Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-23
THEY LACKED GINGER.


Seedier than their work of Monday.
THEY LACKED GINGER.
In Yesterdays contest the home team
lacked that ginger necessary to win games;
they PLAYED in very many respects listless
nnd I-don 't-care sort of game. After the
first inning they performed as if they were
satisfied that defeat was inevitable. There
WIS one great exception, and that was Mil
ler As usual, George was playing all the
tin,e. and his work during the game will
not readily be forgotten by those who saw
it, -Four times the visitors tried to steal
bases on him and four times he made the
most brilliant throws ever seen. Three
times he nabbed his man, and he would
have downed the fourth, but Captain Bier
bauer dropped the ball. Miller's work was,
indeed, treat to see.
There were LISP people present and when
it WAS known that King was going to pitch,
q victory was generally looked for. But
those who thus expected were doomed to
disappointment, and until the very last
moment matters looked as if a shut-out was
going to be the lot of the home players.
King did not pitch in his usual form. Had
he done so, victory would have been
pcrched on the local banner. True, the
score shows that the home players earned
two runs while the visitors only earned
one. But King sent a man TO base on balls
who ultimately scored. 1t is also fair to
remark that Dame Fortune was dead
against the home PLAYERS She so strongly
displayed her partiality in the first inning
that much of the enthusiasm was knocked
Out Of the home representatives.
THE GREATEST OBSTACLE.
But the greatest obstacle between the
home team and victory was Mr.. Viau. He
pitched for the visitors and the local men
could do nothing with him. This was the
greatest defeat, and as hits, safe hits, are
what is needed most to get runs there was
little or no run getting by the home players
simply because they could not hit the ball.
Altogether the men of McGunnigle must
rouse up and impart little more vim into
their work if they want 10 make good
finish. There is time yet to do effective
work.
In the first inning the home players COM
menced as if they were going to eat the
visitors up without salt. Bierhauer made
q single 20 left and Shugart singled to right.
Miller's sacrifice sent them to second and
third. and then Becklev hit a terrific liner
which went straight into Childs' hands
The latter effected a double play himself
without any trouble Had the ball gone
past Childs It would have gone to the
fence. This stroke of ill-fortune had a
very diScouraging effect.
In the second inning Virtue led off for
the visitors and made a scratchy intield hit,
which was safe AicAleer followed with
single - right, sending Virtue TO third.
Dovle followed with another single TO cen
Ter. scoring Virtue. In this inning Miller
threw both NcAleer and Doyle out while
they were trying to steal second.
PILED THEM UP.
In the third inning the visitors netted
three more runs. -Viau got to first on
Reillv's tumble. and Burkett got TO first on
balls, and then Childs popped up little
fly, which Reilly caught. Mexican made a
single TO center, scoring Viau, he (Mc-
Kean) getting to second on the play. Davis
knocked out a high and difficult fly to Han
lon The latter, after circling round, got
under the ball hut dropped it. Burkett
and Mexican scored on the pardonable
error.
In the sixth inning, after two men were
out and Doyle was on first, having got there
OH McAleer's out, Doyle got to second on
q passed ball and scored on a single to GEN.
ter by Zimmer
The ninth inning came and still the home
PLAYERS had not Tailed. Miller led off the
inning with double to left field, and went
to third on Rccklcv's sacrifice. Hanlon got
his eve on the ball and banged it to the
right field fence for three bases, scoring
Miller Lally loomed up next and sacri-
feed HanlOn home. This ended the rum
getting. and Reilly's out at first ended the
game. The score: