Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-24
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! The Atlas Beat the Greenwood a Morans
/; in Fine Game-Otber Contests.
. The weather was pleasantly warm yester-
/ day, and large crowd of ladies and gentle
men assembled at the Park in the afternoon
to witness the game between the Atlas and
the GREENWOOD & Moran club, of Oakland.
The latter, fine-looking and well-dis-
! ciplined body of young men, were escorted
| from Oakland by large party of friends,
including several attractive young ladies,
and arrived in a special car attached to the
! l1:25 A. NJ traln returning in the evening
by special. The members of the nine have
scarcely attained their majority, a I'D con-
sequently are not as heavy as the Alta
team, but they are very active. field well
and are especially good at running bases.
Their pitcher, Van Haltren, though per-
haps not having the speed of many who
occupy the box, has full control of
the ball, and his excellent judgment
enables him TO use the changes of
pace, curves and drop very efiectually,
added 10 which, he pitches left handed
which is quite puzzle to most batters.
He struck out II of the Atlas, which is
good evidence of his ability. His catcher
D0lan gives him admirable support and
between them and the first baseman, nearly
all the work of the nine was done The
battery proved very skillful in holding
their opponents down to their bases Dur
ing the game an unusual number of bats
men were hit by the ball, mainly on ac-
count of their being unable to gauge the
lett-handed pitchers delivery. Hilbert, of
the Atlas, got resounding whacz on the
head, and Live" Taylor a hit above the
ankle, which caused an extensive swelling.
Van Hnltrnn nc "a Of Cto o4f ole
ceiyed touch that made him gasp for
awhile. Barry pitched his usual good
game, but though he did not say any
thing, he got little hufTy because several
balls which he thought passed over the
plate were not called strikes. and after that
he sent them in so furiously that there
was no room to doubt his possession of
speed equal TO the speediest. Meagher
acted as catcher for few innings, but it
was an off day for him in that respect,
and he resigned to Mclaughlin, who, on
account of his lame arm, had been playing
center field. After the latter, who was the
most successful man of the day at the bat
got behind II, the game went better for the
Atlas. Meagher. however. retrieved his
poor playing as catcher by superior guard
ing of the third, and won the game in the
last inning by a splendid two-bagger way
out in left field. Taylor, from whom much
was expected at the bat, did poorly. He
got base on balls twice hit to short stop
once and famed out twice. He made
good catch of the only ball that came his
way. Ahern made a couple OF errors, but
had fifteen put-outs to his credit when the
game closed. Before the game commenced
1t was understood between the two mines
that when the ball got lost in the crowd
only one base could be tax en- and but one
on passed ball. The Atlas went to the
bat first, and Taylor, Mclaughlin and Flint
tailed, the work being sharp, and rafting
the visitors at the beginning of the inning.
They settled down, however, aud Catalan
and Van Haltren crossed the home plate
when their side was in. In the second
inning neither side scored. In the third
the Atlas gained one on McLaughiin's
tally, and in the fourth McLauGhlins hit
brought in Hilbert In the next five innings
they were whtewashed. The GREENWOOD
& Morans made two, Donovan and Long.
in the fourth inning, and in the fifth Van
Haltren added another run. making the
score a tie, and so it stood at the close of
the ninth inning. A tenth inning being
necessary, by good batting the bases were
soon filled for the Atlas by Robertson.
Ahern and Hayes. Meagher went to the
bat, and sent the ball high and far into left
field, bringing in the three men on bases
with rush, and getting to third himself,
where the next two batsmen left him cool
ing his heels. That settled the game. as
the visiting club only succeeded in getting
Van Haltren as far as third. 1t was not
tirst-class game, owing to the number Of
errors but the interest taken in it was
great, and when Meagher made his success
full hit there was a cheer, loud and long,
and the friends of the Atlas tossed their
hats wild with delight