Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-17


by a citizen specially engaged for the occa
sion and it was very badly broken at that
There is nothing so effective in knocking out
these Jonah influences in a ball game as
banging the ball about the field.
They Banged Out the Ball.
That's lust what the home players did yes.
terday and Harry Wrights Phnadelphla
gang had very disconsolate time of it from
start TO finish. There is nothing meant to
hurt the veterans feelings when it is said
that when everything is right the Philadel,
phia team ought not to win one game in ten
here; that is Judging from the work OF
Friday and yesterday. The venerable hustler
ALWAYS has a few active and brilliant young
fellows with him; but this time they are
Just winning their spurs; or, at least,
lust TRYING to win them, while the local
team is composed of a number of
very tough old nuts: tough indeed
to crack at anv stage when they are any
thing like thoroughly IN line; Citlzens zen IKE IKE
Mr.. King are not always marks In the box;
nor are such blacksmith armed gentlemen
like Beckley, Browning, Carroll and others
sent up to the plate for nothing. when they
LET themselves loose, and they are always
liable to do it, there is always trouble in the
opposing camp. They tried their hand on
Mr. Esper yesterday. He had quite satls-
factory record as o pitcher up to yesterday
morning, but Wlen ne 1eu dulOllS Ille uLls-
tines Yesterday afternoon his glory was con-
siderably bedimmed before they were
through with him.
At no stage of the game were matters ex-
citing, because in the second inning the
home took lead and good one, and they
increased it as they went along. Esper, who
by the way is a good looking youth, who
pitches with his left hand, could not fool
the home sluggers enough, and as result at
the end of six innings there were Is hits re-
corded against him, and then he was taken
from the arena. Another young man named
ShnltZ, who has earned quite name among
the Eastern amateurs, replaced Esper.
ShuItz Tried His Hand.
Shultz pitches very wildly, but he has con-
siderable speed. He was only on deck thres
innings, but only one hit was made off his
delivery. If Mr.. Shultz shows up again
here he may have reason to remember it.
Both of the visiting pitchers were well sup
ported. When Esper retired, Brown left
first base and went behind the bat, Clements
taking Browns place. They are both good
catcherS, but they had little satisfaction yes
terday in doing brilliant work.
EEing pitched very good game; not one OF
his best by any means. But he pitched
winning argument from the first. Myers
was out adorned in any amount of batting
clothes. He banged out four hits and was
only four times at bat Two of them were
doubles and one a three-bagger. So far were
the local team ahead, and consequently the
home partisans were so generous that they
all desired Myers to make home run tho
last time he appeared at bat. He didn't do
that but he Knocked out q double. Two of
Myers hits were Of the very luckiest kind,
as they were really what is known as scratch
hits" But they counted. King was tolera-
blv well supported although Pete Browning
managed TO make couple of muff5 that in a
close game would have caused heaps of
trouble.
When our MI. Reilly stepped up to the
nils hn q handsOnla a
basket of flowers and, contrary to the Gus
tom, ne banged out hitin response. Hurst
umpired very good game.
They Started to Score.
In the second inning the home team started
to score. Reilly appeared and after acknowl-
edging his basket OF flowers got to work and
knocked out a single to right field. He stole
second and King got his base on balls. Then
Miller cracked out single to center and
Reilly scored an earned run. Beckley made
a long hit to middle and King and Miller
scored. In the next inning Beckley made a
hunt hit but was forced out at second by
Browning's grounder to Alien. Bierbauer
made single to middle, sending Browning
to second. Pete stole third and Bierbauer
stole second. They both scored on Hanlon's
hit to right for base.
And the sixth inning came. Beckley
started it of and was hit by pitched ball.
He stole second and Browning sent him
home Oh q three-bagger to left field. Pete
scored on a wild throw by Delehanty. Car
roll got his base on balls and Bierbauer few
out to left. Then Hanlon made double to
left and Carroll scored Hanlon stole third,
but was put out at the plate on Mack's
grounder to Allen. Reilly got his base on
balls and King made a single. Miller fol-
lowed with double, and as result of the
whole six runs were scored. Carroll's single,
q steal OF second, a steal of third and Han
Ions sacrifice earned the fourteenth run.
The visitors loomed up q little in the third
inning and scored two runs on Browning's
mu1f of Esper's fly, Hamilton's single and
singles by Shindle and Delehanty. Myers
three-bagger and Browns sacrifice scored
another IN the sixth, and doubles by Myers
and Clements, u sacrifice and an error by
Miller scored two more. The score: