BEFORE the BUMS 9/16/1890: Brooklyn Bridegrooms Rout Beaneaters at South End Grounds

From the desk: FINGERPRINTS OF DEM BUMS

 

In baseball's sixth ever World Series clash of 1889, the National League New York Giants defeated the American Association champion Brooklyn Bridegrooms six games to three, and an inter-city rivalry was born.  While this marked the New York Giants second straight championship victory over the Association, it would be Brooklyn's last campaign as an AA member club.  The following season, the Bridegrooms would make their National League debut where they remain to this day.  Welcome to "BEFORE the BUMS" my game-by-game rewind of (the city) Brooklyn's historic 1890 season.

 

l; The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Wednesday, September 17, 1890

r; The Boston Globe, Wednesday, September 17, 1890

GAME #120

Tuesday, September 16, 1890

Brooklyn Bridegrooms vs. BOSTON BEANEATERS

SOUTH END GROUNDS

Bridegrooms Head West With National league Pennant in Sight

The Bridegrooms arrived in Boston for a one-game showdown against the second-place Beaneaters before heading west to conclude the season.  Brooklyn's hosts achieved more errors than hits on slippery grass and a muddied infield but didn't seem to compromise the Bridegrooms much.  They promptly pounded the offerings of Pretzels Getzien to all parts of the field, gaining an 8-1 advantage after two and a 10-2 lead by the third.  Whereas starter Tom Lovett limited the Beaneaters to four runs on four hits and four walks with five strikeouts for his 27th victory this season.  First baseman Dave Foutz and Oyster Burns led Brooklyn's 13-hit attack with three apiece, and Foutz and Darby O'Brien scored six of the Bridegrooms' twelve runs.  Byrne's sluggers will now travel to Chicago with a 5.5 circuit lead and fewer than ten games left to play.

• FINAL: BKN 12; BOS 4
• RECORD: 79-41 (.658); 1st place, 5.5 GA of Boston Beaneaters