Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-08-27
DIAMOND GOSSIP.
A Busy Week for the Sacramento
Work of the PLAYERS.

A Busy Week for the Sacramentos-
Work of the Players.
The SacrameRtos will play three games
this week On Friday and Saturday they
will be pitted against the San Franchises IN
this city, and on Sunday they play the
Osklands at the Haightstreet grounds. 1t
is thought that Bowman will be in condi-
ton to play his usual position behind the
bat.
Daily is at present playing his position at
short in better shape than ever before this
season.
Roberts is hitting the ball regularly, and
if he is not at present among the best ten
batters in the League be soon will be if he
keeps up his stick-work.
Shaw and McCarty. the newly signed
pitchers of the Bay clubs, are said to be
better base watchers than any of the other
twirlers in the League.
A San Francisco paper intimated that
Goodenough shirked two fly balls in a game
at the Bay several days ago. 1t is TO be
hoped that no member of the Sacramento
Club has commenced record playing. The
team work all through the season so far
has been conspicuous for the absence of
this dangerous element, and no man in
the club ought to lay himself liable to such
a charge. The club owes its present high
standing TO the fact that each member has
worked for every possible chance. Take
Reitz' playing, for instance. Who ever saw
him let chance go by when therew the
least possibility of his being able to field
the bali? His motto always has been to
play for everything in sight, and for this
very reason, in addition TO his abil-
ity, has he become so popular with the
patrons of baseball in Sacramento. II
Daily was not an untiring and energetic
player he would have been released long
ago from the Sacramento club, for he has
made more errors than any short-stop in
the League Yet one would only have to
see him play TO be convinced that he is q
player who will risk the chance of getting
an error rather than not attempt to stop a
doubtful ball, or one that is difficult to
field.
Harper is another example of the unself-
ish ball-player. A pitcher naturally wants
as few hits charged against him as possible,
but Harper does not seem to be much wor-
ried on this score. He would rather that a
hit be given an opposing batsman than
have one of his fielders charged with an
error on a difficult chance. On several oc-
casions he has tried to convince Scorer
Young that an error assigned to DAILY, or
Cedar, or Reitz, should have been instead
a hit for the batter Little incidents such
as these all go to prove the earnestness
with which ball-piayer works for his
club. No member of the Sacramento club
this year has ever been suspected of shirk-
ing an opportunity, and it is to be hoped
that none of the team ever will be.
Sheridan. CALIFORNIA; favorite umpire, is
said to be as popular in the East AT present
as he was on the coast.
Umpire Mclaughlin will, it is reported,
return East in a short time. If he does,
the Directors ought TO recognize Sacra-
mento and select an umpire from this city.
Jack Stafford OBLIGATED as fairly as any OF
them during the short time that the
League had but one regular umpire.