Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-17
Old Sport Calvin Was Hit With the Ball
and Had to Retire.
CHICAGO ONCE MORE TAKES THE LEAD
YESTERDAYS LEAGUE GAMES.

Two games at Exposition Park yesterday
afternoon for one price of admission at
tracted 1900 people to the grounds. The
contesting teams were the Brooklyns and
our sluggers and each side scored a victory
so that matters were quite equitable on that
point. The two contests were full offeat-
ures and at stages things were indeed ex-
tremely lively. --
To start with, King, the pitcher who day
or so ago was suspended without pay for
two weeks, pitched in the first game and in
the second game Fields, who on Monday was
released, was the catcher. Funny deals 60
ing on among our sluggers.
But the leading feature of the first game
was the retirement of Ward from the con-
test. He was ordered out of the game by
Umpire Hurst besides being fined So At
the stage of the game where that occurred
matters were indeed exciting and it may
reasonably be said that Ward caused most
of the trouble. He objected to decision of
the umpire and the latter told him
that the decision must stand. Instead
of going back to his position as he
ought to have done, and as he might have
been. expected to do, he remained at the
plate and argued with Hurst despite the lat
ter's orders for him to resume play. The
argument became SO warm that Hurst Or
dered him out of the game and Caruthers
went to right field and Burns took Wards
place.,
President Byrne, who was in the press
box, supported Hurst's decision in ordering
Ward out of the game. Mr.. Byrne claimed
that Ward had no right to delay the game
after decision on q matter of judgment had
been made. At any rate the game
Was Lost to Brooklyn
in that inning and Mr.. Byrne didn't conceal
his indignation at Wards conduct and his
general play of late. Ward claimed that he
only asked Umpire Hurst if he had called
the runner out at first, and that because of
that question Hurst fined him $40, and when
Ward objected to that he was ordered out of
the game
In the first inning two singles and a stolen
base earned Beckley's run and then the visi-
tors made three in their half of the inning.
Reillys errors allowed Collins to reach first,
and double by Ward, a single by Foutz,
sacrifice by O'Brien and a three-bagger by
Griffin netted the three runs.
In the fourth the visitors got two more on
ball, a sacrifice hit and an error by Reilly.
The score was now tc ! in favor of the
visitors, and in the fifth inning the sluggers
tied the score. Berger started off and was
Beckley made singles, filling the bases.
Shugart sent grounder to Ward and the
latter fumbled the ball, King scoring and
Shugart getting to first. Bierbauer made
short hit to third and was called safe at
first, but Ward objected, and then followed
the trouble referred to above. Miller scored
on Bierbauer'S hit, and Hanlon's single to
right scored Beckley and Shugart. "A double
play retired the side. A base on balls and
two singles scored the run in the sixth, and
a single, sacrifice and muffed fly by
CarutherS scored the last run.
The Game We Lost.
There need be little said about the Sec
ond game, as it was replete with bad plays.
Old Sport Calvin was the pitcher and Fields
was his catcher. But Jeems was the target
SO often for hot liners that one of them from
Caruthers' bat struck him on the arm so
hard that he was disabled. But the visitors
were trimming Jeems up. Maui replaced
him, Berger going to right field. Maui did
fairly, three hits being made off his delivery
in the two innings he pitched. He gave one
base on balls.
But the home players were outplayed
from the start, as in the first inning the
visitors scored four runs on three hits two
sacrifices and errors by Calvin, Reilly and
Hanlon. The balance of the runs were made
mostly on errors, although the hitting was
lively. The lead of the visitors could not be
caught and the home team were hopelessly
beaten after the first inning. In the ninth
inning there was a little excitement as with
one man out and two men on bases Shugart
knocked a hot grounder to Burns. The
latter should have stopped the ball, but
failed, and as a result Shugart got round the
bases, two runs going in ahead of him.
Many thought the hit homer, but it was
not, and was only credited as single. Fol-
lowing are the scores: