Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-18

The last exhibition game Of the spring
series on the home grounds was played yes
terday at Recreation Park, and as usual the
local National League youngsters scored a
q one-sided victory. Their opponents were
the Erie aggregation. of the New York and
Pennsylvania League. The visitors,
although they got four runs had no more
show of winning the game than they had
on Wednesday, when they scored no runs at
all. They only found the hall twice, and
one of the hits was a very questionable one
at that. Probably Youngman had as much
right for an error as Boyd had for a hit, but the
doubt was given in favor of the hit
A FEW BRILLIANT PLAYS.
There we're only about 200 people present, and
they saw a very long game with a few brilliant
plays in it. '.Ducky' Hemp made splendid
running catch, one of the kind that catches the
crowd when the seats are all full. The specta-
tors gave him plenty of applause for his feat,
but no more than he deserved. There are not
many more brilliant catches made than that of
Hemp's yesterday. He was on a hard rum and
when he got the ball he went rolling over as if
doing the somersault act. Ducky is fine
fielder. Dunlap. Hines and La Rogue also
erately behind the bat while he was there. His
throwing to bases was very bad, and his part
ner, Baker was very wild; SO much so that the
pair were retired at the end of the third inning
and Gray and Wilson took their places.
Gray.did fairly WELL and Wilson again showed
that he is as fine thrower to bases as an en-
thusiast would desire to see. There are indeed,
few who can throw to base with better aim
than Wilson, and there is every indication that
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excellent man. He moves around like a bali
player, although he is a little uncertain on
high foul flies
ONLY TWO HITS. ,-
The visitors were miserably weak at bat,
getting only two hits. and they were made of
Grsy's delivery. To great extent good pitch
ing was the cause, but in many instances the
visitors struck at balls that were considerably
wide of the mark. Old and experienced play
ers would not have been decoyed were the
Erie representatives, and, therefore. in MANY
cases, would have secured their bases on balls.
Shamus, Pittsburger, pitched the first five
innings for the Eries anG lS hits, with total Of
Is bases were made off his delivery. He was
relieved by Newell, who was touched up for
two three baggers in the first inning he pitched.
However the visitors were no match for Man
ager Hecker's team.
The contest, as above stated, was too one
sided to make it necessary 10 tell the story OF
the run getting In Qetall. One SlQe nit the pail
and was in addition to that favored with errors.
while the other side couldn't hit the ball, but
had their share of favors in the way of mistakes
by their opponents. The home players really
banged the ball all over the lot, and Sunday
even had the audacity to try and make a home
run.
SUNDAYS BIG HIT.
It was in the sixth inning, when Newell was
pitching, Sunday thumped the ball to the right
field fence and tried to get home on the hit but
after running pluckily he was nabbed about
six feet from the plate. Billy laughed and said
he thought he could make it He and Kelly
had a contest for batting honors but Kelly
had shade the best of it. Each had three
singles and triple. but Kelly was only four
times at bat and Sunday was six times.
The visitors obtained three of their four runs
on mistakes by Baker and Brandenburg. In
the second inning after man was out Baker
hit Shamus with pitched ball and sent him
home on two very wild pitches. Brandenburs's
errors were responsible for the second run. In
the third inning Baker again hit a man with a
pitched ball: he also made wild throw and
that with a sacrifice hit sent in the run. A base
on balls and two passed balls sent in the fourth
run. The following is the full score: