Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-10-11
BRILLIANT BALL.PLAYIHG.
THE SAN FRANCIsCos AND sAcRA-
MENT0s AT THEIR BEST
Won by Firms Team in Twelve
Innings.

The grand-stand would have been in i'm
minent danger of collapsing had the crowd
that attended last Sundays game seen the
contest yesterday between the Sacramentos
and San Franchises. 1t was certainly a
brilliant exhibition of ball-playing, and q
contest which admirers of the game, who
did not attend, would have given five times
the admission price to see.
Those who understand how baseball is
played can imagine what kind of game
yesterdays must have been, when, for
seven innings, not q run was scored on
either side, and batters and helders using
all their exertions to win the laurels for
their own team. Another point which
goes to show the quality of the game sug-
gests itself in the number of men (23 in all)
that were left on bases. When that num-
Der of runners can be forced to remain on
the bags, when the game is so exciting and
know the points in the national game to
imagine what sharp fielding must have
been required to bring about such a result.
The attendance was very small, though
fact it could not have been otherwise, for
the playing brought forth the enthusiasm
of the crowd in spite of everything. The
score does not at all express the extent of
the excitement or the stubbornness of the
contest. The main fight lay in the daring
attempts to advance runner even base
and the all but successful efforts to score
from third base. On several different &C.
casions an ordinary sacrifice hit would have
counted run, but the fielders were too
quick to allow any such plays to be made.
McHale's brilliant catch of Veach' s
liner to right field and his throw to the
home-plate in time 10 put out Hanley, was
one of the neatest plays ever seen on a
background.
Harper pitched a magnificent game, and
ought to have received better support. He
allowed only two hits, and sent only four
men to first on balls.
Lookabaugh was effective, but rather
wild, and eleven men went to first base on
balls. The brilliant support his team gave
him won the victory for the San Franchises,
after twelve innings had been played by
each side.
The visitors made their first run in their
seventh time to bat. Levy took first on
Dalls, went TO third on w ARD Wild throw
to second base. and scored on Speers sacri-
flee fly to Goodenough.
In the ninth Ebright made a three bag
ger and scored on Godars wild throw to
first base.
The Saoramentos made their two runs in
the eighth and ninth innings. In the
eighth Reitz raped out a three base hit
and scored on Wards sacrifice fly to Levy.
In the ninth Goodenough and Roberts
each made a hit, and on Veach's muff of
Ebrights throw Goodenough scored.
The winning run was made by the San
Franchises in the twelfth inning. Speer
took first on balls, and Lookabaugh came
to the bat He knocked an easy grounder
to DAILY, who blocked it, but in trying to
force Speer out at second base, he threw
wild to Reitz and the ball went out into
right field. McHale fielded it, and in his
eagerness to prevent Speer from reaching
third base, he threw over Godar's head,
and the winning run was scored.
Donohue umpired the game, and his
decisions were all good.
Ward was presented with bouquet of
flowers. Following is the score: