Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-04
MADE A GAME FIGHT.
Hecker's Colts Play a Great Tie at
Cleveland.
ELEVEN INNINGS NEEDED.
Sowders and Bestin Keep the Batters on
Pins and Seedles.
RESULTS OF OTHER OLD LEAGUE GAMES
Pittsburg. s.. Cleveland q
NEEDED.
RESULTS OF OTRER OLD LEAGUE GAMES

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CLEVELAND, May 3.-There was mus
tard, pepper-sauce and Worcestershire
enough in to-day's League game to give a
man appetite for baseball for a week. The
Pittsburgs leaped into the air and pulled
down base hits, and the Clevelands chased
wildly around in the outfield and put a
premature end to three-baggers. The entire
game was so full of star plays that there was
some wonder expressed as to whether
section of the milky way had
sprung leak and was dropping
stellar attractions down upon this mundane
sphere. Foremost of the great spectacular
exhibition of the game was running foul
catch by Veach. Taking everything into con-
sideration it was the finest play of the kind that
was ever made in this city. He ran from his
position behind first base to within a few feet
of the Cleveland players bencht,nd caught the
ball just as it was nearing the ground.
MORE GOOD WORK
That was not all the good work that Veach
did. He gathered in wild throws and made
some excellent stops of some nasty bounding
grounders that came out to call on him. His
error was muf of an assist but it had
effect upon the score. Mexican had a great
day of it at short and smothered two sizzling
eleventh innings. when the people were feel
ing ticklish over the outcome in a man.
ner that brought any quantity of ap-
plause. 1t was center fielder Davis bad
error that permitted Pittisburg 20 tie the
score, but he redeemed himself in the ninth
inning by picking fly almost off the fence, and
keeping the score q tie. Smalley and Miller
made running foul fly catches that were lined
with blue satin and edged with gilt, and Kelly
put to flight the man who said he could not
Judge fly balls by robbing Zlmmer of hand
some three-base hit. and TO end up all the fine
work Joe Ardner retired Pittsburg at the end
of the eleventh inning with double play that
was as neat as q society belle and as satisfac-
tory to the Clevelanders as drink OF water to
a thirsty man on hot July day.
HAD ENOUGH OF IT.
After II innings had been completed the cap
tains of the two teams held consultation and
decided TO quit 1. was well they did, tor 1t
was rapidly growing dark, the grounds were
getting slippery from moisture and dangerous
to play upon. In a few minutes after quitting
the rain began to pour SO hard that the game
would have been compelled to be called any
heavy sluggers intended to elevate brother
Sowders out of the box in the first
inning Mexican led off with hit
and Gilks followed with another. Smalley
forced Mexican out at third and Sunday
felded Daily's hit from right so quickly that
Giks couldn't score Sowders hit thinner
with the ball and GilkS was forced in. Davis
struck out and Veach forced thinner out
Three his in succession, but only one run.
PIttsburg scored in the fourth on Miller's
force out and La RoQue's two-bagger. In the
sixth Cleveland got couple of runs after two
men were out On Miller's muff of Davis hit,
Veach's double ana Ardners single. Pitts
burg tied the score in the eighth, after two men
single, Davis error and Miiler's single. The
score: