Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-30
THE BABIES BEAT US.
Pitcher Bakely Bothers the
Local Team Sluggers.
A VERY CHILLY CONTEST.
The Old Fault of Weak Hitting Loses
the Game.
BOSTON DEFEATS THE PHILLIES.
Captain AnsOn's Home Run Knocks Out
the HOosierS.
BOSTON DEFEATS THE PHILLIEI
Captain AnsOn's Home Run Knocks Out
the HOosierS.
INTERESTING GOSSIP ABOUT BASEBALL

There was precious little enthusiasm in
ne national game at Recreation Park yes
srday afternoon. Beside the wretchedly
old weather, those youngsters from Cleve-
land, known as the League babies, were in
the park and trimmed the home talent up.
The result, of course, was not expected by
the admirers of the local champions; in
deed, dreams or imaginings of pulVerized
lot of youngsters contributed largely toward
keeping many from the game. There was
surprise, however. both to the few people who
were there and the home players.
OH but it was miserably cold and disagree
able Overcoats borrowed and otherwise, that
had been stored away to do business in humble
but convenient ways were suddenly dragged
out again and brought into service. Even with
overcoats the cold was too wretehed TO allow
anything like comfort. There were only about
800 people present and never a cheer was sent
up The umpire escaped, as far as demonstra-
mons were concerned, the usual anathemas and
epfthets. There really wasn't enthusiasm
enough to prompt either cheer or kick
There was cause for the latter once or twice on
the part of Lynch, but even if be had done
what many good authorities considered right
the result would have been the same.
WERE FAIRLY BEATEN.
Yesterdays defeat, though to a very great
extent unexpected, was fairly administered
and ought to be taken with good grace. The
''Babiesn are fine lot of people and possess
many excellent essentials of good ball players.
One thing is certain, they are not to be slighted
by any means, because they evidently possess
power, which if asserted to its full extent, will
call some of the best people to a halt. Their
fielding yesterday was excellent, but like Pitts
burgs, they may fully discover that their great
est weakness is at the bat. After the first two
innings they could do nothing at all with
Staley and if he had not been little weak in
the first two innings they would likely have
been shut out However, they caught at
the start and made hay while the sun shone.
The team of Babies altogether is a most
promising aggregation
The home players once more displayed their
old time fault; they couldn't hit the ball. If
they could have handled the stick in anything
like a reasonable way, they would have won.
Bskely, however, simply moved them down as
= no stare did it appear that the mystery of Mr..
Bakely's delivery was solved. he kept the
boys guessing right to the close OF the game.
The contest was devoid of anything like brill
liant or exciting features. The hitting on both
sides was so weak that there was seldom any
body on base. The home players only got two
men to third, and one of them scored on an
error. The other was left there.
THE RUN GETTING.
The visitors were the first to make a run.
They commenced in the first inning as if they
were going to knock Staley out of the box.
Stricken cracked out single to left and Nc
Aieer banged out a two-bagger to right, bring
ing Stricken home. Each man had two strikes
called on him and thumped the third. wild
pitch sent McAleer to third and Mexican
Knocked fly to Haulon. Twitehen raped out
a single to right and MeAleer scored. Faatz
few out to Carroll and Radford went out at
first. There ought only to have been one run
in the inning if Staley had not made the wild
pitch. That mistake sent McAleer to third and
hit allowed him to score. Without the wild
pitch he could not have reached Eome on Twitch-
els single nor could he by any means have
scored on the fly to Carroll. The visitors never
looked like scoring again except in the second
inning, when Tebeau after having two strikes
called, knocked out double. Snyder struck
out and Bakely made a single, but was nabbed
trying to steal second.
The home players never looked dangerous.
In the sixth inning they made their only run.
After Miller was put out at first Beckley made
q single. but was retired at second on Dunlap's
grounder. Carroll came up and banged the
ball to the right field fence for two bases.
Stricken fumbled the throw in. and Carroll
reached third and Dunlap scored Lynch um-
pired fairly well. Following is the score: