Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-07
COULDN'T TOUCH TIM.
Our Home Talent Only Get Two Hits
Off Keefe.
SOME VERY BAD BALL PLAYING,
And the Local Players Are Miserably Beaten
by the Giants.
ANOTHER VICTORY FOR CLEVELAND.
They Defeat the Boston sluggen In . Great Game
Yesterday.
SOME VERY BAD BALL PLAYING,
ANOTHER VICTORY FOR CLEVELAND

Sir Timothy Keefe helped the Giants to
have sweet revenge on the local fellows yes
terday. 1t was not the gallanteknight's
fault that the home lot were not miserably
shut out. They only made one ruin and it
was an inglorious one. From start to finish
the home players were never in the hunt
and they played a very wretched game.
They were outclassed at every stage and
angle of the game.
The weather was fine and fully $500
people were present. The general expecta-
tion was that another victory was in store for
the home team, but those who so expected
were doomed to disappointment. 1t had
been intended to put Crane in to
pitch for the visitors, but at the last
moment Manager Mutrie deemed it safest to
try Keefe again. When the latter stepped into
the box the joyous expectation rapidly van
ished from those who sigh for Pittsburg VIC
tories. 1t is fact that Sir Tim is looked upon
as a very tough customer by Pittsburgers who
patronize ball games. He is gentleman who
is at any stage extremely liable to show the
most famous baseball batter where he is wrong
now and again.
KEEFE's GOOD EFFORT.
Yesterday Keefe kept the hits of the local
nine down to the modest number of two and
certainly there should have been no runs.
Keefe was supported in excellent style. Ew-
ing, at the start, soon allayed all notions OF
base stealing by making mark of feet-footed
Billy Sunday. As rule Buck is ever ready to
show up the vanity and foolish notions of
would-be base stealers. The field work of the
visitors was also good.
Probably the home team gave one of its worst
exhibitions, and it can give some very rank
ones. Almost every member in the team played
as If he had been celebrating a weeks bean
bake. The errors were piled up one after an
other, and the entire nine seemed more inclined
for al rest than anything else. However, to quit
even with formidable lot like the Giants is in
itself satisfactory, and it is safe to say that
matter how the home team had played they
would still have been beaten. Morris work
was very shakey, indeed, and the big people
had not much trouble in hitting the ball and
they hit it hard. Morris lacked speed and some
of the big men felt quite at home in front of
him. His pitching from the start was exceed
ingly tame. Fields also gave everybody to un-
derstand that he had an off day at the very
start of the game. His throwing to bases was
bad indeed.
TO SCOhE.
The visitors were first to score, and when
they did the general surroundings looked
gloomy for those who were wishing for Pitts
burg to win. Gore began the game for the
visitors and also the hitting. After two strikes
had been called ON him he raped out a hot
single to left field. Tiernan followed with an
other good one to right, and Ewings sacrifice
hit advanced each man base. Big Roger
Connor moved slowly up to the plate with blood
in his eye and whacked the ball clean over Han
Ions head for two bases, bringing in two runs
What pie Morris seemed to be. Richardson
reached first on a tumble by Dunlap, and it
looked as if the Giants were going TO gobble
everything up in sight. Connor was now at
third and Richardson tried to pilfer second.
Fields for once made a good throw and Richard
son was nabbed amid kicking by Ewing
O'Rourke struck out and that ended a lively
lnning.i
In the'third inning the Giants came out with
their tomahawks again. Tiernan opened the
inn,ng and aft after sizing Morris up gently
field fence for three bags. The hit
WAS A coRKER.
Tiernan, however, didn't rest long on his
laurels. Ewing knocked an easy bounder to
Smith. who threw Tiernan cut at the plate.
but Ewing was safe. He stole second on a very
wild throw by Fields Connor next got his base
on balls and Richard son cracked out a SINGLE
bringing Ewing in. Sunday fumbled Richard
sons hit long enough to let Connor to third.
O'Rourke then made a splendid sacrifice hit 20
Dunlap, and Connor scored. Hatfield reached
first on tumble by Kuehne, but Whitney re-
tired the side by fly to the third baseman.
In the fourth inning two runs at time was
kept up. Keefe led of and was retired at first.
Gore sent out single to left and Tiernan few
out to Hanlon. Ewing then made a scratch
hit. Gore reaching third. Dunlap threw the
ball wilcly to third and Gore scored. Connor
knocked out a long single to left and Ewing
scored. Richardson retired the side by fouling
out to Carroll. In the seventh inning Richard
son made a scratch hit within the diamond and
scored on Miller's muff of Whitney's fly to left.
The home team only made one run and two
hits The run was made in the sixth inning.
After Carroll had been retired at second on
Dunlap's life, Kuehne sent a long and speedy
single to Herman. The latter fumbled il SO
long that Dunlap got home. The home players
never looked like scoring at any other time.
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