New-York tribune., 1891-09-17

Since the Giants that chances for the cham
ponship gone they have cared rap whether
they play ball and their salaries The direc
tors Of the club chagrned the work Of the team
and II Improvement not manifested at once grand
shake-up in the nine may be expected. The men get
handsome salaries and they ought be compelled to
them or step down and out
The playing OF the local team at the Polo Grounds
yesterday excruciatingly bad, be
offered for the sleepy careless which they went
about their work. Ewngs mimanagement strikingly
apparent. OF the team does purposoly lose
the games, but it is apparent that Of the
too lazy to try to play ball, and unless the salaries are
curtaled they probably won't try
The New York yesterday made the worst record 1t
hos accomplished since the local team organized, eight
The New York nine has played wretched
games in this and previous seasons but it not until
yesterday that it managed to lose two in day
Pitt.burgs both games and them easily, the
Giants scoring but in the eighteen innings played
surely deporabe record for such hlghsaarled aggre
cation OF bal-plnyers.
The second or regular game was started :45 p M,
King pitching for Pittsburg while youngsters, Cough
lin and Burrl formed the battery for NewYork. Cough
lin pitched fairly good game but the remainder Of the
team did not do 80 well.
In fact the Giants sleepiness was resented by the
spectators who laughed groaned dlsmaly whenever the
men made play. fact, entire sympathies of
the onookers appeared to be the visiting players,
whose every movement enthusiastically applauded
capital little player, Miller singled out for
pIauded frequently, but when made wonderful
ming the inning OF the spectators
showered cigars upon him from the stand Such demon
raions frequent in the West but this is the first in
stance kind recorded the Polo Grounds In
they shower silver pieces player when he
catches their hcke Western fancy
The Giants tired when the second game
started but the Pttsburgs chipper crickets
The visitors again took the lead. scoring in the
opening inning Bierbauer easily put out, but
Shugart hit safely left field for bases. Miller hit
safely past second and Shugart scored.
The New Workers did not make hit for three innings,
but in the fourth they one and getting tied the
ConnOr got first muG by Hanlon, buSShe was
forced out at second by o'Eourke. oRoure then went
TO second wild pitch end scored on twobase hit to
centre Geld by Gasscock.
In the last half Of the inning the Pittsburgs got two
and again had the advantage. Miller sent
called balls, but ORourke made clever catch
Of Beckley's drive left. HanlOn then hit
field Gore threw the ball far Bassets head and
Miller scored while Hanlon reached third. LaIly hit
second, and Richardson's poor throw the plate
HanlOn scored.
Then the crowd got sick and weary at the efforts Of
NeN-Yorks poor old 10 play ball. In the fifth
inning the Ptsburgs added four to their lead
King sent to first called balls and Blebauer forced
him at second. Then Shugart sent easy grounder
toward first which Connor allowed pass amid howls
OF derson. Miller then hit safely TO centre field and
Bierbauer and shugart scored. Miller got second
wild throw by Burrel ard stole third but forced
at the plate by Beckey. HanlOn followed with two
base hit and he and BecIley scored Lalys hit to
centre field. The follows: