Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-28

only shows that
Pittsburgers Are Still Patrons
of the national game. Doubtless the ma
jority of those present were there expecting
to see pitchers game. There were olsap-
pointed as those fellows from Boston gave
King no rest. And on the other hand Clark
son showed up in form and that settled IL
even with our big sluggers.
But there may be feature OF fate oper at
ing against the local aspirants to the League
remnant. 1t is singular that no matter now
star or obscure pitchers may fail at other
places they invariably come here and para
lyze our whole aggregation. In street par
lance Clarkson was something like mon
key the other day at Cleveland and yester-
day he turned in a game sample Of his best
Generally speaking twas not MS pest put IL
Was good enough to battle all the earnest and
rushing intentions of our champions.
The entire story of the gamc lay IN the
fact of the pitchers, or 1t may pc IN tne MT
tiers of the respective teams. One class OF
cranks may contend that poor hitting on
the part of the local team lost the team,
while another class of cranks may contend
that it was good pitching on Clarkson's part.
1t is always dangerous to question the con-
clusions of fans and cranks but really the
great cause of our very decisive de1eat yes
terday was because our braves couldn't nit
fSarkson. and the latter colleagues trimmed
up Mr. King; in fact knocked pounds OF
silver off him. The lack of hitting on the
part OF the local men was DOSauSO
Clarkson was too cute.
He Still Is Lucky.
John still has that strategy that a long
time ago made him famous. When his mus
Gle is in line depend upon it his head is. and
when the two are in harmony it is no dis
grace to big slugger to face him and re-
treat to the bench without even getting near
Mr.. Tucker. Clarkson had lots of strength
Yesterday; he may in previous times have
had more, but he had all his wits about him
in Yesterdays contest And after all what
is pitcher without wits, brains, intelli-
k-ence or anything we may call it.
King was in tolerably good form, but it was
op, of those DAYS when the best OF pitchers
get touched up, and can't understand why or
how it was done. The chaps from Boston just
quietly walked up to the plate now and
again, and in the most unostentatlous man
ner sent the ball bounding beyond the reach
of the fielders. OF course, so many hits were
never expected, but they were made, and
that fact was the cause of all the surprise
among the cranks last evening.
In word Clarkson, by some how or other,
outpitched King, and that's all there was
in it.
warm the leather. After two men were out
Long, who is the short of the team (no Of
fencel banged the ball to right field for three
clean bases.
They Thumped Them Out.
Then Nash cracked out a single to right,
scoring Long, OF course. Inat was one earned
run, and in the third Clarkson got his base on
balls: Brodie made a single to right, and
Sullivan's life hit and a single by Nash
scored Clarkson-
In the sixth inning after Quinn was out
Stovey, that old time fiend at the bat
thumped out triple into Hanlon's territory
and walked home on double by Tuc1e-
In the seventh inning Brodie led of with a
single and Sullivan followed with another,
and so did Long. These hits, combined with
an error by Miller and two sacrifice hits,
scored two more runs. In the eighth Tucker
netts sacrifice and scored on a single by
Brodie.
The home champions got their only run on
Beckley's single, tumble by Nash and hit
by Berger The tumble would have been q
sacrifice hit at any rate, and therefore the
very precious run was earned. The score: