Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-04-01
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE,
What the Reserves Say.

The Marysville appeal of yesterday gives
the following account of the baseball game
played in this city last Sunday between the
Intrepid Reserves, of Marysville, and the
Eureka, Juniors, of this city in which the
latter were victorious: 1.-The bows can
stand death with good grace, but in this
case do not like the manner of their taking
of. The Reserves defeated the Juniors in
friendly contest in this place few weeks
since. The Juniors while here were treated
with the greatest consideration by both the
club and the spectators, and the Reserves
had right to expect gentlemanly treat
ment from the people of Sacramento. 1t
seems, however that the members of the
Eureka, Juniors, fell into bad company. In
letter to the Reserves they stated that
they had substituted a Mr.. Iacklin for one
of their players. 1t turns out now that the
use OF the name Lacklin was a mere sub
terfuge; that the real name of the substi-
tute is Mclaughlin, and that instead of
being an amateur, he is professional. His
true name appeared in connection with the
nine in the RECORD UNION Of last Saturday.
The Reserves Immediately saw that they
were in the hands of a bulldozer, and de
termined TO take Cayanaugh with them as
stand-oH. Upon reaching Sacramento and
making known theirintention, Mclaughlin
and the Captain of the Juniors declared that
the game could not go on except as fixed
by themselves, and it was SO conducted.
During the game Mclaughlin busted HIM
sell i'll deliberate attempt to bulldoZe the
Reserves. The hoOdlum element were III
structed to guy the visiting players most
numerically They pelted the PLAYERS with
onions, orange peels and other missiles
Mclaughlin himself used insulting epithets
to some Of the Reserves. We are sorry for
the reputation of the Juniors that they
aasnaA themselves to fall INFO bad COM
is but just however, to the ma
lor1IV ~ the club TO say that, before and
after the game, they treated their visitors
cordially but the members who had done
the dirty work did not put in an appearance
then. Neither the Bee nor the UNION have
one word of censure for the disreputable
conduct Of the game. 1t was to have been
return game, but the substitution of
professional for an amateur defeated the
object. 1t is to be hoped that the pelting
of the Reserve batters by KIeinsorge was |
not part of the bulldozing game to defeat |
the club. Our Marysville players have es-
tablished reputation for the kindly recep- |
ton of visiting clubs, and we believe will |
always maintain it. Otherwise thew would |
be held in derision and not countenanced |
by the press or the people"
As the appeal admits the Reserves knew
that Mclaughlin was the man who was to |
catch for the Eurekas, for his name was |
published in both Sacramento papers in |
that connection, and they brought Caya-
naugh down with them as an offset, but he |
was not allowed to play. The Sacramento |
club admitted that unless they We're rein
forced by a competent catcher they could |
not, judging from their experience at Ma
rysville make the game interesting for the
Reserves. The ApPedi is certainly mistaken |
IN It's statement that " the hOOdhIm ele-
ment were instructed to guy the visiting
players most numerically, and pelted the
players with onions, orange peels and other
missiles. The game was conducted
smoothly, the spectators applauded liber-
ally and impartially. and good playing by
the visitors was fully credited to them
There were present many small boys, who
acted as boys Will on such occasions, max
ing jeering and saucy remarks, and they
may have thrown orange peelings at some
of the Reserves by way of Joke, as they
threw them at the kurekaS and at each other
These little irresponsibles were checked
by the Eurekas, and by spectators of the
game, as far as possible, for the Sacrament
tans present were well disposed toward the
visitors The annoyance from the Young
sters that was most deserving of censure
was their gathering about the vehicle in
which the losing club was about to leave
the grounds for their hotel and jeering
them over their defeat. To be sure the
visitors could see that the remarks and
yells came only from little urchins. who
We're free with Jhcr tongues because the
older people we're rushing from the Park
for the street ca:S, and had left the bows in
possession Of the place; but il was annoying
nevertheless. and should be looked To here
after. Ii is unfortunate that the Reserves
could not take their defeat with better
grace. They played well; the game was a
close one, bat they lost ii. They should
not have returned home with cock and
bull story about ilI-treatmcnt of being
peited with onions" as though the game
was played IN q vegetable garden and of
having pieces OF orange skin tipped at
them by boys in short jackets for they will
rarely travel from home to play a game. or
to see one played, aud meet with an
assemblaSe of people more disposed to do
justice than those they met here. The
RECORD MON reported the game Monday
morning, just as it was.