Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-26
ALAS FOR PITTSBURG.

Alas and alack! Spite of Pittsburg's
ancient prowess at the wickets, her lame
fell before the assaults of the Philadelphia
visitors. Bissel and Walter Scott were
the first at bat, but the wickets
OF the former warrior quickly went
down beneath puzzling off-breaker
from Middleton. He was followed by
Horne, upon whom and Scott the hopes OF
Pittsburg now rested. Once more alas and
alackl Horne lifted an easy ball right into
the fingers of Martin, and in those tenacious
fingers the unlucky sphere concluded to
stay. After this the team seemed to 60 all
to pieces. Scott, Penn and Schwartz
proved easy prcys for Middleton and Pat
terson. 1t was case of five wickets down
for Is runs.
A. Mcpherson was the first to stem the
tide of failure. He played steadily, as also
did Burrows, and the score began to creep
up. Indeed the tail of the eleven proved to
be the very best portion. Childs and G.
Mcpherson also made fair stands, and until
the latter was neatly caught by Brewster,
there were still hopes for the representatives
of the Iron City. But Brewster held on to
the bal, and Pittsburg was out for only To-
A SIGH OF DISTRESS
was waited across the crease from the
pavilion. Fair maidens mopped their
only available resources were to bow to the
inevitable and adjourn for lunch, both of
which things the cricketers and the greater
part of their sympathizers Immediately did.
After lunch the match was resumed, and
Germantown sent Brewster and Brockill to
the wickets 1t speedily became apparent
that Germantown's heroes are players
of the most careful kind. They hit
no mighty hits, but bat in the
quietest possible style. Their play is, how
ever, effective in the highest degree, and all
but two succeeded in adding effectively to
the score. The Pittsburgers redeemed
their batting faults by really neat field
work, Walter Scott being particularly COM
mendable in the slips. 1t was a curious
thing that all the first half of the German
towns were caught out and no wickets fell.
This may have been caused by the exceed
ing trueness of the sod, which gave the
bowlers but little show. The Germantown
score had reached its third decade when the
mighty Patterson took hold of the willow,
and with Bohlen and Clark speedily passed
the 70 limit. Pittsburg was beaten.
A VAIL OF WOE.
This time there was a regular wall of woe
from all over the payilions. The defeated IL
determined to play on to the bitter end, and
play to the end they did. Patterson and
Clark stood together and gave the home
team tremendous lot of leather-hunting.
Mcpherson bowled his original, celebrated
leg-breakers but all to no purpose. Clark
hit three times into the pavilion, and Patter-
son ably followed suit. The first century
was reached; and still runs were coming
thick and fast. At last when his score had
reached 81, Clark's bat slipped from his
fingers and few some yards away. The wick
ct keeper tipped off his balls, and, though he
seemed to the onlookers to be behind his line.
the umpire ruled him out, and Pittsburg
chucked up the ball.
Clark's fate frightened Stokes, vino went
out Tor duck" but Martin proved less
timorous, and another long stand was made.
in the course of which Penn muffed rather
easy skyer OF the newcomer. The second
century went up, and not long after Martin
resigned on another catch, which Annesley
held nicely. Henry only made one, but
Middleton followed, and with Patterson.
made the third big stand of the day. The
little Philadelphia played one of the best
games of the day, and the luckless home
team chased the leather for another very
bad quarter OF an hour.
THE END REACHED.
All things must end, however, and pres
emily Patterson, after nearly two hours bat
ting and with score of SO, skied lob from
Burrowes and was caught in workmanlike
manner by Bissel at long on. So the match
was over, no second innings being played,
and the score book told the melancholy |
story that Pittsburg could show but rs runs
to the big total of 239 piled up the Phila-
delphians.
The result was greeted with generous con-
gratulations on the part OF the Pittsburgers
present and with a promise to alter things |
when the return match comes round, the |
home team bade the victorious visitors |
goodby.