Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-11-24
WHOSE is IT?
THE BASEBALL PENNANT APPARENTLY
WITHOUT AN OWNER.
San Francisco and Sacramento Appear
to be Tied-A Claim that San Fran
cisco Must Lose One Game.

Is it tie or have the Sacramentos won
the California League penDant2
This is the all absorbing topic in baseball
circles. The season closed with yesterday S
games, and according to the table as kept
by the RECORD UNION and published after
every game played during the year, the
San Franchises and Sacramentos are tied
for first place. The table shows just how
many games each club has played with
the others, and it is now claimed by the
Sscrsmentos that the San Franchises have
played one more game with Stockton than
the schedule called for. With this contest
thrown out the Sacrementos are entitled to
the pennant.
This little matter might not have been
discovered bad not Armstrong, the Cap
tain of the Stocktons, remarked the other
day that re thought his club bad played
one game too many with the San Fran
ciscos.
The table shows that the Bay club has
figured in forty. six contests with the Stock
tons, and the schedule of games IS kept by
Albert Eppelein, the Secretary of the Sac
ramento club, shows that only forty five
games were arranged by the Directors to be
PLAYED between Mr.. FInn's club and the
team from Stockton. The question that
remains 70 be decided is, Who has the cor
rect schedule as made up by the managers
at their conference before the season
opened
1t may be that the whole affair has been
muddled so badly that 1t will be impossible
to reach satisfactory understanding, and
in such an event the proper and only al
tentative will be for the Sacramentos and
San Franchises to play off deciding game
to determine which of the two teams is en-
titled to the honor Of holding the pennsnt.
1t is more than probable that this course
will be the one which both clubs will de-
eide to take. Mr.. Finn will claim that ne
has followed the schedule as given him,
aud, to avoid a wrangle, deciding game
or, may be- series of two in three-will be
played between the two leading clubs. The
battle for the championship for The past
two weeks has been an exceedingly excit-
ing one, and the Sacramento Club owes its
present position at the lead to the brilliant
finish made by Colonel Robinson's team.
The 0aklands recognized the fact that they
could not gain even second place, but this
did not cause the club to play Indifferent
ball. The schedule called for finish CT
four games between Oakland and San
Francisco and the Sacramento Club was in
such position that it was impossible for
them to win unless the Colonels defeated
the San Frsnciscos in every game except
ing one.
The Oaklands could have easily kept the
pennant at the Bay, but they knew their
honor was at stake and that any trickery or
treachery on their part would blscken
the name of the team before The public.
They started in 10 win every game, and
they came as near to accomplishing their
object as was possible. On Thursday they
defeated their opponents; on Friday they
struggled on even terms with their COM
petitors until darkness stopped the game,
and it was decided draw. On Saturday
they achieved another victory over the
San Francscos, and yesterday they capped
their victorious march by winning twice
from the team that was disputing with the
Sacramentos for first place.
How the people in this city did praise
the club from Oakland last night! The
Colonies could have owned the town were
they here last evening. Didn't they Go
great work." "Hurrah for Oakland They
saved US n etc.-such were the expressions
heard ell over the city last night, and ii is
safe TO say that the team never stood so
r. we'll in the estimation of Sacramento as at
resent. They made an honorable strug-
gle to the last.
The table below shows the standing OF
the four clubs in the league. The Sacra-
mento managers claim. however, that the
pennant belongs in this city and will en-
deavor TO see that their claim is recognized;