Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-31
A VERY ROCKY GAME.
The Home Players Again
Marks for AnsOn.
ROWE WAS THE BIG JONAH.
Dunlap offered to Boston, but the
Price Too Big.
TIE SENATORS BEAT THE GIANTS.
Boston Again Takes Good Lead in the
Pennant Struggle.
ROWE WAS THE BIG JONAH.
rRE SENATORS BEAT THE GIANTS.
GENERAL BASEBALL NEWS OF THE DAY

Once more the Chicagos defeated the
Pittsburg ball team yesterday. Tener, of
the East End, did great work for Chicago.
and SO did Staley for Pittsburg; but Rowe's
costly error knocked chances of local vic
tory into oblivion. The Washington team
beat the Giants easily. Dunlap has been
offered to Boston, but that club deemed his
price too big. Smith will go to Boston.
Philosophers all tell us of such things in
human affairs as reactions. A few short
days ago all of us in and about Pittsburg
who are interested in the daily events of the
national game, were clean up to the seventh
heaven with delight. We laid the small
people from Cleveland low, and our feelings
were stretched and no doubt about it. How
ever, a change has come over the scene, and
the delegation from Chicago are simply
mopping up the floor, or at least the dia-
mond, with us.
Another one-sided game was played yester-
day at Recreation Park between the home
team and the visitors from the Windy City of
the West. If the playing of the home talent yes
terday is to be taken as a criterion, we can rest
assured that their rightful place is alb
solutely at the foot of the list. A
game of ball which was more palpably lost
by glaring errors has seldom if ever been seen.
There is not palliating feature in the defeat;
the latter was caused by downright bad play
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made five runs and the home players made one;
but not one run of the six came near being
earned. Wretched fielding gave the visitors
their quota, and a base on balls was the
prompting power of the local run
TWAS wRETCHED FIELDING.
Everyone of the 1000 people present will say
that it was only bad fielding that lost the game
-Staley pitched well, and at most there ought
only to have been five hits made off HIM.
There were three made after the side ought to
have been out in the third inning without a
run. Rowe made costly, though somewhat ex-
cusable error, and four runs were made
after it. At later stage Dunlap
somewhat lost his head and was to a
great extent instrumental in allowing another
run to be scored. Without doubt the ielders
had an OF day and the cause of it may be con-
jectural. 1t was evident to all that the visitors
could do little or nothing with Staley, but the
AuiccIdDlC hCAulnS maui gbOuy nSaig aA-O
sick at heart.
nat stages there were loud cries for Smith and
Kuehne. but it may be safe to say that their
cries were chiefly prompted by impulse, because
of the excitement of the moment. Nobody
who has had a trustworthy experience of
League ball games would argue that Kuehne
and Smith are equal to Rowe and Dunlap
The question does seem a debatable one, but
the best of people can have their days of mis-
takes. There is not player in the country who
does not reach his unlucky moments now and
again. Smith and Kuekne were certainly as
liable to meet their unfortunate periods as any
body in the country. Rowe and Dunlap then
had
A VERY UNFORTUNATE TIME
of it yesterday, and one of the errors made by
Rowe was one of those exceedingly unfortu-
nate mistakes that turns out to be the prime
factor in bringing about victory. Such is base
ball even in the best regulated team the world
ever saw.
Tener. the tall young gentleman from the
East End was in the box for the visitors. If
ever there was deceiving youth Mr.. Tener is
one. He delivers the ball with ease and to
some extent grace that gives one an idea that
his only aim is to put the ball where it can be
hit In delivering the ball Tener's nonchalance
is remarkable. and every batter that is fooled
only wonders the more how it has been done.
Aspectator cannot detect any unusual speed
Tener's delivery; indeed, his speed seems not
20 be up to the average and the truth is,
rom an onlooker's standpoint there does not
eem to be puzZling point about ball that
pitches. He gets there. however, at least
&c did SO yesterday with great effect and his
friends in the crowd were evidently pleased to
see il. 1t will be something very singular, how
ever, If Tener's very seductive style of pitching
is not measured before long. He was well
all round was perfect, and that was a very en-
couraging feature to him.
THEY SCORED A RUN.
The home team were the first to score, and
they did so almost as soon as possible. After
Hanlon was out in the first inning Carroll got
TO first on balls. Beckley then knocked out
single to middle field, Carroll getting to third.
Miller banged out another single to left and
Carroll scored, Beckley getting to second.
Rowe came next and he sent bound
ing grounder to Burns, who touched
Beckley out and made double
play by throwing Rowe out at first. T his was
the first and last run made by the home players.
Several of them hit the ball hard, but some
how or otner it either bounded into fielder's
hands or went straight through the air to
where man W as standing ready to nab it.
In the third inning the visitors were simply
smothered with fortunes smiles; at least the
mistakes of the home players gave them almost
all they could desire. Burns led off and went
out at first Tener. amid great applause made
q single to right and was put out at second on
like pie, and it was thought at the end of the
inning the game would be to in the home
teams favor. Ryan, however, knocked a
gronnder to Rowe, who iagrantly fumbled it,
aid Bastian reached second and Ryan
first Van Haltren then raped out
single to left and Bastian
scored. Ryan reaching third and Van second.
Duffy brought both men in on a long single to
middle, Duffy reaching second on the play.
Anson's long single to left sent Duffy home,
making four great big runs, instead of blank.
This had a sort of wet-blanket effect and the
club officials we're reminded of the existence of
Smith and kuehne.
After Farrell had been retired IN the fourth
inning, Burns hit the ball for a single to CENTER
and got to second on Dunlap's stupid tumble of
Tener's grounder. A passed ball sent Burns to
third and Tener to second After Bastian was
retired at first, Ryan's single to short stop sent
Burns home. No more runs were made. In the
NTH inning Anson made a three-bagger after
two men were out, but Pfeffer struck out. Nc
QUAD umpired we'll Following is the score
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