The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-05


NEW YORK, Q: CLEVELAND. Q.
CLEVELAND. Sept. 4.-Whsn John Ewing
frail and tender. with his arms done up in q
red flannel shirt and his kncRerbocSers sag
ging loosely at tho knees. stops IN tho box to
pitch against the Ceyeiands. those who have
money to wager in small sums lust f.. the fun
OF the thing should hustle nroGnd anon. their
friends at once and take odds on New Yorh.
Whether It Is tho red flannel Or tho kniCker-
bockers waving gracefully in the breeze or
Long j Ohm eccentric motions In the box that
friGh;ens Cleveland no one knows. 1t certainly
is something weird and uncnnpy about his
person. for he pitches the bail straight over the
plato oil the time, ana although the Cloy elanGs
hit H. they generally tap it 30 gently and SO
easily 10 tbe ihielI or to tho waiting outneld-
ers That IL Is II matter Of merely no slightest
difficulty to utthem out. To-day was no ex
ception to the Old siuly. Living waved MS
saras Above EN- ms mead; then ms '.ms and
elevation. At some lime during these gymnas-
tic ieats no managed to let the tail go, ana the
frightened batter shook his club at IL timidly
and that was all. IN tho mean time another
pitcher for i liz was gong through an
lying Hst on it, t." 10 VA" '"'V' we S'Se1 '''a'
With Ewing and Young both in operation
the sane. day. the students OF Delsi.rle "Hght
10 go to the baseball game aud learn how to 10
graccin! while hard At work. The main differ
enee between ouns and Ewing WAS that the
former CAV u base on balls once too often. and.
TO n.utilute an old saving, was the pitcher that
was extremely disaxreeable. A stili northeast
gaze blew turious!y over the grounds. and
te,s wa s nr r ndcn,ans gan" ra 10 " easu
ponsi LIS iali. h9wever; until tho game was
over. and as the PLAYERS hurried as fast as they
played hero this season. as short u. il was it
gave opportunity for some brilliant fielding. in
which Mexican. richardson. o'Aourke. and
Tho CIevelands worked beautiful play on
q run being scored with men on third and sec
ono and no lS az Su and aTns STATED ey hitting
centre that struck Davis on the lee IN som s
way and bounded into right field. Ewing going
70 5Ia and G GSss to fs sSsS
Young TO give Herman his base on balls. tax
ing chances for a double play. Connor raped
making a brilliant rum ing stop. touching sec
ond and throwing Connor out One would
hsssn local Would E1t ey ,aH fas
Sss IS Sas a nd c sqsd H,ks
rlIiced on ground bit 10 Richardson. Ewing Wing
sa:t TeSau sd T N. a.
g'Rourke for two bases. sending Burkett and
eay the two runs that cot
were their hrst last; and only.
seen a NV 1 msh a n the ball b in the
tossed MIN lor the third strike. Chlds got all
that saved another run was Gore 5 line run
ming catch Of Tebeau's line hit In the fourth
with hit but the next batters were weak 1t
proved bad policy in the long run to give Tier
sacrl!ice put him on second ana he had no
trouble to score on O'Rourke's base hit 10 left
field. Twas the next inning that settled the
OH SECOND. John Ewing surprised himself and
everybody els ~ hitting TO right Held. and
to handle that sen. Glasscock home. The ball
rolled to McAleer, who throw Ewing out at the
and Tiernan cracked y red hot one over
ioungs bead that would hayo killed tho Big
Gore scored Conner flied out 10 thinner. In
:he fifth and sixth Cleveland began the inning
with man on first. but CLARK threw both OF
them out In the sixth and eighth NJ VOL ms
the seventh. concerning which mention has
been made. O'Rourke stnrted With a anle bunt
but brilliant fielding proven cd him from scor-
Ing. The score: