Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06
DID THE BOSTONS UP.
The Home Team Play Ball and Step
to Fifth.
EW YORK GETS THE PENNANT.
Old Sport Calvin Does Some Great Work
in the Box.
CHICAGO FINISHES In THIRD PLACE.
Brooklyn is Beaten and the st. Louis Browns Win
Game.

Yesterday was great baseball day. The
home team beat Boston and went up to fifth
place. New York won the pennant and
Chicago finished third. The Association
race is beginning to be exciting.
Well, it was a good 'un for the last, and
doubtless Boston will remember it. Prob
ably there has never been more excited
crowd in Recreation Park to witness ball
game as that of yesterday. 1t was the final
event of the championship season, and on
its result depended some very important
issues. But whatever chance Boston had OF
getting the pennant was totally extinguished
by the local delegation of players who faced
them. To use an old phrase. the Bostons were
never in the hunt and their defeat was real
crusher. 1t not only settled all of Boston's
pretensions to the championship, but lifted the
home team into fifth place. Results like that
in one day are surely significant enough to be
remembered.
At any time there is much to be proud Of in
defeating the Bostons. They are big and
rugged fellows who invariably commit whole
sale slaughter among those who are less power
full than themselves.
REMEMBERED OLD SORES.
They have, during the present season, treated
| the home team in most unmerciful manner,
and doubtless memories of this treatment
| spurred the home representatives to do the
Bostons yesterday or die. Important as the
home clubs victory was however, as things
- oIo1 al hlir1A @ha ROc
tons pennant prospects. The New Yorks also
won, and that clinched the affair. That settled
all possibility OF protests about the alleged IL
legal game between New York and Philadel-
phia, which the former won. The New Yorks
can throw that game out and still have the
pennant
There were between 4, 900 and 5000 people in
the park to see the last contest and enthusiasm,
it is safe to say, that fully 10000 were rep
resented. The weather was warmer than it
has been all week, but huge black clouds hov-
cred overhead all afternoon and rain threat
ened strongly during the latter part of the
game; indeed it was so dark that there were loud
demands to call the game at the end of the
eighth inning. Umpire Powers, however, very
wisely continued the contest to its legitimate
end.
SOME GOOD PLAYING.
AS far as the home players were concerned
the game was a brilliant one. They never
played with more energy, carefulness and abil-
ity this season. The strongest nine were on the
field and they never made mistake. Rowe,
Dunlap and Beckley felded to perfection and
the outfeld couldn't be surpassed. Without
doubt, the entire nine were out for the stuff.
And Old Sport Calvin was there as gay and ]
clipper as youth just starting out on his yaca-
ton. Jeems pitched with vengeance, and the
"Only KeI" was the only Bostonian that could
get near the old mans delivery. Out of the five
hits made by the entire nine Kelly made three
of them. Jimmy was in form, and no mistake.
The Bostons played poor game, in fact their
performance seemed to indicate that some of
them were very shaky because of the import
ance of the occasion. "Pop' Smith made two
very bad breaks. Nash, Kelly and Quinn also
bined efforts resulted in placing the home play
so far ahead that the game became one
sided. However, there was always possibility
and knocking the covers off several balls. This |
kept the crowd on the anxious seat. But the |
big hitters did not do any damage and all went
merriy.
CLARKSoN DID WELL.
Clarkson pitched splendid game although |
he was wilder than usual. He gave five men |
their bases on balls and that is not customary |
with him. He had the sympathy of the crowd |
with him because of his recent extraordinary |
work. and he was occasionally cheered. How
ever, it was evident that the crowd was almost |
entirely for the New Yorks for when the New |
York-Cleveland score was announced showing |
the former to be winning a loud cheer went up. |
The first inning settled the game, as the home |
players made more runs at that early stage |
than the visitors obtained during the entire |
game 1t was merry inning for the home |
team and seemed to inspire everybody with a |
certainty of victory.
STARTED TO SCORE.
Carroll led off and got first because of four |
bad balls being pitched. Rowe then knocked |
the ball over the second baseman's head and it |
dropped right in the midst of Johnston, |
Kelly and Quinn. As result Rowe made two |
bases on his hit, Carroll going to third. Beck
ley then knocked a grounder to Quinn, who |
threw the runner out at first, but Carroll scored
on the play, Rowe reaching third. Miller came |
next and banged the ball splendidIy into center
field for a base and Rowe scored White sus-
tanned the fun by knocking grounder to Pop |
Smith, who fumbled the ball, and the Deacon |
was safe, Miller reaching third White stole
second and tn en- Fields knocked up foul fly, |
which Bennett caught. Hanlon knocked a
grounder to smith. and the latter made a wild
scoring on the error. This was jolly, and the |
yells and shouts can be better imagined than
described. Dunlap. however. ended the inn
ing by knocking the ball to Brouthers.
STILL GETTING RUNS.
The third inning, after White was out, Fields
got his base on balls and got around TO third |
on Hanlon's single to right. Dunlap then
went to the plate. and foul tip from his bat
split BennetFs finger He retired from the
game, Kelly coming in to catch and Brown
going to right field. Dunlap went out from
Clarkson to Brouthers, and INJURED throw by
Kelly allowed Fields to score. Calvin struck
out, retiring the side.
In the fifth inning there was more run get
ting owing to mistakes and hitting. White
led off and got his base on balls. Fields then
reached first on tumble by Nash, but the hit
would have sent White to second had the field
ing been perfect. Hanlon knocked fly to
Johnston and the latter caught it in his usual
brilliant style. Dunlap came next and thumped |
the ball to the right field fence, sending in
White and Fields. Dummy tried to make third
on the hit but put out Calvin again re-
tired the side, going out at first That ended the
run getting for the home club.
The visitors made their only run in the sixth
inning. Kelly led of with two-bagger to left
field and sacrifices by Nash and Brouthers sent
him home. In the next three innings the visi-
tors went out in order and thus ended the last
championship game of the season at Pittsburg.
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