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two-bagger by Coleman, and a bad miss 
by Bradley, helped the Pliiladelphias to 
two more runs in the eighth inning. 
Strieker's second-base play was the lieid- 
ing feature. Only one safe hit was made 
off Bradley in the first five innings, and 
off Coleman in the last six. 
Boston vs. Metropolitans.— The fourth 
game of the series between the Boston 
and Metropolitan chibs— three of which 
were played last April— took place at the 
Polo Grounds, Oct. 6th, before a good 
crowd, though it was bad weather, rain 
falliug during most of the game. Lynch 
was in the Metropolitan "box," and he 
troubled the visitors considerably. In 
fact, with as good support in all the posi- 
tions as he had in most of them, the vic- 
tory for the Bostons would have been 
doubtful. As it was, they did not earn a 
run off his pitching. The Mets found 
Whitney's pitching hard to hit, though 
Keefe and Nelson got an earned run from 
it by a three-base hit and a single, but no 
one else scored even a single hit. Crane's 
errors at second base were costly. 
These clubs met again at the Polo 
Grounds on Oct. 8th. and, the weather 
being fine, there was a good attendance. 
The champions put in Bufflnton to pitch, 
and he proved even rnore troublesome to 
the home batsmen than did Whitney, 
while the Bostons hit Keefe for an earned 
run this time. Gunning caught finely for 
the Bostons np to the eighth inning, 
when he injured a finger and had to give 
place to Hackett. 
The last game the Boston champions 
played in this city was that of Oct. 9th at 
the Polo Grounds, when they Unstained 
their first defeat at the hands of an Amer- 
ican team, the Mets "Chicagoing" the 
visitors handsome by 1 to 0. A costly 
wild pitch gave the winning run to the 
home-team. The visitors got in only 
three hits off Lynch's pitching, and the 
Mets only four off Whitney's. Brady's 
outfield play was the feature of the Me- 
tropolitan fielding. 
Boston vs. Staten Island.— Tlie Boston 
team put in a first api:)earance in this vi- 
cinity since winning the championship 
Oct. 5th, when they played an exhibition 
game with the amateur nine of the Staten 
Island Club on the latter's ground. It 
was the fourth and last game of the series 
the Staten Island nine have played with 
the League teams. The Boston team in- 
cluded Gunning, who has been playing in 
the Northwestern League this season. 
He is originally from Fall Kiver, and is 
evidently a good player. He caught Buf- 
finton's difficult pitching very creditably 
indeed, putting out nine players, assist- 
ing four times, and having but one i^assed 
ball charged against him. Annis, late of 
the Anthracites, too, was in the team, 
Burdock not playing on account of a 
lame arm, while Hines was assigned tO' 
duty as umpire, which he attended to- 
until struck in the face by a foul ball^ 
when Burdock took his place. The Bos- 
tons had little difficulty in batting Tyng's- 
pitching. Tyng was finely supported be- 
hind the bat by Laughran, who caught 
his pitching for the first time. The 
Islanders could do nothing with Buffin- 
ton's delivery, which was very effective. 
A very cool reception was accorded the^ 
champions by the small crowd of people 
present. 
Cincinnati vs. Chicago. — The above- 
named clubs — ex-chami)ions of the Amer- 
ican Association and League resi)ec- 
tively — played a series of games last week 
in Cincinnati, O. The opening contest 
took place Oct. 1st, and resulted in a de- 
cisive victory for the Chicagos. Home- 
runs Avere made byDalrymple and Gore, 
the latter, however, being decided out for 
failing to touch third base. The errors- 
made by the Cincinnatis were very costly. 
Goldsmith Avas effective, holding the 
home-team down to five hits and strik- 
ing out nine men. Errors by Pfeffer and 
Anson gave the Cincinnatis their only 
run. The attendance was good, although 
the weather was unfavorable. 
St. Louis vs. Chicago.— Fully four 
thousand people witnessed the first game 
this season between the Chicagos and 
St. Louis Clubs, which took place Oct. 
5th in St. Louis, Mo. The visitors were' 
aided very materially by close decisions 
in their favor. 
The Chicagos defeated the St. Louis, 
Oct. 6th, by bunching their hits in the 
first and sixth innings. The winners 
made only four safe hits off Mullane, and 
thirteen of their men went out on strikes, 
wiiile the St. Louis made ten hits off 
Goldsmith and only one struck out. 
Philadelphia vs. Trenton.— The second 
game between the above-named clubs was 
phiyed Oct. 5th in Trenton, N. J. The 
first game had terminated in favor of the 
Trenton team by a score of 15 to 14, and the 
present game was also closely contested. 
The home-team started off with the lead, 
and after losing it in the eighth inning 
got in the run that tied their o])ponents' 
score in the ninth. Darkness caused the 
umpire to call the game at the end of the 
tenth inning. 
New York vs. Cincinnati.— The above- 
named clubs played for the first time Oct. 
6th, in Cincirmati, O., the games sched- 
uled for the two preceding days having 
been postponed on account of rain. The 
visitors won with ease, a result mainly 
due to the excellent batting and base- 
running of Ward, who made three of the 
five runs credited to his club. The Cin- 
