“You’re out!” cried the umpire, and the Giant supporters in the stands broke out in cheers. It was not often that Rose struck out, and the feat was appreciated.
In the Giants’ half, Hays set them down in one, two, three order. Curry flied to Russell in right, Iredell went out by the strike route, while Burkett’s grounder to Pender at short was whipped smartly down to first.
The Yankees were easy victims in the second. Russell fanned, Walsh lifted a twisting foul, on which Mylert made a superb catch close to the Giants’ dugout and Mullen hit a grounder between first and the box, which Joe captured and fielded to Burkett in plenty of time.
Joe was first up in the Giants’ half, and had to doff his cap in response to the cheers which greeted him as he came to the plate.
Hays sized him up carefully and did not like his looks. The first ball he threw him was so wide that Banks, the catcher, had to reach far out to nab it with one hand.
That might have been lack of control on Hays’ part, but when a second followed, that came nowhere in the range of Joe’s bat, the crowd jumped to the conclusion that he was deliberately trying to pass him, and a storm of protests rained down on the diamond.
“You’re a game sport—not!”
“Let Baseball Joe hit the ball!”
“Yellow streak!”