The times., 1898-08-03
Standing of the Clubs.

Pittsburg, Aug. -(Special)-Pittsburg
and Washington INDUCED in close-range
battle this afternoon. The chief gunners,
Mercer and Tannehill, did remarkably
clever work, and not until the Senators
had made their ninth charge against the
fortifications behind which lTrked the Pi-
rates and had fallen back, was the re-
suit tucked safely away in the minds Of
the LOCO spectators.
The score-two to ''get some''-tells the
tale more vividiy than words. Mercer per-
rnitted the opposition to daily with his de-
ceptive delivery TO the extent of six small
singles, but Winnie was unfortunate in
having some of these recorded agains, him
in connection with fielding error and a
miscue on his own part.
Tannehin on the other hand-the left
succeeded in keeping the Senatorial swats
safely scattered, Mcguire and his men,
however, never gave up the battle until
the third hand had been retired in the
ninth inning, and il might be pertinent to
remark that the spectators did not feel
themselves tread.ng the sidewalks Of Easy
Street until Mccarthy had carefully cod
died Rietz's low line fly. disposing of the
last man in the final round.
There were times when the visitors
looked darkly dangerous. but the hit that
Manager Mcclure Ionged for failed to take
the front of the stage. These opportu-
mites presented themselves in the fourth
and eighth innings. In the fourth, with
SeIbach on third and Farrell on second
and one out, &cGuire disturbed thu atmos-
phere three times and Rietz flew TO Nc
Creery.
In the eigf h. with Gettman and Wrig-
ley on the bases, Mercer and Selbach were
UNEQUAL to the task. The Senators made
two hits in the nintl but il availed them
naught These were the only innings in
which the WashngtOns did not go out in
one-two-three order, so effective was the
pitching OF Tannehill.
While the contest was close and at times
quite interesting. there were few oppor-
tuniiies for brilliant fielding. In fact,
there were only two performances calling
for special mention, and they bobbed up
in the seventh inning, when the Pirates
were at bat. Tannehill the first man up,
shot the ball 10 Mcclure and there was a
nice race between the batter and Mercer
for sack No. ]. Mercer won the heat by
a nose Donovan, the next Pirate TO face
Winsome Winnie dumped the bail to-
sprint He saw that if he took the time
to pick up the ball Donovan would beat
the throw TO first, so while running at full
speed he hit the spheroid with his open
hand and in this shuttle-cock manner
tapped IL into McGuire's Outs-retched dig
its. II was really brilliant piece OF work
and the Senatorial twirler was given the
pleased palm.
Pittsburg's two runs came in the nature
of gifts. After two men had been put
out of the way in the third inning Dono-
van hit 10 Wrigley. Ii was an easy chance,
but the little shortstop made u bad throw
and Donovan was safe at first lie
promptly stole second and crossed the
plate when McCreery poked the ball into
right field for one base.
In the sixth inning two men had been
cent back to the bench when Bowerman
made a base hit. He walked to
second. when Mercer planted the
ball in Padden's ribs and scored
the second and last run Of the game
when o-Brien landed the BAH in safe ter
ritory. The score: