Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-19

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Our sluggers reappeared Mt Exposition
Park yesterday and lost another game.
The game was tolerably
- well played and fairly
speaking it was a tough
He one to lose because all
Il the home players played
McM Il R well, indeed much better
NlMsI than many people antici-
PN pated.
IEA,\ But the defeat was pro-
~ NJ ductive of one consolation,
~ VI viz, that our sluggers are
\N-N/ now as low in the record
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list as they can get They
IlHlK n I'm dropped to eighth place
dNIlV k NlIl and there need be no more
lliiT&fNMll anxiety among the cranks
T1W about the team getting any
N M lower When things get
@I to their worst they mend
is an old saying and our
s,,,coers having struck the bottom may re-
solve 70 stem toward the front from now on.
The great cause of yesterdays defeat was
the absence of good hitting. Antonio Null
lane was out in his best form yesterday and
the home PLAYERS could do nothing with
him. The three runs credited to the home
team were not recorded because o. any clean
hitting.
All three were uneaned runs. Lack Of
hitting told its miserable tale as it has done
on scores of previous occasions. And it is
this defect more than any other that is
bringing defeat after defeat to our sluggers
who don't slug.
Although lack of hitting was the great
.oFS Safa
under the circumstances, had ma
terial effect. Calvin was as much
a puzzle to the PorkGopolitans IA as
And in this connection there was some
thing remarkable about Jimmys efforts.
Up to the seventh inning only one hit had
Deen made of his delivery, and as Dame
Fortune would have it those Hamtown visi-
tors Just let loose and banged out four great
big base hits in that seventh inning, and
these thumps. aided with a sacrifice hit and
n tumble bv Browning, the only Pittsburg
error, by the way, gave Latham and his lot
their four runs. This quartet of tallies won
:he game.
Only five hits to be made of his pitching
during the entire game and four OF them to
be squeezed into sort OF sollolty that
never worked harder in mis- life. He
was as lively as 2year old in
his fielding and surprised everybody.
Crowning's errors may also hevJ been re-
sponsible for the winning run, as it allowed
George Smith to round the bases. By Smith
doing this many thought he had made a
home run, but he didn't When the records
at Nick Young's office are made up it will be
found that George only made two-base hit
and passed the other two because of
Pete Browning's tumble.
The matter is soon explained. Smith made
line hit into Pete's territory. Pete ran
and reached the ball and he allowed it to
pass him when he should have held it with
n a n
Again in the ninth inning, when hits had
been so scarce, probably wrong Judgment on
the part of Manager Hanlon contributed to-
ward the defeat. Miller led of with a very
neat single and Hanlon followed him to bat.
Here the manager tried to bang out hit,
and as a result the ball went to McPhee and
q double play was made. Berger followed
with another good single. This circumstance
prompted the notion among outsiders that
If Hanlon had made, and tried to make,
sacrifice hit run might have been scored.
But in this inning Miller was injured, beside
being doubled up by Hanlon. The latter
was put out at nrst and then Miller was
hemmed in by fielders between the bases
After dodging to and fro awhile he made
run back TO first, followed by Smith, who
had the ball. Miller was just in the act of
sliding to first when Smith touched him
very forcibly on the back with the ball. This
accelerated Miller's speed, and as result
one of his toes was dfslocated. He will be
able to play in two or three days.
Joe Battin made his appearance as a
League umpire, and did very well. The at
tendance was very good, !, 800 being present
and they were a very enthusiastic crowd.
They particularly enjoyed the antics and
remarks of Arlie Latham, who is justly
termed the clown Of the ball field.
How They Made Their Runs.
The home team were the first to score, and
they did it in the first inning. After Carroll
had been retired at first, Beckley got his
base on balls. Then Browning sent out q
red hot one along the left line for two bases
Beckley landing on third. Bierbauer's sac
rifce scored Beckley, and Mack retired the
side.
In the sixth inning Beclzley led off with
three-bagger clean over John Reillys head
Browning was hit by a pitched ball, Bier
bauer knocked out a foul fly to Latham,
Mack sent a grounder to Latham which the
latter fumbled, Beckley scoring and Mack
being safe on first. Miller came next and
knocked the ball to McPhee, and in the time
"Biddy" and three or four others were MAX
ing a double play on Mack and Miller
81 owning scored
Then came the awful seventh inning.
Holiday led off and cracked out three
bagger beyond Pete Browning Ma1r fol-
lowed with a double in the same direction.
Reilly's sacrifice sent Marr to third and the
latter scored on keenan's single to right
George Smith was next and he knocked out
ont a long liner that should only have been
Il two-baser, but Browning fumbled the ball