Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-05-28
SIXTEEN INNINGS.
That's What 1t Took to Decide the Game
Between the Atlas and CIeyelands

Between the Atlas and CIevelands.
Those who did not attend yesterdays
ball game in this city missed grand treat
Both clubs came on the diamond to ''play
ball, and such ball as they played was
never before seen on the Pacific coast. The
Haverlys, Pioneers. Greenwood & Morans
or any other club, never dreamed of play
ing the game that the Atlas and Cleveiands
did yesterday at Snowflake Park The
crowd would have tripled in number had
any such game been expected As it was.
about l 900 people were present, and to say
that they enjoyed the game would not
half express their feelings. Sixteen inn
iDgs were played and it took but two hours
and fifteen minutes to finish the contest.
But five errors were made by each side,
and the number of brilliant plsys COM
pletely over-shadowed these. Inning after
inning did both clubs retire without run.
accomplished by superb fielding and brill
liant work of the batteries. Not a man
reached third base between the seventh and
sixteenth inning, and but two succeeded in
making the second bag. Each club was
whlte-washed fourteen times, the Atlas re-
tlrlng without a run twelve successive
times and the Clevelands nine times. In
the second inning the Atlas scored two runs
on passed ball, and their last was made in
the sixteenth inning by Bidwell. The
Cieyelands scored in the fifth and seventh
innings, and retired without run after
that. The fielding of both clubs was re-
markable, and the ball was batted freely
Robertson, Savers. Ahern, Warren and
Mclaughlin did most OF the playing for
the Atlas, though all of the fielders did ex-
cellent work. Ranlett made neat catch
OF high fly and assisted in q double-play
on the same ball. Bidwell accepted tw o
fly balls in good taste, and so did
Fisher with tie exception of one,
which he missed, undoubtedly because
the ball didn't stay in the air long enough
Robertson had sixteen plays and accepted
everything without an error. Sayers
played beautiful game, some of his stops
berg remarkable and his throwing exact.
Warren made the most of the errors of the
Atlas side, but he, too, stopped some can
non bali grounders in neat style. His
errors, which were on his throwing, are at
tributed to lame arm. Nothing need be
said of Mclaughlin. He played as he al
ways does, and only one man stole second
when the ball had to come from the
foxy" Billy. Barry held cut well and
The game undoubtedly was a severe test on
his arm. Robertson carried off the batting
honors for his team, making three base
bits.
All of the Clevelands played good ball
and worked together like a machine. The
loss of the game is attributed TO their
catcher on one passed ball. 1t was unfor-
tunate indeed for him. as outside of that
he gave his pitcher support that could not
be excelled. He has a good arm on him
and made some pretty throws to second
base. Redman is the stamp of ball
player. He fielded excellent and hit the
ball hard every time. The Stultz brothers
and Kitchen did their share of work in the
game and they had a formidable man in
Nelson at first to receive their throws.
Nolan pitched a better game than Barry
and kept the Atlas hugging the bases very
close. Flynn and Roberts did some neat
fielding work, the latter catching four flys
without a miss.
The expression of everyone after the
game was " The best I've ever seen in my
life" The Atlas won and the score was
as follows: