Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-08-30
DOWN WENT THE SENATOR'S.
THEY PUT UP A RAGGED GAME AT
SNOWFLAKE PARK.
Oakland Defeats Stockton in a Well Con-
tested Game ON the Oak
land Grounds.

Judging from their recent playing and
, defeats, it has come Sacramento's turn to
take a tumble down the championship
ladder, and few more such exhibitions OF
baseball playing as they put up Yesterday
will land them out of the first place in the
league race. 1t is seldom that clnb max
ing twelve errors wins game, and this is
why Sacramento lost yesterday.
The grand stand was dotted here and
there yesterday with people who had come
out TO see the contest between the Senators
and the San Franchises. There were about
fifteen ladies and one hundred men pres
ent, and the cheering from the little band
sounded powerfully weak, and the several
bursts of applause were of short duration.
The managers are very much disap-
pointed over the falling Oft in the attend
ance, which fact they are unable to account
for, and at least two of the Sunday games
which are scheduled for this city, will be
played in San Francisco. Two of the
Stockton games will also be transferred to
the bay. For five innings yesterday the
contest was rather exciting and though the
home team had made number of errors
they were only one run behind their CD.
ponents. In the sixth and seventh innings,
however, the Senators gave an example of
how baseball should not be played and
allowed the bay nine 10 score seven runs.
The club appeared as though it had
gone completely to pieces. Flies were
muffed, overthrows were made, and
to say that the team was ratified would
be putting it but moderately. San Fran
cisco made one more run in the eighth
inning, and won by score of IL to g. and
an inning to spare.
Hoffman pitched, but it was not his fault
that Sacramento lost. He could not be
given him. Hoffman's wild throw, how
ever, in the sixth inning was most costly
error.
McHale caught fairly well, but dropped
a thrown ball when there was sure
chance of put-out at the home plate
Cedar was "off" at the third cushion
and surprised the people present. Balls
bounced out of his hands when they need
ed to stick there, and cut of four chances
he succeeded in getting one assist only.
Daily muffed two flies, but made re-
markable stop of a liner in the fifth inn
ing. Levy hit the ball on a line towards
second base and DAILY almost dumbfounded
the audience by stopping the hit with his
left hand and then throwing the runner
out at first base. The play was the feature
of the game.
Goodenough and Bowman both made
errors. In connection with one of Good
enoughs errors Stapleton used bad judg-
ment in calling out the player who should
catch the ball. A fly was knocked high
into the air, and despite the fact
that Daily was within thirty feet of
where the ball would descend. Stapleton
called for Goodenough to take it, who was
more than a 100 feet away. After long
run the feet-footed center fielder did get
his hands on the ball but it bounced out.
1t was certainly Days chance. At an
other time fly ball was knocked into the
air and Cedar would have had to run but
a couple of feet to have gotten under it.
Daily didn't think about catching the ball
but Stapleton called for him, and when it
was too late he made the attempt, and
muffed the ball. There was plenty of time
for DAILY to have gotten under the ball, but
he failed to obey orders promptly. believ-
ing that Cedar would catch the ball any
way.
Roberts, Stapleton and Reitz were the
only players in the team who put up
good game. Stapleton's stop of thrown
ball in the latter part of the contest was
quite a clever catch.
Levy made the only two errors the San
Franciscos received. He did not properly
| field two balls hit along the ground in his
| territory. The rest of the nine played
glt-edged ball. and the work of Speer,
E5right, Everett and Shea was conspicuous
| for its neatness.
Lookabaugh pitched good game, allow
| ing but six hits. Following is the score: