Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-24
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE prspArcH.,

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.I
CLEVELAND, July 23.-It seems a pity
TO hit club when it is down, but Cleveland
has to have all the games it can get just
now, and Pittsburg was the victim this
afternoon in consequence. The local en-
thusiasts growled yesterday when the giant
killer succumbed to the cripples from the
Smoky City. 1t was bad enough to be
beaten by New York, Boston and Philadel-
phia, but Pittsburg was looked forward to
as an easy mark. Hence the result of the
first game of the series was disagreeable
surprise. To-day, however, the visitors
were never in the game. There was not a
superabundance of run getting throughout
the contest. but Cleveland had a monopoly
of the industry, and three runs gathered in
by them during the nine innings, as the re-
suit of timely hitting on their own part and un-
timely errors by the visitors. were much more
than enough to give them tile victory. 1t was
essentially
PITCHERS CONTEST,
interspesed with occasional bits of fielding and
some daring base running by the home team.
Beatn and Staley were pitted against each
other and the Clevelander had the best of it,
lie also received better support, but as Pitts
burg failed to score at all the one run earned
of StaIey's delivery would have done the bust
ness. The other two were presented to the
babies by Kuehne and Smith. Miller's back
stop work. barring two wild throws was su-
perb, while Stricken, FaatZ and Gilks tielded
their positions to perfection. West Curry put
in an appearance and umpired satisfactorily,
his judgment on balls and strikes, however,
being questioned at times
RADFoRD STARTED BUSINESS.
Radford opened up business for CleveIa e in
the second inning. He waited for good ball.
and when one came to his liking drove It
toward second Smith made a dive for the
ball and let it get away from him. Paul
straightaway stole second, drawing out a wild
throw from Miller Tebeau once more proved
his reliability as an emergency hitter by
placing the ball just in the proper place-well
into right field. The hit scored Radford. Pat
himself essayed steal of second. and again
Miller threw wild, the ball hitting Tebeau in
the neck. He kept on, however, and made
third base on the error. Sutcliffe's foul fly to
Kuehne left him there. In the third inning
Stricken came to the front with a corking hit
TO right, stole second and scored on Gilks' safe
hit The next three innings were uneventfuL
Only Beatln reached hrst base for Cleveland,
and he accomplished the feat by waiting for
four balls.
SOME COSTLY ERRORS.
The seventh inning witnessed the last run of
the game. Lucky Paul Radford was the
fortunate man. His hit to right for base, a
daring steal of second and Kuehne's very wild
throw of SATELLITES grounder we're the factors
in the performance. After that it was quick
work on both sides. Cleveland had enough to
win, and Pittsburg wasn't in the mood for hit
ting. There never was a chance for the visit
ers TO score except in the seventh inning. when
Maui and Rowe made sale hits in succession.
Smith and kuehne fell such speedy victims to
Beatin's strategy that this little streak of bat
ting went for naught. Rowe, for the visitors
appeared to be in his old-time form. He PLAYED
with tlne judgment and hit the ball with
vigor that reminded the spectators of the days
OF 1884 when he was local favorite as a mem
Der of the Butfalos. The attendance was about
1900 Score: