Evening journal., 1914-03-20
DEUCED FINE
BATTLE, SAYS
LONDON LAD
The Times Tells Of Exciting
Crisis In the Baseball
Match

Many interesting things were writ
ten and said abroad about the worlds
tourist players who closed memoir
able trip in London ten days ago. No
more interesting account OF game
was written than that which appear
ed IN the London Times on February
n. which reached Wilmington to-
day. The story was headed, "Ameri-
! can Baseball :" "A Match In London"
and is as follows:
"The King was present at the Chel-
sea football ground. Stamford-bridge,
yesterday afternoon 10 witness the
baseball match between the two
American teams, the New York Giants
and the Chicago White Sox. His
Majesty was received by the Ameri-
4 can Ambassador, who sat with him
! and explained the points OF the game,
! the King asking many questions. His
Majesty 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
] 25900 spectators, and, considering
the sickness of the ground, the play
was of a very high order. At the
end of the nine innings the score
/ stood 2-2. The tenth inning was ex-
tremely dramatic 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 60 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 Chicago's tenth
inning. The score was AZ in favgr
of New York. and Chicago had two
men out, with one tWeaver) on sec
ond base. when Crawford came to bat.
The situation cried aloud for a home
run-and it came, the batsman lift
ing the ball gorgeously over the head
of the left fielder into the middle Of
the spectators in the further stand.
scoring (Weaver being on second
basel the two runs necessary to tie
the match. II was hard on Faber
who pitched finely throughout the
game: but Il was superb.
There were. however, many thrill
! ing incidents. In Chicago's eighth in.
. of work by Merkle put Bliss out by z
matter of inches at the home plate az
Z he came in from third base, and fol
the moment saved the game for the
Giants. Magee's performance at lef
field again and again reused the spec
tatOrs to enthusiasm One catch II
particular, when he took a flyer from
Daily with his left hand high M
. ] % n 90 hn aIr ~.
spectacular to be good ball On tn
other hand il was bad fumbling II
, the short field that allowed Chicag
. in the third inning to get three me-
on bases before one was out, so tina
: when Weaver got the ball ava
I. cleanly to the boundary Evans an
= Bliss came home, and gave Chicae
the first two runs of the match
\ was poor fielding again which en-
! abled Magee in New York's next in
ming to get to first base, so tina
when Lobert hit a great home ru
the score was equalized. Such things
however, We're very few, and the ba
3. conditions of the ground more thal
> excused them. In compensation ther
!. wore some brilliant double plays. no
tably in Chicagos fourth inning, Il
a which Lobert, Doyle and Merkle too
! part. Faber pitched very wei
!. throughout for the New York. Fo
, Chicago Scott, who is reputed III
! best pitcher in either team, grew
{ trifle wild in the fifth inning, an
: was succeeded by Benz, who did eX
tremely we'll in the trying final per
: iods. The catching lin the America
. sense) of Wingo, Bliss and Sligh
was faultless.
Impressions of the Game.
4 English spectators, to whom tn
game was new, must yesterday hav
n received certain definite impressions
! OF course il has been immensely de
{ veloped and the fielders no longe
have the youthful joy of 'corking' tn
ball as hard as possible at the fleein
batsman. 10 is superbly organize
n and specified in every detail; but tn
: framework Of the old English villag
q game still remains. Secondly, in bal
J. ting, in spite of all the gorgeous smii
/. ing that was seen, baseball does nc
= compare with cricket. Next, th
L cleverness and velocity Of the pitchin
are wonderful. Finally there is n
fielding in cricket which approache
: the throwing which were seen yestei
> day. The catching, (in the crick,
sense) was extremely good; but tn
real marvel of the game was th
accuracy of the returns. 1t is little e,
aggeration to say that in the doubl
plays (when two batsmen were pl
out Off the same stroke) the eye ha
difficulty in following the movement
and the fight of the ball. The throw
ing from all points was approximate
perfect The catching (again in II
cricket sensel almost as perfect, an
in the case of both Merkle and Dal
at first base. quite beyond praise Bl
fore the game began (the King d
not arrive until a few minutes befol
o'clock an exhibition Of hittin
fielding aud throwing was given I
members of the two teams, which d
lighted the spectators, one excellei
piece OF fooling being when the Ne
York men for several minutes play,
with an imaginary ball Members
the crowd contributed their share
the entertainment by pleading wi
the pitcher to kill the batsmen. an
the way the umpire called the strike
and balls and delivered his decision
was a joy. Altogether II was an G.
cellent game but, TO English spect
t0rs-it was not cricket. II cannot
said that the crowd showed any ey
dence of thinking that baseball is ev
likely to supersede our national gam
"The sides batted in the followir
order New York going in first), Il
places in the field of each man beir
| given after his namel.