Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-18
.DEUCED FINE BATTLE,
SAYS LONDON CHAPP|E
The Times Tells of Exciting Crisis
in the Recent Baseball
Match

Many interesting things were writ
ten and said abroad about the world $
tourist players who closed "a memoir
able trip in London ten days ago. No
more interesting account of a game
was written than that which appeared
in the London Times on February 81,
which reached Harrisburg to-day. The
story was headed, American Base
BALI; "a Match in London" and is
as follows:
1.-THE King was present at the Chel-
sea football ground, Stamford bridge,
yesterday afternoon to witness the
baseball match between the two Amer
lean teams, the New York Giants and
the Chicago White Sox. His Majesty
was received by the American AM
bassador, who sat with him and ex-
planned the points of the game, the
King asking many questions. His Ma
jesty remained until the end of the
match, which resulted in a win for
Chicago by five runs to four.
The game was watched by about 25,-
900 spectators. and, considering the
sickness of the ground, the play was
of very high order. At the end of
the nine innings the score stood 20.
The tenth inning was extremely dra-
matte and produced two runs to each
side, making the score "A. New York
failed to score in the eleventh, and
DAILY, the first man to go to the bat
for Chicago, hit a magnificent home
run and won the match.
Crisis of the Match
- Perhaps the greatest incident of
the match was in Chicagos tenth in
ming. The score was 4-2 in favor Of
New York, and Chicago had two men
out, with one (Weaver) on second
base, when Crawford came to bat. The
situation cried aloud for a home run
and it came, the batsman lifting the
ball gorgeously over the head of the
left field into the middle of the spec
tators in the further stand, scoring
(Weaver being on second basel the
two runs necessary to tie the match
1t was hard on Faber, who pitched
finely throughout the game; but it was
superb.
There were, however, many thrill
ling incider-s. In Chicago's eighth in
ming an extraordinarily brilliant piece
of work by Merkle put Bliss out by a
matter of inches at the home plate as
he came in from third base, and for
the moment saved the game for the
Giants Magee's performance at left
field again and again reused the spec
tators to enthusiasm. One catch in
particular, when he took a flyer from
DAILY with his left hand high up
against the rails. was almost too spec
taculr to be good ball On the other
hand it was bad fumbling in the short
field that allowed Chicago in the third
inning to get three men on bases be-
fore one was out, so that when Weay-
er got the ball away cleanly to the
boundary Evans and Bliss came home
and gave Chicago the first two runs of
the match. 1t was poor fielding again
which enabled Magee in New York's
next inning to get to first base. so
that when Lobert hit a great home
run the score was equalized. Such
things, however, We're very few. and
the bad conditions of the ground more
than excused them. In compensation
there were some brilliant double plays
notably in Chicago fourth inning. in
Which Lobert, Doyle and Merkle took
First, 1t is clearly 'glorified rounders.'
part. Faber pitched very we'll through
out for New York For Chicago Scott.
who is reputed the best pitcher In
either team, grew a trifle wild in the
fifth inning, and was succeeded by
Benz, who did extremely we'll in the
trying final periods. The catching Gn
the American sense) of Wingo, Bliss
and Slight was faultless.
Impressions of the Game
English spectators, to whom the
game was new, must yesterday have
received certain definite Impressions.
OF course it has been immensely de-
veloped, and the flelders no longer