Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-17
MORE HEAVY HITTING,
The Home Team Again SIuEged by the Gay
Bostons.

B0at0nss
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM 10 THE DIsPArcH.l
BOSTON, May 16-The Bean Eaters
downed the Pittsburg cripples for the fourth
consecutive time to-day in the presence Of
8 900 enthusiasts. Maui was the Pittsburg
twirler, and the way the Boston sluggers
mauled him over the field was dishearten-
ing to the rest of the visitors, especially the
felders, who had to do the running, but
they had their revenge when they took q
turn at the bat, and the hard hitters from
the Smoky City made the gilt-edge veteran
Clarkson weary by banging the ball in an
equally lively manner. 1t was slugging
match from the start, and the Bostons had
the best of it. The Pittsburgs made some
costly errors, and the Bostons took advant-
age Of shem. Of the IA runs scored by the
home nine only were earned, in spite of
tie heavy stick work. Most of the safe hits
came after chances had been given for retiring
the side, and while they did not earn the runs,
they fattened up the averages of the players.
WERE WELL RECEIVED.
The visitors were well received to-day as on
the preceding days Mrs. Sunday. who has &C.
companied her husband on this trip, says that
Boston audiences are the most generous she
has seen and she feels that the pangs of defeat
are made little easier by the gentlemanly
manner in which the defeat was accomplished
To-dayis drubbing was the most emphatic of
the series and the Pittsburgers will go to New
York feeling that they have already faced the
real giants of the League.
The Bostons did not delay but began scoring
at once. Ray and Brouthers each made singles
and after Fields and Maui had advanced them
to third and second respectively on errors.
Quinn made third hit that enabled them to
score That made two runs for Bostons. The
visitors were retired in their half on neat
double play, which shut out Beckley at first
and Hanion at third, Sunday having been put
ont at first. The Bean Eaters had no consid-
Grafton for the feelings of their guests and
doubled their score in the second, Bennett salt
ing down home run and Brown making a
circuit of the bases on base on balls, a steal,
sacrifice and wild throw by Smith. Two more
runs in the fourth gave the Bostons a total of
six. They did not make hit in that inning
either. but Maui, Miller, Dunlap and Fields
forgot that they were professional players and
made SO many errors that the Bostons could
not help scoring.
SOME wRETCHED FIELDING.
The only wonder was that they didn't make
more runs. Kelly stole on a short passed ball
and got there on long slide, but he hurt his
ankle in the attempt and had to lay off for sew
eral minutes. He finished the game after his
ankle had been rubbed, but he limped some
what The Pittsburgers had not been idle all
this time. Maui made lunge at the ball in the
second inning and lifted it high in the air
Brown and Radbourne both ran for it and
both held out their hands for 1t. Radbourne
stopped its downward career with one hand
and Brown prevented the ball from rolling to
the ground. It was a very peculiar combIna-
tion catch. Then Smith lined the ball into the
same territory, but there were no felders there
at that moment and Smith was safe. Fields
waved his bat and fly fell into Kelly's hands
ClarKson thought he had got the boys
from Pittsburg so badly confused that they
could not see the ball and he tossed it over the
plate. Sunday smiled and his wife, who was
eagerly watching her husband, laughed glee-
fully when she saw the sphere sail far down
toward right center, with johnson and Kelly in
hot pursuit. Sunday reached third on the hit
and Smith scored. Hanlon was waiting for
just such encouragement and his single over
second sent Sunday across the plate
A SHORT PICNIC.
In the fourth inning after Carroll had been
retired Miller sent bounder to Quinn, which
that player couldn't handle. and the little man
with big voice was safe. Dunlap and Maui
made singles and Miller scored. A double play
by Clarkson, Bennett and Richardson retired
the side, In the fifth the visitors had another
short picnic with ClaFkson. With Fields and
Sunday out OF. the way, Hanlon made a rattling
three-bagger to right field, and minute later
Beckley sent the ball into left field for an equal
number of bases, Hanlon scoring. That un-
nerved Clarkson, and he made Slugger Carroll
a gift of first base. He stole second in a jiffy.
Then Miller took up the stick and made brave
effort for home run. He came SO near get
ting il that 700 chills perambulated over 5000
spinal columns until Brown caught the
ball close to the fence. That closed the run
getting for the Pittsburgs, although in each of
the remaining innings two men were on bases
when the side was retired. The Bostons had
another batting streak in the sixth inning, two
singles and two doubles. yielding three runs
two of them earned. In the ninth inning their
bats were again inspired to find the ball, and
five clean hits, assisted by three battery errors
resulted in five runs. making total of IA
Kelly surprised everybody by his weak batting
and Benefits squirt with the bat was also un-
expected. Richardson played strong game at
second In spite of his many battery errors,
Maui 1elded his position well, and kept the
Bostons, Brown excepted, hugging their bases
Brown made four neat steals. A hot foul from
MauIs bat in the fourth inning struck lady
in the grand stand and injured her severely in
the face. Score:
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