Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-26
League Record.
Association Record.
WE WON AGAIN.
Rain Comes Down In Time to Beat the Semi
tors Chances,

tors Chances.
The story of yesterdays game at Recreation
Park between the Senators and the home team
need not be a long one. Rain ended hosulities
at the close of the first half of the sixth innlng
and up to that point there wasn't much to
cheer the few hundreds of people present
Probably there were 800 people there: there
might be less. However, everybody seemed to
know, or at least they thought they knew, that
rain was coming And come it did, and that
ended the game prematurely.
From the beginning of the contest the wish
of everybody in sympathy with the home club
was for runs, and plenty of them as early as
possible The indications were that at the end
of five innings the team then in the lead would
win. Such was the case eventually, and this
feature was the only one that creared anything
like pins and needles excitement. The home
players as early as the third inning began to do
wonders in run-getting, and apparently had
victory clinched, but the Senators. amid driz-
cling rain, tied the score in the fourth inning.
That looked bad, and everybody seemed to
curse the rain Matters were hurried up, and
in the first half Of the fifth inning the home fel
lows Tailed two more, and
EVERYBODY WAS DELIGHTED
that the rain was so prolific and threatening.
The visitors played their half without any re-
suit save that of a blank, and the spectators
then very demonstratively drew the attention
of Umpire Fessenden to the fact that it was
raining.
"Play ball p yelled Fessenden, and up went
grOans from the bleaching board crowds that
were concealed under umbrellas. The home
lot started and finished their half of the sixth
amid demands for the game to be called. No
runs were scored, and Arthur Irwin COM
menced the visitors part of the sixth. There
were two strikes called on him when Fessenden
very wisely called time. In this respect Fes-
senden's ruling was probably the wisest he has
made during his visit here. He persists in CIV
ing Pittsburg the worst of everything in close
decisions on balls and strikes and on bases. The
gentleman, is genial and may improve.
Keefe was extremely wild and also Jeems
was not as clean cut as he has been on very
many OCCASIONS. He was too much, however,
for the visitors. In the first inning Hanlon
reached first on muffed fly by Carney. Han
Ion stole second and reached third on a sacri-
fee by Beckley, Hanlon then got home on a
good single to left by Maui.
VERY WILD WORK.
In the third inning Keefe was awfully wild
and gave the first two batters. Hanlon an d
Sunday, bases on balls yBeckley then made a
short single. filling the bases. Keefe was still
unsteady and sent Maui to first on balls, fore
ing Hanlon home. Dunlap knocked grounder
WAS nabbed at the plate. Dunlap was safe and
there were still three men on bases when Lit
tie Willie" Kuehne trotted up to the plate.
He sized the situation up and brought all three
runners in by a good swipe for two bases to
center field.
In the fifth, with the score tied, Maui went
to first on balls and got to second on passed
ball Dunlap also reached first on balls and
Kuehnes long hit to middle brought Maui
home. sending Dunlap to third. Smith sent out
a long fly to Mack, whose finger had been split
and who was playing right field. Dunlap tried
to score on the throw in but was nailed at the
plste by DAILY. Kuehne, however, scored on
mufied fly by Mack in right field.
The visitors scored two in the second on sin
giles by Irwin. Daily and two sacrifices by Car
ney and Mack and a wild throw by Mauls In
the first Wise leo off and he and Irwin each got
their base on balls. Carney then made single
and Wise scored, Irwin going to third Carney
got to second on passed ball and finally scored
on sacrifice hit by Mack. Following is the