Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-03
DARBY FOOLED THEM.
CleTeland's Speedy Pitcher
Beats the Home Talent.
OLD CALVIN is HIT HARD.
Manager Phillips Opinion of Umpire
Lynch's Filming Methods.
OTHER GAMES EAST AND WEST.
The HOosiers Knock Gumbert and Tener
Out of the Box.
OTHER GAMES EAST AND WEST.
INTERESTING BASE BALL GOSSIP

The fact has been fully demonstrated that
those little chaps from Cleveland are very
troublesome kids, indeed. Their aspirations
are evidently soaring very high, and their
audacity is just as prominent as that OF
grown-up people. They sat upon the home
talent yesterday in a way that was excruci-
ating to the admirers of the local aggrega-
ton. The defeat was not what may be
termed hollow one; on the contrary, it was
administered only after very tough strug-
gle. But the toughness or stubbornness, which
characterized the contest only shows that the
Clevelancs are babies in more senses than one,
or that the home representatives are not as
good as they are cracked up to be.
The game was witnessed by about !, 900 people
and The attendance was undoubtedly kept down
by the miserable weather. Rain threatened all
the afternoon and a cold wind swept across the
park. Despite these somewhat disadvan-
tageous features the contest was just as close
and exciting as one need see. This, of course,
is what everybody pays their money for, and if
victory is combined with a hard fought battle
so much the better. When defeat comes, how
ever, Were is always certain amount of con-
ISOLATION in the fact that the contest was good
one This was the case yesterday. The game
was contested right from the start and the re-
suit was in doubt until the moment when the
last man was retired.
FORTUNE HELPED THEM.
There are always many excuses as a rule
offered in behalf Of the defeated party in any
contest The custom of excuses" has lost its
force by too constant use, but it is not at all
unfair to say that Dame Fortune was largely
on the side of the visitors yesterday. There
may or there may not be such thing as luck,
but circumstances occurred in yesterdays
game that favored the visitors, and such like
circumstances may not happen favorably to
them again for years. Twice or thrice the ball
was knocked exactly where the visitors would
have ordered it had they had such q preroga-
Eve. One time in particular was so remark
able that it seemed to dishearten the home
players awfully. 1t was in the sixth inning.
Beckley had made a hit to left field and was
safe on first. Dunlap went to bat and sent out
terrific liner toward first base; but as fortune
would have it. Faatz happened to be standing
close to the bag and he caught the liner with
put trouble, and without moving nabbed Beck
ley of the base. Had this hit gone the result
would likely have been different. There were
two or three lucky plays of this kind. But it
may be added in ali fairness that fielding of
the most brilliant kind contributed as much as
anything else to the Babies victory. The
Youngstown young man, McAleer, once.more,
metaphorically speaking, threw wet blanket
over the home enthusiasts. He really
stopped one OF the finest liners that has
been knocked out on the home grounds. The
ball was from Dunlap's bat in the eighth
inning, and no sane man would believe that il
was other than a two-baser. McAleer had a |
long run TO get near it and il was flying low.
BE ran like deer, however, and nabbed the |
ball Just as he fell forward with his nose almost
on the ground. Dunlap almost tainted, and
the weH-merited cheers. thar greeted the
Youngstown representative were just as loud
as they were earnest. McAleer is undoubtedly,
judging from his work here. one OF the fore |
most of center fielders. In fact the Clevelands |
as team are good fielders; fielding of the best |
Kind has saved them defeats here.
OBrien like the majority of young pitch ers, |
fooled the home players There Is something |
singular in the fact that these young twirlers /
can NOW the home talent down SO easily, while |
veterans of the first water are knocked out of /
the box by them. At any rate, O'Brien was a |
puzzle yesterday and the seven little hits made |
off him were mostly of the scratch kind Toward |
the close of the game the local men began to
size him up little. but it was too late. Weak /
hitting was the great fault, and whether it was /
0'Brien's expertness or the poor work OF the /
home players that caused it the fact remains
hat the batting was miserable.
CALVIN NOT IN FORM.
Old Calvin was not in anything like his best
iorm. He had very little control of the ball,
md when he tried any Of his curves the ball
vas invariably very wide Of the plate. He was
,OmDell6Q E6I Tie Udll bITdlE0E anu LQlS
,aused him to be touched up at a merry rate
Miller caught fair game. Maui again felded
well, and Carroll made a ridiculous
nuff of fly.
In the first inning Umpire Lynch asserted his
'ower by fining Hanlon $40 in a most per-
mDtory manner. Ed had gotten 70 first on
lalls and was trying to steal second when
thinner threw the ball to Stricken who, it is
laimed. touched Hanlon. The umpire called |
out at second, !" and Hanlon made very gentle
and Lynch shouted:
THAT will cost you So"
This seemed to tame all hostility and there |
ras little or no kicking subsequently.
The visitors, as usual commenced run get
ing first, and in a way that looked as If Calvin
Tould be thumped out of the box. Stricken
ed of with good single to left field, and Nc
Aleer followed with double in the same direc-
ion. McAleer, however. was cleverly nabbed
Ghile playing off second. Mexican then came
ID and swiped the ball clean over MauI's head
or three bases. This made affairs look awful.
passed ball brought in Mexican and the out
1ok was blue, indeed The next two men
Ient out in order. however. Stricken reached
rst on muffed fy by Carroll in the third and
cored on McKean's double to left In the
ixth inning Faatz got to first on balls and
cored on Radford's two -bagger to left
The home players made their first run in the
scond inning. Carroll reached first on balls
nd got to second on Mauls sacrifice hit Car
oil scored on a long single by Kuehne. In the
1urth inning Carroll again scored. He reached
rst on Tebeau's tumble and stole second and
OF to third on Smiths hit and scored on