Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-30
.WHOoPING HER UP.
The Home Talent Get Two Games
From the Phillies.
MIR. sTALEY SHUTS THEM OUT.
Some Brilliant Playing by Dunlap and
Billy Sunday.
SPORTING GOSSIP FROM OTHER CITIES

All the departed glory of Pittsburg's base
ball champions returned yesterday amid
thousands of hurrahs. Between 1000 and
| 5000 excited baseball cranks sat on the
| grand stand and bleaching boards of Recre-
alton Park and saw those Quaker represen-
tatives downed twice within four hours. The
day was glorious one for the home players
aud no mistake. Every member in the
team could have been presented with a
dukes coronet had there been any at COM
mand, but there wasn't. The next best and
available thing was black pig which was
with due solemnitv, presented to Midget
| Miller by Captain Dunlap. Miller dragged his
| piece of live black pork from the plate to the
dressing room. and that was the omen for the
| glorious result which followed. The Midget
| himself began banging the ball about the field,
| and his actions were to a great extent con-
| tagious to the finish.
The two games were played for one price of
| admission, and this fact filled the ground al
most full and the bleaching boards were
packed. The weather looked extremely threat
enlng, and that deferred hundreds from see
ing the games. However. the large crowds
that seen the contests saw something worth see-
ing. Never club played played two better
games than did the local representatives. 1t
seems the local fellows have been lying back
for Harry Wright's men. and have now resolved
to make marks of them. Undoubtedly the
Phillies were outpayed in both games, par
ticularly in the second.
IT WAS A DAISY.
The first contest was what in ordinary par
lance may be called a daisy. 1t was fought Bit
terly to the end, although it was nearly pre-
sented to the visitors by Hanlon. Any contest
! that lasts II innings and is decided by three
runs to two, means some great work some
where. In the game in question everybody did
well except Hanlon, and he surely had an off
time. The great feature. however, that
is the feature that kept everybody
on pins and needles. was the pitching
of Buffinton and Morris. The latter always
had little the best of Buff but toward the
finish Buff became to a small extent a mark.
He displayed excellent judgment in fooling
batters until the most critical part Of the game
arrived. He was excellently supported how
ever and that probably prevented defeat from
coming earlier than it did. Mulvey fielded well.
and Clements played his best which means
that he played just about as good as anybody
can play.
Morris was in pitching humor, and he
worked off fast and slow balls SO artfully as to
have the entire Opposing nine at his mercy.
In fairness to Morris it ought to be said that
it was not his fault that the visitors were not
shut out With the exception Of Hanlon the
home team tielded to perfection.
SCORED THE FIRST RUN.
The home players scored the first run in the
third inning. Hanlon led off and. got his base
on balls and stole second. Sunday struck out,
and Beckley whacked out a good single to left,
and Hanlon scored. Miller hit for one into
center field, but the side was retired before
George crossed the plate. Nothing more was
done in run getting until the seventh inning,
when the visitors threw something like meta
phorlc funeral pail over the crowd by
scoring two runs. Clements led off the
inning with single to left field. Fogarty few
ont to Smith and then Farrar sent Clements to
third by nice single to right. Farrar stole
second and HallmaE flew out to Sunday. Then
Schriver banged outa long fly into right center
field. Both Sunday and Hanlon ran for it.
Hanlon got it, but dropped the ball In a very
unaccountable way. AS result two runs were
scored.
In the ninth the home players tied the score
Kuehne led off with a three-bagger and scored
on the throw-in of Smiths foul fly to right. In
the eleventh inning Fields began proceedings
with double to left, was advanced base on
Morris sacrifice and scored on Sundays single
to left.
THE SECOND SLAUGHTER.
The second game was wretched perform
ance for the visitors. They started off all de-
moralized and in the first two or three innings
made some of the most glaring errors ever seen
on ball field. The veteran Harry Wright sat
on the bench and bit his lip at the sight. Pete
Wood was put in to pitch for the Phillies and
Decker was his catcher Staley and Miller
were the local battery. 1t would scarcely be
fair to criticise Woods pitching in yesterdays
game because his support was SO wretched and |
stupid. Decker was not a success and his |
been worse. Wood can pitch effective, no |
doubt, and Decker can probably do much bet |
ter. But the entire nine seemed to be ratified |
and almost before the game was well started |
the home players had a winning lead
There was another and more important |
shortcoming of the visitors. They couldn't |
ting them out Dunlaps fielding was brilliant,
and so was Sundays. Nothing escaped them |
that was within reach. and double plays seemed |
to be their forte.
single to right, and reached second on passed
ball. Sunday got his base on balls and Hanlon
was nabbed at third. Beckley's life hit and a
passed ball sent Sunday to third and Beckley
to second.
MILLER WAS THERE.
Miller senta grounder to Mulvey, who threw
the ball wild to the plate, and Sunday scored,
Beckley reaching third and Miller second
scored. Kuehne's sacrifice hit brought Miller
home and Dunlap was put out at third. retir-
ing the side. Schriver's muff of Smiths easy
fly, Staley's single and Woods muff of Sun
days little fly gained another run in the second
inning. Two runs were earned in the third in
ming on singles by Miller and Fields, double
by Kuehne, stolen base and sacrifice hit by
Smith. A two-bagger by Miller and another
by Kuehne earned another run in the fifth in
ming and in the ninth three singles by Sunday,
Dunlap and Kuehne, respectively, brought in
the last run.
The visitors never looked like scoring. Nc
Quaid umpired fairly well. Following are the
scores:
PIrTsBURG RBPA EIPHILAD,A. R,BPA