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


the side of the old
General when he visits Pittsburg. If the
local team are playing in good form, as
they are doing now, something interteres
to throw the balance on Harry's side
That interference was there sure enough
yesterday in the person of that very good
looking young man known as Red Ehret.
Red was in no shape to pitch, no matter
what he or anybody else thought about it.
He was Just as wild as the wild man of
Borneo could ever be. Now and again he
gave symptoms of pitching good ball, but
his mistakes were so great and so numerous
that the little good work he did perform
was entirely lost sight of.
A Very Important
If Ehret could steady down he would be
a winning pitcher and no mistake. He is
cool and has remarkable speed, and it is
great pity that he cannot master his defect.
He may do so. Yesterday he stated that he
hurt his arm in the first inning and could
not control the ball subsequently. If this
was so it may account ior his remarkable
wildness
The local team, of course excepting the
pitcher, played good game, and if that e1-
ception had not existed they would have
won. Weyhing pitches very good ball,
but he was hit hard enough to be beaten.
The Phillies as team are quite good lot,
but that old warhorSe, Manager Wright, al
WAYS has some good men with him. When
his team get thoroughly settled down they
viii defeat lots of people, because they are
good ieders and good hitters
One of the features of yesterdays contest
was a remarkable running catch by Pop
Corkhill 1t is safe to say that more
brilliant effort has not been seen on the
local grounds since baseball was known
here. The ball was knocked out by Roger
Connor nearly to the right field fence. The
hit was terrific line drive and Corkhill
plunging in among the mud ran and leaped
in the air and nabbed the ball. He de-
served the tremendous cheers that greeted
his feat.
An Extinsuished Hope.
There was a slight hope of victory in
the ninth, but even that was soon ex-
tinguished by two decisions of Umpire
Gatfnev One was a decision at first base
and in this he may have been right. The
other was on q ball knocked to right field
by Beckley. The bail landed near the
fence about foot inside the foul line and
the umpire called it foul. These decisions
altered things considerably, If Mil
Ter had been declared safe at
first, which many good judges
claim he should have been, and Beckley's
hit had counted, there would have been
three runs in ard only one man out with
Becklev on third. Out of the ZOO people
present verv few, indeed. came away salts
fed with the two decisions referred to.
In the first inning the visitors led off and
Hamilton got his base on balls. Thompson
knocked a grounder into Beckley's hands
and Jake hadn't much trouble in retiring
Thompson, and by the aid of Bierbauer
doubling Hamilton up at second. Hallman
next got his base on balls and so did Connor.
Clements made a single and Hallman
scored. Connor stole third and scored on a
wild pitch.
In the fourth inning Mulvey started off
first and got his base on balls. Cross made
a single and that with two sacrifice hits,
another wild pitch and a dropped throw by
Earle scored two more runs.
A Rattling Inning.
The sixth inning came and it was disas-
trous one. During the inning Ehret made
two wild pitches, hit Allen with a pitched
ball and gave Thompson his base on balls.
Hallman and Clements each made a single,
Wevhing made double and Corkhill failed
10 yet 1illr nOlu OF very Q1ncult nv
from Connor's bat. All this display netted
four runs.
Then Ehret retired and Camp took turn
The first ball he pitched was knocked to the
left field fence for home run by Cross.
Three more singles were made in the inning
and sacrifice hit, yielding altogether three
earned runs, the only earned runs made by
the visitors.
The home players had to make their runs
by sound hitting. In the fourth inning |
Farrell's triple to left and sacrifice by |
Bcckley earned a run. In the sixth, after |
Farrell was out, Beckley and Shugart each |
made single, and Corkhill's triple to left |
scored them. Earle got his base on balls, |
but was forced out at second bv Ehret. |
Miller Knocked out good single, scoring |
Corkhill and sending Ehret to third. A |
passed ball scored Ehret and that ended the |
run-getting on the part of the home play |
ers.
In the second inning an unlucky circum-
stance occurred for the home team. There |
were three men on bases and nobody out !
Corkhill went to bat and knocked a |
grounder to Allen, who threw Farrell out |
at the plate, and Clements threw Corkhill |
out at first, making a double play. Earle |
knocked out fly and not run was scored. !
The score: