Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-21
ON THE BALL FIELD.
The Local Sluggers Slaughter
Jack Chapman's Stars.
KUEHNE'S HEAVY HITTING.
Results of the Association Games
East and West
ALLEGHENY COUNTY LEAGUE.
Orator Schaffer Obtains His Release From
DeS MoineS.
KUEHNE'S HEAVY HITTING.
INTERESTING GOSSIP ABOUT PLAYERS

Almost all the brilliancy was knocked
off those Stars from Syracuse yesterday
afternoon at Recreation Park. They essayed
to play game of ball with the sluggers of
our own town and were pretty near wailoped
out of sight. There is now and then a
pleasure in looking at contest where the
victims make something like a struggle,
though victory may seem impossible. Jack
Chapman's host however, did not make the
semblance of contest yesterday, and there
were no umpires to blame, at that
The plain and simple fact was that the
visitors were outclassed in all respects.
Whatever the Stars may be in less classic
regions than the National League, they are
a few degrees too high when coping with
the Pittsburg aggregation. Bishop, who
formerly was popular member of the local
team, pitched for the visitors and his re-
ceiEer was Briggs, another player from
Allegheny City. Bishop really was pala-
table bite for the home talent, and it seemed
to be that little Willie Kuehne had dis
covered the signs of Bishop and Briggs last
winter in the famous Federal street cigar
store. At any rate, Kuehre never had a
better picnic than when facing Bishop
yesterday.
BILLY's BIG BATTING.
The descendant of the late Kaiser was
five times at bat and thumped the ball hard
every time. Two triples, double and two
singles was his record, and surely that was
sufficient for one day. Had the game pro-
ceeded further Kuehne would probably
have knocked the ball out of sight And
big Jake Beckley used the stick with some
effect also; in short almost every member
of the team felt at home when trying to size
up our quandom friend, Mr.. Bishop.
Briggs caught good game and gives great
promise of being "A front rank man behind
the bat. He is an excellent thrower to sec
ond and as active as cat The fielding of
the Stars was not as bright as it was on Fri
day; nor did they play with anything like
the same vim. To be sure. there is not
much encouragement for hustling when the
ball is being banged right and left
Maui was in the box for the local team
and pitched q. good game. At times he was
wild and gave seven men their bases on
balls. WhGn he did get the ball over the
plate, however, the Stars had great difficulty
in locating it. He was well supported by
Fields and the balance of the team. Allen
again displayed an apparent nervousness
when at bat and once or twice when fielding
hot grounder.
The ga me was certainly not an interesting
or lively one, because it was too one-sided.
The wea ther was all that could be desired,
but the 1, 500 people present never got near
an enth nsiastic state. Miller, of the home
team, nd Aldrich, one of the pitchers ol
the Stars, umpired, and they did we'll
There NTas no kicking at their decisions
THAT MERRY INNING.
To tell the story of how the runs were
made would be tiresome tale. The only
inning that caused any fun worthy the
name was the fifth, when it looked as il
poor little Bishop was going to be CON-
pletely pulverized. Allen led of and went
TO first on balls. He reached second on 9
scratch hit by Sunday, and got to third on 6
muffed throw by McQuery. Sunday stole
second and Fields raped out a single tt
left. BE stole second, and both Sun
day and him scored on Beckley'i
hard crack to left field for two bases
Becklev reached third on a passed ball
Smith few out to Joe Batten and Coleman
knocked long fly to Wright, Beckley com
ing home on the throw in. Maui sent out &
nice single to middle and easily doubled
home when the ex-Kaiser banged the bal
far into middle field for three bases.
The home players made three more runs
but only one was earned, and KuehnI
brought it in by another triple in the ninth
The visitors did not earn a run. They
tailed entirely on bases Oh balls and al
error by Smith. Following is the score: