Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-21

LOCAL BALL GOSSIP,
The PIttsburg National and Players
League Teams as They
Stand at Present.
Mr.. 0'EEIL'S MEN BRACING UP.
List Of Players That Have Been Tried and
Found to be Too Slow for the
Major Organization.
KR. o'EEIL'S MEN BRACING UP.
GAME AT EXPOSITION PARK TO-DAY.
Hanlsl's Men will Do Their Best to Lay Out Their
Philadelphia Brethren.

The terrible monotony Of the failure of
the local National team to win a game was
broken last week, but they have again re-
awhile winning only serves to cause few
EXPLANATIONS of surprise or break few
combinations on baseball. Neither Pitts
burg team is at present considered good
winning card among the betting fraternity
and il would require q pretty long end OF
the string to induce anyone tc take the risks OF
either teams winning.
The National League team has been greatly
strengthened, and is now in much better shape
than when they left this city for their Eastern
trip couple Of weeks ago. There was plenty
of room for Improvement so that even slight
change is noticeable. At present the scores
are becoming closer together, and the largo
number of runs usually made by their oppo-
nents is greatly decreasing. Hecker pitched
nrst-class game last week and was we'll sup
ported The result was a victory.
.--4 THE EXPERIMENTS.
II might be interesting to many to read the
list of the players of the Pittsburg National
Iearue team and the many experiments they
have had on their hands. The team at present
Is composed of Hecker, manager and pitcher;
Baker, Gumbert, Coleman, pitchers; wilson,
Berger Decker, catchers; Veach, nrst Dase
n
tbird base: Osborne left feld; Sunday, center
field: Miller, right neld.
The following men have been on the team and
played At lsS:. one full ga%s; 1ag
iels. Ziegler, Sowders, Jones, Heard, bennett
Coleman, pitchers; Mulhearn. Hines, hrst base;
Crane, Dunlap, Gilbert, Youngman, second
clfffe, nelders. Besides the above, quite num-
Der have played a part of o game or have been
on the field and inspected By the management,
butconsIdered too slow.
This shows that the management have been
on the move for good players, but the fact is
that they started too late. All this work should
have been done az least within few weeks al
half over and still the team Is not winning,
though it is being improved.
AT EXPOSITION PARK TO-DAY.
To-day at Exposition Park Hanlon and his
men will meet the Philadelphias. That team
has peen dong well of late and is making
grand hustle for the pennant flag. 1t now re-
mains for the local men to give them set
back in their career. The last time these
teams met il resulted in victory for TIE Pitts
burgs two games in three That was the last
winning of the local team, it is true, but they
will now be on their own territory and will OF
course be able to make better night Their
game has been rather of the lsuless kind since
they left the city, but the probabilities are that
now as upon their return from the previous
trip they will brace up and show their mettle.
Our old friend, Jim Calvin will probably be
in the box for PIttsburg and he ought to De
able TO pull them out of pretty deep hole.
THE MANAGER TALKS.
Manager Hanlon and his team arrived home
last evening and though they were not in the
best OF spirits over the result of their trip they
will go at the fhillies tomorrow with renewed
vigor. Hanlon says:
1--WE had the hardest kind of game to go
against in the East. Those teams are putting
up wonderful ball, the like of which was never
before seen. No one could have beaten the
Bostons the series we played them. We couldn't
have done it if we had had two teams. But
since we are at home we expect to brace up and
do better. Our pitchers are in excellent shape,
and the boys are now feeling like winners"