Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-02
THE BABIES HEARD FROM.
A Few Words by Foster About Their Many
Defeats,

ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF. THE DIsPATcH.J
CLEVELAND, O., August 3l-Did anyone
ever see such a contrary club as this organiza.
tion of ours? week ago we were all lament
ing the lack of batting ability on the part of
our infants, and noting the loss OF games where
a base hit at the right time would have turned
the tide Of defeat away from Cleveland and
saved many games for the youngsters Now,
however, it is all the other way. The home
club is hitting the ball hard and opportunely,
but letting games slip up by disastrous error
at the critical points of the game, something
they have not done before during the season.
All three of the close Chicago contests the
past week should have been ,Clevelandis but
for bad errors. The Chicago pitchers were
barted hard and viciously, and the fusillade
was kept up on Getzein when he started IN to
pitch Thursdays game. If the infants keep up
this hitting streak they liable to make it
warm for the clubs that are close to them.
The local directors have about decided to 20
out in the wilderness and hunt up one or two
strong, hard-hitung fielders. They have de-
layed the matter hoping that the present men
would come around. as it seems almost shame
to break into such beautiful fielding team, as
this years organization has proven to be-
There are two places, however, that can stand
strengthening and move will be made in that
direction.
With the loss of so many games in succession
the loss Of attendance has increased in equal
proportion, and yet the home club has been
playing as Tetty, scientific and hard game of
ball as it evt did. The cranks, or rather the
pOolroom sharks are sore and very ugly be-
cause they have lost money, which serves them
right in one sense. Not satisfied with drawing
their little patronage they have been guilty of
circulating the most contemplate kind of
stories about both the players and the manage
ment These stories are swallowed by the
more credulous of the better class and they
won't go to the ball games either. Could the
home clIb have won Its 50 games and lost its 50
games alternately interest would be at fever
heat to-day.
There are great many people and baseball
writers in other cities who have often taken
occasion to refer to Cleveland's wonderful win
ming squirt. Well, now, there wasn't so much
of squirt on the CleveIands part. The club
wasn't playing bit better than it is now. Its
success was due, as anyone who stops to reason
out the matter must agree, more to meeting
the other clubs when they were weak and NOT
playing in the best of trim than to the fact
that Cleveland at that time was playing phe-
nomenal ball That spring trip of the Cleye-
lands to Hot Springs, Ark, and the fact that
all the members of the club entered the race in
excellent condition. had more to do with the
clubs success than the management ever imag-
agined when they requested the club to assem-
BILE there.
FaAtz is still suffering with his split finger.
which reopened on him at Indianapolis and
Twltchell has been taking few days layoff
owing to bad injury on one finger.
Gilks limps around in left iield, having never
recovered from a strain he got on the New
York grounds.
The outfeld work of McAleer and Radford
during the past week has been so exceptionally
brilliant that especial attention ought to be
called to it. Its equal was never seen on the
local grounds. and McAleer has made some
in the baseball profession could equal
JOHN b. FOSTER