The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-07-14

in-law. Jim Mcdonald who. few days ago.
accidentally opened an old wound on MS
right hand Swreney's abseuce from the
home club has been greatly felt by the team.
His batting is missed and the lntielders are
rot so confident throwing to first. When
his release was made known to the players
there were many expressions OF regret.
Sweeney is prime favoTite with tie public
and ball patrons would be pleased to see
him at the first corner for Frisco once more.
Give him another chance, Manager Finn,
and Charles work will go long way to-
ward bringing the pennant to Frisco.
About two weeks ago when the Stockton
team was winning, the proposition OF the
Directors to transfer the team to San Jose
raised howl of indignation and people
FASTENED to subscribe to monthly bond for
maintaining the team. Now that the team
is losing disgust has seized the subscribers
and they appear indifferent as to whether
or not the club goes to San Jose. Said one
disguised crank: LET San Jose take them;
they'll be glad enough to be rid of them.
subscribe So month toward keeping the
team here. I'll give the same amount now
if San Jose will take them off our hands.
Yes, we'll give the Garden City big bonus
dance to bad rubbish"
The Cleveland Leader recently gave the
following description of the Ewing broth
ers in the game of the New Yorks against
Cleveland: John is Bucks brother, and
it may truthfuliy be said, as strange as it
may sound, that although John tossed the
ball Buck did the pitching. The peculiar
twist on which each Cleveland player is
supposed to be a trifle weak, was down
pat upon Bucks mental memorandum
and he encouraged John TO steer the sphere
in that particular direction, and John
was generally successful. Mr.. Long John
made an arc of his spinal column just
prior to hurting the ball and bringing his
right Kentucky limb to an angle of 3712o
twisted his head to the northeast point OF
the compass, and winking at big Roger Con-
nor straightens up suddenly. At the mo-
ment of assuming his perpendicularity he
permits the ball to escape from his hand
and terrific impetus is accorded to 1t, on
the same principle that paper wad is
hurled with great speed from popgun by
a suddenly released steel spring. MIR. Buck
Ewing catches the ball three or four times
and the batter is declared out"
Where is Vogt. the Stockton catcher?
he has not been played for some tine and
the club appears to get along just as well
without him. He had been complaining of
a sore arm, but some of the players uukind-
ly inslnuate that the backstop's arm is not
so sore as he pretends. VOgt will never set
the world atire with his throwing. A few
weeks ago Robinson told Shelly one night
reached first would try TO steal second on
Vogt. Shelly carried the information
to the catcher. Vogt woke up with
such sore arm the next morning that he
was excused from catching the game.
The Portland Club appears to have gone
into the hospital business. Fridays Ore
CONAN says: Manager Harris hardly
knew how to place his men, so many of the
boys were out of trim. Rhue's finger was
badly hurt in Wednesdays game and he
| IA la, hi
him and he wanted to be excused. Hasa
mer had sprained ankle, Whitaker was
not in the best condition, Levy carries his
hand in a sling and Schachern had bad
hand. To be sure, luck was against the
boys, but they were plueky and put up
good uphill game"
The home team is achieving the name of
being the untidiest club in the league. The
players have but one uniform. that in
which they appear In public and IN which
they practice. The suits seldom go to the
laundry and generally look dirty. Manager
Finn should order the boys to have their
uniforms cleansed every Monday, the day
they are excused from practice. Another
evidence OF Frisco carelessness is the man.
ner the players have of strewing their bats
around the bench. A rule says the bats
should be kept in the box at the end of the
bench.
Crank-Actually the Stockton players
went to bat thirty-one times last Thurs
day. However, four were given bases on
balls and Armstrong was hit by pitched
ball. The rules on scoring provide that
when batsman is given first base on balls
or is hit by pitched bali he shall not be
charged with q time at bat" So deduct
ing the bases on balls and the hit by
pitcher you have twenty-siX men at bat.
(2) Fifteen innings, in the California
League-elSewhere twenty-fOur innings
between college clubs.
Cahill has been made captain Of the
Stockton team In place of Fogarty, and
there are a great many people who think
the change should have been made earlier
in the season. Fogarty is all right as a
player, but lie did not possess the amount
oil ginger requisite in captain, and was al
together too quiet Cahill is probably the
most popular man In the Stockton team and
no one doubts that he is up 10 snuff in the
baseball line.
Bob Patton, the genial stage agent. Is one
of the most inveterate "roOterS" for the
home team in Stockton, and on Saturday,
when 1t began to appear almost certain that
the team was TO be shut out by Sacramento,
| he sneaked from the grounds and rowed
down Stockton Channel in boat. Those
| who know say the water in the slough
raised an inch that evening, which raise
was ascribed to Bob's tears.
An oddity in baseball. Friday last the
| Oaklands and San FranciscOS put up gilt
edged ball in this city, while at Stockton
! the Senators and Gas City nine played
| raZZie-daZZle game. Saturday the order was
reversed. At Stockton one of the finest
exhibitions OF the season was witnessed,
| while the game at Haight-street was very
| tame affair
A promising young amateur whose work
| will be watched with interest by the League
magnates is Gene Broderick, third base
man of the Aliens. Yesterday he accepted
| ten chances without an error He was
latnly relaaspd from VallQio n n tba prOnni
| that he was not fast enough for the team.
| The Vallejo people are said TO be negOtiat-
ing with Jerry Denny.
Lookabaugh has been complaining that
| he did not have enough pitching TO do
| Last week be was in the box for three sue
| cessive days, and in the last game lie was
most effective. Yesterday he said that his
arm was 0. K, and he was willing to pitch
| again. Give him more work Mr.. Finn, and
it will not be necessary to SEND East for
| pitchers.
McHale ia playing right field In splendid
style for the Senators, and has thrown out
more men at first base on apparently safe
hits, than any other out-feder in the
league Mac is also holding up his end
| with the stick, and is regarded as one of
the best base-runners in the Senatorial
ranks.
Manager Finn stated yesterday evening
that he would give Chase place in the
! home team, and IL remained with tie young
twirler to make the position permanent.
| Now, Charley, take care of yourself. You
can pitch good ball If you keep in condition,
and you have chance now to make SPLEEN
| did record.
John, the ground-keeper at Sacrame nto,
! is a patriot from the ground up. On the
Fourth of July he had the basel lines
and batting and pitching boxes laid out in
| colors of red, white aud blue. The grounds
at Snowflake Park have never been so well
taken care of as they have since John has
| been IN charge.
| Rumors of changes in the local teams last
week we're rs thick rs bees about hive
Yesterday a wild story was started that
| Tom Powers had arrived at Sacramento aud
was playing first base for Oakland. 1t was
| also reported that he had brought out
| pitcher with him.
A gay "gambolier." who had received
straight tip from the pool-roomS, yester-