The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-07-04
AGAIN IN THE LEAD.
The Home Team Takes First
Place in the Race.
FriSCO'S HitterS Bat Cobb Out Of the Box
in Two Innings.
Farrell LOSGS a Game for the SaCramentOS at
Stockton Contests Played on
Eastern Diamonds.

The San Francisco Club resumed its for
mer position at the head of the league pro-
cession yesterday afternoon by defeating
the COlonels and aided by the Senators
downfall at Stockton. The home team
played pennant ball to regain lost laurels,
and did something they have recently been
unable to do-ht safely when men were on
the paths. The Frisco team this year either
bats heavily or fails to hit at all. There
has not been any month in which they
batted hard regularly and Systematically.
Yesterday was their slugging day. They
jumped on Mr.. Cobb like a thousand Of
brick at the very start, and in two innings
knocked him out OF the box. They used
their sticks in the commencement as they
should have done all season. When sac
rifcc hit would prove advantageous the
Goblins endeavored to advance runners by
that method, and generally succeeded, es-
pecially in the early part of the game.
When the second inning ended they had six
runs to their credit, and had fattened their
batting averages by two triples, one double
and three singles.
Then the "old reliable" Pete Meegan was
put in the box for Oakland to pull the game
out of the fire, but it was too late, and be-
sides the veteran was touched up in lively
style also. The fourth and the seventh
innings were the only ones in which Meegan
was not sized up for safe shots
The fielding support of the Oakland
twirlers was of poor character. The out
field work was worse than the score in-
dicates, but the weakest spot in the team
was behind the plate. DUNCAN acted like
a kindergarten graduate when called upon
to participate in play about the rubber
and three of his errors let in as many runs.
The backstop, though, partly evened up his
score by laclng out hve sale hits. making
single every time he stepped to Dat.
The infeld work of the ColOnelS was eX-
cellent, Stickney making three neat assists
on hits difficult to handle. and Lohman
blocking grounder that was ticketed for
base hit Mcdonald aud Isaacson played
their positions without an error.
San Francisco put up splendid fielding
game and the battery work was not marred
by wild pitch or a passed ball. Hauley's
error was due to faulty judgment on hot
line hit from Stickney's bat. The ball
passed the center fielder and Stickney
scored on the error. Stevens blunder was
a muff of an easy fly, rare occurrence with
this sterling player. Young's misplay was
wild throw to the plate.
Ebright, Shea and Buchan guarded their
positions in style that was really brilliant,
and the double plays in which the short
stop and second baseman participated were
the features of the day. Shea, Hanley and
Ebright led in batting and swelled their
batting record considerably.
Young showed much Improvement in the
control of his curves, but although he
pitched swift bail he was raped hard, but
the hits were scattered. He was supported
in superb style by Chick Speer, who threw
well to bases. caught hard flies and hit for
double and single,
In the first inning the FriscoS scored
three runs on Shea'S single and steal. Swee-
ney's sacrifice, Hanley's triple. Levy'S sac
rifce and errors by Carsey and DUNCAN.
In the second they scored three runs on
Buchan's triple, Young's double, Shea's
single and steal and Hanley's safe hit In
the third they scored one run on Ebrights
triple and Speer's double. In the fifth
another point was pegged up for Frisco on
Stevens base on balls, Speer'S single, a
force hit and Shea's single. In the sixth
Hanley scored on his own double, Levy's
out and Ebright's single. In the eighth
singles by Hanley, Levy and Ebright errors
by Hill and DUNCAN, a steal and a passed
ball gave Frisco four runs.
Oaklands' runs were made thusly: In the
first inning Stickney made first on force
hit went to second on Dungan's single, to
third on Lohman's grounder and scored
when Lohman stole second. In the third
Meegan was safe on Stevens muff, took
second on c. O'Neills sacrifice and scored
on Dungan's single. DUNCAN took second
single and Young's error In the fifth
Stiekney hit to center and scored on Han
ley's error In the seventh Meegan got
first on balls, went to second on C.. O'Neills
single. took third on force hit and scored
on Dungan's single. The score: