Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-06
HELEADERS TO-DAY
Cleveland's Aspiring Cham
pions to Tackle Our
Undaunted Heroes.
BALDWIN TO TAKE A REST.
Burns Efforts to Sow Discomfort
Among the Local Players.
THE BOSTONS WIN A GREAT GAME.
Ned Banlon's Astonishers Give the Giants
Walloping.
THE BOsTONS WIN A GREAT GAME.
ALL THE BASEBALL NEWS OF INTEREST

If the weather does not interfere this
afternoon there will be quite big attrac-
tion at Exposition Park The Cleveland
team of ball players, Spiders, or whatever
title they may be known by, will be there
to do battle with our sluggers Those
Cleveland fellows are in first place in the
pennant race and have, indeed, very strong
pennant winning aspirations, and nothing
but real good humping defeats and lots of
them will knock these aspirations out of
the Cleveland fellows heads Lately they
have been carrying everything before them
and they come here to-day feeling fully as
sured that they nave little to do but 60 to
the park and fatten their average.
Leaders Are Often Our Victims.
But leaders and gay people are invaria-
bly, those whom our sluggers nail as their
prey. Tail-enders of the lowest degree and
of the most despised order can wallop our
chieftalns at will, but oh! What sweet re-
venge is reaped by knocking aspiring
champions into back seats.
The Cleveland team is playing great ball
and is without doubt the best team the
Forest City has ever had. They are strong
in pitchers, strong in hitters and excellent
in fielding. The home team is also playing
well with the exception of a weakness in
the pitchers box almost every other day.
A good pitcher is due today, and, there
fore, good game may be looked for. Man
ager Buckenberger will not decide def
nitely until to-day whether he will pitch
Esper or Ehret The batting order OF the
two teams will likely be as follows:
PITrsBURG. CLEVELAND.
Donovan, I. Childs 2.
Miller, c. Burkett, L
Smith, l. Davis, g.
Kelly, m. Mexican, s.
Beckley, l. Virtue, ].
Shagart, o. McAleer, m.
Farrell, 8. O'Connor, +.
Bierbauer. 2. thinner, c.
Ehret or Esper. p. Cuppy or Clarkson, D.
The Sluggers at Home Again.
The local team returned home from their
Western trip yesterday and were all in
very good spirits. Manager Buckenberger
stated the team was in very good playing
condition with the exception of Baldwin,
who was sadly off in his pitching. Mark
had conference with the club officials yes
terday morning, and, as a result, he was
given a vacation without paw for about two
weeks to so to Canada and get into pitch
ing form.
Ddau"ln maui tue Icquoss lOI tHc Ndcd-
tion, claiming that while he felt in excel
lent condition he was not in pitching form
and thought a rest might do him good. The
club has no idea whatever OF releasing him
and he certainly is not deliberately doing
anything to force his release. He has been
doing his best, and Manager Buckenberger
is Thoroughly convinced of this He is SIM
ply out of form, just as many good pitchers
have been and will be again, and all the
abuse in the world will not make him any
better. He is as sorry for his bad showing
as anybody can possibly be, and he will
doubtless be the greatest sufferer.
When the team were at Chicago, it IS
stated that Burns tried to poison Farrell's
mind against the club by telling him that
the club President had tried to trade him
for almost any player that could be had.
This has dissatisfied Farrell considerably,
but it should not do SO, because the state
ment is not true. Farrell is held in high
esteem among Pittsburg baseball patrons,
and he is certainly playing great game;
in fact it would be very difficult to find
Farrell's equal.