Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-23

ship game of the season of 1892 In this CITY
will certainly long be remembered.
Nondy's men were not only routed, but,
metaphorically speaking, were butchered.
i was simply genuine slugging of the ball
that did the trick. and doubtless Won der
Abe, Glasscock & Co., will yet be wonder
ang what struck them.
If ever a ball team from ST. Louis or any
other city or hamlet got a humping and
fell among desperadoes the Browns did yes
terday, and they were very game people in
deed to be in existence at all last sunset.
That young ''phenom" with the left hand,
named Breitenstein, may be working in
convulsions yet. When our sluggers feel in
the mood they can soon knock all the glory
away from ''phenons." They felt in this
mood yesterday, and poor Mr.. Breitenstein
was made aware of the fact.
4 Very Sudden Change
At 1:3G ?. NJ. he left the Seventh Avenue
Hotel with all the prestige and glory that
phenom can have. Before o'clock his
fame was just as attractive as the muddy
grounds, and hardly that. He didn't last
an inning in front of the home sluggers, and
had he remained in the boz it is likely that
the game would never have been finished.
But although the game was awfully one
sided, II was delightful for the local cranks
The weather was wretched and the grounds
so bad that the game had to be called at the
end Of the seventh inning. There were about
5000 people present, and that was Il very
large crowd considering the rainy weather
Just as soon as the home players appeared
on the grounds the enthusiasm of the 5000
rr-ac +ad hofo bo
had finished almost everybody had yelled
himself hoarse. Tin horns and husky voices
made an awful noise in the rain, but every-
BODY was happy except Won der Abe and
Breitenstein-poor, deluded young man.
Those who have been thinking that Pitts
burg has not a good ball team ought to
know different now. Whatever tie team
may DO in the future, they fully demon
lstrated Yesterday that they are about as
good as anybody's team. There never was
better fielding, even on dry grounds, than
that OF the horne players yesterday.
Smiths Brilliant Catch.
Elmer Smith ran in the mud and made
one of the most brilliant catches of a ball
from Brodie's bat ever seen in this citv.
Miller and Swartwood also did wonderful
work. And the infeid! Why, better in
field cannot be had-not even if one were
made TO order. Farrell proved himself
great man, and that hardly covers it. He is
q brilliant player and as a sticker is one of
these reliable men who can be depended on
And old Jeems, that good, that glorious
fWlrier OF many generations, was there, Just
as brimtul Of vigor, deception and iovialitv
rs he was many years ago, when lots of the
present old people we're young. Jimmy is
not reed that can be shaken by the wind
even though it blows hurricane, and when
lie was presented with gold-headed cane
and a floral horseshoe yesterday by the
Fifth Ward Allegheny Independent Fishing
Club he responded by banging out one of his
famous hits Phenoms may come and phe-
MONS may so, but the gentle Jeems goes on
forever.
Almost the whole game, as far as fun and
enjoyment were concerned, was in the first
Inning and no less than u runs. 10 of them
earned, were made by the local sluggers.
Poor Brettenstein, How merrily he stepped
into the box, and how disgusted and crest
5allen he walked out a lew minutes later.
Miller Began the Fun.
Miller was the first to face him, and rapped
out single to right field. Bierbauer fol-
lowed with a double far into CEN
ter, and Swartwood followed with a sim
gle. Farrell came next with q corkinc two
Dagger to left,and Beckley banged out sim
gle to right. This was jolly. Then came
Shu=art with single to right, and Breiten-
stein was so weary that he gave Smith his
base on balls: Mack made sacrifice hit, and
then Calvin got his present and thumped
out a single 20 right field. This brou ght
Miller to bat the second time and he singled
and so did Blerbauer Swartwood got his
base on balls. Then Mr.. Breitenstein re-
tired. Farrell got his base on balls and
Beckley made q double and Shugart went
out at first. Smith got his base on balls and
Mack ended that terrible half by knocking
up little fly to Werden. Well, all this
cannonading got in the Il runs.
In the fourth inning two more runs were
scored on singles by Shugart, Smith, Mack
and Calvin
In the fifth inning the visitors made two
runs on singles by Pinckney, Glasscock and
Carutbers and an excusable tumble by Shu-
CART. Their third run was made while the
home players were effecting
A Neat Triple Play.
Stricken led off the inning with a single
Crooks got his base on balls, and Carroll
made q single, filling the bases. werden
sent ont little fly to Bierbauer, who trapped
and Beckley put out Werden Stricken ran
home, and as Crooks had not run to third he
too was put out by Beckley, Shugart and
Farrell. The game was then called on ac-
count of wet grounds.
Probably one of the most entertaining
features of the game was the presence of
Harry stevens, the score card champion, on
the grounds. Harry has no equal and the
manner in which he tends to the convenience
of the patrons of the game in the way of
supplying score cards has not been eQualed
here. What a hustiing and amusing fellow
he is, and he keeps pointing out the features
and changes OF the game from start to
finish His score cards are the best there
have been in Pittsburg and contain the
pictures of baseball celebrities. Harry is a
baseball character beyond a doubt For a
description and the scenes, crowd, etc., see
r1,say-1 Ia