Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-11-29
BALL AND BAT.
Pioneers VS.. Altas-Greenhood & Moran
HavarIvs

L AOAccrb We a u1OI4ne
VS.. Haverlys.
The weather yesterday was so delightful
that it was not surprising that there was q
great crowd at Agricultural Park to witness
the ball game between the Pioneers and
Atlas. The attendance would doubtless
have been larger if the street-car accommo.
dations had been greater. The Pioneers
appeared ON the diamond with a very
strong nine, including the famous Pitts
burg battery, Morris and Carroll Brown,
the agile base-runner of the same club,
and Charlie Sweeney, who has signed with
the Pioneers for the winter. This battery
did savage work against the Haverlys a
week ago, but it was not very severe upon
the Atlas, Morris only striking out five of
that nine, and three base hits being made
off his pitching, while Borchers struck out
six of the Pioneers, and two more famed"
but were not put out, managing to reach
first base ON errors, and the visiting club
only secured one hit which, as matter
of fact, was not hit, but foul
Brown waited " twice, and, though he
tried hard. did not score a success. Swee-
ney was the bright, particular star of the
San Francisco nine, holding down first base
in manner that excited universal admira-
ton. The nine did some very pretty work
as whole, playing with only two errors.
The Atlas, if they had been in their usual
form, would have made the visitors play
stronger or suffer defeat. They made eight
errors each of which cost a base At first
they appeared to be afraid of the celebrated
battery, but that does not account for most
of the errors, as there were some shocking
u muffs y among them. Ahern had an off
day, and after few innings went into left
field, Fisher taking first base. Robertson
hurt his hand, and Flint, from center field,
changed with him. They both did well
fourteen assists, three of which were in the
sixth inning, when Morris, Gagus and
Hayes each struck to him and were thrown
out at first. Mclaughlin, Fisher and
Hilbert each made a base hit. Car
roll, Morris and Brown showed great
ability as kickers," especially in the
earlier portion ofthe game and, as is usual,
excited the animosity of the crowd, which
became too free with its criticism of them
afterward. They so overshadowed Gagus
as kickers that the spectators thought he
must be feeling bad and some of them
called to him alphabetically "Why
don't you take kick, Gagus Pr causing
broad and healthy smile to overspread his
cOuntenance.
The game opened with the Atlas at the
bat. They were retired in one, two, three
order, but retired their opponents in the
same way. In the second inning the three
Atlas that came to the score were disposed
of as their predecessors had been. Morris,
for the Pioneers, got his base on balls, and,
having got disabled, Carroll ran for him.
Gagus struck to Borchers and was put out
at the initial bag Hayes hit to right field
safely. Morris tailed. Buckley " famed"
but got to first, and reached second on
Borchers' overthrow, Hayes scoring. Cur
nett struck out. Powers sent his to third,
whose assist to first was muffed, and Buck
ley crossed the plate, but Powers, trying to
get to second, was stopped.
When the Atlas came up for the fourth
inning Meagher's hit to second was taken
care Of. Fisher drove a two-bagger to
center field, and Mclaughlin followed with
hit to second, who fumbled it, and Fisher
got home, while Mclaughlin cleverly adj
vanced to the second station. Newbert
sent the ball sharply to short-stop, who
headed him off at first, but Mclaughlin
was able to add one, and the last they
scored, to the Atlas tally. Robertson was
put out at first.
No more runs were made until the sew
enth inning when the Pioneers gained
three. Buckley hit safely to the pitcher
Gurnett and Powers were given bases on
balls. Buckley tailed on a passed ball.
Sweeney sent daisy cutter into left field,
which the Atlas claimed to be foul, and
Ahern, acting as gardener there, RETAINED
from picking it up for second or two, DUR
ing which time Gurnett and Powers scored.
The Pioneers claimed that it was fair hit
and Carroll declared that the ball passed
over the third hap The ITn11ira III q
Chapman, called it a hit, and got himself
greatly disliked by thespectators, especially
those who sat on a line with the home
plate and third base, they asserting most
positively that the ball went outside of the
base. Brown struck out Carroll hit to
short-stop, and Sweeney was put out at
third. Following is the score: