Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-01
needs some induoemens to draw crowds in pay

needs some inducement to draw crowds in pay
ing plumbers.
Coniskey's high-nyers and scalp raisers made
their appearance here on Queen Victoria's
birth day MAY 24), and not withstanding their
| seven successive defeats in New York and
Brooklyn, they were greeted Loy by magniheenI
| TO the faithful turnstile returns. And what q
| game for Boston to lose Our boys had the
game well in hand until the ninth inning when
Dan Brouthers dropped one Of Billy Nash's
| rife shot throws after two men were out. But
| this did not lose the game, for IL Tom Brown
| had not collided with Hardie Richardson the
| Chicagos would have been beaten. 1t hap
pened in this way: Boston was one ahead with
three Chicago men on bases and two hands
out; then long fly that looked safe was hit in
Richardson's direction, and he got under it
only to have the ball knocked out of his hands
by Tom Brown who had also started after the
flying sphere. Comiskev's men won the second
game by one run, but the very tart playing of Tom
Brown and a few others had a good deal to do
with Boston's defeat. 1t looked as If it would
rain. and the attendance dropped to 500, but
this was big send-off compared with the
crowd at the South End grounds, where the
Boston and Cincinnati League teams were try
ing 60 keep their blood warm before S54 specta-
tors. This was the smallest crowd in ten years
at the League grounds, and shows that in this
great ball town club must keep its end up ii
It wants good patronage Sympathy is out of
the question; good ball playing is what the
people pay for and want to see. The Boston
Leaguers are not creating a panic or setting
the woods a-f1re by their brilliant achlevem ents.
Bobby Lowe is still unable to play, and his fine
batting is sadly missed. Clarkson and Bennett,
the great battery of last season. are out of con-
dition, and it is hard to tell how soon Bennett
Will be able to line them down to second. His
arm is very lame, and he hasn't thrown a hard
ball this season. Pop Smith was hitting in
but at present he couldn't hit an empty flour
barrel If it came sailing over the home plate.
or late Pops bat holds spiritual seance with
the atmosphere two or three times day.
The BOstoDs and CleVelanls IN I,l nlaved
three games, and the Hub team won two of the
contests after hard struggling. Had Schmelz's
men any luck they would have won the games,
but the men from the West failed to make sac.
rifice hits when they were needed. The Bos-
tons won the first game in ten innings-l to 0;
but Cleveland had a golden opportunity to win
in the ninth when young Davis led off with q
three-base hit The next two men failed to sac
rifice, and the third hand retired on short IN
field hit.
Anson and his men proved the best drawing
cards of the season at the League grounds, and
$500 people were present at three games. This
was not considered big crowd at one game
last season, but things have changed since The
days of old when the League moguls were
monarchs of all they surveyed.
Tom Lotus dropped into town with the Gin
cinnatis. and his men found no difficulty in
trouncing our League team, who were sup
posed to look like pennant winners after doing
up Brooklyn and New York. The Triumvir's
men are now safely ensconced in sixth position,
and they will stay there for some time to come
If they don't take brace in batting. Young
Khines. of the Cincinnatis, pitched great ball
here, and the favorable accounts of his work
from other points show that the young fellow
is made of the right material and not a bit over
rated. Harrington, who is receiver general
for Rhines, showed that League company is
none too fast for him. These young men
formed the battery Of the Burlington team last
season, and they work together and know each
others signs as well as q magician and
his female attendant. They kept the Boston
batters guessing all the time, and when the
smoke of battle had cleared away. the beaneat-
ers were accused of having made four hits.
The accusation was borne bravely by Herman
Long and Tommy Tucker, two gentlemen
whose wild screeches on the coaching lines
would chase a steam calliope out of breath for a
summer engagement in dime museum.
Manager Hecker saws there will be no more
dates; that the Brotherhood clubs
will remain in the East when the League clubs
are West. think Hecker must be talking for
comfort, and without any idea of lnjuring his
lofty spirit, might say, that his club might be
benefited by staying in the East until the
threatening clouds roll by. 1t may give Hecker
some comfort to know that Boston phrenolo-
gist declares Jimmy Galvin's bump of philo-
large and we'll developed.
CHARLES j. FOLEY.