Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-07-19
OAKLAND AGAIN on TOP.
4 Splendid Game Between the Gree
bnnh 2. sInrnns and Affas.

a Splendid Game Between the Green
hood & Morans and Atlas.
The large number of spectators who as
sembled at Agricultural Park yesterday
afternoon witnessed in the struggle be-
tween the Greenwood & Morans of Oak
land and the Atlas of this city the most
stubbornly contested game Of the season,
so far as seen in Sacramento, at least. For
the first seven innings neither side maze
run, and the game was characterized py
magnificent fielding on the part OF the
Atlas, and fine pitching and base-runnlng
on the side oftheir opponents: Flint, Tor
the Atlas, pitched q very credltable game
for new beginner, tanning out i've OF the
visitors. Van Haltren, for the u. " NJ 5,
filled the box admirably, and 1t was long
time before the Atlas could make base
hit. their earlier efforts being light raps,
many of which fell into Vans hands
Brown, their new catcher, is strong
reinforcement. catches coolly and well, and
throws to second accurately and like
rocket. Fisher, their third-base man, who
made his first appearance here with them
yesterday, is also strong man IN all lines,
as the Sacramentans thought when III the
eighth inning he hit the ball right on the
nose for three bags, and afterwards did
some good base-r running. Cusick and
Fisher made a neat double play in the fifth
inning Gurnett did well at second and
Dolan at first. On the part of the Atlas
Newbert, catcher of the Snowtlakes, who
had been put in to fill vacancy, and
PLAYED short-stop, astonished and delighted
his friends by his remarkably good play
ing, and was the bright particular star OF
the game. In the second inning he caught
a " hot Que" from Cusick's bat, and quickly
sent it to third base, making double play
with Meagher, by which Van Haltren was
put out. This might have been considered
only ordinarily good playing, but the
neatness with which he picked up
" grounders" and sent them without sec
ond's " fumbling" straight to first base,
and his quick slipping to second base and
putting out man who was making for II,
showed that his playing was not accidental,
but good ball. He was also good at the
bat. He has improved very much since
last year, and with experience and deter
mination to succeed should soon become
as good as any Billy Renfro was favor
tie with the spectators, and did what little
came his way well, including the making
of the first base hit the Atlas got. Robert
son, at second, and Ahern at first, played
their usual fine game. the former making
the only two-base hit of the game. Meagher
made couple of errors, but offset them by
excellent and successful work, including a
magnificent running catch. Mclaughlin
at times had lively work stopping some balls
that Flint could not control, and was often
applauded for his success. As mentioned
above, neither side scored for seven innings
At times one side or the other would have
. 10, 1Nosoc fill and ~ coar,,aI
conclusion that run would be made, but
skillful playing prevented it. In the eighth
inning, the G.. & MS at the bat, Donovan
went out on a foul to Mclaughlin. Fisher
hit to left field for three-bagger. Brown
sent far-reaching sky-scraper in the same
direction, but nearer to center, and Renfro
froZe to it. Fisher went back and touched
his base while the ball was flying, and
then. just before it reached Renfro's hands,
dashed for home and made it. If he had
waited on third until the ball was caught
he would have been able to make his run
all the same, as the ball went to the
pitcher, and could scarcely have been sent
to the catcher soon enough. AS it was
the Atlas declared that Fisher was not en-
titled to the run, having started before the
ball was caught, and as they had
meanwhile sent the ball to third,
tl6y IlSiSleu iudG ut SuOulu DC
declared out. The umpire had seen him
returning to his base, but did not notice
when he left it, and, not seeing anything
wrong, could not decide that there had
been, no matter what was said, and so
awarded the G. & NJ. 5 tally. Thereupon
the Atlas packed up and started to leave
the ground. The crowd cheered them for
so doing, as hundreds had seen the way the
run was secured, but after a while it was
concluded to remain and play the game out,
holding the run in protest. Catalan, who
went to the bat next struck to short stop
and was put out. When the Atlas went to
the bat, in the same inning, Flint hit safely
to third. McLaughlin's went to short stop,
who assisted " Flint out at second.
Robertson and Fisher both succeeded in
finding the ball, and Mclaughlin tailed
but Fisher was shut off at first, and Ahern
striking out, Robertson was left on third
This left the game tie, but in the ninth
inning Van Haltren tailed, owing mainly
to an overthrow of McLaughlin's to second,
trying to head Cusick off There were no
more runs made. The appended score
shows by its details the closeness of the
playing-no bases stolen, base hits each,
4 errors each, etc: