The morning call., 1890-08-03
THEY PLAYED
BETTER BALL.
The Home Team Wins a Con-
test From Stockton.
Oakland Seldom Found Harper'S Curves
for Safe Hits and Lost.
ShOrtStOp Everett Appears With Frisco and
Proves 10 Be a Fine Infelder.
Games in the East

1t was Stockton s turn yesterday to play
poor ball and the home team won. The
contest, however. was not gift to Frisco.
Although the numerous errors and battery
blunders made by the visitors served to swell
the home score, there was some heavy bat
ting done BY Finn's men and runs resulted
from the stick work. The up-country people
fielded so poorly at the start that nine men
scored for Frisco in the first four innings,
and the interest in the play was killed.
Duane, the cat cher, figured largely in the
error-making in the opening inning, ana
his failure to hold Hapeman's curves was
one of the direct causes of four men cross
ing the plate. He threw so poorly to sec
ond base that runners ran around the paths
without fear Of being retired.
Hapeman was hit very freely when hits
were needed by the home players, Shea and
Stevens both rapping out three hits, the
latter max ing two-bagger and n triple in
addition to a single. Hapeman was steadier
than usual, giving but one man base on
balls in the first inning, and thereafter his
control of his curves was faultless. Fudger
and Wilson were rather "shaky" in field
ing, Wilson's wildness in throwing costing
him two errors, and Fudger miscalculated
on two ground balls. Fogarty and Selma
had more than the average share of chances
and attended strictly to busines, the first
baseman saving Fudger and Wilson addi-
tional errors by his clever scoops and
catches
Everett, the new shortstop of the San
Francisco club, played his first game with
the team. He is as tall as Goodenough, but
of heavier build, and despite his size is
active and agile. He is good stop on
l.,.
ground. He had eight chances, most of
them very difficult to secure, and accepted
all without an error. At bat he hit the
ball every time, but was unfortunate. bat
ting always to an infeder. he is undOubt-
edly a No. l infielder who will satisfactorily
fill the gap in the team.
Young was given splendid support, all
the errors, except his own, made by the
Goblins being excusable. Otto did not
have break in his twirling beyond wild
pitch, and not single st oektonan was
given the initial as gift Speer caught
splendid game and Ebright at third shut
off two base hits by neat blocking and
throwing.
One of the features of the contest was
left-handed catch by Young of line drive
from Hapeman's bat. In another inning
Cahlll smashed hot one to the box and
Oung tried to get out of the way, but the
ball struck him on the arm and rolled to
first base, where Stevens picked it up, re-
trlng John Patrick, much to the iatter,s
disgust.
Umpire Mclaughlin and Captain Ebright
became involved in dispute over de-
cision of the former in tie eighth inning.
Ebright was right from a National League
standpoint, but Mclaughlin would not
allow the Frisco captains claims. Holli-
day was at second base and Wilson at first
when Fudger hit very hot liner to Shea,
who dropped the ball. Shea then threw to
third. forcing Bolliday, and Ebright threw
back tn second doubling up Wilson. Nc
Laughlin declared both runners safe and
ordered them back to their original posi-
tions and called Fudger out. Ebright then
caused Holiday and Wilson to be touched
with the ball while ON the lines and asked
that they be called out for leaving their
bases on an inield fly. This Mclaughlin
also refused TO do. His ruling was directly
opposite to that of Sheridan in similar
cases. Mclaughlin afterward stated that
when he was umpiring in the Western and
International leagues he had received in
Structions to allow runners to return to
their bases on all infeld fly balls, and not
knowing what rule prevailed here he de-
cided as he would have done in the East.
Hereafter lie will decide such points ac-
cOrding to National League law.