Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-08
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BOSTON, September THE Bostons won to-
days game, but they had to fight hard for the
victory. The game was closely contested
throughout and until the darkness put an end
to the sport the winner could not be picked
out. Both mines played as il the champion
ship depended upon every play, and the errors
were the result OF nervousness rather than
carelessness. The veteran Jimmy Calvin was
opposed by kid" DAILY for i've innings, and
then the strain becoming too severe for his
young nerves, Clarkson was sent between the
points. 1t was a wise change and one tnat
saved the day for Boston. DAILY
WAS LOSING HIS HEAD
under the lively coaching of Miller and Beck
lev, and the latter did not spare him. Manager
Hart saw that he was losing control of the ball
and told Clarkson to go to the rescue The
crowd cheered when he stepped upon tho field
in the sixth inning, and felt that the game was
already won. So it proved, but the lads from
the Smoky City made such a game fight that
the $500 spectators were kept on the anxious
seat until the last man was out.
The sky was overcast with clouds all the af-
ternoon, and at the end of the seventh inning
it was so dark that the ball could scarcely be
seen. Then the umpire called the game. Nc
Quaid was anything but satisfactory, especially
in regard to balls and strikes. DAILY and
Clarkson were the greatest sufferers, but Gal
win didn't escape altogether Galvin's dander
took an upward shoot in the third inning. he
was given his base on balls and of course did
not kick at that Carroll then faced Daily and
made
TWO DESPERATE LUNGES
at the ball. In the second attempt the bat
missed the sphere, but his arm turned the
course and it flew out toward the players
bench. Calvin thought it was passed ball and
numbered along the base line as fast as his
short legs would carry him. 1t was a comical
sight, and the crowd enjoyed it hugely. He
reached third before the ball was returned,
and his lungs worked like pair
of bellows as he tried to recover his
wind. His smile failed rapidly, however, when
McQuaid told him to go back to first, basing
his action on the ground that it was dead
ball. Carroll stoutly denied that the ball hit him,
and Calvin backed him up from his perch on
third. But the protests were of no avail, and
Jimmy crossed the diamond. hopping his face
with one hand and shaking the other at the
Both mines started out on even terms. The
Bostons scored two runs in the first on Rich
ardson's three Dagger, kelly's base on balls
and Brouthers' SINGLE The latter made two
hits in the game and each sent two runs across
good spirits but their joy was short lived. The
visitors tied the game in their half of the first.
POPS VERY BAD THROW.
Carroll opened for his side with three
Dagger and scored on terribly wild throw by
Pop Smith, the ball going under the right
bleachers. Rowe reached third on the throw
and scored on Beckley's sacrifice. The Pitts
burgs took the lead in the third, Calvin scoring
on errors by DAILY, Quinn and Johnston aided
by Whites single. Beckley, who had profited
by the same errors was thrown out at the
plate. Rowe made costly wild throw IN the
fifth, giving Richardson his base. and, as re-
suit the Bostons scored two runs on hits by
Kelly and Brouthers, aided by Nashs sacri-
fee. Kelly increased the Boston's lead in the
seventh by lifting the ball over the left field
fence for home run. The visitors did not
score after the third. but they had men on
bases in every succeeding inning. In the fourth
Hanlon was left on second. In the fifth Rowe
reached third. In the sixth White was on
third and Fields wass on second with only one
out, yet the hits that wers needed did not ma
terialize. In the seventh Calvin reached third
and Rowe was on first, and only one man had
| been retired, but Clarkson's superb pitching
made Beckley weak tool in his hands. Score: