Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-31
D0WNED THEM AGAIN.
The Clevelands Loom Up and Get One
More Game of Our SIuggers Of Re
nown, but There Was Quite an Excit-
ing Finish-Some Very Bad Errors Made.

The Clevelands Loom Up and Get One
More Game of Our SIuggers of Re-
nown, but There Was Quite an Excit-
ing Finish-Some Very Bad Errors Made
The usual fate. defeat befeIl our baseball suggers
yesterday again at Exposition Park and the yictors
in this instance were the team from Cleveland.
The attendance very small and the contest
quite uninlerestng until the last inning, when a
few hits by the sluggers and bad playing on the
part of the visitors made matters close that the
small crowd became quite excited. Untll that
inning the home heroes much outplqyel
that they did not seem to he lin it The rally If
snch fl could be called. enlivened thirgs and that
the only feature of the game worth paying fer.
quite ratified and the .rattlesf, nearly cost them
the game the last out was made at the plate and
had the run scored the score would have been tied.
HAD A LITTLE FUN.
So far were The horne team ont of the contest up
the eighth inning that the few occupants of the
hleacheries began to enjoy themselves by making
amusing requests just as hard as they could shout
or yell. Tine home team had not scored up to that
point and such requests these were made: put
0'Neil in the box Put McGunnigie behind ;he
ions Is To the quality Of hall being played. For in
stance: Very minor-league-like ball, was
shouted more than once. Altogether the 5O-CenterS
enjoyed themselves immensely.
But run was made in the eighth inning and that
saved shut,out. -Four MOI more were made IN me the
sluggCrs were given quite cheer.
EN-Manager Ianon reappcared on the field and
was loudly checred every time he stepped TO the
plate OF one occasion one gooG-natured specta-
Tor yelled: Look out, Hanlon. o'Nei's going to
shoot You, = but Hanlon responded with a corking
single hit At a very timely stage. He played line
game. making three safe hits.
King pitched great game. but he was badly sup
ported. Miller and Carroll each mIting hy, and
their errors were costly. But King nimselI also
made couple Of palnabie errors which meant more
runs that he had finger In the mistake busi-
ness himself. The visitors also hit te ball at very
opportune times and that told an impressive tale.
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the hits scattered until tho ninth inning. when he
was touched up for four good hits, including
not altogether of the clean-cut sort. Sharon,
the Cleveland. new man, was in left field and mis-
should have kept back and it would only have been
single. As /: was the ball got past him, and Car
roll got right rcuud.
SOME VERY BAD ERRORS.
In the second inning Johnson led off with a
single to center and got to second passed ball.
King caught SharOn's little fly, and Denny got his
base on balls. Virtue sent grounder to King who
not only fumbled the ball but threw it wild to
Beck!ey when he did get It, and as result both
johnson and Denny scored. thinner followed
with single. md Farmer Young made a
double down the right foul EDe. Virtue scored on
the double, and thinner also got home the hit
aided bv a tumble by King; In the seventh inning,
after two men were oat, Mexican made a single
aud Childs was hit by a pitched bali. Mexican
scored on Il passed bail. In the ninth Carroll
muiTcd McKean's fly and Mexican reached first
lie got TO third on sacrifice hits by Chlds and
johnson. Miller muffed Sharon's ny and Mexican
scored.
The home PLAYERS scored IN the eighth on Mil
ler's base on balls aad Mack's two-baggcr TO right
center. In the ninth Carroll led off with home
ran. Reilly made a safe bant ana stole second.
King struck out and Hanlon's single Reilly 10
third Mier's single scored Reilly and Hanlon
reached third. Miller going to second. Mexican
fumbled Becklev's grOunder and Hanlon scored,
Miller going third and Beckley to first. Beckley
stole second. Mack struck out. and Virtue fum-
blcd Shugart's grounder. Miller scored the
error and Beckley also tried. but was thrown out
At the plale by Virtue. Score: