The sun., 1895-05-18

NEW YORK. Is; PITTSBURGH, s.


PITT sBrRGH. May Some things are very
yellow, and II was the most old gold. .colored ar
ticle Of ball put up by Pittsburgh to-day that
has been seen here in long time. The Pirates
certainly had an off day. The record of their
pitchers. Coicoiough and Killen. Is most sug-
gest!ve. for between them they sent eleven men
TO first on balls. and siRht Of those men scored.
t.olcolough gave five and Killen six. The fact
that OF the eighteen runs scored by the New
sss eny two were ,h earned Wnrs aso tells tale
bad ones he has made this season. Pitts
burgh received FIVE bases OH balls off
OF i him aiso % 8Hs RtogetRer ps the "sa game WAS Wa.
quite a mix. 1t was ladies' day and there
were about $500 persons present They little
expected TO see the locals meet with SO Iumili.
ating defeat. The game was the longest and
contest that has been played on the Pittsburgh
grounds this season The umpire gave the home
team the benefit OF one or two close decisions:
the, score was even. the locals had batted for
their runs; while Colcolough helped the visitors
Substituted in tho fourth inning, and the change
they might have been in short hS the New New Yorss %
scored one OF the easiest victories they will
Boswell. the visitors new pitcher. tried his
hand and did fairly we'll His position in deliv-
sri1g r The the ball isa peculiar one He leans back
ton that he is going to tie himself up in knot.
He does not tie himself up, bur suddenly hi,
head bobs forward again and his arm shoots ont
and away goes the ball. He pitched fairly well.
bnt he was certainly fortunate to be in u game
whero such pitching as that of the local men
was INDUCED in. Boswell may become good
pitcher and he may not lie did tolerably well
to-day.
The visitors went first to bat, and Bannon got
his base on balls and stole second. Tiernan got
lloyle's single scored Bannon and Ternan got
70 third. Tiernan scored on Van Haltren's long
In the second half Donovan got slow one
and he raped 1t to right centre for three bases
Stencil got his base on balls. and Beckley's
scored Stencil Three more were made by the
Visitors In the third inning. Bannon started off
balls and filled the bases. Van Haltren got his
Sa sas s0 lSrenx IN
Beckley started Off the second half. and sent
bases. The, ball appeared to be foul but the
umpire called It fair, and there was a long
Smiths single scored Beckley. and Bierbauer
was out on fly. Clingman made u three.b bag
scored on Cross's long fly. This tied the score
nEa and hs sIrss a 2 ptGE in the fourth
the cranks. He started by striking Boswell out
nnd Puller popped up litti. fyto Bierbayer.
field. and then killen allowed him to scoro on a
wild pitch.
FROM this stage to the end Of the game the
home players were hoperssly in the rear. Thcy
made u game effort to win. but the pitching WAS
too defective for them to have any kind of a
show Of victory. The home players also seemed
to be discouraged and did not perform with
their CHARACTERISTIC vim and dash;
In the fifth inning the New Yorks made three
more. and they were now . to .. In the sixth
Inning two more runs were made by the visitors
on a base on balls, a hit and two errors and
that made the score Il TO .. In the second half
of the inning the home players made Il little
rally. After Clingman was out Cross got his
base on balls and Sugden made = single Kilen
got his base on balls ami these plays. with Don
Ovan's and STENCILS singles sent In three runs
The locals scored no more.
The visitors kept up the fun. What with
bases on balls. q few hits and somc errors two
runs were scored In the seventh one in the
eighth, and four In the ninth inning. In the
ninth Killen gave three bases on balls Clingmau
made wild throw, Bannon made a single. and
o Davis u double and stolen base. All this scored
the four runs
Murphy went to centre field for the visitors in
the fourth inning. becans. 1t was thought that
Van lialtren being u left handed batter could
not hit Kiilen's left handed pitching. The score