Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-07
ANOTHER GOOD TRY.
The East End Gyms Once More Play
Well Against Our Sluggers,
BUT BAD FIELDING SPOILED THEM.
George Dixon Signs Articles to Fight Cham
pion Fred Johnston.
ARTIE WHITNEY CAUSES A SURPRISE

There was another good attendance at
Exposition Park yesterday afternoon to see
the second game between the East End
Gyms and the local League sluggers. The
weather was very agreeable, but the
grounds were not in very good condition,
the outfeld being very muddy. The County
League champions again demonstrated that
they are good amateur team; while at
times their fielding was little shaky, they
pleased their admirers very much, indeed.
The truth is that ii Briggs, who played 1T
second in the first inning, had not made a
very bad throw to first base. the game
would have been extremely close and ex-
citing Grants error had fearful effect
on the contest as it meant five runs for the
professionals. Two men were out and
Beckley knocked a grounder to Briggs who
threw it past first base. Beckley should
easily have been retired and that would
have put the side out, but, instead, the
sluggers went to work and scored five runs.
Berger in Good Form
Berger and Grant Briggs were added to
the Gyms and the former played really
fine game He fielded second base admira-
Dll anu I'LL Ddll well. Ilc was
applauded. Briggs was out of form and
PLAYED poorly. Gumbert pitched a splendid
game. AT times he was a little erratic, but
generally speaking. he pitched very effec-
tiyelv He had lots of speed and some of
our big sluggers could do nothing with him.
Altogether the Gyms did extremely well
and they are credit TO the amateur circles
of Western Pennsylvania. They have a
good infe1der in Cargo and two very good
men in the Barr brothers.
The home players were again miserablv
off in their batting and were not a5le to
make any impression with the stick. Far
rell who is evidently much over weight,
felGed poorly, doubtless because of his be-
ing too big. There was great contrast be-
tween the energy of the Gyms and that of
the professionals. The former played as if
the pennant depended on the game, while
many of the home players didn't show any,
thing like anxiety about the affair. They
may be waiting until they meet more prom
inent foes, but some of them will have to be
more lively than they have been.
Camp Was There Again.
Camp pitched a tolerably fair game. His
aim was accurate, but he apparently did not
put on call steam" at times, and he was
wise in this. He sustained the good i'm
preston already made and there is crest
hope OF his becoming very useful man In
the box.
The first inning took lots of interest out |
of the game because of the number of runs
made bv the home players. Hanlon led off |
and got his base on balls Bierbauer made |
a hit and Hanlon got to third, which cred /
ited him with stolen base Bierbauer also |
stole second Swartwood fouled out to Dan |
Barr and Farrell knocked up little fly, |
which Gumbert caught Then Briggs. |
error allowed Becklev to get safely TO first |
and two runs scored. Shugart followed |
with single, Smith got his base on balls,
and Earle made a single and stole second, all !
of which, aided by bad throw by Berger !
scored three more runs. A base on balls, a
bad throw by Briggs and single by Earle
netted another run in the third and "life"
hit, passed ball and Smiths single scored |
another in the eighth.
The only run of the Gyms was made in
the fifth inning. Haller got his base on
balls and reached third on Berger's single
Thompson's single to right scored HalIer.
The score: