Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-05-25
THE CALIFORNIA WONDER,
The Sacramento Boy Proves a Pheno1,

The Sacramento Boy Proves a PhenoIn-
email Pitcher.
The Geographic reports have already
given the news of the success of the Sacra-
mento pitcher, Borchers, but some express
sions from the Chicago papers, now at hand,
will be read with interest by his many
friends in this city, who naturally take
great pride in his achievements. The Chi
cago Inter- Ocean, speaking of his first ap-
pearance, says:
Another wonder has been discovered.
and the Chicago Ball Club has it. This
wonder Is George Borchers, the California
pitcher. He was put in the box to pitch for
the Chicagos yesterday against the Bostons
in the closing game of the series. The re-
suit is manifest in the score-13 to 0. Bor-
cheers had nothing to do with the 13 end of
the score, but he was the prime factor in
the 0 end of it. The day, as usual. this
month, was simply miserable but in spite
of the fact 5000 people were present, and
Borchers was made the hero of the hour.
He has come to stay, and his work yester-
day is guarantee of his ability to keep his
place. Chicago has had numerous new
pitchers with more or less reputation come
to the box for the first time with more or
less success, but never before has it seen
pitcher why made such a signal and over
whelming success as did this young man
from Frisco. He pitches very queer ball
IN TACT 1t is a novelty. He has long and very
strong hand which completely ensircles the
ball. He wraps his hand around the ball,
and when he snaps his arm like a whiplash
the ball has a double curve Its course is
straight to within three feet of the plate
and then curves outward. 1t lust reaches
q nf ha hot a,,l al 4.
rises high in the air over the in-feld or
drops to the ground. In the first five inn
ings every one of the Bostons, except one
man, hit the ball and only three of them
got safely to first base. OF the fifteen outs
twelve OF them dropped into the hands of
the ln-helds. This was surprise not only
to the Boston batsmen but to every one
present. The audience got on TO the queer
ball about the second inning and Borcbers
was gwen an ovation every time he left the
box at the end OF his inning and when he
went TO bat. But he is not much of bats
man, striking out twice. Let that pass. He
IS wonder IN the box, and there is where
ne is wanted. He knows his business in
the held, too, as he showed clearly by a |
brilliant double play in the first inning.
WISE mad got his base on a safe hit and had
been carried to third by the SUBSEQUENT
play Morrow hit hot ball to Borchers.
WHO captured II ana put II IN DAYS hands |
In time to put Wise out at the home plate
Daily sent the ball to Arson in time TO NM
Morrill, out at first base The crowd went
wild at this fine exhibition by Borcbers
Daily and Arson. The visiting Journalists
from Boston went away yesterday evening
with the team, saying that, although their |
Clue was beaten, they were repaid with the |
first appearance of BorcheTs, the California |
wonder"
The Chicago 7fnes had this to say of the !
new pitcher: ''If the transfer of John |
Clarkson really made a wide gap in the |
Chicago ball team. it is probable that the !
gap has already been filed the man who |
blew ln>o town from California the other |
day. Borchers pitched with wonderful ac- |
curacy and speed yesterday. The Phila- |
deiphla sluggers, who have slain other
pitchers, reached absurdlF and rainIy after |
the long ogtcurves, or feebly hit the blister
ing iushootS with the handle of the bat,
ana popped up easy little flies to infisld.
The California pitcher moved them down
IKE sickle in a wheat field The only
oreak IN his steady, sure delivery occurred
In the eighth inning, when he filed the
Philadelphias with false hopes by allowing
them TO chop out three hits in succession,
and when he had them well worked 10 TO
expect streak of batting luck, he turned
hope to despair by shooting in half-dozen
sinuous curves that were as easy to hit as
hre-n files, and no easier"