Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-26

| ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DISPATCH J
BOSTON, August "a, 1SS9.-The poor
misguided Giantsl Not game could they
| get here in Boston, although they managed
| to make the first game draw. The New
York players are disheartened, but they
only speak in the highest praise of their
treatment here, where they played before
enormous crowds. Think of something like
33, 900 turning out to see three games OF ball.
Mutrie only received one-quarter of the re-
ceipts, which amounted to over s., ZOO; but
| if he sees fit he can come back here again
| and play off the postponed game, which was
! interrupted by rain in the early spring.
| But Mutrie will not come back; not unless
| there is money in il and fighting cnance
| for the championship. The New Yorks are
not out of the race by any means, but they
will be if Tim Keefe doesn't improve in his
| work. He was batted very hard here, and his
numerous friends and admirers In this vicinity
are at loss to account for his sudden let
| down. One of the New York players said to
| the writer:
"Why, we would be away in the lead now
| were it not for the taking away of the Polo
grounds. We played in Staten Island, and
nearly every man on the team was sick or lame,
| and some of the boys have not got over their
| ailments yet. Why, in some of the games
| there was big London fog hanging over the
grounds, and man could scarcely see ball
| when it was hit high in the air. The outheld
was wooden platform, and the helders had to
| wear lawn tennis shoes instead of our spiked
ball Shoes"
You have played many years in New York;
how does 1t compare to Boston as a ball town."
''Sho! New York is a great town. but Boston
I as ball town downs the world. They weaken
on a team quicker in New York than in
| Boston"
"As you are prominent brotherhood man,
would you be kind enough to tell me if the or
| ganization will fight the Pittsburg club on
behalf of Pete Conwayf' They say we will:
the kind The Pittsburg club has met many
reverses this season; nevertheless. If they
| were to blame in Conway's case we would
| fight them just the same. Pete has
| he knows that we wouldn't care about having
his case ventilated in court We went to the
front for Thompson, Richardson and Dunlap
of the old Detroit team, and they got their sal
airy in full. We will soon tackle the magnates
| on the Su:cliffe case. He receives only 81, $50
| from Cleveland, but they have been trying to
bluff people that his salary is $1,000. Why, in
| Detroit he received s., 80"
'srhe New Yorks are the people!'' cried Mutrie
But the boys down in Pittsburg soon settled his
| fate
Boston sends many congratulations to Pitts
| burg for scooDing in the Giants in three
boys did not begin the good work earlier in the
| season, for that is the time to scoop in the
money. The people are enthusiastic during
| the fore part of the season, and they can stand
| drop later on if the team is well up in the
| race. What luck Cleveland has had in the
race! Why they actually coined money during
| the first three months of the season, and even
| now the attendance is excellent, for the Forest
City enthusiasts hoping for their boys to
| take another squirt. Pittsburg is stronger than
Cleveland. but the latter team had their men
| in fine condition during the first three months
| of the race, while the Burgers" were COM
| pletely broken up.
Joe Quinn is covering second base for Boston
| while the fedoubtaDle Hardie Richardson
scoops in everything in left field Brown has
| been lamentahly weak at the bat of late and
| will play very few games during the remainder
! of the season if Quinn fills the bill at second.
| Brouthers is keeping up his great stick work,
but his first base record has fallen off some of
| late. Pop" Smith is filling the bill at short
| stop, but his batting is away off at times.
Crane. of the New Yorks, had a picnic with
| Pop" in Wednesdays game, and he famed
| the air until it was blue. The double umpire
| system proved an immense success during the
| New York series. Knight and McQua
| oficiated, and there was no kicking on either
| side. Even "Buck" Ewing failed to enliven
| the crowd with his usual CUFF
| CHARLES ]. FOLEY.