Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-12


the champion baseball
players from Boston were going to defeat
our sluggers, they would have been told to
go to bed. Oh, how nice everything looked
TOR the home representatives at that stage.
Baldwin had only been touched up for two
little single hits; Nichols had been thumped
lively at an opportune stage, and the score
stood to l in favor of the home sluggers.
Everybody was feeling at peace with him.
SELF except Manager Selee and his team.
Matters were going along as smooth and
pleasant for the locals as new ship going
to sea.
That Very Awful Inning.
But that eighth inning came, and what
a disastrous change it brought with it.
Those terrors from the locality of beans,
beauty and intellect let loose and before a
fellow could take his nat off thev had taken
the lead, and the day was theirs What
surprise it was,
The attendance did not reach ], 200 because
of the weather. A more miserable day for
baseball couldn't well be. Rain fell at in
tervals, and a shivering wind swept across
the park as cold and cherries as the cranks
who LETT the grounds after the Bostons had
thumped out victory.
To be sure the majority of people had fully
expected the champions to win before the
contest started, but when it had commenced
and had proceeded so far as to make every-
body believe that the home team could not
lose, the unexpected result Just about para
lived everybody. And victory was so very,
very near to the home players. Just think
of it. Two men were out in that terrible
inning, and no less than five hits were
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This piece of business Just managed to score
the Bostons four awfully big runs, they
looked as big as pyramids, and that was just
sufficient to win.
Got Enough and Stopped.
They generously stopped at that number.
Had an earthquake swallowed up the
diamond the little crowd could not have been
more astounded.
Baldwin only had himself to blame for
the sad result He may have been too con-
hdent at that late stage of the game and
have forgotten that old adage that it is
never safe to whistle until YOU are through
the woods Be that as it NAV, his work in
the eighth inning was wonderful contrast
to that of the preceding seven innings
Certainly the Bostons are good team,
and yesterday they played with two very
good men absent-Nash and Stovey. Still,
a fine game, and in only two innings could
our sluggers find his measure to any extent.
He was well supported and for this ne
ought to be thankful, for had he not been
so well backed up it is probable that the
four runs would not have scored a victory.
Marks Good and Bad Work.
Baldwin never pitched better in his life
than he did for seven innings. Not hit
was made of his delivery until the sixth
inning, and in the seventh he displayed
wonderful nerve. There were three men on
bases and two men out. He had given two
OF the men bases on balls and the other had
made a single. Long went to the bat to try
and knock the ball out of sight, and Mark
struck him out amid cheers. This was ex-
cellent work, but the next inning came sure
enough.
The home players started out as if they
were going to eat lively little Nichols up.
Miller led off and was easily downed at first,
but Louis Bierbauer, from Erie, cracked out
a corking two-bagger to right center fence.
Shugart followed with single in the same
direction. Mccarthy fumbled with the bali
long enough to allow Bierbauer to score.
When the third inning came round
Nichols seemed to be sweeter pie than ever.
Miller started off with rattling single to
center and Bierhauer got his base on balls.
Miller stole third and passed ball sent
Bierbauer to second Shugart loomed up
with a two-bagger and two runs tailed.
FarrelPs sacrifice sent Shugart to third and
Beckley's single scored the run. Three
runs looked tremendously big, but the home
sluggers got no more as Mr.. Nichols turned
to and pitched his best.
Looked Bright at This Stage.
In the second half of the third inning the
visitors began their run-getting. Tucker
started out by being hit by a pitched ball.
Nichols struck out and Elmer Smith made
a beautiful muff of Longs fly. This placed
Tucker on third and Long on second. Dufys
sacrifice scored Tucker.
Run getting was out of the question un-
til the eighth inning. After Duffy and
Stivitts had each been retired at first Mr.
Mccarthy made a safe single to right.
Lowe got his base on balls, the judgment of
the umpire being very, very bad. This
may have ratified Baldwin a little. Camel
was next and he made short single, filling
the bases. Irwin made another single and
a run scored. Tucker kept up the fun and
made another single and two more runs
came In. This tied the score Nichols
next walked up and after taking in the sit
uation banged out another single and the
fourth run got home. That was all that was
needed and as if bv design Long knocked
out a fiv which Corkhill caught
The nome players were crestfallen and
never looked like scoring in the ninth and
the game was lost and won. The score: