Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-20

SfaleE was entirely u6l press III OA
even such moderate men as the Phitlies in
that narricular inning As soon as he would
pitch the ball, "Bif,'' Bang it would go
and in would come more runs. This went
on until six big runs were scored and i've
OF them were clean from the stick end.
Couldn't Wipe 1t Out.
If that inning could only have been
wiDed out we would have been all right
But it was there to stay and it turned the
balance OF course, every pitcher is liable
TO get a humping at any stage, even though
lie pitched ever so well. But yesterday it
seemed from the first inning that Harry
was Just the kind of pie" that the veteran
managers aggregation were out looking for.
In the very opening inning they lighted on
TO him as an eagle would its prey and IT
looked as if they were going to knock him
into the shape OF a three-cocked hat with
out any mercy at all. In truth, had it not
been for some very excellent 1eld1ng on the
part of the home players and for some very
st spic base running on the part OF the Wis
itOrs the first inning would likely enough
have been corker as far as run-gettlng
was concerned.
And Harry was hit again in the second and
third innings sufficiently to give himself and
his manager, or anybody else, to plainly
understand that the Phillies have his meas
nre with correct exactitude. At TINS stage
it might have been well if Staley had been
retired and one of our other pitchers put in.
Had this been done it is just about certain
that the home team would have won. No
doubt everything was done for the best, and
probably Manager HanlOn would be reluc-
tant to ruffie Staley's temper by taking him
out OF the game.
Should Have Retired.
But when matters are so plain to be seen
as they were yesterday, pitcher should not
for q moment hesitate to give way for
another, because q change is often very
effective. 1t is no disgrace to pitcher to be
taken out of the box, because his style for
the time being is suitable to the opposing
batters. Be he one of the best in the country,
there comes stages when anybody can size
him up for while, and then is the time for
him to take a header" and disappear.
1t is in the main nonsense to keep working
pitchers in exact rotation; and to put this
lnun or that man in simply because it is his
turn. one pitcher may almost at an times
be able to battle a certain team while another
pitcher will simply be mark for the self
same team. And the mark may be a puzZler
for some other team while the Daffiers may
be picnic for that other team. What is re-
Quired Is to place the pitchers where they
will be baffierS and puZZlerS irrespective of
whether it is their turn to pitch or not.
Had Staley been taken out of the box yes
rerday before the sixth inning the home
team would have won beyond Il doubt, be-
cause the home players began to size Thorn
ton up and had his measure in the latter
There were 2,0SS people, who paid, at the
game YESTERDAY The contest was not of
the exciting kind, because for more than half
of it the home sluggers could not slug Mr..
Thornton. Until the seventh inning he
Was Quite an Enigma
that they could not solve. Then they found
his measure, but it was too late in the game
because Of the six great runs that the Wis
itors had made in the sixth, and because the
game was so near at an end. 1t is fair to say
that for more than half of the game Thorn
ton pitched very well. In the fourth inning
it looked as if he was going to collapse, as
three men were on bases with nobody out.
Miller had made hit and Beckley and
Browning had received their base on balls.
But there were no runs made Carroll
knocked Il fly to Myers, and Bierbauer's
During all this Thornton kept very cool, and
ii he had not the resui; of the inning might
have been very disastrous to MS side.
Generally speaking, the fielding was good.
Allen was n little of and Fields made two
very bad throws to second. Bierbauer made
the most brilliant running catch of q fly
seen in Pittsburg for very long time. He |
was loudly cheered and really deserved it, |
Altogether if the fielding of the home play
ers had not been up to the mark the visitors |
score would likely have been l6 instead of |
eight.
In the first inning Hamilton, Clements |
and Shindle each made a SINGLE and they |
were corlzers. After Hamilton scored Gle |
ments was put out at the plate and stupid |
Thompson flew out. Quite lucky inning /
for Pittsburg.
That Awful Inning.
In the third inning Hamilton again started |
OH with single and stole second. He scored |
on Shindic's two-baggcr.
The next scoring was done in the sixth. |
Clements led of and reached first on an ex-
cusahlc tumble by Miller. Shindle knocked |
out a single, and so did Thompson. Then |
Myers made a double and Delehanty fol |
lowed with q triple. Brown came next with |
a single, and Allen and Thornton each made |
a sacrifice. Well all this scored six runs
The home players made their first run in
the sixth. Two errors by Allen allowed |
Beckley's sacrifice In the seventh Bier
bauers double, Hanlon's single and Fields |
double earned two runs, and in the eighth |
singles by Beckley, Carroll and Bierbauer
and CARROLL steal of third earned two more |