Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-06
A Very Good Game at the
Grounds Yesterday.
The Los Angeles Nine Defeats
the FresnOs.
The Score Stood Nine to Four at the
End of the Contest.
Description of the Game by Innings
Amateur Contests in Various Parts
of the City.

Yesterday afternoon the new Los An
geles ball team made its Introductory
bow to small but appreciative audience
at the Athletic park, and covered itself
with glory by winning its first game
against the Fresnos by score of to 4.
Pier and Ward comprised the battery for
the home team, and the former pitched
a good game, only four hits being made
off his delivery, and nine men being
struck out. Britain, Goldie, Meneffee,
Ward, Brown and Leland did good exc
cution with the sticks, and knocked
Wilmington about good deal The local
boys played exceliently in the field, and
OF their five errors none were very costly.
The visitors, on the other hand, piled up
nine errors, some of which were very
unfortunate
Game was called punctnally at 2 80
o'clock, with the home team at the bat
Wilmington and Cullen being the Fresno
battery. Goldie opened up with a pretty
base hit to left field, and stole to second
reaching third on Brittan's safe hit.
Meneffee followed with hot grounder
to shortstop, but the Fresno men got
ratified, and by a series of errors in the
vicinity of second base Goldie and
Britain scored and Meneffee reached
third in safety, and scored on Wards
base hit. Lucas was struck out and
Ward was put out while attempting to
steal second base. Brown made safe
hit and stole to second, but Pier flew to
Saunders. The Fresnos retired in short
order, Dyer being struck out, Saunders
making base hit, but being put out at
second, and Thompson dying on first on
Piers stop.
Neither team scored in the next three
innings, but in the fifth the local boys
added two more tallies to their score.
Britain made pretty base hit, and
stealing second, came home on Menef-
fees hit to center field. Meneffee slid
to second, and stealing third, scored as
Lucas flew to Saunders. Ward and
Brown died on first, with the assistance
of Packard. The visitors made their
first tally this innings. Dyer laid out
safe hit, and stole second and third
bases, while Wilmington was being struck
out. Then Young sent an easy fly to
Ward, but three men ran for it, and the
result was that no one got 1T, and Dyer
took advantage of the error and scored.
Wagner hit the ball down on the plate,
but reached first on Ross's error. Young
was caught mapping at second base, and
Packard flew to Ross. Score, 5 to l.
The Angelefios were shut out in the
sixth, while their opponents rallied and
made three tallies. Dyer went out on a
fly to Britain, and Saunders was struck
out; but Thompson was sent to first, as
the ball hit him between the shoulders.
Cullen hit Pier for two-bagger and let
Thompson in, and after stealing to third
base, scored on Dyer's hit to Lucas, who
played shortstop in place of Goldie, as
the latter's right hand was disabled;
and Ross's error allowed Dyer to reach
first. Dyer stole both second and third
bases, and scored on Withington's two
bagger to right garden, but the latter
over-estimated his hit and was put out
at third. Score, 5 to 4. The Fresnos
never tailed again, but the home team
made one run in the seventh and three
in the eighth innings, and won the
game by 8 to-
The following is summary OF the
score.