Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-18
A VERY WARM START
The Clevelands and Boston
Play Eleven Innings
and Don't Score.
A REMARKABLE OPENING.
Jimmy Calvin Has a Great Benefit
Game and Pitches Ball.
WINNERS AT WASHINGTON RACES.
results Of the Philadelphia Trotting Faces
and Fast Time Made.
A REMARKABLE OPENING.
WINNERS AT WASHINGTON RACES.
Eesults Of the Philadelphia Trotting Faces
and Fast Time Made.
GENERAL SPORTING NEWS OF THE DAY

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE pIsPArcH.l
CLEVELAND, Oct, 1.-THE first game be-
tween the Bostons and Clevelands for the
national championship has come and gone,
and not run has been scored nor victory
achieved. Nearly 5000 people occupied
the seats at National League Park this
afternoon, comfortable in the warm rays of
an autumn sun, and crazy as bedlam's in
mates before they had been on the grounds
an hour. The opening contest was duel
between the coal miner of Pennsylvania,
Stivetts, and the farmer boy of Ohio,
Young, and honors are easy between the
two, except that Stivetts struck out Young
three times, while the latter caught his ad-
versary but once. OF the ten hi is made in
the game by both teams but six were hard
line drives, and these we're mutually di-
vided between the clubs In fielding
Cleveland did rather the more sensational
work of the two-a phenomenally good
catch by McAleer spelling an apparent
three-base nit by Duffy, and Davis work
at third excelling that of any infelder
Some Good Infield Work.
Tha first basemen of both teams were fire.
quently applauded for extraordinary stops
of poor throws. Behind the bat Cleveland
had the best of it, as Kelly was all at sea
on high fouls, and had but little speed in
throwing to second. In all respects it was
one of the most even games that ever was
played in the city. Gathering darkness
obliged the umpires to call it after the
eleventh inning was completed. 1t was
then quite impossible to see the ball from
the outfeld. The Cleveland club came
nearer scoring than Boston. Burkett was
the lucky man and lost his run by about a
foot at the plate on Quinn's throw to Kelly.
This was in the ninth inning when it looked
at one time as though Cleveland would win
the game with two men on bases and but
one out. Mexican was at the bat, and in
spite of the fact that he hit the ball very
hard, one of the hardest hits in fact in the
game, he batted it squarely into Longs
hands, forcing Davis at second. Long
tossed the ball to Quinn and the latter
started to argue with the umpire.
Burkett Was Fooled Greatly.
In the meantime Burkett had gone away
from third and made a dash for the plate,
but Quinn aroused from his trance and threw
the daring youngster out. Boston had two
good opportunities to score after two men
were out, that is they got player as far as
third base, where hit would bring him
home. These chances occurred in the fourth
and fifth innings. In the first instance
Kelly was at bat and Young struck him out,
and the second time Mexican made good
stop and throw off Quinn's hit. After that
the Bostons never were within reach of the
plate. In addition to the ninth Cleveland
had . possible chance to score in the second
inning, when Mexican spoiled 1t by being
caught Mapping at second. Ingeneral the
was one, two, three out
President Young, of the National League,
and President Soden, of the Boston club,
were delighted spectators The pitchers to-
morrow will be Stalev and Clarkson.
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