Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-06
AN AWFUL BEATING.
Local Colts Make a Show of the
McKeesport Team.
THE SCORE WAS ONLY "a TO 2
Fred Dunlap to Report in This City on
Tuesday Next.
BASEBALL NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST

The 500 or 600 people who went 10 see the
local National League colts and the Nc
Keesport Tri-State League aggregation play
yesterday afternoon at Recreation Park, saw
plenty of fun if they saw nothing else.
When the fact is stated that the result of the
event was Pittburg "a and Mex eesport 2,
baseball patrons can we'll imagine that there
was any amount of running round the dla-
mond and the field. 1t is not often that
team of the great stars" can victimlze
an opposing aggregation to the extent OF
"a to 2. The score is somewhat one sided,
no doubt, but so was the playing. Nobody
could well desire to see Frank Torreyson's
team more jumped upon and nobody could
wish to see the local colts score a more de-
cisive vic tory than was the case yesterday.
EXCUSES FOR THE PLAYERS.
AS the score indicates the playing was far
from irst-class on the side of the visitors. They
played a very wretched game all through, both
in the field and at the bat. 1t is only fair to
state, however, that yesterday was the first
time they have played together. On the other
hand the local talent played very well, indeed
AS a team they performed much better than
they did on Thursday. and their batting was at
times terrific. 1t seems now safe to say that
really good team will soon be developed out of
the material at command.
The crowd present was an enthusiastic one
and they saw lots of hard humping and lively
base running. Without doubt some of the new
players will become very warm favorites to not
only Pittsburg patrons of the game, but to
patrons IN every National League city.
"Ducky'' Hemp will be favorite wherever he
goes. He again gave spectators to Understand
yesterday that he is ball player at every
stage. His fielding and hitting yesterday were
well worth seeing, and his base running was SO
artful that those who saw it will not forget 1t.
ARTFUL LITTLE HEMP.
Hemp is cunning little fellow on bases.
And Paul Hines appeared. There's nothing
wrong with Paul. He will be a useful man to
the team. La Rogue also did well, and so did
Youngman and Roat. Berger and Miller caught
and played left field between them in an ad-
mirable manner.
Daniels, the Louisville pitcher, made his ap-
pearance, and he promises not only to be an ex-
cellent pitcher, but fayorlte of all enthusiasts
of the game. He has remarkable speed and is
of that cool and on't-care-a.cent kind OF tenn
permanent Baker relieved him in the box. but
he was somewhat wild. He pitches puzzllng
ball, however, and under Manager Hecker he
will soon be a great pitcher. Milbee was
mark for the local hits and Plummer was not
much better in his Jwirling.
1t would be awful task to tell how the
runs we're made. Suffice it to say that in the
first inning after Sunday and Hemp had cash
secured his base on balls, Mr.. Milbee was
touched up for six straight hits. including two
doubles. In the third inning he was touched up
for five more. And so the slaughte went on to
the end. La Rogue was knocking the ball all
over the lot, and one time came near knocking
it out of tn lot. All this hard banging, CON-
bined with first-rate base running and bad
fielding, enabled the home players to net "a
runs. The visitors were awfully outplayed and
that tells the whole story. Following is the full
score: