Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-11

Had the home team been playing in any
kind of luck yesterday they would have
taken two games from the Senators during
the afternoon. OF course, many people will
say that little better hitting would have
done better than anything else; but the fact
is that there were plenty of hits in the first
game to win it had any been made at more
opportune times. However, it is useless to
cry over split milk. If two games were not
won, two were not lost So honors were easy.
There used to be time when two games at
Recreation Park for one price Of admission
was a magnet strong enough to attract very
large crowd. That magnet, however. has lost
its charm and it wields a very impotent inf1u-
ence now. Defeat after defeat have broken up
the talisman and yesterday the attendance did
not reach 5000, notwithstanding the day was
Saturday. The crowd was a noisy one, however,
if it was not very large, the occupants of the
left felders bleachers were particularly merry
and demonstrative Many of them were evt
IDENTIFY out for day and their yelling and ap-
plause at very trivial things indicated they
were.
HAVING A HIGH OLD TIME.
The weather was fine and the playing was
not bad. The visitors, however, are a weak
delegation of players. and it requires them to
play steadily at their best to make an interest
ing game with any kind of League team.
The first game yesterday was tolerably well
played, but it is a long time since such poor
exhibition of base running has been given by
Sunday as he gave in yesterdays first game
1t is not unreasonable to say that Sundays
poor judgment on bases lost the game. Had
dock pitched a good game, no doubt, and his
work was very great improvement on that of
Thursday, but Sowders was a trife better
than Haddock, and the failure to win must be
attributed to something else. The fact is that
Sunday took too much liberty with Haddock
and DAILY. Haddock is a very quick and active
fellow and DAILY was in excellent throwing
form. Three times was Sunday nabbed. and
two of them meant a loss of runs In the first
inning he made a splendid hit to middle and
was easily nabbed in trying to steal second. 1t
was unwise to try and steal at the time. because
the way in which Carroll has been securing
bases on balls lately gave strong hope of Sun
days getting to second without any risk. Well
Carroll got his base on balls. and SO did Rowe,
which meant that had Sunday been little pa
tient there would have been three men on bases
and nobody out Then Miller banged out
single to left and Beckley was retired at first,
no runs being made.
THEIR ONLY RUN.
The home team were first to score. In the
fifth inning Kuehne reached first on a muffed
fly by Beecher and got to third on Dunlap's
single to middle. Dunlap stole second, and
while he was doing so, Kuehne lodged home.
plate.
In the sixth inning the visitors made good
single over second base, and Wilmot knocked
out two bagger in the same direction. Hoy
did some good base running. and got home on
the hit After Beecher was out and A: Irwin
q m hird md
Just as he did SO Irwin knocked the ball to
Dunlap. Before Irwin was retired. however, at
first Wilmot was across the plate.
In the eighth inning the home team looked
like winning or tieing the score. Sunday led
off and got his base on balls. and Carroll was
hit by pitched ball. Rowe made good
tried to score on it, He was easily thrown out
at home. and had he stopped on third the bases
would have been filled, and nobody out Mil
Ter few out to Wise, and Beckley struck out
with man on second and third.
THE GAME WE WON.
the second game was of the lively kind though
it was somewhat onesided. Sullivan was in
the box for the visitors and Staley pitched for
the home team. Sullivan pitches a puzzling
ball when he gets steadily down to work. but at
times he is fearfully wild. Yesterday he COM
menced very erratically. He was well sup
feiding game. White and Wise made great
stops.
Sullivan commenced by hitting Sunday on
the arm with the ball. Carroll then raped ont
a single to left held, and both runners were
advanced base on Rowe's sacrifice. Sunday
was nabbed at the plate on Miller's life hit
Miller stole second and Beckley got his base on
balls, filling the bases. White knocked a
groQnder in front of Sullivan and the latter
fumDled it and fell over It long enough to
allow both Carroll and Miller to score. White
stole second, and Kuehne's long single to right
sent both Beckley and White home.
sTAIEy's coon uIr
In the second inning Staley led off with a
double to left field. Sunday fouled out and
Carroli's long fly to Hoy advanced Staley to
third. Rowe was hit with pitched ball and
stole second. and both p1en scored on Mfller's
two-bagger over Hcy's head. After Rowe was
out in the seventh inning, Miller got his base
on balls and stole second. He scored on Beck
ley's double to right field. Whites sacrifice
sent Beckley to third. and he scored on
Kuehn els long two-bagger to right Kuehne
tried to make third on the hit, but slipped and
was put out. -
The visitors made their first run in the fifth
inning }. Irwin knocked out liner to Carroll
and the ball bounded over the latter's head.
Irwin, therefore, made third bag luckily.
Carneys long fly TO Sunday sent Irwin home
In the eighth inning the Senators let them
selves loose a little. Mack and Carney each
led off with a single and Sullivan few out
Wise made single, sending home Mack, and
Hoy's sacrifice sent Carney home. Then Will
right field fence, sending Wise home. Beecher
few out retiring the side. In the last inning
A. Irwin got his base on balls, and reached
third on his brothers hit. A single by Carney
sent in the run. Following are the scores of |
the Two games: