Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-16
The Jonahs Landed.

Sure enough, they landed here yesterday
for the first time this season, and when il
was apparent that they couldn't win by hit
| ting, why, they even jonahed such a cold
blooded, raw-boned and beyond-human-in
| fiuence sort of man like Jake Beckley. 1t is
| fact that Jake was somehow or other hoo
| dooed into making two errors, his inaugu.
rails of the season. One of them was cost
ly. In fact, all the runs made by the jonahs
were the result of mistakes on the part OF
the home players.
But still Harry Wright is always welcome
to Pittsburg, no matter whom he brings
with him. Harry always has respectable
people, and the old man has patiently sat
| out many a baseball argument during the
| heat of the burning sun. As result he is
| ever a welcome visitor and an instructive
one. The veteran is going down the frail
side of life, but. nobody, no matter how
youthful, is possessed of more enthusiasm
for the game than the veteran.
Yesterdays weather was real baseball
weather; neither too hot or too cold. There
were more than :, 900 people present to greet
the appearance of our hoodoos. The crowd
was enthusiastic enough to commence with,
but as soon as the evil influence of the Phil
adelphia gang commenced to operate there
were very many respondent hearts. A
young man who answers to the name of
Thornton was assigned to pitch for the WIS.,
itors and glance at the score will convince
anybody that it is needless to say that Mr..
IS THAT Mr. he
was here, made very small potatoes of own
very big people.
Mr.. Thornton Was There.
He was another example of how those gay
youngsters can suddenly emerge from Mil
waukee or obscurity and simply trample on
the heroes of hundreds of great struggles.
Without doubt Thornton as pitcher was
riddle that the home sluggers couldn't solve
and none of them can very well explain why
he wasn't solved, Fred Carrolls opinion Of
puzZling pitcher is always one of the most
interesting things in baseball, and Fred last
evening couldn't figure out in anything like
a satisfactory way how Thornton wasn't
knocked clean out of the box bang on to the
bench in short order. But Thornton's time
may come
Don't let it be understood that it was
Mark Baldwin's fault that our people lost.
Mark was in form and really pitched q
winning game. So well did he pitch that
not run was earned off his delivery Had
the fielding of the infieldefs been anything
like first rate, the visitors would not have
succeeded in getting run. This shows how
effectively Mark was doing business with
the Phillies, but amid all his excellent eff
forts few mistakes made exactly at time
when they counted most handed the victory
over to our Quaker City jonahs. Baldwin
had good speed and a tolerably fair COM
mand of the ball. Only six hits, singles, were
made off his dilivery and he gave only four
bases on balls. In one instance q base on
balls scored, but the error of Reilly caused
the scoring.
They Both Meant Business.
Both pitchers started out as if they meant
business, and it was the fourth inning before
a tally was made. 1t was the third inning
before Baldwin went to bat, and he was pre-
sented with a basket of flowers. In the
second half ofthe fourth Myers led off with
a single to center, and then Beckley, strange
to say, fumbled Clements grounder, Myers
getting to third. Browns pop-up fly was
caught by Baldwin, and then Allen struck
out. Thornton loomed up and cracked outa
single to right and Myers scored.
In the fifth inning Mack led off for the
home team and made single to left. Sacri-
fees by Beckley and Baldwin sent Mack
home and then Miller made O single, but
Beckley went out at first
In the second half-the jonah half-Shin-
die led of and was put out at first. Dele
hanty made q single to right and Gray
knocked a short grounder to Baldwin. The
latter got the ball and threw it to Miller to
head off Delehanty ut second. But Miller
dropped the bali, and both Delehanty and
Gray we're safe. Myers then got his base on
balls, filling the bases. Clements fly was
caught by Bierbauerand then Reilly fumbled
Browns grounder, Delehanty scoring. Beck
ley next fumbled Aliens grounder, and both
Gray and Myers scored as result This
ended the run getting, and neither team
looked like scoring again. The score: