Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-26
Timely bits We're Absent.


doing lately.
Timely hits We're Absent
A few good and timely cracks would have
won yesterdays game easily. Knel was
in the box for the visitors, and he looked
avery inch like gentleman that could be
touched up without much trouble. He was
very wild at stages, and in the way of Civ
ing bases on balls'he gave the home players
many a good chance to win. Wild as he
was several times the local men had not
patience to wait for their bases, but swiped
away at bad balls to no purpose.
When Knell did get the ball across the
plate he was a puzzler to the home bstters
He may not be able to fool other teams
very much, but yesterday he was very
effective against the home team, But it is
only fair to say that luck was dead against
the home players Several times some Of
them hit the ball good solid cracks, good
enough for two or three bases, but the ball
would go str aight into somebody's hands.
In this respect, that is relative to lucky
and unlucky hits, fortune was all on the
side of the visitors
Lots of Ladies Were Present.
The weather was very unfavorable, as
rain tell at intervals until two or three
innings had been played. 1t was ladies'
dav, however, and, as result, there were
nearly 1000 people in the grounds. The
ladies were very numerous, and only about
1900 of the spectators paid admission
money. Whether or not the band and
ladies day has any bad influences may be
hard to determine, but the. fact remains
that our sluggers lose on such occasions.
The game was lost IN the first inning
At that early stage the Phillies got a lead
that was never overcome, and they only
made three runs at that Ehret started out
badly, and he was more responsible tor the
runs than anybody else. After that he
pitched good game, and he would have
been on the winning side if two or three
more safe hits had been made by his COL
leagues. The fielding of the home players
wasnot of the best in many respects, but
the errors made were not very costly.
The visitors played an excellent game,
and, although the veteran Harry Wright
has both Cross and Clements on the dis
abled list be has fine team.
The Visitors Fie' ded Wei.
Their fielding yesterday was frst-class
Altogether the contest was a good one TO
see, as the score was close enough to keep
everybody interested in every movement,
because right to the last inning there ap-
peared to be good hopes of the locals pull
ing out of the hole. They did not and
there,was not much complaining about it.
Hamilton opened out hostillties and
Ehret hit him with the first ball pitched.
Charley Reilly lodged about until he sac
rifced Hamilton to second aud Halllman's
sacrifice sent the runner to third. This
looked all right, but Farmer Sam Thomp-
son got hot one past Farrell for two bases
and Hamilton scored. This wasn't all.
Delehanty whacked the bali to the left GEN.
ter fence for three bags and Thompson
scored. Roger Connor knocked q grounder
to first base and the bali struck the bag.
causing Beckley to muff the hall and Dele
banty got home with the third run.
In the fourth the home players COM
menced to make runs, but their efforts did
not amount to much. After Smith was out
Kelly made three-bagger to left field and
scored on Farrell's single.
In :he fifth inning the visitors made their
fourth and last run. Hamilton started off
with scratch single, got to second on
Reilly's sacrifice and scored on Hallman's
single to left.
The home players made their last run in
the eighth Miller got his base on balls
ana Donovan fouled out Smith came with
hit to the right fence for three bases, and
The next two men went out in order, and
Smith was left on third. The score: