The morning call., 1891-06-19
IT WAS EVER THUS.
Oakland Shows How to Win and
Lose All in One Game.
The Senators Squeeze Out of a Tight Place in
the Eighth Inning-A Few Ineiden-
tals-To-Day's Game.

Lightning, Jake KiIrain and the Oakland
Baseball Club are three very uncertain
quantities. Which is the more so is hard to
determine, but no cautious sporting man
would bet his money on either. Lightning
never strikes twice in one spot, Jake is I'M
reliable and Oakland can win and lose all in
the same game
Sacramento and Oakland had been adver-
tised to play a game at the Haight-street
grounds yesterday afternoon. A fair-sized
audience, including the Oakland team,
watched the SacramentOs play its half OF
the nine innings. At the end of two-h0u
contest the score stood 9 to in favor Of Sac
ramento. Then the Colonel sat down and
wrote some more kilograms.
Shortly before the play opened Colonel
RObinson's attention was called to a solitary
stranger sitting in the 10-eent bleacheIs.
down on the left-hand side of the park. He
had doubtless heard of the 0aklands, and
had placed himself in position to retreat
early. But his motive was OWNED by the
Colonel, who armed the ground keeper with
piece of lead pipe and stationed him at the
gate, with instructions to cripple the stran-
ger should he attempt to escape before the
game was over.
BLUNDERED EARLY AND OFTEN.
Oakland started in to blunder on
the first ball sent to the field. Peoples
popped fly TO Hines in the first inning. He
juggled it but got the ball 30 second in time
TO settle the runner. CantiIliol had some
thing else TO do and failed to touch him.
Peoples started TO steal third. Cantilli0n
threw wild to 0Neil and the runner scored.
Three errors to start on is doing very we'll
indeed, and any player who could not score
on a combination like that should play GRO
Quet.
In the pext inning McCloskey passed out
a fly to center field where, Dir. Long is usu-
ally on exhibition. Long Spung round on
his toes, jumped up and cracked his heels
together, then cavOrted across the field and
finally got under the ball. In stopping, how
ever, 10 arrange his lovely legs so that they
would appear to the best advantage, he
missed the ball and the batsman reached sec
ond. Spies hunted the sphere To the pitcher
and while Captain Tip was giving Sommers
instructions as to how he should finish the
play both runners were safe. McClOskey
scored on Spies steal to second.
In the second the weary Colonies took
much-nepded rest, while the Giants erred a
while. McGuirk forgot 10 put his foot on
the bag, and this gave Phillips start
Hines famed out, but YOUngman and Can
titiluu boLi Hlt olb6iCot oColiuS L HlllibSs
. Nell poked an easy one t. KID
Peoples which he failed to squeeze, aud the
two runners gladly came home. Captain
Tip made break for second. Spies
slammed the bail TO Peoples, who stepped
aside to give O'Day chance TO do some
thing. Both missed it and O'Neil crossed
The plate.
sHORTsTOP PEOPLES GREW BALKY.
Oakland was now in the lead. a fact
ltia 90 Il iStu Ar hot hn i'm
mediately became discouraged he wOr-
ried along for a couple of innings, then he
planted his front feet firmly on the ground,
LAID his ears back and baked. He refused
10 play any more so Pitcher StapletOn. who
had been retired in favor Of Hoffman in
the third inning, was placed at short.
The Colonies should have been satisfied
with this change, as it was greatly in their
favor, but it offered a glorious opening for
q kick, which was at once seized by the
astute Mr.. O'Neil. 1t is against the law to
place a man back in the game after he has
once been retired. Captain Tip knew this,
so he fused around until StapletOn was
sent TO the bench. An effort was then made
10 start Peoples, but he wouldn't bulge.
Several suggestions were offered, such as
feeding him dirt, putting rope cinch on
his nose and twisting II, pouring water in
his ear and building fire under him. None
Of these remedies. however, were deemed
eXpedient, so a young man named Arm
strong, lately signed, was put to work at
short, " lille the other man sat on the bench
and shifted.
SCORED TRIPLE PLAY.
In the fifth Oakland broke loose again and
made two more allies, which gave them
lead Of four. Even this fact did not enthuSe
the audience to any great extent. as the
Colonels were liable to slide the other way
at moments notice. The first intimatiOn
of a change came In the sixth. when Sacra-
mento batted in pair OF runs. In the next
a trio Of Giants were retired on one play.
IL was the second of its kind ever PERFORMED
on the grounds, and was done so quickly
tn It it took the Senators breath away.
Work was at second a d McGnirk on
first when McCloskey popped up little fly
TO CantilliOn. That crafty person allowed
the ball TO strike the ground, forcing Nc
Guirk off first base. The ball was thrown
TO Phillips at second, who touched Work,
retiring McGuirk at the same time, and
then passing the ball on TO first retiring
McClOskey. In the sixth for Oakland Nc
Guirk executed a double play unassisted on
a fly from ONeil with CantiliOn on the bag.
After toying with their victims through
seven long and weary innings the Giants
ended the farce in very rapid and uneX-
peeted manner In the eighth.
HOW THE TROUBLE ENDED
Spies was given base and O'Day aston
iShed the natives with a double to left.
0'Neil then obliged with another beautiful
error on Hoffman's gTounder Spies
scored. Hutchinson sawed the air three
times in succession. On the third swipe
Hardie closed his hands before the ball got
in. 1t sailed out toward the grand stand
and Hutch sprinted down to first. Hoffman
toddled home on Armstrong; sacrifice and
another hit Of the same kind by Sunday
assisted Hutch in with his tally. Work
got himself hit on the funny" bone. took
second on a wild pitch and scored on a
double to right by Beesie McGuirk. Beesie
thought he was taking desperate chances
going t. second on the hit and slid about
half block while the ball was yet in the
field. McCloskey finished the play on fly
to Hines
Peter Sommers pitched a fine game, but a
catapult couldn't win with the support ac-
corded this likely young man. He struck
out eight baiteTs with a wide in-curYe that
puzzled the Giants not a little. At times
the curve was too sweeping and eight
other men walked But six scattering hits
were made OFF him.
Pitchers StaIletOn and Hoffman struck
out a total of three men and were hit at n
time when ii would do some good, which
doing things. Following is the score:
AT SAN FRANCISCO. JUNE IL. 1891.
sAcBAMESTos. ABB r.. BH. sB. Po. A. t.
q. u. D.
Hutchinson, b e. =. o Z
sunday T.. f....''.... o
McGuirk. U......... D o D Is o
McCloskey. c. H.. o D
Stapieton, p.......... D o o o
Hoffman. p~.........- o o o
Armstrong, s. sou. o o