view OF hundreds OF grand stand
patrons What happened around fret and
third basas and gpnr the foul hnes was pTin-
cipslly euessyork 10 many persons. Before
the game began MathCWson and Bresnahnn,
bv ;Rrowinc he baii hack and forth, skim,
ming Il close 10 the inner fringe OF the
crowd. cleared o space In front OF the grand
stand with magic quickness. But as soon as
they stopped the crowd closed IN again.
We got en- away for YOU onoe. shouted
the PNaspcrated Bresnahan TO a policeman.
Why don't YOU keep EN- backf"
As the game went on the crowd edged In
more and more until the field looked like a
vast doughnut, aud In the eighth inning there
was a delay while they were being hustled
back John MCGraw and one or two OF the
players did more TO make the crowd scatter
and fail back than oil the policemen put
together When McGraw insisted on room
being made something gave way, but he had
his game to attend 10 and couldn't act as
policeman all the time. The absence Of city
polcPmeI, kept away by order Of COmmis-
sloner Hnghsnb vas deplorcd. They were
the boys VINO could handle crowds.
A spectator ia the Jam behind the catcher
thrown bottle The individual who threw
the bottle sat IN q corner OF tho press stand.
With blood running down his face the man
who was struck pointed him out to the cus-
NsNa. aNN n. h l.
thrower out in hurry. There would have
been a lively mlNup had the injured man
been able Ia get at his ass Gilant hut he was
on the ground and couldn't climb up. lie
was bandaged and lc't the field.
vs. the players we're on the reid practising
when most ol rhr spectators arrived there
WASH the lorna. nppCriunit" 10 show en-
thusIasm that there would haze haen. How
Py er, the simeon nlSh proved hat enthusiasm
was merely heu: Kept in storl sc. II broke
out in Wild. temuestuous roar when Niite
Donlin hlalcl "a home run into the right
held sS%ats IN the ninth inning aud sent in
the home plate on his return there Was a
rush Of thousands for him He was mauled
ard paved ard otherwise violently wor-
Ahiuued Rarehcldai, he struggled 10 get
tho Joy Cra7ed rOOicrs. 'lc made his escape
lHully by disappearing under the grand
stand,
There was a ground rule. and Il worked a
avoidahle one. Ilummel made a long hit
in the fourth inning. which would have been
a home run had there been no ground rule.
The hall cleared the ropes In centre field, |
aud there was q man on base at the time. A
II was the latter had 10 return to third base
and Hummel so back to second. Neither |
Roth Mathewson aud McIntire pitched
we'll, the New Yorker hav wing the better con-
troll and not gettiug as GOOD support. Nor /
did Mclntirr finish as Tell as Matheweon. /
The New lork@ were iindlng him in the last /
game with his batting. vet much credit is |
due Merkle. who bstted for Mathewson in !
tho ninth and started the rally with a clean |
two base hit Arthur nevln also lent n |
helping hand. He batted In one run. The |
fielding was Just ordinary. There were few /
hard chances and moi much opportunity !
for fast WORK Nlathewson had fadsways
fmH Habundqnce ana beNderlnFly assorted
Nothing was missing from his repertoire
The Bro1klyus 'rird bunting on Aathewson |
a great deal, ard IN the first inning Nlthewson
funbed bunt by Pattee Bresnahau made
a Quick throw across TO Tenney and caught
Pattee Mapping and that killed Brooklyn's
chances in the Nrst inning Tenney made q
yE oBy man an Who & sot ON sIoney aid ga, SSsns W
act With DOnlns fy, but held on 10 the bali
Jordan spilled q single In right in the second
inning and was duly sacrificed TO second by
Alperman, but Hummel was thrown out by
Bridwe.l and Lewis was called out on strikes.
The decision didnt please him, but he was
the only player who made anything OF a
kick during The game. Bergen opened with
nice double in the third Mclntlre slapped
at three aud missed them mile, Pattees
fy was swallowed up In Cap Donln's caver-
nous mtt and Maloney Yielded readily to
whin treatment. The New Yorks had three
IN base IN this inning, but with two out, Ten
ley walked, Donlin singled and Seymour
vas hit, Bresnahan moved the lawn with |
! smash 70 Lewis, WHO tumblsd momentarily
1n his knees but got Seymour at second.
The Brook lyns made a nun In the fourth.
Bresnahan made good play on Burchs
NJ In front Of the saucer Seymour backed
,ut for Jordan's fy and mufed IL, Big Tim
umbling to second. Alperman singled to
light and scored B. I, II was here that Hum
mel made bis hard luck two bagger. A
Joy with 4 big yellow dog-which be was
'arrying on his shoulder and which he said |
vas an imported chrome hound hence his
olctude fell over backward as Seymour
,hased the ball past him. While this was
'olng on Alperman and Hummel were tearing
or the plate. Emslie sent them back and
hey expired on the ssoks Lewis hit to
hsthewsou. apd Nicklln. formerly StranR,
'ot Bergen AZ hrst by making rattlinR stop. |
There were two New Workers on bases
n the fourth. Rridwell walking and Mathew
90 singing after two were out. MoIntire
,ulled down Shannons bounder and pinched
lis Spitelets NJ frst. Only two men reached /
lrst In the NTH AiHlOHey beat out a bunt 10 |
'enney because nobody covered first, and |
)onlin fell heir 10 four balls. Neither athlete
ourneyed further than first. lhe sixth !
nd seventh rounds were featureless: the !
ighth throbbed with action.
haloney grounded 10 Nicklin, who fumbled.