Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-04

Yesterday BY the Hoosiers. The game was
a poor one, both as regards fielding and
pitching. The Washington tailenders
again defeated the League leaders from Bos-
ton, and Cleveland beat the Chicagos. New
York had an easy time beating Philadel-
phia. DIR. Foster says there is hope for the
recovery of Manager Horace Phillips.
The local ball team gave another exhi-
bition of their proverbial and rare style OF
ball playing yesterday afternoon. This
class of exhibitions have been numerous of
late, but Yesterdays deserves very promi-
nent place in the list. Yesterdays work of
the home players, and also that of a few pre-
ceding days, does admirably as means of
showing what a wide difference there is be-
tween good, bad and Indifferent ball playing.
Had the Pittsburg club never been organ
lied the local public would have been de-
prived of seeing a style of playing that con-
trasts with good playing. and enables us to
see clearer and appreciate more the quail
ties of the latter. 1t is easy, therefore, to
see that, after all, what may be termed bum
team has mission to fulfill.
The public is evidently wearying of the ridic-
ulous defeats as the smallest Saturday crowd
that has ever been on the grounds was pres
ent to see the Hoosiers presented with another
game by the local heroes. There was nothing
particularly different in the game from what
was seen in the previous four games.
BOTH WERE BAD.
Both teams played bad ball but the home
players were determined to come out best on
that score; that is they struggled hard and sue
cessfully to do shade or two worse than the
visitors. The little crowd of 500 evidently were
out for fun, as everybody seemed to enjoy the
mistakes and shortcomings OF the Alvin Joslin
combination.
1t is an open question as to whether or not
the absence of heavy hitting and presence of
errors on the one side; or the ineffective pitch
ing of Staley on the other contributed most to
: the defeat. At any rate the two combined
settled matters quite comfortably. The result
might have been different had Beckley not
made palpable mistake in the eighth inning.
However, if the 'if' philosophy is gone into it
as easy to show how a long list of defeats could
have been victories. Yesterday Staley was
quite mark for the Hoosiers and it is evident
that he is not a thTee-game per week man.
Getzein was also toncheG up lively, but not
sufficient to win. The fielding on both sides
was loose, and altogether the game was far from
being model one.
HostilIties as usual opened quite cheerfully
for the home team. Jocko Fields, who played
in place of Hanlon, thumped ont twobagger
to left Carroll popped up fly to Bassett and
Beckley sent Fields home'on long single TO
middle. Miller knocked grounder to Denny.
who threw Beckley out at second.
MILLER's BASE STEALING.
Rowe then knocked out fine single to mid.
die and Miller, who had stolen second and
third, scored. Sunday continued the fun and
raped out a single to left, Rowe going TO sec
ond. Kuehne kept the kettle boiling by bang
ing out a long single to middle, and Rowe
scored, Sunday reaching third. After Kuehne
had stolen second Dunlap few out to Glass
cock.
In the third inning Miller led off with single
TO middle. and Rowe reached first on a tumble
by Glasscock. Rowe started to steal second,
and Miller was foolishly coached away from
third and was nabbed at the plate. Sunday
struck out and Kuehne loomed up with one of
his three-baggers to right field, Rowe scoring.
Beczley opened up the fifth inning, and
reached first on wild throw by Getzein. He
Myers. Rowe got his base on balls and got to
second on a wild throw of Daily. Sunday
made long hit to right & field, sending in both
looked like scoring again.
The visitors also started out well. Seery got
his base on balls and got. to third on Glass
cocks two-bagger TO right field. Denny's long
fly TO Sunday enabled Seery to reach home and
Glasscock scored on Hines single to right
Bassett started more run-getting in the second
inning. He made safe hit to right and Get
zein struck out Seery came next with a good
single toward Fields and Bassett went to third.
Seery stole second and both runners scored on
Glasscocks long single to right. Denny then
made a hit and Hines reached first on tumble
by Dunlap.
FILLED THE BASES.
The bases werc now full. but Staley struck
Myers out and Daily few out to Fields. After
Glasscock was out in the fourth inning Denny
made single to left field and Hines followed
with one to right, Denny going to third. Hines
stole second and Myers knocked a long fly
over the right foul line. Sunday caught it,
but Denny scored on the throw in. Daily was
struck out.
team and continued at that until the fatal
eighth. Glasscock, who was in batting humor,
led of for his side and banged out a single to
right field. Denny, another dangerous little
man, followed with hit to middle. Glasscock
then made splendid steal to third. Hines
fouled out and Myers got his base on balls fill
ing the bases. Daily sent ont long fv to
Fields and Glasscock tied the score on the
throw in. Denny going to third and Myers to
second. Then fatal mistake was made by
Beckley. Bassett knocked a grounder to Rowe
and the latter threw the ball TO Beckley. He.
however, made glaring muf OF the throw and
the ball went past him, letting in two runs.
been out The error ended the agony, how
ever, at least nearly SO, as the three local men
who went to bat were all retired in about two
minutes Following is the score: