Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-31
BASEBALL.
The Pioneers, of San francisco, Walk
Over the Atlas.


Probably the largest gathering yet seen
at Recreation Park was that of yesterday,
assembled TO witness the game between
the Pioneers, of San Francisco, the recent
conquerors of the Haverlys, and the Atlas,
of this city. 1t was expected that the
game would be close, but such was not the
case. The visiting club are very strong
fielders, and, with the exception of about
two, heavy batters. J. Smith, their first
baseman and Captain, is a full team in
himself, understands the points of the
game WELL and keeps the men down to
their work. They have not been playing
together long enough to be in thorough
drill, but there is little lacking, and they
maintain the great advantage of keeping
cool. Finn and Carroll, their battery,
work well together, and are effective, but
Finn is not as good a pitcher as such
nine should have. The Atlas played a
good game, though their playing was not
even. Renfro got tired at the end of the fifth
inning, and vacated the box in favor OF Flint,
who made his first appearance as pitcher.
Naturally he was somewhat awkward, and
his pitching was wild, but it disconnected
the batters as much as it did the catcher
during one inning. In the next inning,
neers faced him, they batted him so badly
that Renfro had to resume his position. 1t
wasn't Flints day in field or box, but if he
improves as rapidly hereafter in pitching
as he has this season in general playing, he
will score q success in time. At present his
weakest point is inaccuracy in throwing.
George Hanly umpired the game consci-
entiously, and doubtless would have been
cooler if the spectators had not interfered.
Umpires are liable to make errors as well
as other people, but when they do make
them, the matter is best settled by the con-
testing mines.
Yesterdays contest was batting and
fielding game. The Atlas went to the
bat first, and passed out in one, two,
three order. H Smith, for the Pioneers,
scored a run. In the second inning
the Atlas were again whitewashed, and
Finn, Moriarity, Carroll and Bigelow
scored. The Atlas were Eot only fortunate,
but played finely in the next inning. 1t
opened by Hilbert getting first on balls.
Ahern and Renfro advanced him. and,
when the bases were thus filled, Robertson
brought in Hilbert, Mack brought in Ahern,
Mclaughlin brought in Renfro and Rob
ertsOn, Flint brought in Mack and Nc
Laughlin, and Sullivan, by strategic run
to first latter three called strikes), drew at
tention TO himself, and was put out, but
Flint scored. The spectators warmed up
to cheers when Ahern tailed, got hotter
when Renfro and Robertson crossed the
plate, and the next runs were received
with an uproar of enthusiasm such as had
not been seen at Il baseball game in Sacra-
mento before. The San Franciscans took
it all good-humoredly, stopped playing for
a minute to let the excitement subside, and
then began playing steadily. They were
whitewashed when they went to the bat
that inning, but in the fourth they made
four runs, goose-egg in the fifth, one run
in the sixth, five in the seventh, and three
in the eighth, not needing the ninth inning
to win the game, by a score of eighteen to
nine. The Atlas made two runs in the
seventh inning, but were whitewashed in
the others. The success of the Pioneers IN
the latter innings was not entirely because
OF errors of their opponents but through
bad luck as well. Mclaughlin and Mack
got lame through accidents, and while
Renfro for some reason did not seem able
to do himself justice, the nine had no good
pitcher to take his place. AS one of the
players expressed it, We were all broke
up more ways than one" Following is
the score.