Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-10-20
BoRCHERS and SWEENEY.
ONE as PITCHER, AND THE OTHER
AS UMPIRE,
Give the Home Club a Very Rough
Deal-Both Club Managers
Protest the Game.

Protest the Game.
The spectator who could have sat and
watched the baseball game in this city yes
terday, between the San Franciscos and
Sacramentos, without being tempted to
give utterance to his feeling of disgust al
the attempt of George Borchers to pitch
ball, and TO rise and demand fairness from
Charles Sweeney, the umpire, deserves to
have his name recorded in the annals OF
history as one whose patience endureth
forever" Yesterday was Sunday, but even
this fact did not prevent people from cry
ing out for fairness, when might seemed to
be getting the better Of right.
Charles Sweeney umpired the game, and
the result showed the bad effects of a man
losing control of bis temper while occupy
ing that position, simply because couple
of close decisions were Kissed by few
people in the audience. This was no reason
why he should afterwards worst the Sacra-
mento Club in every close decision, and in
plays where it was evident that he was
merely endeavoriDg to revenge himself on
the grand stand. No improper or insulting
remarks were addressed to him, except by
one person standing near the fence and
Sweeney availed himself of his privilege
by having the disturber removed from the
grounds. He was not content with this,
however, but wanted to follow him out,
and would have done so had he not been
prevented by officer Farrell and the crowd
that gathered around him. Play was re-
sumed, and the umpire invariably favored
the San Franciscos, and with the material
aid OF Borchers succeeded in winning a
victory for the visiting team.
Borchers either did not know what kind
of pitching Sacramento audiences have
been in the habit of seeing, or else he
wanted TO show how baseball was played
up north this summer. If be does not at
once drop the style he used yesterday, the
sooner the management releases him the
less danger the club will be in. He will
never do, if his work yesterday was sam
pie of what it will be during the rest of the
season. WildDess was no name for bis de-
livery, and at times it was hard to tell Just
what he was aiming at. He seemed to
think no more of sending two men to bases
on balls than if there were no runners on
the bases. He surely could not have been
so confident Of his own ability as to think
he could shut out the side himself, and #
his thoughts did run that way, he certainly
had an unlimited amount of assurance, for
the score will show that his associates did
all the work, and had it not been for their
phenomenal fielding, the San Franciscos
would have had about ten more runs to
their credit.
Several times Borchers threw so wildly at
the batter that the ball came on the fly to
Bowman, who was standing back in front
of the special stand. Three of the runs
scored by the visitors were presented by
Borchers, and apparently with the greatest
of pleasure. His muff at the home plate,
his wild throw over Stapleton's head to the
dressing. room, his failure to. watch the
game in the ninth inning, and his dis
astrous wild pitches lost the Sacramento
club the game. which eight of the members
tried so hard and faithfully to win.
To give Borchers confidence, his team
really batted out victory in the first in
ming, and then had the satisfaction of see
ing ii taken away from them by their own
pitcher and the umpire. No club that ever
played ball in Sacramento put up as re-
markable fielding game as did the Sena.
tors yesterday, barring the work of their
pitcher. A number of the plays might be
called marvellous, and thunders of applause
went up from the stands on several occa-
sions. But for several great double plays
made by the Sacramento fielders, the score
of the visitors would have been three times
what it was, and yet after all their work,
the home players were defeated, and it was
a defeat which the players, the umpire and
the audience will not soon forget.
Manager Finn entered a protest at the
commencement of the contest, on the
grounds that Borchers was ineligible to
play in the California League, and al the
conclusion of the game the Sacramento
manager notified tie players and the scorer
that he had also protested the game, claim
ing that Sweeney was not in tit condition
to act as umpire.
There was an immense crowd in attend
ance, and the gate receipts must have been
larger than ever before this season. The
game commenced with the Sacramentos to
the bat.
Goodenough hit the ball hard into center
field, but Hanley was under it. Roberts
waited and got his base on balls, and then
the Senators began regular canonade on
Coughlin. Bowman smashed the ball into
right field for a hit, and Stevens, by
fumblipg it, allowed Roberts to score and
Bowman to reach second base. Stapleton
then placed liner safely into left field,
and Bowman scored. Hoffman was not to
be outdone, so be braced himself and met
the ball squarely. 1t kept going until it
struck the back fence, and before Levy
could field it the batter had
crossed the plate, together with
Stapleton, making four runs in all. Cedar
and McHale ended the inning by going out
on fly balls to Levy and Speer respectively.
The Sacramentos made no more runs
until the fifth inning, when Goodenough
knocked out home run and added one TO
the score, making 1t five, at which figure 1t
remained during the remainder of the
game.
The first run Of the San Franciscos was
scored in the second inning. Isaacson got
hit with the ball and stole second base
Borchers threw a low swift ball which
Bowman could not pick oil the ground,
and it went back to the special stand
Isaacson tried TO reach home on the passed
ball but Bowman fielded it so quickly that
Borchers could have had theranner out by
ten feet had he not muffed the ball
Isaacson of course scored.
Two runs were made by the visitors IN
the sixth inning. Shea and Ebnght
each made hit, and wild pitch by
Borchers advanced each q base. The
former scored on long fly hit to Good
enough. There were ROW two outs. and
Isaacson, the next batter, hit to Borchers,
who turned toward Stapleton and threw
the ball about seven feet above the base
mans head. Ebright scored. Levy after
wards retired the side by striking out.
At the commencement of the ninth and
last inning the score stood 5 TO in favor
of the Sacramentos, but it was not destined
to remain that way long. The Sscramen-
tos in their half made nothing.
The San Franchises led off with Speer,
who was unfortunate enough TO knock q
hy ball to Re berts. Coughlin made what
had to be scored base-hit, but properly
the runner should have been declared out.
Everett went 10 his base on balls. Hsniey
knocked foul high into the air, and the
audience yelled with delight as Bowman
caught it. Shea Unexpectedly hit the ball
into left field and Coughlin scored.
Everett reached third base on the drive.
This made the score 4 TO 5, with two outs
and two men on bases, one at third and
the other at first.
E6right was the next batter, and he
struck at the first ball pitched. Shea
started for second, but Bowman mot wish
ing to leave any chance for Everett, who
was on third base, TO score). did not try TO
head of Shea at second. Borchers, how
ever, supposed he was going to throw the
ball down, and turned his back to Bow
man. The result was that the ball rolled